Digitalization is not only about tools and technologies. Perhaps more importantly, companies need to develop their people's capabilities and expertise to design, develop, and implement supply chain digitalization initiatives. The concept of a Center of Excellence (CoE) is often used to establish such capabilities. A CoE in this context is usually referring to a centralized and dedicated team with focus on leveraging its expertise in a defined scope to improve performance and achieve additional value. A typical digital Supply Chain CoE's scope may include:
- Network Design
- Data Science and Analytics
- Data management Infrastructure
- Engineering Design
- Transportation Best Practices
- Transformation Strategies
- Planning
Miebach's CoE development services help companies to set up the right strategy to advance their maturity level in the CoE based on any starting point, even from 0. We examine the status quo on business target alignment, organizational structure, governance model, technology roadmap, process management, initiative roadmap, and team skills via visits, surveys, and workshops. Then a roadmap covering short term and long-term targets will be developed to bring the client to the desired next level with tangible action items, measurements, and risk-mitigation proposals.
Miebach has been the long-term partner for many large-scale organizations to set up their global CoEs in Production Footprint and Network Design from scratch, and enabled those teams to reach advanced capabilities and recognition from not only within, but also externally from the industries to which they belong. Miebach is also licensed to use the Design Competency Development Methodology (DECODE) and tools from Coupa (previously LLamasoft) to facilitate the maturity assessment and roadmap development.
Benefits
- Thorough definition the full CoE structure: strategy, organization, governance, technology, process, initiatives, and team skills
- Proven methodology to provide guidance to start the CoE journey
- Identification of opportunities and risks in capability development
- Bringing high level ideas to tangible action items and road map
- Supporting the change management for new capability development
Further Information
Whitepaper 27 February 2020, Written by Kamel Klibi, Miebach Consulting
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Whitepaper 19 November 2020, Written by Isabel Morales, Xavier Farrés, Kamel Klibi y Alexander Klaas, Miebach Consulting
The new normal has brought about drastic changes in the supply chain: supply disruptions, different consumption patterns than usual, unexpected growth in e-commerce, pressure to respond more quickly to demand volatility, and last but not...
Whitepaper 18 February 2021, Written by Xavier Farrés and Jordi Valls, Miebach Consulting
Today, supply chains are already considered by a large majority as essential tools for achieving business objectives, as they are elements that generate competitive advantages and provide differential values for companies. And as a...
