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Supply chain auditing

Sometimes all you need is a fresh view on what you see every day in order to clarify your priorities and see what’s really important. Burman Associates carry out both ‘strategic’ and ‘operational’ auditing of the supply chain and production operations, to build an overall picture of what’s happening within your business and identify the key priorities for improvement. We also conduct supplier audits to ensure that you can be confident of your suppliers’ capabilities.

The results can be surprising. One company had not realised that dispersed raw materials and finished goods stock was taking up over one third of their total floor space. Another was unaware that their real inventory holding costs were at least 35% of the inventory value. Another had not identified that stock cover of some items was running into decades.

Why use Burman Associates to conduct an on-site audit?

Qualified professional experience in evaluating all aspects of the supply chain.
An unbiased view with no ties to hardware, software or third party logistics suppliers.
100% focus on improving service levels and efficiency across the enterprise rather than within one functional area of the business.
Insight into how other ‘best practice’ operations have resolved similar operating issues.
Ability to recognise when key performance indicators are out of line and what the targets should be.
Results-oriented findings that quantify all cost benefits and produces a prioritised schedule of activities for management to implement.

Our approach to supply chain audits

We conduct an audit then present a detailed report outlining best practice comparisons, key findings, areas for improvement and a discussion of the short and long term strategies necessary to reach your operational goals.

For operational audits, we recommend improvements across all our aspects of operations, from reducing inventory, improving warehouse and facility space utilisation, as well as shortening product and order cycle times. For supplier audits, regular supplier audits need to take place to ensure that Service Level Agreements (SLA) are adhered to and meet expectations and that Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are monitored, measured and managed.

Burman Associates is a member of the European Logistics Consortium Ltd.