Is your Supply Chain team feeling stressed out?

When I talk to Supply Chain teams of various companies, I find many of them completely stressed out. Their team members report working extra hours only on firefighting efforts, leaving no time for improving the underlying processes. Such stressed out teams can’t be productive.

If your team is feeling stressed out, it is a clear indication to revisit the fundamental design of the Supply Chain or the way processes have been mapped out. It is sure to reveal some fundamental flaws in either the design or process mapping. These are the root causes which must be addressed immediately so that the flow is smooth and team members stop feeling stressed.

TOC provides a good framework for designing the end-to-end Supply Chain and its various processes.