Poll: Supply chain will hold according to UK buyers

Source: Supply Management

A total of 54 per cent of procurement managers and experts in the SupplyManagement100 poll believe supply chains can keep up with demand as the economy recovers. This comes despite Nissan’s problems this month with supplier delays.

Gary Moore, procurement performance manager at BAE Systems Insyte, said that if buyers work closely with the supply chain they should be able to cope with rising demand. “This means both parties co-operating on sharing intelligence regarding our expected needs going forward and on their future load against that estimated profile.”
Not all respondents were so optimistic, however. Thirty-seven per cent said the economic upswing would cause supply chain problems.

“Some suppliers have downsized to reduce costs and capital and now there is growth they are struggling to meet our full needs. This is leading in some cases to reductions in performance against the service levels we and our customers expect and have contractually agreed,” said Neil Dixon procurement manager at LeasePlan UK. “We have endeavoured to mitigate this by having an increased supply base, but issues are still occurring.”

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