With 30 years of industry experience, Gravick Group uses a proven six-step method to help corporations secure and optimize their supply chains. Each plan is carefully crafted to respond to your company’s imminent challenges as well as long-term strategies.
Our Process
Our flexible six-step process is based on three decades of expertise to secure and optimize our clients’ supply chains. It addresses both immediate vulnerabilities and issues and long-term goals. Our process integrates risk assessment, technology, and expert execution for a resilient and efficient outcome. The chart below outlines our proven approach.
PHASE I: INFORMATION GATHERING
• Initial meetings with key stakeholders
• Tour of sites
• Identify vulnerabilities in physical sites and cyber networks
• Understand existing systems and previous budgetary commitments
• Tour of sites
• Identify vulnerabilities in physical sites and cyber networks
• Understand existing systems and previous budgetary commitments
PHASE II: ANALYSIS OF VULNERABILITIES AND URGENCY OF ISSUES
• Risk assessments
• Balance short term emergencies with long term tactical approach
• Create list of priorities
• Develop initial strategies to tackle issues
• Balance short term emergencies with long term tactical approach
• Create list of priorities
• Develop initial strategies to tackle issues
PHASE III: STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Select team members best able to execute
• Determine ability to integrate new technology with current systems
• Agree upon strategy, budget and timeline
• Identify criteria for success
• Determine ability to integrate new technology with current systems
• Agree upon strategy, budget and timeline
• Identify criteria for success
PHASE IV: PRELIMINARY TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION
• Rollout plan and train key team members on new technology
• Pilot project in one specific geographic area
• Analyze results
• Initiate corrections and redeploy
• Retest and adjust
• Pilot project in one specific geographic area
• Analyze results
• Initiate corrections and redeploy
• Retest and adjust
PHASE V: ADAPTATION TO NEXT STRATEGIC AREAS
• Provide training tailored to new areas
• Deploy tactical plan
• Implement ongoing assessments and adjustments
• Deploy tactical plan
• Implement ongoing assessments and adjustments
PHASE VI: CONCLUDING AND REPORTING
• Assess success as defined in Phase III
• Determine components that will stay in place
• Adjust other components as needed
• Deliver report to key stakeholders
• Determine components that will stay in place
• Adjust other components as needed
• Deliver report to key stakeholders