BUILDING
A CUSTOMER
CENTRIC SUPPLY
CHAINMirela ScarlatescuGroup Supply Chain Director
Policolor – Orgachim Group
To become the most friendly
paints and coatings company,
who transforms changes into a joyful
experience.
1. Excellence
2. Innovation
3. Customer focus
4. Social responsibility
5. Quality
6. Team spirit
7. Ethics
Identified customer values
• Quality product and innovation
• NO stock at their side
• Good or low price
• Delivered immediately & NO Faults
Identified customer values
Charted the course and benefits
Engaged the entire organization
Made SWOT
Made SWOT of Competition
Identified customer values
Charted the course and benefits
Engaged the entire organization
Made SWOT
Made SWOT of Competition
Manage the change
Segmented multi-channel
Supply Chain
• Dynamic Strategies per
customer segments
• SLA per
channel/customer
validated
• People, Processes,
Tools allocated
• KPI’s in place
© John Gattorna 2010
Collaborative Efficient Dynamic Innovative
Close working relationships for
mutual gain
Consistent low cost response to
largely predictable demands
Rapid response to an
unpredictable supply and
demand condition
Supplier-led development and
delivery of new ideas
• Mostly predictable
demand
• Regular delivery
• Mature products
• Relationship focus
• Partnership
• Loyal
• Price is not an issue
• Largely predictable
demands
• Regular delivery
• More adversarial
• Power imposed
• Efficiency focus
• Transactional
• Very price sensitive
• Rapid response to
uneven demand
• Urgent delivery focus
• Opportunity focus
• Lower loyalty, impersonal
• Pragmatism
• Volatility
• Very unpredictable
demand
• Require innovative
solutions in product and
services
• High risk
• Rapid change
• Solutions oriented
• Low sensitivity to price
Collaborative Efficient Dynamic Innovative
Continuous
replenishment
Lean Agile Fully flexible supply
chain
Focus on developing
loyal customer
relationships with trusty
and reliable services
Focus on economies of
scale, synergies, and
low-cost production and
delivery
Focus on responding
rapidly and commercially
to unpredictable
supply/demand conditions
Hedging and deployment
strategies used to improve
responsiveness on a
selective basis
• Identify, coach, motivate, empower
• Great Mix of generations X and Y
• Grow leaders at all levels
1. Build the TEAM
• Daily Calls at 10:00
• Weekly S&OP’s
• Monthly & Quarterly
Operational Reviews
• Half-yearly Customer Surveys 2. Communicate
3. Establish the Processes
• Design. Document. Integrate.
• Benchmark vs. other industries
• Include flexibility. Allow
initiatives & creativity.
• Expect the unexpected. Risk
management.
5. Implement
• Measure. Operate
efficiently. Insourced
and Outsourced.
• Learn. Apply. Share.
• Innovate
• Do not surrender
6. Improve
• Ask for feedback every
day. Listen. Action.
• Ready to change the
Route-to-Market
• Switch between Supply
Chains
NO CONT.
IMPROVEMENT
No continuous
improvementFIREFIGHTING!
EXPERT
BASED
Improvement
approach
based on the
capability of
the expert (ad-
hoc projects)
FUNCTIONAL
EXCELLENCE
Structured
improvement
approach with
core functions
(systemic –
limited
integration)
INTEGRATIVE
IMPROVEMENT
SYSTEM
Codified and
integrated
improvement
(situational and
systemic)
LEARNING
NETWORK
Culture of
innovation
and know-
how sharing
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Stage V
Average
I.T.
Leaders
Supply Chain 2018 – 2019 - 2020
• Service vs Product. Diversify.
• Drones
• Social media feedback. Action.
Supply Chain in 2030
• Virtual reality. AI. Androids.
• Generations X, Y, Z
• Aging population
• Social responsibilities
• Technologies
• Video vs. writing
• Environmental challenges
Supply Chain in 2040
• Virtual reality. AI.
Androids.
• Generations X, Y,
Z, and beyond
• Environmental
challenges
• Reverse the
globalization.
Micro universe.
• Integrate changes.
Optimize.
• KPI’s all domains & all
locations
• Empower Leadership at
all levels
• PERFORMANCE