Launching Phase III: Design Material Flow
The third phase of the project life cycle focuses on supply chain design.
The design is completed in two steps.
First, the design team focuses on physical material flow. Primary deliverables are AS IS material flow, disconnect and gross opportunity analysis, material flow strategy and appropriate leading practices, and TO BE material flow. Second the team aligns practices and looks at processes and systems involving work and information flow. Primary deliverables are AS IS work and information flow, transactional analysis, TO BE work and information flow, and productivity impact summary.
At the conclusion of the design phase, the project team combines, values, and prioritizes changes in material, work, and infrmation flow.