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What innovators can learn from Cost to Serve

Posted on 30 May 2012 by Tony Colwell
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The concept of Cost to Serve has been around for many years (to my knowledge at least 20) and is an important tool in consumer packaged goods industries. Cost to Serve is a method of identifying profitability of individual products and customers. It is also used to unravel the complexity of multiple supply chains and channels to market. The analysis of the cost of each activity across the supply chain also provides data and insights to enable supply chain optimisation.

The focus of Cost to Serve is usually the in-market or post-launch costs of serving a product to a customer. Cost to Serve rarely looks at the development and launch costs of new products, which is the focus of this article. Yet product development teams can gain benefit from Cost to Serve methodology. Continue reading →

Posted in Business Process, Innovation, Stage Gate Process | Tagged BPM, Business Process, Customer Account, Innovation, NPD, Portfolio Analysis, Stage Gate, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Value Chain | 1 Reply

How to Select Strategic Suppliers – Part 2: Reconciling Buyer and Supplier Perspectives

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Tony Colwell
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Few customer-supplier partnerships are equal. Buyers need to be wary of entering into dependent relationships where the supplier will gain a dominant position. This is the second part of a 2-part article which sets out to examine how and why Procurement might consider the supplier’s perspective when selecting suppliers. It is particularly relevant for strategic supplies, where value creation and value capture are key objectives. Continue reading →

Posted in Procurement, Procurement Techniques, Supplier Selection, Supply Chain | Tagged Customer Account, Partnership, Portfolio Analysis, Procurement, Purchasing, SRM, Supplier Relationship, Supply Chain Management, Techniques, Value Chain | Leave a reply

How to Select Strategic Suppliers – Part 1: Beware the Supplier’s Perspective

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Tony Colwell
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Few customer-supplier partnerships are equal. Buyers need to be wary of entering into dependent relationships where the supplier will gain a dominant position. This is the first part of a 2-part article which sets out to examine how and why Procurement might consider the supplier’s perspective when selecting suppliers. It is particularly relevant for strategic supplies, where value creation and value capture are key objectives. Continue reading →

Posted in Procurement, Procurement Techniques, Supplier Selection, Supply Chain | Tagged Customer Account, Partnership, Portfolio Analysis, Procurement, Purchasing, SRM, Supplier Relationship, Supply Chain Management, Techniques | 3 Replies
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Tony Colwell is a UK-based Executive Interim Manager & Consultant in procurement and supply chain, transformation and change management. He is passionate about stakeholder engagement, collaboration and effective process.
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