Change Management Leads to $333 Million in Cost Savings

Challenge

This pharma company lacked end-to-end supply chain planning visibility which resulted in more than $500M in annual inventory losses, inflated inventory levels, and ineffective utilization of talent and equipment. Change management was a priority to ensure speed of acceptance and ROI.

Solution

Cloud Based End to End Supply Chain Implementation

Our team delivered a simplified global operating model for supply chain processes and developed innovative technologies to align supply / demand views and plan more effectively. The scope of the project was expansive covering 22 client sites, four planning hubs and five external manufacturing sites. Change management and communication efforts touched over 2,500 employees worldwide.

Outcome

After a successful implementation of the new process and technology, we helped the client achieve end-to-end visibility and vastly improved supply chain planning with a single version of the truth. The following benefits were realized:

$130M saved annually by reducing surplus on-hand inventory

38% decrease in inventory discards with a value of $200M annually by offering more accurate inventory forecasts

$3M annual labor savings achieved with the introduction of more efficient and effective processes

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Chris Stephenson

alliantDigital Managing Director: Intelligent Automation and Al

Chris Stephenson is the Managing Director of Intelligent Automation, Al & Digital Services at alliantDigital. Chris has a 25 year history in tech consulting and developing emerging technology solutions for nearly every sector. As a leader in the Al space, Chris has already delivered on multiple internal and client-facing Al products.

History of Proven Success

A serial entrepreneur, Chris founded a successful management consulting practice that was later acquired by Grant Thornton. As the Managing Principal of Product Automation at Grant Thornton, Chris helped develop over 200 internal and client-facing automation products and was recognized for his ability to lead integrations, acquisitions, and technological implementations.

Chris has directed major transformation projects for:

Sondra Leibner

alliantConsulting Managing Director: Transformational Leader and Strategic Visionary

Sondra is an executive level consultant who doesn’t just support leaders but revolutionizes their strategy development, leadership alignment, change management, culture design, and talent development. When you meet Sondra, you will feel the depth of her experience and her understanding that your challenges, culture and circumstances are unique. She will bring flexible, creative and pragmatic approaches to create truly customized and workable solutions. Sondra’s ability to communicate complex messages in simple and memorable ways enhances her ability to achieve unprecedented levels of engagement and adoption. When you begin working together you will be excited about your next meeting.

History of Proven Success

Sondra offers comprehensive services to help business leaders maximize stakeholder value and drive organizational success. She works with teams to craft visions, align leadership, manage changes, and build effective cultures that foster growth and innovation. By focusing on key areas such as communication, collaboration, clarity, and accountability, Sondra helps organizations improve profitability, increase engagement, and realize long-term value.

Leadership Alignment

Leadership teams that are aligned are able to drive business success more effectively. Communication, collaboration, clarity and accountability are the foundations for successful leadership teams. Sondra works to align teams behind your desired destination with the objective of increased engagement, buy in, visible support and clarity of goals to drive success and value realization.

Change Management

It is possible to engage large groups of people and motivate them to do things differently and decrease disruption when thoughtful change management practices are deployed. Change Management requires clarity of purpose, leadership alignment, sponsor leadership, engagement, simple and targeted messaging, crisis and risk management and many others. Sondra will work to develop and execute a scalable approach to manage the people side of change through assessing impacts, readiness and educational needs of stakeholders.

Culture Design

The success or failure of an organization is driven by leadership and culture. Actively taking steps toward building your culture means focusing on the alignment of your leadership, values and behaviors. Sondra will assess current state behaviors, beliefs, norms and structures of your organization to identify similarities and differences inherent in the culture and subcultures and together we will create a roadmap to increase engagement to realize the intended culture.

Talent Development

Customized talent strategies that resonate with your vision, values, and culture are Sondra’s forte, empowering your team to excel and drive the company’s strategic objectives.

Sondra has directed major transformation projects for:

Joy Taylor

alliantConsulting Managing Director:
A Visionary Leader and Proven Change Management Expert

Joy Taylor isn’t just a consultant; she’s a force of nature in the world of business transformation. With over twenty-five years of cross-functional experience, Joy applied her expertise in program transformations, project leadership, strategy and execution, team facilitation, change management, communication, and Lean Sigma to everything from startups to multibillion-dollar enterprises. Her impressive track record speaks volumes, but her accolades and career milestones set her apart as a critical advisor for CEOs.

Award-Winning Leadership and Proven Success

As National Managing Principal at Grant Thornton, Joy demonstrated her unparalleled ability to steer complex, global programs and initiatives. Her tenure as CEO of a $60 million business underscores her credibility and reliability as a peer for other CEOs seeking strategic guidance and impactful change management.

Joy’s career is also studded with achievements including:

Brava! Award,

EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Class of 2013 member, and a

2022 Life Sciences Voice Top Industry Leader Award.

Award-Winning Leadership and Proven Success

Joy's career is studded with achievements including a Brava! Award, EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Class of 2013 member, and a 2022 Life Sciences Voice Top Industry Leader Award. As National Managing Principal at Grant Thornton, she demonstrated her unparalleled ability to steer complex, global programs and initiatives. Her tenure as CEO of a $60 million business underscores her credibility and reliability as a peer for other CEOs seeking strategic guidance and impactful change management.

Master of Complex Transformations

Joy's unique talent lies in her ability to manage intricate, large-scale programs that span continents and cultures. She has a proven ability to manage complex, global programs and initiatives, drive process and productivity improvement efforts and lead change in a fast-paced environment.

A Visionary with Tactical Precision

Joy is not just a big thinker; she's a visionary who can translate high-level strategies into actionable goals that people are eager to achieve. Her ability to collaborate with leaders to shape vision and strategy is matched by her meticulous attention to the necessary steps and tactics required to bring those visions to life. She aligns people, process and technology to deliver results that are truly exceptional.

Joy has directed major transformation projects for: