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Supply chain management

Revolutionize your supply chain:
Increase efficiency, reduce costs, secure competitive advantages.

For IQX, supply chain management means achieving the highest level of performance, efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects of managing the flow of goods, services, information and finance from the origin of raw materials to consumption / use by the end customer.

The IQX team includes a pool of experts to ensure all necessary success factors for the implementation of an optimal supply chain system.


Your contact:

Franz Nigitz

+43 664 750 344 39
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Efficiency

We define efficiency in the supply chain as ensuring that supplier processes are optimized with regard to waste – and that this optimization unlocks potential for cost reduction and resource utilization.
• Cost engineering of supplier products (DFA, DFM)
• Cost reduction programs at the supplier
• Optimization of transport packaging
• Optimization of transport costs
• Implementation of key performance indicators at suppliers

reliability

Reliability in the supply chain is based on ensuring transparency, quality, and the on-time delivery of products or services.
: Excellent inventory management to minimize stock levels (processes with suppliers, digitalization of supplier interfaces, batch size optimization, etc.)
; an optimally optimized order processing and production planning system
; optimized physical and digital warehousing
; optimal alignment of the ERP system with procurement, transportation, and internal logistics requirements
; value stream mapping
; efficient goods receipt
; production-oriented replenishment and setup processes for materials at workstations
; safe handling of suspect materials/scrap
; and a capable system for managing all implemented changes to products and processes.

flexibility

The flexibility of a supply chain is primarily driven by the need to enable the employees involved to adapt quickly to changes in demand, supply chain disruptions, market conditions, or regulatory requirements.

  • Shopfloor management for SCM
  • SCM control system
  • Introduction of Lean Logistics methods
  • Team organization in logistics
  • Team meetings in logistics

Cooperation with suppliers

Cooperation between suppliers and customers is primarily defined by building strong relationships to continuously improve control and communication throughout the supply chain.

  • Target and feedback system for suppliers (joint target agreements, transparent supplier rating)
  • Transparent system for placing requests and negotiating offers
  • End-to-end contract management with suppliers
  • Efficient management for handling incorrectly delivered products and services
  • Highly effective claim management
  • Preventive task force management at suppliers (quality problems, supply bottlenecks, ...)

innovation

Developing the supplier network is essential to meet customer price expectations in the long term. This requires continuous consideration of the introduction of new technologies for manufacturing supplies, strategies for optimizing the supplier network, and increasing digitalization/automation of processes between suppliers and customers.

  • Strategies for optimizing the supplier map
  • Development of global sourcing strategies
  • Relocation plans and implementation
  • Optimizing supplier map based on quality / delivery reliability / transport costs / sustainability
  • Further development of manufacturing technologies to reduce costs
  • Tool Management
  • Automation of routines between suppliers and customers (call-offs, complaints, financial flows, …)

     

    Risk management

    Perfect supply chain management is primarily based on the preventive identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks in order to minimize the impact of disruptions in the supply chain.

    • Logistics FMEA (transport, packaging, technology, quality, ...)
    • Active Supplier Quality Assurance during product development
    • Well-founded acceptance and release processes (sampling, performance tests, ...)
    • Financial risk management for suppliers

    sustainability

    Under the "European Sustainability Reporting Standards – Scope 3" , the integration of ecological, social, and ethical considerations into supply chain practices is mandatory to reduce environmental impact. This means that ecological and social responsibility must be assumed within the supply chain, and legal targets must be continuously improved.

    • Ensuring correct CO2 footprint calculation by suppliers -> Implementation of continuous, automated information from suppliers
    • Setup for automated reporting of the "Non-Financial Report" by all relevant suppliers
    • Risk analyses in the supplier landscape regarding social and environmental uncertainties in the supply chains -> preventive avoidance of massive claims by one's own customers or legal representatives