Our Capabilities

Advances in the current thinking of procurement establishes the procurement organization at the vanguard of a company's supply chain strategy. Leveraging the skills procurement brings early in the design and specification process, combined with world-class execution, allows companies to achieve 3-5 times the benefits a conventional procurement organization delivers. Chainnovations' approach is based on years of consulting and management in leading world-class procurement organizations to help our clients realize game-changing results.

Virtually all businesses exist in a dynamic environment undergoing significant changes in product mix, sales volumes, shifting demand patterns and new customer requirements. Often however, facilities are managed in a more static fashion resulting in significant levels of inefficiencies including higher than necessary labor costs, underutilization of space and excessive transportation. At Chainnovations, we have assisted companies in a wide range of industries and operating environments and can apply this knowledge to your specific situation to reduce your cost-to-serve.

Businesses need to evolve to meet changing environments in order to maintain competitiveness and profitability. Lean disciplines and tools are well suited to provide the catalyst for adapting successfully. Lean concepts and tools have moved beyond manufacturing and into distribution and administrative areas, more fully integrating Lean philosophy into an organization. Our team harnesses a Lean perspective in client engagements to facilitate change and the challenges that come with it. Teaming with our clients, we continually identify new methodologies to eliminate waste.

Returns and repairs often account for 5-10% of a technology company's total processing volume, but can generate 20-50% of its supply chain costs. Creative approaches to mitigate the root causes of returns, has made Chainnovations the consultant of choice for leading companies. Returns costs, expensive repairs, unsatisfied customers, and perfectly good product going through secondary channels after "Non Fault Founds" add up to significant cost savings opportunities.

Technology investment in Supply Chain is littered with significant ambition, only to be marginalized by competing priorities from other parts of the organization. In addition, past software purchases remain in the “graveyard” without any creativity and knowledge of unused functionality (ERP, SCM Planning, SCM Execution).

Maintaining and renewing capital-intensive assets to extend their useful lives has emerged as a crucial business strategy to increase profits and conserve capital. With capital budgets constrained, extending the useful life of major asset investments is increasingly important. An executable sustainment strategy is emerging as a new competitive edge.