My client:
Pharmaceutical corporation
My Part:
Supplier management; management of dependencies, new suppliers, processes
Industry:
Medical technology, pharmaceuticals
Turnover:
N/A
Employees:
N/A
Situation:
Supplier management
Task:
- Supervision of supplier development
- Improvement of external supply to the corporation
Measures:
- Supplier reviews
- Process descriptions
- Meetings with suppliers
Successes:
- Identification of new suppliers for a new project
- Significant improvement in communication between a critical supplier and the customer
- Key tools placed with the customer
Special challenge:
- Area of conflict between main supplier and customer (communication)
- Heterogeneous structure with the customer