{"id":7085,"date":"2024-10-02T23:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/supply-chain-agility\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T23:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:32:45","slug":"supply-chain-agility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/en\/supply-chain-agility\/","title":{"rendered":"Sup\u00adp\u00adly chain agility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purcha\u00adsing must actively deal with the fact that mar\u00adkets are con\u00adstant\u00adly chan\u00adging and the effects of this regu\u00adlar\u00adly place new demands on the sup\u00adp\u00adly&nbsp;chain.<br>\nThe desi\u00adred <strong>fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty in the com\u00adpa\u00adny to mana\u00adge vola\u00adti\u00adli\u00adty<\/strong> requi\u00adres agi\u00adli\u00adty in the sup\u00adp\u00adly chain, which may also ent\u00adail the need for orga\u00adniza\u00adtio\u00adnal adjustments.<br>\nThe con\u00adstant wil\u00adling\u00adness and abili\u00adty of com\u00adpa\u00adnies to chan\u00adge and adapt value chains if neces\u00adsa\u00adry due to eco\u00adno\u00admic or poli\u00adti\u00adcal con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons is refer\u00adred to as <strong>sup\u00adp\u00adly chain agi\u00adli\u00adty<\/strong> (SCA).<br>\nAgi\u00adli\u00adty rela\u00adtes to both the inter\u00adnal and exter\u00adnal parts of the value chain, i.e. inclu\u00adding <strong>rela\u00adti\u00adonships with sup\u00adpli\u00aders and cus\u00adto\u00admers<\/strong>.<br>\n <strong>Ensu\u00adring agi\u00adli\u00adty<\/strong> includes acti\u00advi\u00adties for short-term, ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal requi\u00adre\u00adments, such as tho\u00adse that ari\u00adse in orde\u00adring, che\u00adcking deli\u00advery qua\u00adli\u00adty and mana\u00adging sup\u00adpli\u00aders, as well as stra\u00adte\u00adgic acti\u00advi\u00adties that only have an impact in the medi\u00adum and long term, such as the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve sup\u00adpli\u00aders or the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal chan\u00adges as part of new logi\u00adstics, assem\u00adbly or sales processes.<br>\nSup\u00adp\u00adly chain agi\u00adli\u00adty has been iden\u00adti\u00adfied as a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly important topic for lar\u00adge companies.<br>\nHowe\u00adver, due to incre\u00adasing mar\u00adket dyna\u00admics and gro\u00adwing uncer\u00adtain\u00adties, it is also essen\u00adti\u00adal for small to medi\u00adum-sized com\u00adpa\u00adnies to address and prepa\u00adre them\u00adsel\u00adves in order to avo\u00adid the <strong>occur\u00adrence of sup\u00adp\u00adly chain-rela\u00adted risks<\/strong>.<br>\nCus\u00adto\u00admers must always be ser\u00adved in such a way that the desi\u00adred pro\u00adducts can be made available in the right places at the right times, regard\u00adless of whe\u00adther pro\u00adduct life cycles chan\u00adge or other envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal influen\u00adces take effect.<br>\nIt should also be noted that acti\u00advi\u00adties to impro\u00adve SCA <strong>do not<\/strong> intro\u00addu\u00adce <strong>any addi\u00adtio\u00adnal com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty<\/strong> into the company.<br>\nIt the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre makes sen\u00adse to link the two ele\u00adments of uncer\u00adtain\u00adty and agi\u00adli\u00adty and coun\u00adter\u00adact the increase in complexity.<br>\nThe <strong>agi\u00adli\u00adty fac\u00adtors<\/strong> are sum\u00adma\u00adri\u00adzed accor\u00adding to the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing Figu\u00adre 1, which are also set in rela\u00adti\u00adon to each other.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-6739 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-300x128.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-300x128.png\" alt width=\"352\" 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https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1.png 803w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"> Figu\u00adre 1: Agi\u00adli\u00adty fac\u00adtors (Source: BME &amp; BVL) The <strong>abili\u00adty to gain know\u00adledge<\/strong> and <strong>fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/strong> are a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal pre\u00adre\u00adqui\u00adsi\u00adte for sup\u00adp\u00adly chain agi\u00adli\u00adty, but com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adon is essen\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly pos\u00adsi\u00adble through the <strong>rapid imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong> of adjustments.<br>\nThe <strong>opti\u00admal com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of fac\u00adtors<\/strong> ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly leads to <strong>an increase in value con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons<\/strong> (Figu\u00adre 2), which result from the reduc\u00adtion of cos\u00adts on the one hand and the impro\u00adve\u00adment of per\u00adfor\u00admance and ser\u00advices on the other. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-6741 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-300x178.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-300x178.png\" alt width=\"306\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27306%27%20height%3D%27181%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20306%20181%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27306%27%20height%3D%27181%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-200x118.png 200w, https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-400x237.png 400w, https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-500x296.png 500w, https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-600x355.png 600w, https:\/\/guenzel-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2.png 630w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\"> Figu\u00adre 2: Value con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons of the agi\u00adli\u00adty fac\u00adtors (Source: BME &amp; BVL) <strong>Sup\u00adp\u00adly chain agi\u00adli\u00adty builds on sup\u00adp\u00adly chain management<\/strong> and in some cases sup\u00adple\u00adments con\u00adtent that has alre\u00ada\u00addy been star\u00adted in sup\u00adp\u00adly chain management.<br>\nAbo\u00adve all, this includes the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the sup\u00adpli\u00ader struc\u00adtu\u00adre and logi\u00adstics pro\u00adces\u00adses inclu\u00adding holi\u00adstic management, the stan\u00addar\u00addiza\u00adti\u00adon of pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adres in procurement and ensu\u00adring deli\u00advery per\u00adfor\u00admance.             The expan\u00adsi\u00adon includes risk assess\u00adments for sup\u00adpli\u00aders and count\u00adries, inclu\u00adding long-term sourcing plans, the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of new part\u00adners and cost reduc\u00adtion initia\u00adti\u00adves tog\u00ade\u00adther with suppliers.<br>\nThe <strong>con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces<\/strong> of the evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon from sup\u00adp\u00adly chain management to sup\u00adp\u00adly chain agi\u00adli\u00adty <strong>lead to new stra\u00adte\u00adgic direc\u00adtions and respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties<\/strong>, enab\u00adling the orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon to make fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly <strong>fas\u00adter decis\u00adi\u00adons<\/strong>.<br>\nWe would be hap\u00adpy to dis\u00adcuss this with&nbsp;you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purcha\u00adsing must actively deal with the fact that mar\u00adkets&nbsp;are&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[334,282],"tags":[283,336,348,346,350,360,359,356,343,345,339,354,353,337,340,342,347,358,355,344,324,351,357,341,335,352,338,349],"class_list":["post-7085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supply-chain","category-technical-contribution","tag-adaptability","tag-agility","tag-competitive-differentiation","tag-complexity-reduction","tag-cost-reduction","tag-customer-orientation","tag-decision-making","tag-delivery-performance","tag-delivery-quality","tag-environmental-influences","tag-flexibility","tag-integrated-management","tag-logistics-processes","tag-market-dynamics","tag-operational-efficiency","tag-ordering","tag-overcoming-uncertainty","tag-partner-development","tag-procurement-standardization","tag-product-life-cycles","tag-risk-management","tag-service-improvement","tag-sourcing-strategies","tag-strategic-planning","tag-supplier-management","tag-supplier-structure","tag-supply-chain-management-en","tag-value-contributions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supply chain agility - G\u00fcnzel Consulting GmbH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the essential role of supply chain agility (SCA) in modern organizations. 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