Like a sports team, where all the players know the plays and their positions, your team excels when there is a common base of understanding and approach to the fundamental principles behind planning and execution.

Anchoring the Supply Chain is a course designed to provide the opportunity for your organization to maximize the use of its ERP system and realize benefits across a range of potential value areas including inventory reduction, improved on-time shipment and lower cost structures. By having a strong foundation at the node level, the opportunity to effectively harness the benefits of integrated supply chains can be realized.

We are DBM Systems and we are here to help you anchor your supply chain.

	Initial Review	"We know we need to anchor the supply chain, but we don't know where to start."
	Educate	"This involves a lot of people. They all need to understand."
	FIX	"We need to fix what's stopping us from anchoring the supply chain."
	Maintain	"We made it! Now we have to stay on course.."

1. Initial Review

The Supply Chain Initial review helps you establish your current situation, and what you need to do to move toward Supply Chain Excellence.

The SC Initial Review has five key areas: preliminary measurements, audits, process scorecard, gap analysis, value anticipators, and action plans.

The SC Initial Review sets the roadmap to anchoring the supply chain that is specific to your organization.

To talk with DBM about an SC Initial Review, call us at 1-800-863-6625.

2. Education

Stabilizing your master and vendor schedules is critical to anchoring your supply chain. People who know what they are doing is one of the four tablestakes to an effective ERP planning system.

Here is where we come in. As part of your Supply Chain project, we offer on-site training to your people so that they are armed with solid knowledge as they stabilize your schedules and plans.

To talk with DBM about Supply Chain education for your organization, call 1-800-863-6625.

Education is just one of the ways DBM is committed to improving the effectiveness of your supply chain.

3. FIX

The SC Initial Review has confirmed your opportunities for improvement. Your people have taken action and they can see a difference, but other pressures threaten their ability to stay on course.

A coach will help keep your organization on track by keeping it focused on the goal - anchoring your supply chain. Special skills are used to address gap elimination documented in the Initial Review, to impact education, to coaching with the Fix team and senior executives on their roles and responsibilities.

To talk with DBM about our FIX assistance, call 1-800-863-6625.

The FIX is just one of the ways DBM is committed to improving the effectiveness of your supply chain.

4. Maintain

You've worked hard at anchoring your supply chain. You want to make sure that you stay there. You know it will not happen magically.

You will need to continue to improve and tighten your processes. New product launches will need to adhere to the same standards that you've established for the rest of your product lines.

We at DBM can help you continue to maintain stable production and vendor schedules by acting as you coach. We bring over 25 years' experience to the table, and will share our experiences with you so that you can benefit from industry best practices.

Helping you Maintain a stable supply chain is just one of the ways DBM is committed to improving the effectiveness of your supply chain.