| Keeping a supply chain scorecard is very important. | | | | lot of opportunities can be unlocked, and the |
| This will include four divisions, and these will be the | | | | company can be improved a great deal y looking at |
| financial, customer, internal business and training. The | | | | the card. Your performance can be assessed very |
| first part will include all the details about the cost of | | | | quickly. |
| production. This will include the cost of storage, | | | | The investment will not be much for the scorecard |
| transport and complete manufacture. | | | | either, in terms of money as well as time. It is not |
| The customer part will talk about the delivery, fill rate | | | | required to use too much data on this card. Efficiency |
| for order and backorder levels. The internal business | | | | and effectiveness can be improved with the help of |
| will deal with forecast error and also whether things | | | | scorecards. This is a very important point to note, |
| are going as planned. Normally the scorecard is not | | | | that the information on the cards should be kept to |
| planned for any supply chain, but it will be an eye | | | | minimum. |
| opener for many measures. If you are not | | | | The adaptability of the supply chain can be improved, |
| comfortable with numbers, then it is good to sue this. | | | | and you could also get metrics which are predefined |
| It is not necessary to look at too many figures as | | | | for the scorecards. Besides providing simple views of |
| well. You will have objectives, and thus this will be | | | | the company's objectives, there will be a lot of |
| aligned with the measures. There should be targets | | | | options for analysis. The best way to use these |
| for measures, and these would be good to keep | | | | scorecards is to give it out to all the people in the |
| tracking every month or so. For most organizations, | | | | organization. |
| this card is becoming very useful and they are using | | | | When this happens, they will all get a chance to look |
| it to get some foothold over their competition. | | | | at what they are contributing to the company. |
| The service post sales should be excelled in, for | | | | Performance can also be measured with the help of |
| better margins and also good customer service. The | | | | these cards. A lot of activities with relation to |
| inventory position as well as service levels can be | | | | performance can be managed with the help of the |
| balanced with the help of the scorecard. The | | | | cards. This will be a very important way to improve |
| greatest services at the lowest cost can be provided | | | | the rankings of the company. |
| with this. Almost all aspects will be covered by the | | | | The visibility of such supply chains is important as |
| scorecard. | | | | well, as only then will they become effective in what |
| A lot of questions can be answered to many key | | | | they offer to the customers. That is why supply |
| questions with the help of the scorecard. It can be | | | | chain scorecard can be beneficial for all partners |
| related to financial as well as operational aspects. A | | | | business. |