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Case provider needs “protection” from rising supply chain costs ​

Key metrics:
  • $23M in cost savings​
  • Identified multiple opportunities for EBITDA enhancement
Value levers pulled:
  • Profitability improvement​
  • Technology implementation​
  • End-to-End supply chain assessment

Picture this...

You’re a $500M+ revenue global leader in the case sector (mobile, hand-held, and portable protective coverings). You help people protect their devices, but you need help protecting your operating costs. More specifically, you think your supply-chain related costs are too high.

You turn to Accordion.

We open the case, looking for ways you can improve EBITDA, profitability, agility, and responsiveness to customer demand across different areas of the supply chain by: ​

  • Conducting a bottoms-up assessment of process, policies, organizations, systems, technology tools, and structural supply chain configurations (utilizing benchmarks to assess “art-of-the-possible”)​
  • Triangulating identified opportunities through hypotheses testing focusing on historical performance, and validating with financial and functional stakeholders​
  • Evaluating current supply chain planning system, selecting replacement technology, and developing an accelerated implementation plan

Your value is enhanced.

You’ve cracked the case on supply chain optimization by:​

  • Identifying $23M in savings potential and building a detailed 6-month work plan to fully reorganize the supply chain process.​
  • Finding 20+ opportunities in in-flight initiatives to improve EBITDA ​
  • Realizing an incremental $10M in potential savings through obsolescence reduction, reduced stock outs, increased inventory ($~13M), and optimized shipping
Enhanced value:

You reap multiple benefits, including:

  • $23M in cost savings​
  • Identified multiple opportunities for EBITDA enhancement

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