Supply Chain Optimisation of HydraPowar Dynamics Limited Prasanta Kumar Dey and William Ho Operations and Information Management Group

Contents Brief description of the company Issues and challenges Proposed approach Anticipated outputs and benefits

HydraPower Dynamics Limited Company founded in 1983 Employing 90 people Turnover 6.9 million Major customers – Rolls Royce Siemens, Travel West Midlands, BAE systems

HydraPower Dynamics Limited Five integrated Business Units Automotive Manufacturing Surface coating Engineering Machinery

Problem statement Particular skills gaps include: Supply chain evaluation, optimisation and communication Planning/scheduling to reduce inventory and improve operational utilisation and materials flow Supplier selection and management Distribution logistics Disposal logistics

Objective The main objective of the project is to improve the overall business performance of HDL through supply chain analysis and optimisation

Methodology Phase 1 Internal & external review map supply chain network, determine supply chain characteristics Phase 2 Identify issues identify issues and challenges across the supply chain Phase 3 Supply chain optimisation optimise HDL supply chain through developing synergy between competitive and supply chain strategy. Phase 4 Supply chain performance improvement Develop and implement a supply chain performance measurement framework

Outputs A framework to analyse supply chain performance of products / services in order to suggest improvement measures Decision support systems for designing supply chain for new products / services

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