Optimizing logistics performance, particularly in this industry, demands a clear chemical supply chain strategy and a well-formed plan for continuous operations improvement. Achieving these goals begins with the measurement and analysis of key performance indicators and a keen understanding of industry best practices and benchmark standards.
ChemLogix has been a leading provider of performance improvement services to the chemicals industry for more than ten years. Armed with industry expertise and benchmark data on world-class chemical companies, we are problem solvers, determined to translate our expertise into a specific plan for your supply chain success. ChemLogix strategy services focus on three key impact areas: Supply Chain Strategy, Transaction Automation & Performance Reporting and Logistics Operations.
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Chemical Supply Chain Strategy
- The hallmark of our supply chain strategy practice is the ChemLogix Category Management™ methodology which we’ve developed specifically for the specialty chemicals industry. Categories are segments or parallel “chains within the supply chain” that have unique service and financial performance characteristics. ChemLogix retains a benchmark of financial performance for over 100 chemical companies, against which we are able to compare the unique performance characteristics of our clients supply chains. Category management is focused on three key improvement steps:
- Identifying the predictable categories within the chemical supply chain.
- Developing the capability to measure and report category performance tradeoffs.
- Implementing performance improvement projects within the supply chain.
- Performance Reporting Automation
- Gaining a clear picture of supply chain performance requires the collection of financial and other data from disparate sales, purchasing and transportation systems. Automating the collection of this data and the performance reporting through a common “dashboard” is key to driving supply chain performance. ChemLogix focuses on three steps or tiers of performance reporting including:
- Shipment Tracking – the tracking and management of receipts & deliveries.
- Transportation Automation – the implementation of a hosted Transportation Management System.
- Supply Chain Dashboard – an intelligence system designed to drive sales and operations planning with category-specific performance reporting.
- Operations Execution
- Armed with a clear understanding of target areas for improvement, ChemLogix assists in the implementation of operations projects within select departments such as sales and marketing, sourcing, production or distribution. Our approach to operations improvements includes the following three steps:
- Defining the economics of change.
- Prioritizing and initiating pilot projects.
- Execution and measurement (via the dashboard) of ongoing performance.
ChemLogix provides a wide array of North American and International logistics services to support improvements in sourcing and distribution. In addition to maintaining a staff that includes experts in all specific modes of transportation, we are able to offer our clients comprehensive inbound and outbound logistics management, route optimization and rate benchmarks across all modes.