Phase I
Our team will help you define your supplier selection criteria by evaluating your corporate strategy and by Value Stream Mapping your supplier relationships. Baseline metrics will be established to measure supply chain progress.

Phase II
Once your core suppliers are selected, we will aid you in hosting a workshop and Lean Supply Chain simulation. The simulation will show your core suppliers where they will benefit from your LSC and will encourage their commitment to your initiative.

• Supplier Assessment
  We will then do an assessment of each supplier using common assessment tools developed through years of experience and with hundreds of clients. These assessments are deployed locally at your supplier’s site using our nationwide network of Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP) personnel. The findings will be presented to you together with recommendations and program costs, which are to be shared with your suppliers.
  
• Supplier Lean Deployment
  GENEDGE and our partner MEP centers will build your suppliers’ Lean capabilities with Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen improvements such as 5S, Set-up Reduction, Cellular Flow, Office Lean and Kanban. GENEDGE project managers will also help your internal teams build linkages with key suppliers to reduce non-value added activities throughout the extended value stream.

Phase III
Finally, GENEDGE will help your team develop a long-term best practices and best value supplier approach. Supplier evaluation, selection and continuous improvement methods will be established. Agile replenishment flow will be created using best practices that support your value streams.

In addition, GENEDGE will help you:

• Build more flexibility into your production and distribution system to allow for unforeseen demand fluctuations. In other words, have a "plan B" ready to execute.
• Analyze your supply chain to determine which functions add value to your products and which can be eliminated because the customer is unwilling to pay the cost.
• Share information with all the companies in your supply chain (including your customers) so that they fully understand what you’re trying to accomplish and what role they play.
• Control the process by using the most current technology that interfaces with everyone in your supply chain.