Services

Why SZN ?

SZN supply chain consultancy firm provides insight to help clients create long-term profitability and value through developing dynamic SCM operations. While we work across different sectors, industries, and clients, we developed extensive experience over the decades in the following industries.

CPG &FMCPG, Nutraceutical , Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, 3PL etc.

Our Value-Based approach differentiates us, among others. Our mission is to help companies to capture the maximum value from their Supply Chain. With end-to-end supply chain expertise and market intelligence, we support supply chain transformation at every planning horizon – strategic, tactical, and operational  across multiple domains.

Communication

  • Maintaining transparent and coherent communication with our contractors, suppliers, and shipment contacts throughout the procurement lifecycle ensuring management meets their agreed objectives.
  • Experienced in proactively engaging supplier in identifying prospective challenges, resolutions, and opportunities.
  • Developing communication solutions by negotiating shipment expenses and shipping schedules in conjunction with engaged suppliers.

Transportation

  • Negotiate contracts and rates with shipping lines, freight forwarders, customs house brokers, warehouse managers and related third-party logical service providers.
  • Appropriate import and export compliance procedures and established processes are followed.
  • Execute industry standard policies related to quality, safety, and process improvements.
  • Compliant with U.S. Customs and Border Protection practices, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Planning and Analysis

  • Develop and maintain various supply chain plans and strategiesinvolving coordinating and overseeing manufacturing operations to forecast orders and meet customer demands.
  • Optimize operational resources while executing cost reductions and inventory controls. Analyse capacity and performance to meet operational excellence.
  • Execute demand flow verification processes, engage in short- and long-term planning and conduct inventory analyses for warehouse utilization and manufacturing coordination.
  • Technological advancement with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and warehouse management systems (WMS).

Management

  • Organize the design, development, and implementation of warehouse, distribution, and logistics solutions.
  • Operating productivity, inventory levels, data precision and supplying strategies.
  • Expertise in measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of departmental activities and operations.
  • Maintain OSHA safety guidelinesand standard operating procedures for warehouse requirement and production schedules with transparent workflow.
  • Strategical approach to betterservices, operative efficiency, and communication.
  • Using lean enterprise practicesto improve efficiency, excellence, and client service standards.

Procurement

  • Acquiring works and services from external suppliers
  • Achieving desired results
  • Saving cost &reducing time
  • Win-win client relationships

SCM Technology

  • Improve visibility and accountability
  • Transparency in the process
  • Control over product
  • Manage & enhance exchange of information of various key partners

Warehouse

  • Buffer to handle demand peaks
  • Consolidating items
  • Saving opportunities by additional volume discounts
  • Transportation cost cheaper

Transportation

  • Efficiency in managing flow of inventory from supplier to client
  • Well-handled Inbound and outbound transport system
  • Strategy in Minimizing transportation cost by time compression

Inventory Control

  • Experts in purchasing and managing growth objectives with succinct metrics and reportage functions.
  • Specialists risk evaluators on product finiteness, hazard product mitigation, resource fads, and demand factors.
  • Reduce product obsolescence with a lean manufacturing approach and effectively delivering solutions to third-party logistics providers.
  • Automated reportsystem providinginvestors with data and insights regarding current supply evidence.