Whether you’re an investor looking to increase value in an existing portfolio company or a standalone operating company in need of an external set of eyes to upgrade existing operations, DDP will assemble a bespoke team to delve deeply into core operational challenges through short, medium and long-term assignments. In these types of assignments, DDP is usually being asked to help identify and find solutions for problems that are more complicated and complex in nature.
Strategic Operations Deep-Dives
Sourcing and procurement
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- Strategic sourcing
- Direct material design-to-value and should-cost
- Procurement operating model (organization, processes, governance
- Direct procurement and source-to-pay solutions
- Supplier relationship, risk and performance management
- Complex procurement support
- Contract management and value realization
- Sourcing analytics
Manufacturing
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- Make vs buy
- Manufacturing strategy and footprint design
- Manufacturing operations improvement
- Digital manufacturing
- Quality, safety and compliance review
Supply chain
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- Supply chain strategy and complexity management
- Sales and market approach review
- Market potential review
- Integrated business planning solutions
- Supply chain footprint and logistics optimisation
- Transportation and distribution management
- Inventory and working capital optimization
- Reverse (post-sales) logistics
- Supply chain risk management
- Digital supply chain and analytics
Capital Assets
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- Capital asset strategy and portfolio management
- Asset lifecycle management
- Project governance, reporting, risk management and assurance
- Integrated project technology
- Enterprise asset management
- Integrated asset and work management
- Asset reliability and performance improvement
- Digital asset management and predictive analytics
General & Administrative
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- Enterprise services strategy and operating model
- General & administrative cost reduction
- Front, middle and back office performance improvement
- Intelligent process automation
Enterprise Performance Improvement
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- Operating model design
- Operations performance improvement strategy
- Enterprise-wide process improvement
- Operations excellence development and Lean/Six-Sigma
Digital Operations
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- Business and operating model innovation
- Digital strategy
- Digital platform design and analytics
- Solution design and implementation