D. S. Business Consulting Ltd
Process & Management Consultancy services | +44 (0) 7876 686 696
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Clients
MCL’s Supplier Collaborator is a searchable and reportable database of suppliers, their capabilities, capacity and ethical credentials, to help a retailer or brand manage sourcing and ethical trade.
Factory management
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Capacity planning.
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Factory inspection management.
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Corrective action plans, adopting Sedex output if required.
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An easy way to expedite outstanding actions without having to employ larger-than-necessary teams of people.
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Sourcing
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Multi-tier – manages sourcing at any level, from individual products, to lines and entire seasons.
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Product and materials management.
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Workflows to manage on-boarding of new suppliers, document tracking and policy revisions.
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Supplier selection – find suppliers who have the capacity and capabilities needed to deliver products and who have an appropriate score.
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Compliance management – improve the likelihood of using ethically-approved suppliers and factories.
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Improve productivity by removing unnecessary clerical work from key people to allow them to focus on their core skills.
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Key benefits:-
Cost savings
Cost savings
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Reduction in sourcing costs by providing a cross-company view of suppliers, their capabilities, capacity or score-cards – removing the need for, and costs of, operating in silos.
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Compliance
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Lowers the risk of using factories with no approved ethical audit.
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Productivity
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Reduction in the cost and complexity of managing communications with suppliers, ethical audits and adherence to policies
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– manage the same volume of work with a lower headcount or more work with the same.
Supplier database
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Supplier score-carding (qualitative and quantitative) at any level.
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Maintain details of suppliers and related factories, including capabilities, standards management and communication history.
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Single point of reference for suppliers.
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Multi-dimensional relationships between suppliers and factories managed efficiently.
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Meetings management.
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