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pain , and that level of service was just not going to be acceptable or sustainable , if we were to avoid losing business to our competitors .”
So what do you do when you have an operation that functions out of the UK , sources content from the Far East and distributes around the rest of the world ? You organise . And that ’ s exactly what Shaun did . He established that the forecasting , on which demand was estimated , was not sufficiently accurate - resulting in unnecessary additional costs . He undertook detailed planning and scenario modelling to establish a radical alternative . The new decentralisation strategy he devised helped to cut inbound freight costs almost entirely . He adds “ The existing model also didn ’ t meet our sustainability goals as the carbon footprint was way too high .” So he recommended building an integrated supply chain based around local printing and supply . This hub solution – as Shaun calls it – would mean that all the printing , storage and supply could be done from a hub located in each operating country or region around the world , immediately eliminating the long lead
“ One of the main challenges was sustainability , and this model was clearly not meeting our sustainability goals as the carbon footprint was way too high ”
SHAUN PLUNKETT
VP GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN , MACMILLAN EDUCATION
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