Can your supply chain rapidly respond to product changes, competitive pressure, shifting business objectives and compressed innovation cycles in an agile and cost-effective manner?
Thirdware works with clients to examine ways to get more return and greater efficiencies across the entire supply chain network. These projects include a complete analysis of the distribution network, looking at things like:

transportation lanes and trucking/shipping costs;
responsiveness of the supply chain (restocking);
number of distribution centers and location of these centers; and
where goods come from, how often they are delivered, and how to get
  them there at highest service levels with the lowest cost.

We have found that these projects can dramatically increase profitability by lowering direct costs, improving sales volumes, and adjusting inventory.

Improve Future Operations
Diagnosing supply chain problems and possibilities
Supply chain costs account for more than two-thirds of most companies’ budgets, but surprisingly few companies really use their supply chain as an operational advantage over competitors.

The Thirdware SCM team can help you to:
Create a customized competitiveness framework to benchmark your
  company’s performance against both shareholder and operational
  indicators;
Gather confidential data from customers, suppliers and employees to
  provide an objective view of your strategy and performance;
Figure out what’s working, what’s not, what’s worth fixing, and what
  changes to sourcing, manufacturing, logistics or product development
  could produce a new competitive weapon.

Innovation in the supply chain puts new demands on information systems and the people who develop and manage them. Making information systems work to improve supply chains is an important SCM skill. But, putting technology ahead of strategic design and operational requirements is a frequent shortcoming. Consequently much effort is wasted or even counterproductive.

Systems issues present some monumental challenges to senior managers. The reasons are many. Senior managers "may not have a clue" about their needs for systems, the capabilities of information technologies, or how to implement the technology. They have only a hazy awareness of how computers work and what infrastructure capability like networks provides. Consequently, these managers are often at the mercy of their technical departments and software marketers. Or, their lack of knowledge leads to indecision.