Discover Global will help you develop your Objectives and Expectations of your global supply chain which include the following:

• Leverage spend across business units and locations
• Align incentives for integration of activities to support organizational goals and strategies
• Optimize supply chain operations
• Reduce inventories across the supply chain
• Assurance of supply of the right quality items for production and support activities
• Have well designed investment recovery processes
• Critical cycle time improvements
• Address local content and local business development goals
• Identify and implement standardization opportunities in  process, materials and services

Discover Global will help you work through Global Challenges and Complexities such as:

• Currency exchange risk
• Countertrade opportunity and requirements
• Varying laws and jurisdictional questions
• Culture and language differences
• Labor and training availability, practices, laws and regulations
• Transportation, packing, shipping, storing, import, export regulations, customs
• Partner and joint venture issues

Discover Global will work with you to identify and manage Potential Barriers and Risk Factors before you get started such as:

• Uncertain political stability, different government agendas
• Lack of infrastructure in some countries (roads, port facilities, trained labor, communication)
• High transaction costs due to varying business environments
• Requirements to use in-country agents or partners and local content requirements
• Lack of potential for repeat purchases
• Slower adoption of e-business than in the domestic market
• Different time zones (communications difficulties)
• Financial risks are higher (potential for war, terrorism, government change)
• Long/unpredictable supplier lead times
• Protectionism (tariffs, duties, quotas, inspections)
• Limited number of qualified global suppliers