Supply Chain Support

Coaching and training that impacts your bottom line

Now Brexit is here, what does it mean for UK businesses?

As we settle into the new global trading operation, what can you do to tackle supply chains & related issues?

Leaving the EU means we all have to adjust to the new market. At Coiniston, we see much confusion regarding the new reality.

This is where we can really make a difference.

We specialise in:

Tax customs

Tax & Customs

Let us help you answer the important questions as we adjust post-brexit:

  • How can you manage your VAT, Cross Border Duty & Commodity Duty Codes?
  • Who is the importer recorder and who is accountable; supplier or customer?
  • At what point does ownership change and what new documents do you need?
Supply chains

Supply Chains

We work with you to simplify & streamline your product facility by:

  • Reviewing your raw material acquisition & your first, second and even third tier suppliers
  • Planning, managing & controlling every aspect of your supply chain
  • Consider the entire customer order journey from contract & cost to freight & duties
Contracts

Open Book Contracts

We work with you to ascertain exactly how your open contracts work. We help you:

  • Ensure that your trust in your supplier is well placed and in your best interests
  • Where necessary, identify and investigate closed contracts & their impact
  • Interrogate price increases and get to the source so you can make corrections
Imports

Imports & Exports

Let us help you navigate the imports and exports of this new era including:

  • Reviewing your import and export plan and where you manufacture & purchase
  • Consider the pros and cons of near and offshoring on your productivity & profits
  • Assess your Logistics Plan and your Supplier Process driven by ERP
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Near and Offshoring



Are you still working the same as you did when we were in the EU?

As the boundaries extend, and prices rocket, we help you prioritise your sourcing strategy and reap the benefits of nearshoring in this new age.

Do you feel like you are constantly firefighting in this new global market?
You can regain control.

What should you be considering?

Our Expert Leaders use their extensive experience to teach, and empower you to challenge your current working practices and make changes that have significant impact on your waste, costs and team morale.

We support you to:

  • Standardise key work element requirements of activities, review and implement improvements
  • Redefine your parts management process
  • Minimize the number of touches so that you reduce lead times
  • Review your equipment, facilities, systems and service level targets by customer segment
  • Assess your accounting and payment types including customs and Tax tolling
  • And much more…

We simplify, streamline and guide you so that most-importantly, you feel confident to address these factors without us in the future.

We support you to:

  • Standardise key work element requirements of activities, review and implement improvements
  • Redefine your parts management process
  • Minimize the number of touches so that you reduce lead times
  • Review your equipment, facilities, systems and service level targets by customer segment
  • Assess your accounting and payment types including customs and Tax tolling
  • And much more…

We simplify, streamline and guide you so that most-importantly, you feel confident to address these factors without us in the future.

We make sure you:

  • Standardise key work element requirements of activities and review and implement improvements
  • Build full requirements specification, timings and cost models to assess your practices
  • Review forecasting systems and your parts management process including equipment, facilities, and systems
  • Review and, where necessary, re-negotiate your contract and commercial propositions
  • Consider your long term strategy, and possible buy off options, transformation benefits and pension TUPE

 

We can help you make improvements even when you don’t think there are any to make.

As part of your activities review we delve into your:

  • Transit time management processes
  • Service level targets by customer segment
  • Accounting and payment types including customs and Tax tolling
  • Bulls-eye suppliers planned and current over-layered with locations and capacities
  • Customs and known shipper status
  • Control system segmentation min max packs layers or parts kits sequence
  • Forecasting systems – FMEA RPN real world
  • Lead times, MOQ and consignment stocking
  • Supply process, contracts and commercial propositions
  • Double drivers and 3D printing
  • Long term strategy, buy off potential and transformation opportunities

From here, we can give you the tools, and the attitude, to make significant improvements.

Even when the situation seems hopeless, there is lots we can do.
Let us help you review your:

  • Contracts and commercial propositions (and exit strategy if any are onerous)
  • TCI and your actual OEM manufacture (or consider a supply move to OEM)
  • RPN and design life contact commitments vs reality
  • PPM’s
  • Bulls-eye suppliers planned and current over-layered with locations and capacities
  • Supplier KPI’s so that they drive desired outcomes
  • Overall full specification with work balance and optimisation, Including training
  • Cash vs Cost balancing
  • Business planning cycle update frequency( S&OP), recommend changes and update your whole logistics plan

We know what you are thinking; recommendations and changes are great, but how can we successfully transition? At Coiniston, we not only show you how, we teach you how so that you have the skills and tools to mange change as and when you need to.

We look at your:

  • Specification Requirements
  • Contract terms –
    • Rent Break points
    • Rates Free period 
    • Service charges
    • Insurance
    • Maintenance
    • Exit plan
  • Risk assessments
  • Facilitation – office, equipment MHE HS&E protection layout
  • Move strategies – pack, re-package, decant, count, move in waves
  • People engagement

By the time we finish, you will feel empowered and ready for any challenge that is for the good of the business and its people.

By looking at all these areas we can help you assess your systems and processes and ask the relevant, illuminating questions that get to the heart of why the increases are happening and what you can do to have a counter effect.

At Coiniston, we have worked with all the major Japanese automotive companies and there is no better example of LEAN transformations and leadership. They hyper focus on every increase, every process, and every change. Let us show you how to emulate their business model so you can create an organisation that, even in these challenging times, is robust enough to respond and even pre-empt market conditions.

You don’t have to accept increased costs. There is something you can do.

All of our Leaders have worked within multiple sectors and large corporations and organisations and we always add value

Commodity Business Plan

Do you have a purchasing strategy?

Our Commodity Business Planning Review looks at every aspect of your business to ensure you are operating at your optimum level.

At Coiniston, we leave no stone unturned.

Would you like to assess your Commodity Business Planning?

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