SCT Advisory provides RFI and RFP support for Order Management System and associated technology selections by capturing and prioritizing key business requirements, facilitating the organizational alignment on program objectives while orchestrating the selection process with the right group of WMS providers given the required capabilities, budget and culture fit.
Sourcing Strategy, RFP Oversight, & Vendor Selection
As project scope is defined, mobilizing the best-fit ecosystem of vendors and services providers across software, cloud, services, and support is needed. Designing partner-friendly programs leveraging our industry expertise provides a stream-lined approach and short list of candidates to deliver a successful implementation.
RFP Management
Managing vendor communications, scoring responses, consolidating evaluations, and tracking contract progress can be time-consuming and complex. Our proven methodology streamlines this process, keeping it efficient and transparent—while providing clear updates and recommendations to your executive team.
Vendor demonstrations are a critical step in vetting the solutions and ensuring consensus on success factors and preferred vendors across the organization which is critical to the success of the overall program. SCT provides vendors with guidance on your organizational priorities and while presenting what we see as critical differentiators to you for a 360-degree view of the options to choose from. Briefing sessions following the demonstrations translate vendor positioning into valid expectations, and roundtable discussions unveil any reservations from the team that can be addressed in future conversations with the vendors.
Program Planning
Company-wide projects require careful collaboration, roadmap development, milestone planning, and executive engagement. With supply chain experience across a broad array of industries, SCT knows which questions to ask, critical success milestones to track, and KPIs to monitor—helping you build a strategic program plan that drives lasting value across your organization.
Following vendor demonstrations, as the preferred solution is materializing, Scoping workshops allow our customers to dig deeper into capabilities and setup requirements to more fully develop an appreciation for solution capabilities and the effort required to achieve them. SCT facilitates workshops with 1-2 vendors to walk through the day in the life of warehouse operation (end to end given the surrounding system architecture), implementation methodology, roles and responsibilities, and critical success factors.
Scoping, Scheduling, and Roles & Responsibilities
Aligning project and program objectives with high level estimates of effort allows a best in class approach to take shape. Iterations allowing the evaluation of complexity and projected results allow refinement of scope to deliver optimal value. Considerations of staff availability and supplementation options allow time and cost tradeoffs to be evaluated, delivering an ideal balance of speed and value.
Program Justification & Business Case Preparation
Investment priorities will be scoped and sequenced, providing clarity on transformation strategies and business justification. Cost estimation and returns on investment will be combined into a time phased justification for your program, and combined with soft benefits and insights to socialize effort & procure funding.
