Our Client, the Logistics Authority for the UK Ministry of Defence, had a requirement to understand the potential benefits available through digitisation of supply chain operations as part of the UK Government’s digitisation agenda.
Through in-depth and cross-operational analysis, our logistics consultants identified and quantified how digitisation could benefit the Ministry of Defence’s logistics and supply chain operations
Services Used
Consulting and Advisory
Business Drivers
- To understand how digitisation could help such a vast and diverse supply chain across all its equipment and material services in the UK and overseas
- To consider how industry best practices would apply
- To improve Defence logistics policy companies and the effectiveness and efficiency of resulting operations
Solutions
- Researched the market,
industry standard solutions and supply chain digital products - Identified key and marginal areas within the MoD supply chain where digital solutions would add value
- Provided advice and guidance on the benefits, challenges and risks of digital solutions
- Demonstrated where industry best practice could be utilised to maximise potential ROI
Results
- Identify and quantify the benefits of digitising both logistics policy and Defence logistics transactional processes
- Determine the supply chain risks and challenges documented from implementing digital solutions
- Identify where greatest Defence logistics effectiveness and efficiency improvements could be achieved
- Prioritise the digitisation of logistics policy as an enabler to then apply best of breed technologies in system directed transactions in logistics