Crimson & Co Supply Chain Excellence

Crimson & Co is a fast-growing supply chainstrengths and weakness across your operations,
consultancy with an excellent reputation forregionally or globally
developing and implementing end-to-end solutions• Strengths can be shared to raise standards
wherever our clients need us throughout the world.• Weaknesses can be analysed, prioritised and
We exploit our deep supply chain processaddressed to achieve your strategic objectives: raise
understanding to focus on performance improvementservice levels, reduce costs, standardise processes
and cost reduction, generating tangible andSome of the world’s leading multi-national
sustainable benefits for clients in a pragmatic andcompanies have benefitted from the Crimson & Co
cost effective way.Supply Chain Excellence tool. British American
We take an integrated approach to our assignmentsTobacco, the world’s most international tobacco
to ensure that an optimal supply chain is developedgroup, has successfully deployed ‘Supply Chain
and is supported by the appropriate planning andExcellence’ globally. Leading FMCG Company PZ
control frameworks.Cussons has deployed the Crimson & Co ‘Supply
The supply chain must be designed to meetChain Excellence’ toolkit in Europe, Asia and
customer requirements at a cost that is acceptableAfrica and are now reaping the rewards.
to the supplier. For many organisations several supplyCrimson & Co help businesses with a range of
chains are necessary. Different customers andservices, from developing a fully integrated supply
different products require different levels of servicechain strategy to designing and implementing tactical
and responsiveness - the organisation must meet allfunctional improvements in areas such as
these needs. At the extremes a supply chain canprocurement, manufacturing and logistics.
either be efficient (low cost) or responsive (excessAs specialists in supply chain Crimson & Co provide
or more expensive capacity). The optimal supplyservices which have a proven track record of
chain for most organisations is somewhere insuccess, spanning:
between.• Supply Chain Strategy
We help businesses to identify their needs and design• Process Improvement
their supply chains accordingly. Sometimes this is with• Supply Chain Excellence
the existing infrastructure, such as increasing the• Operations Restructuring
productivity of a production line or throughput of a• Indirect Procurement
warehouse, while other solutions might includeAs our supply chain consultants are drawn from blue
infrastructure changes.chip organisations themselves, Crimson & Co bring
Our supply chain consultants take an integratedpractical experience of cross industry best practice to
approach to assignments to ensure that an optimalformulate supply chain strategies for our clients but,
supply chain is developed and is supported by themore importantly, use that knowledge to deliver
appropriate planning & control frameworks.tangible bottom line results. Crimson & Co build long
Crimson & Co Supply Chain Excellence (SCE) is aterm relationships with our clients to ensure they
proven improvement tool incorporating industry bestderive sustainable advantage.
practice allowing organisations to balance costAuthor Bio.
reduction and building new capabilities:To find out more about Crimson & Co ‘Supply
• Based on a regularly updated knowledge baseChain Excellence’, visit our website crimsonandco.
of supply chain best practiceVisit online web site for Crimson and co and Crimson
• Delivers a detailed and objective assessment ofconsulting .