the ARC risk analysis and reporting Application
Central to the ARC method is the ARC analytics application. It provides immediate visibility of risk and informs crucial decision support.
Armed with a pre-existing library of supply chain risk and resilience topics, criteria and questions, the app provides a platform for analytics, decisions, actionable outputs and reports.
It also offers the flexibility to add or adapt topics according to sector and business specific requirements.
The 4 pillars of our service
Digital solution
Operating model design
Operating model design
- The ARC application is a cloud or on-premise solution that provides risk visibility and decision support
- The ARC method continually updates the application enabling continuous measurement and management of your supply chain risk and resilience
- The risk reporting and dashboards are appropriate for directors, shareholders and investors as well operational manager
- The user interface is simple and friendly
- Data is stored securely in the cloud and transmission is fully encrypted
- Multiple client users can be set up securely under license
Operating model design
Operating model design
Operating model design
- ARC guides the re-design and re-alignment of operating models
- The supply chain is assessed at supplier, facility, product group and SKU levels, ensuring alignment with the specific situation and structure of your business.
- The following areas are analysed in detail, risks are quantified through a risk level score:
- Sourcing
- All modes of transport
- Inventory cover and positioning
- Item status visibility and demand forecasting
- Manufacturer and Logistics Service Provider capabilities and contracts
- End to end supply chain costs and CO2 transport emissions
- Political and Climate impacts
- Organisational skills and the ability to adopt change
Project management
Operating model design
Project management
- ARC provides a full project management capability to ensure your organisation is able to deploy changes to your supply chain operations
- ARC deploys an agile project methodology that ensures successful delivery of all elements within scope
- We connect actionable outputs and measures from the application to the change delivery process
- Engagement and delivery is achieved through a structured programme starting with a Pilot project.
- The ARC way of working is to engage closely, enable teams, and transfer capability
- We foster collaborative behaviour across your teams and upstream with suppliers and partners.
- We embed knowledge, understanding and skills
Change management
Operating model design
Project management
- ARC provides a suite of change management methods and tools to ensure your organisation successfully adopts change
The ARC process includes the following:
- Defines agendas for project and change management planning
- Identifies what will need to change across the organisation and the end-to-end supply chain to embed the agile resilience methodology
- For those impacted, identifies what new structures and competencies will be required (teams, attitude, skills)
- Includes external suppliers and 3rd Party Partners and service providers
- Assesses the quality of external relationships including contracts and collaboration charters