Taith Group - Experiences and Examples

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	Establish Market-facing Supply Chain
	Client Need: What is the best way for me to move my first product from contract manufacturer to US and European hospitals, and which are the best partners to supply logistics, customer service and order-to-cash service?

	Taith Response: Facilitate strategy decisions and lead strategic sourcing.

	Action #1: Develop and present the financial impact of channel strategy options to enable senior management decisions

	Action #2: Lead the client through a sourcing process to evaluate and inspect potential service providers, select the best partner, complete contract negotiations and implement the partnership.

	Tangible Result: The supply chain is ready for launch immediately following FDA approval.


	Create Supply Chain Capabilities for Growing Corporation
	Client Need: Are my supply chain management capabilities sufficient to support 2X growth in 5 years? What else do we need to be able to do?

	Taith Response: Complete a classic gap assessment/improvement planning project.

	Action #1: Conduct a 60 day gap assessment of human capabilities, processes and IT systems to identify short and long term gaps and areas for improvement.

	Action #2: Engage additional subject matter experts and complete a 90 day improvement plan design project to identify timing, resources, priorities and expenditures necessary to close the gap.

	Tangible Result: Improvement Plan is documented and on-hold pending merger activities.


	Develop an Aligned Global Senior Leadership Team
	Client Need: The supply chain management organizations spread across the global corporation do not have a single vision or an integrated functional improvement plan. What do we need to do to take advantage of synergies, move the decentralized team forward and contribute more to the bottom line?

	Taith Response: Exert team leadership as a facilitator with deep content expertise.

	Action #1: Facilitate a quarterly senior global supply chain leadership team to formulate and support a single functional transformation plan.

	Action #2: Develop and implement a program management, tracking and accountability system to achieve the changes envisioned.

	Tangible Result: The plan is in place and leaders are taking accountability for synergistic improvements.


	Create new product supply chain launch plan
	Client Need: What is the best plan to launch a new pharmaceutical product in consideration of significant uncertainty?

	Taith Response: Perform as a part-time global launch leader.

	Action #1: Create a simple characterization of the supply chain, the potential marketplace and the corporate objectives and limitations.

	Action #2: Identify the uncertainties and develop a scenario-based new product supply chain launch plan.

	Action #3: Establish and run pre-launch Sales and Operations Planning.

	Tangible Result: A detailed launch plan, including sales and production plans is in place and guiding the launch.


	Supply chain influence on business development
	Client Need: Can the application of a novel manufacturing technology create competitively advantaged supply chains in a crowded global therapeutic area?

	Taith Response: Contribute multi-faceted manufacturing and supply chain expertise to a business development analysis.

	Action #1: Develop a simple economic model of the existing supply chains.
	Action #2: Apply the novel technology and create a new economic model.
	Action #3: Identify other impacts, limitations, advantages and opportunities beyond simple economics.
	Action #4: Co-author the business development recommendation.

	Tangible Result: Recommendation of “no advantage” is accepted, no further unfavorable expenditures are made.