Services

Process

Critical Input works with clients to help them understand, communicate and improve their processes across areas of Supply Chain and Project Management.

Our services include:

  • Business Process Improvement – Formulating the required strategy for the structure, documentation and governance of business processes
  • Process mapping, process analysis, process redesign, process standardisation
  • Identifying the obstacles and required outcomes
  • Future Process Definition
  • Organisational Redesign and Operational Improvement
  • Managing and supporting the change process – including as required development of documentation, processes and frameworks.

We work with clients to facilitate and guide the process of aligning with strategic priorities and other growth areas, to reduce costs, and improve decision making and accountability.

  • Root Cause Analysis/Incident Process Reviews

Review of business processes, gap and failure analysis.

  • Documentation

Producing business documentation for “as is”, or “to be” process, policy and procedures.

Governance

  • Devising how performance and compliance will be measured and the required corrective and improvement actions.

People

Critical Input provides skilled resources either as backfill, outsourcing needs or additional support.

Unlike traditional recruitment firms, we don’t simply place a worker. Critical Input is an agile, modern workplace. We only put forward experts in the field. Our diverse database of highly skilled resources, available nationwide, enables us to supply:

  • Supply Chain Managers
  • Procurement and Contracts Managers
  • Purchasing and Contracts Officers
  • Category Managers
  • Category Specialists/Advisors
  • Logistics Managers
  • Logistics Officers
  • Warehousing and Inventory Personnel
  • Project Directors
  • Project and Construction Managers
  • Project Controls Personnel
  • Contract administrators
  • Document Controllers
  • Project Administrators.

The people in our resources database can be engaged as consultants for project works, labour hire for role backfill, or longer-term engagements either as project employees or full-time permanent employees.

Supply Chain

Critical Input works across the end-to-end Supply Chain to deliver sustainable results using our proven change management approach. We conduct robust supply chain reviews, manage improvement projects and offer materials management reviews to our clients.

We define end-to-end Supply Chain as all services within a Supply function:

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategies
  • Procurement
  • Contracting
  • Category Management
  • Contract Management
  • Contract Administration
  • Inventory and Materials Management (including MMRs)
  • Warehousing and Logistics.

Critical Input offers a wide range of “hands on” services starting from our detailed supply chain reviews, supply chain planning support to expert supply chain improvement project support, delivery of strategic procurement and contracts and material management reviews (MMR).

We work with our clients to develop and design optimal supply chain structures and frameworks to support the business’ needs, while minimising costs and capital. Aligning the supply chain to business strategy delivers maximum value to the business, its customers and stakeholders.

Our expert team integrate with our clients team to achieve optimal outcomes for all our supply chain improvement projects. We seek to find sustainable solutions to all the issues facing our clients, with a focus on simplicity to ensure they can be implemented long term.

We support our clients to transform the service they offer their customers, by streamlining processes and offering strategic solutions to the management of contracts and procurement, in turn enhancing the overall reputation of supply chain within the business.

Our extensive experience in global contracting processes and large contract negotiations (US$500M+) enables us to provide you with expert support services when it comes to detailed negotiation, planning and execution.

Critical Input’s Supply Chain ReviewTM (SCRTM) tool enables us to provide assessment, enhancement and development of best practice End-To-End Supply Chain Planning. This synchronises the people, planning and systems needed to drive the right business outcomes.

Ethical and Sustainable Sourcing is a cornerstone of our Supply Chain activities. Coupled with extensive Supply Chain mapping, we can provide your organisation with a different view of your sourcing activities.

Materials Management Review (MMR)

The MMR is a two phased approach to help clients realise value from already purchased materials that are unknown, under utilised or obsolete:​

  • Phase 1 review provides an initial snapshot of your organisation’s physical management of both inventory and non-inventory items across a sample of the various storage locations.
  • Optional Phase 2:  Staged or full review of all storage locations and the implementation of the agreed recommendations overseen by a single Critical Input Senior Consultant.

Supply Chain Risk Assessment Matrix

Understanding the risks to your business from a Supply Chain perspective isn’t always obvious. Using our Supply Chain Risk Assessment Matrix, we can provide you with a robust set of identified risks that you can then use to manage all aspects of the Supply Chain within your business.

Project Management

Critical Input works closely and collaboratively with the client project team to ensure that the new and enhanced capabilities within Project Management are tailored specifically to meet organisational requirements, context and maturity – including major and mega projects.

Projects

Project management is a team effort. We ensure our clients’ new and enhanced capabilities are fitfor-purpose and tailored to meet their unique needs. CI’s change management expertise ensures new systems are easy to sustain. Our capability-building services are supported by strategic planning for P3M programs, including:

  • Current and future state analysis
  • Development of supporting processes, procedures and templates.

CI Project Management Office (PMO)

Specialising in supply chain improvement projects, Critical Input’s PMO (PMO) service supports the management of projects at both a strategic and execution level.

Depending on what’s called for, our senior project managers can ensure the framework is in place for on-the-ground project managers to do their jobs or roll up their sleeves to manage the day-to-day minutiae during the duration of the project.

Building P3M capability

We design, develop and deploy new or enhanced enterprise-wide or function/program specific capabilities, including:

  • Portfolio, program and project management methods and frameworks
  • Project, program and portfolio management offices (P3Os/PMOs)
  • Program and project controls
  • Governance, including project gating and assurance.

Get in touch today

Phone: 1800 511 480