Brands go
global not only by entering a new market, but by
manufacturing abroad as well.
The cultural differences, time changes, sheer
distance, and currency-related challenges create more
difficulties when managing the quality and cost of products.
That’s why global brands rely on PACCESS Sourcing to
provide supply chain improvements through the management of
raw materials for products and packaging.
Our experience
in material sourcing, quality control and benchmarking
procedures deliver complete transparency to the manufacturing
process, while improving speed to market and reducing overall
costs. We bring bottom-line value to global brands in all
critical areas of their product supply chain:
For more information, please
contact us
by email or call 503-230-4890.
Price
Management
PACCESS
recently negotiated annual material cost savings for customers
in excess of $20 million. In addition, our analysis of the
commodity markets confirmed that customers would not get price
increases during recessionary times.
We succeed in comprehensive price management strategies
through:
- Leveraging
long-term material volumes instead of short-run production
- Conducting
negotiations with foreign production partners on behalf of our
stakeholders
- Monitoring
trends and factory relationships to increase price stability
Order
Management
PACCESS
managed regional costing variations through the establishment of
simplified pricing models, returning $6 million to our brand
customers over the past three years. Processes we use to gain
these results include:
- Providing
online visibility with transaction reports
- Managing
material spend to prioritize component consolidation
- Monitoring
lead time for materials and components
Supplier
Management
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PACCESS
reduced landed cost for one high-volume, legacy footwear
customer by $1.2 million. Reducing costs with suppliers and
transportation logistics are effected through:
- Managing
supplier performance based on benchmarking and data analysis
- Achieving the
most productive capacities of individual suppliers
- Integrating
new suppliers when flexibility is necessary
- Using regional
vs. local supply chain advantages
Auditing
At one brand’s
factory, PACCESS measured the carbon footprint and reduced it by
12%. On another
assignment, PACCESS established safe mercury levels while
supervising ongoing cleanup so the factory could comply with
ESH/Labor standards.
Mitigating risk for brands happens through:
- Ensuring safe
working conditions
- Auditing
factories, sometimes unannounced to maintain compliance
- Establishing
ESH/Labor guidelines related to best practices in the industry
Claims
Management
PACCESS
initiated a compliance process and dramatically improved our
customer’s rejected/returned rate from a high of 25% to less
than 2%. Quality improvements such as this are audited and
verified, and are the results of:
- Establishing
benchmarks and pre-inspections to reduce opportunities for
claims
- Analyzing the
product and its manufacturing process to document a path for
improvement
- Benchmarking
material quality and eliminating the introduction of inferior
materials
Materials
Management
The customer
of our largest color management program reported that 99.85% of
materials passed inspection. The rejected materials equated to
$54,963 in leather costs, while a non-color management program
of similar size resulted in $434,640 of rejected stock. PACCESS
maintained these levels of quality by:
- Using advanced
spectrophotometers to maintain color consistency
- Certifying
consistent color across multiple suppliers and regions
- Ensuring
quality compliance and continual improvement through production
data analysis
- Allowing
developers to focus on R&D efforts with suppliers to produce new
and unique products
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