Leading consumer products companiesSurface Transport & Logistics
For one leading pharmaceutical laboratory, success and double-digit sales growth came with a cost: an overburdened supply chain that threatened to reduce market share.
The effort vastly improved the company’s planning and execution functions, they knew that in order to succeed in this era of technology their accounting systems needed to be much more robust than what they are. They turned to WP consulting to improve their accounting systems.
challenge
The biggest challenge was that Arguzo was not utilizing technology properly. Too much of the work was still being recorded manually, which meant that the numbers took a long time to note down and then to be analyzed. Live data was also not available and decisions can only be made after all the required data and been received. This was holding Arguzo back; they knew they could corner more of the market if they had the ability to be more mobile. The work addressed three critical issues for Pharm Ltd.:
- Improve sales and operations and production planning:
The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.
- Determine the right inventory level:
With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.
- Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:
The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.
solution
The solution WP consulting came up with combined cutting edge technology with real world practicality. Everyone knew that the systems had to be updated, the real challenge was updating them without disrupting the whole organization in a negative way. The solution was to introduce proper workload management done through computers, while providing mobile platforms to the stakeholders.
This allowed the workers to be involved in the job instead of feeling like they had been made redundant by technology.
results
Arguzo employees are now more empowered; Arguzo also has the benefit of generating reports instantaneously whenever needed. They can now make decisions on the fly based on the latest real time data.
The effort vastly improved the company’s planning and execution functions, created and implemented a new stock policy that accounted for specific SKUs and key variables, streamlined the order preparation process and reduced distribution transport times.
By the numbers, the effort:
- Reduced lead time by 43%
- Decreased variability by 50%
- Lowered the risk of back-order by 95%
- Increased stock for finished goods by 10%
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Brice Gael TALA est le Fondateur et Associé Majoritaire de Trustees Brainwaves Globium Expertium Group LTD, société de droit OHADA basée au Cameroun avec un capital social de XAF 5, 5 Millions avec XAF 50Millions de capital applelé à verser dans les 36 mois à venir. Sieur TALA est Maître ès Sciences de Gestion de l’Université de Dschang, EMBA Strategic Management de l’Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale; spécialisé en ULTRAPERFORMANCE DES ORGANISATIONS PAR LES ACTIFS STRATEGIQUES: CAS DE LA CULTURE D’ENTREPRISE ET L’AGILITE MANAGERIALE chez Afriland First Bank son dernier employeur où il commence comme Gestionnaire de Fonds de Commerce, puis Chef de Division Crédit et Marketing, Chef de Guichet, Directeur d’Agence, Directeur du Tchad avant de retourner à l’école des suites d’une affectation regressive qu’il n’assume pas et séparation s’en suit. Il est aussi Diplomé Executive Coach-Manager à Méloduis Consulting Afrique en PNL, Process Com et Analyse Transactionnelle. A HEC Paris EXECUTIVE EDUCATION, il a étudié en Corporate Finance Engineering et également en EXECUTIVE Strategy. Il a fait nombreuses formations dont celle de l’IAI et bien d’autres non évocable ICI. Il est pourvu d’une longue expérience dans les analyses de dossiers de crédits, les analyses stratégiques et le management qui lui valent la confiance de ses co-associés comme gérant sous le titre commercial de CHARTERED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Perfectionniste sur tous les critères, il sait déléguer sans perdre de vu l’exigence qualité des diligences aux clients. C’est un Aigle tropical qui sait chercher la solution où elle se trouve.A présent, il est en PROJET DE THESE DOCTORALE SUR LA GOUVERNANCE SPECIFIQUE DE L’ENTREPRISE AFRICAINE ; LA PERFORMANCE A L’EPREUVE DU NOMBRILISME SYSTEMIQUE A L’ERE DE LA MONDIALISATION: CAS DES ENTREPRISES EN PORTEFEUILLE CHEZ TBG EXPERTIUM LTD.
