What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps companies reduce procurement costs, eliminate single-source vulnerabilities, and improve end-to-end supplier performance for operations that source from China by providing actionable supplier qualification, risk assessment, inventory optimization, and procurement strategy guidance.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Supplier Qualification & Development: End-to-end supplier onboarding workflows, on-site audit checklists, pilot production plans, and phased qualification gates to reduce quality and delivery risk.
- Procurement Strategy & Cost Control: Kraljic-based category strategies, strategic sourcing playbooks, TCO analysis, contract term templates, and consolidated purchasing tactics to drive measurable savings.
- Inventory, Logistics & Digitalization: EOQ, safety stock and ROP calculators, inventory model recommendations (JIT/VMI/consignment), logistics channel selection, and ERP/SRM digital maturity roadmaps.
- Use Case: Rapidly evaluate a failing component supplier in China, compute EOQ and safety stock to avoid stockouts, qualify two backup factories, and deliver a remediation plan that preserves production continuity.
Quick Start
Perform a supplier diagnostic for our China suppliers, prioritize single-source risks, and deliver an actionable 90-day mitigation and sourcing plan.