Supply Chain Management is a vast and fascinating arena wherein all participants are required to perform in an aligned, collaborative, and engaged manner to achieve objectives. As in other disciplines within the business, to achieve set goals it is essential to have the right level of expertise on board. 


The expectations of each market segment you target needs to be understood to develop your competitive strategy. The supply chain team will determine whether, in their current form, they can support all requirements of each market segment targeted. Where there are gaps in meeting a segment’s needs, the company must either invest to close them, or decline to support that market segment until they are in a position to do so.

Understanding the implied demand and implied supply uncertainty enlightens the sourcing function in selecting the most appropriate suppliers.

Coterie SCM ensures you will have an experienced expert with a post-graduate degree to ensure your supply chains become value-adding functions of the business. Coterie teams can identify opportunities that raise performance levels and reduce costs across all functions, both internally and with your partners.

Without this expertise the following shortfalls are often encountered:

• A lack of direction through missing goals and appropriate strategies.
• High inventory levels, lost sales, and obsolesence.
• Misaligned partners causing late deliveries and high costs.
• Non optimal supply chain structures which raise costs with negligible benefits.
• Poor communication and limited agility across the supply base.

While our list of shortfalls is far from definitive, they all relate back to the level of expertise available across all supply chain processes.