Channel Management

World-Class Channel Management  

World-Class Channel Management  seeks to synchronize and optimize inventory, logistics and distribution functions across the entire value chain to meet full life cycle needs of products and services.  The focus is on meeting customer demand and in designing channels world-class organizations include the customer in the design of their systems.  The value chain consists of channels sequencing through extraction, production, transport, storage, sale, maintenance and post-life management.  Extractors, material handlers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, logistics (forward and reverse) , and  technology providers are all part of Channel Management.   World-Class Channel Management strives for low inventories, maintaining quality at all stages, inventory visibility and metrics,  meeting financial and strategic objectives, and managing channel issues such as a port lockout, pandemic and acts of nature.