Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop and implement a supply chain strategy
- Identify the organisation’s objectives and the strategies for achieving them
- Review current supply chain management strategy and how it delivers against organisational strategies
- Assess supply chain opportunities that will add value to the organisation within the requirements of the strategy and budgetary allowance
- Design and implement a supply chain strategy that increases effectiveness and achieves organisational objectives
- Gain commitment of stakeholders to implement supply chain strategy
- Assign responsibility to monitor supply chain strategy to relevant personnel
- Manage the flow of supplies through the supply chain
- Obtain information on the specifications of supplies in the supply chain
- Clarify the aims, objectives and plans of supplies against organisational policies and procedures
- Allocate supply chain tasks to self and other personnel
- Support personnel to achieve supply chain tasks and milestones
- Monitor and control the achievement of supply chain objectives against cost and timescales
- Present reports on the results of supply chain outcomes to stakeholders
- Manage supply chain relationships and activities
- Apply portfolio analysis techniques to assess relationships in supply chains in accordance with the supply chain management strategy
- Evaluate financial, technical and performance data of suppliers in accordance with supply chain strategies
- Identify opportunities to adjust supply chain strategies to respond to the changing needs of customers, supply chain and organisational objectives
- Design and implement a framework to promote collaboration with suppliers to achieve a competitive advantage
- Consult with organisation management to confirm progress of supply chain activities in accordance to organisational objectives
- Evaluate and improve supply chain effectiveness
- Review the effectiveness of current relationships within the supply chain in accordance with the supply chain management strategy
- Compare supply chain management models to determine most appropriate infrastructure to support organisational objectives
- Assess techniques to support the development of innovation in the supply chain
- Analyse cost reduction activities for a supply chain to achieve organisational objectives
- Consolidate analysis and evaluation results to improve future supply chain management strategies and seek feedback from organisation management