Friday, September 26, 2025

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Supply Chain with Performance at Optimal Cost - Deloitte and More Premier Consultants


Prof. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao had the vision to declare in 2013 that supply chain industrial engineering is a relevant task for industrial engineers and IE communities have to make the effort to develop it.

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering

Presentation made in a seminar "Recent Trends in Industrial Engineering" organized by  National Institute of Technology, Surat and IIIE Chapter Surat on 6 April 2013.


Part 1. Supply Chain - Industrial Engineering Tools and Techniques

2,361 views -  Uploaded on  8 Apr 2013

Part of the presentation on Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - A Proposal. Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Video (   • Supply Chain Industrial Engineering  ) has the remaining part of the presentation.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKJ7J_fEpc  

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Part 2

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering


1,550 views  8 Apr 2013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSEWec1GrIQ

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Deloitte

Restructuring the supply base: Prioritizing a resilient, yet efficient supply chain

Resilience in supply chains held the spotlight for many years; however, the focus appears to be shifting back to efficiency as companies consider costs and margin pressures


23 May 2024

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Deloitte Research Center for Energy & Industrials.

Optimizing the balance between performance and cost.


https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/manufacturing-industrial-products/global-supply-chain-resilience-amid-disruptions.html



Gartner

The Future of Supply Chain: Resilient, Agile, Purpose-Driven


February 26, 2021


Contributor: Sarah Hippold



The future of supply chain is to balance resilience vs. cost containment

One of the top priorities for companies now is to improve supply chains’ resilience and agility in meeting customer needs. At the same time, the pressure to contain costs isn’t going away as customers demand competitive pricing and CEOs watch their margins.


Most supply chain executives agree that their supply chains were primarily designed for cost efficiency. The challenge for supply chain leaders and their organizations now is to find new trade-offs between cost, speed and service in a changing landscape where uncertainty and higher customer expectations go hand in hand.


“Being purpose-driven is not just about doing no harm to stakeholders, but also positively amplifying benefits”


https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/the-future-of-supply-chain-resilient-agile-purpose-driven


5 Levers for Optimizing Your Supply Chain Costs

Create a strategic vision to manage end-to-end supply chain costs


The Gartner Supply Chain Budget and Efficiency Benchmark enables CSCOs to gain more clarity on the operational and capital expenses across all the key functional supply chain areas. This interactive, online tool allows supply chain leaders to benchmark key metrics to:


How Gartner Helps Optimize Supply Chain Costs

Supply chain costs span across all functions including planning, sourcing & procurement, logistics, manufacturing, customer fulfillment, supply chain technology, central supply chain management, transportation, warehousing, supply chain consulting & professional services, supply chain personnel, and supply chain capital.


Supply chain organizations are facing challenges stemming from high inflation, macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures. These challenges are coupled with rapidly changing customer expectations and an advancing technological landscape. Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are striving to shift resource allocation to address changes in capacity and demand, balance costs and build stronger cases for investments.


The Gartner Supply Chain Budget and Efficiency Benchmark enables CSCOs to gain more clarity on the operational and capital expenses across all the key functional supply chain areas. This interactive, online tool allows supply chain leaders to benchmark key metrics to:


Establish a baseline of total supply chain spend and staff levels

Compare supply chain spend and staffing to revenue, industry and regional peers


Pinpoint areas to adjust functional spend and resourcing to drive business priorities


Establish future budgeting or efficiency goals




Cost optimization


Gartner defines cost optimization as a business-focused continuous discipline to drive spending and cost reduction while maximizing business value. The distinction between cost reduction and cost optimization is more than rebranding. Aspirations to improve efficiency are constrained by the primary responsibility of supply chain to deliver high-quality products and timely service to customers.

Prof. Narayana Rao highlights to industrial engineers - Effectiveness first - Efficiency next.



How can leaders improve operation efficiency through supply chain cost optimization?

Improved operating efficiency stems from better planning decisions within and across functions. This  cost optimization effort that takes weeks to months, and involves cost  planning models, reporting and analytics. Supply chain leaders are challenged to increase awareness, provide visibility and reduce waste.

https://www.gartner.com/en/supply-chain/trends/supply-chain-costs

McKinsey

Interesting Theme from McKinsey
Area - Productivity- Resilience

Resilience & Reimagination
Reimagining operations for productivity, resilience, and environmental sustainability through performance gains, flexibility, and speed


Ernst & Young

How to reduce supply chain costs and adapt to market uncertainty

Sumit Dutta

Principal, Supply Chain & Operations, Ernst & Young LLP

17 Jan 2023


Supply chain leaders should identify efficiencies and reduce costs, making sure initiatives are targeted and sustainable.

In brief


Becoming more efficient is a rising concern for supply chains amid financial pressure and unpredictability in the global markets.

Supply chain executives are looking for sustainable cost reductions that go beyond stop-gap efforts.

Cross-functional levers should be employed, so that programs are not solely confined to the procurement function.

https://www.ey.com/en_us/coo/rapid-supply-chain-cost-reduction-strategies


BCG

Five Ways to Make Supply Chains More Cost Efficient

By Dustin Burke, Jacopo Brunelli, and Ashish Pathak

Article March 06, 2025 

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/ways-make-supply-chains-cost-efficient


Oracle

12 Ways to Reduce Supply Chain Costs

Jim Hearson | Senior Writer | November 26, 2024

https://www.oracle.com/in/scm/reduce-supply-chain-costs/

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Supply Chain 

Industrial Engineering Process Charts

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/09/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html


Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Bibliography

Productivity and Efficiency Improvement in Supply Chain Partner activities is practiced by Toyota Motors.

Productivity and Efficiency Improvement in Supply Chain Partner activities.

This applied IE was started by me in 2012. 

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/01/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html


Top Companies - Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Initiatives & Projects

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/08/top-companies-supply-chain-industrial.html


SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER - DOLLAR GENERAL

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2023/05/supply-chain-industrial-engineer-dollar.html


Supplier Development - Supply Chain Industrial Engineering

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/12/supplier-development-supply-chain.html


Supply Chain Industrial Engineer - Jobs and Job Descriptions

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/08/supply-chain-industrial-engineer-jobs.html


Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Some Ideas

Managing the Enterprise Supply Chain -  Industrial Engineering Management Chapter XI of the E-book

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2021/10/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html


Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Supply Chain Productivity Improvement - Coca Cola

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/12/supply-chain-industrial-engineering.html



Optimizing Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Costs in Manufacturing Industries

August 2024The Journal of Academic Science 1(1):37-44

DOI:10.59613/v6x21s59

LicenseCC BY 4.0

Authors:

Sutresna Juhara

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383891796_Optimizing_Supply_Chain_Management_Strategies_for_Enhancing_Efficiency_and_Reducing_Costs_in_Manufacturing_Industries





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