Experts in Optimising and Troubleshooting Supply and Inventory

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About VA Supply Planning

We work with clients of all sizes, from the single pub restaurant to advanced FTSE 100 manufacturers.

We work with any business needing to improve its stock management process.

Our focus is on delivering the most cost-effective ("Value Add") solutions for our customers; solutions that deliver real business benefit. We find that our knowledge of Planning processes can solve most problems without the need for large-scale investment in IT.

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Our Expertise

We have over 20 years experience working across a number of industries including Manufacturing, Retail, and the Civil Sector.

We each have a background working in Supply Chain functions in several companies. We understand our customers' challenges in detail.

We have a successful track record of delivering cost-effective improvements for our customers. We recently improved a customer's On Time Delivery from 25 to 99%. See our range of services below.

Our Services

Stock Availability Improvement

Are you frequently running out of important goods or materials? Are you struggling to foresee when this will happen? Many companies are firefighting these issues daily. We completely understand the disruptive impact this has on an operation. We have successfully “steadied the ship” in several companies in this situation by employing our knowledge of Best Practise in Material Planning.

On Time Delivery Improvement

We have experience of improving customer OTIFs from as low as 25% to over 99%. We can analyse your current End to End process, identify current weaknesses and help you implement solutions that directly improve your OTIF. From our past experience, OTIF can often be improved greatly by simply implementing good rigorous Planning process. It often does not require heavy investment in IT for example, and can be improved to a high level just with existing resources and the right expert advice.

Inventory Reduction

Do you have too much cash flow tied up in stock? Do you feel like your stock management lacks control and transparency? We can help you directly target reductions in inventory without damaging the flexibility of your business. We have implemented proven Inventory Management techniques up to full SIOP processes. We can support you with implementing Data Analytics solutions.

Obsolescence Reduction

Are you writing off too much stock each year? We can analyse where your business is taking risk in acquiring stock. Its very common that businesses buy stock against forecasted and not actual demand due to extended lead times. We can help minimise or eliminate the risk. We have helped customers achieve significant savings in this area.

Supplier Performance Improvement

Are your suppliers always delivering inventory late or not in full? Is this a long-term entrenched habit difficult to resolve? We can support you to develop your suppliers into a high-performing Supply Chain. We can support with supplier management techniques such as comprehensive scorecarding. We can help you manage suppliers in a way that keeps them delivering to you on time.

Resolving Troubled Supply Chains

Planning Process Optimisation

Are you looking for the next step in enhancing your Supply Chain? We can advise you on how to improve Planning foresight, insight and decision-making. We have expertise in implementing all Planning processes including Forecasting, S&OP, MPS, MRP, Production Scheduling, Material Planning.

Other

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. We can create powerful applications in Excel for you at comparatively very low cost. The alternative of implementing the same functionality into company systems is very expensive. We have In House expertise in developing professional Planning applications in Excel, including automated Planning solutions. Excel solutions are quick to implement, cheap, agile and flexible. We can develop any level of Planning functionality you need in Excel.

Is your Supply Chain really struggling overall? We have worked with both small and large companies whose Planning functions are struggling. They are trying to manage a large number of products in between inconsistent suppliers and unpredictable customer demand. Perhaps your Planning function is having to spend too much time firefighting material stock outs? Sometimes the root of the problem is as deep as inaccurate stock control. Weve had a great deal of success helping clients with these common scenarios.

Customer Reviews

Hear from our satisfied clients about their experiences.

Value Add were excellent in helping us drive down our inventory obsolescence quickly. They quickly diagnosed where our process was failing and offered several solutions. They were very knowledgeable.

VA helped us to achieve a massive improvement in customer service level. As a small SME we really appreciated that VA were able to help us achieve this via their expertise and without the need for major investment.