Squarcle Consulting Ltd

Design and Implementation of a Cloud Based Supply Chain Control Tower

Squarcle’s designs and builds Supply Chain Digital Command Centres (SCDCC), Real Time Logistic Picture (RTLP), Logistic Common Operating Picture (LogCOP) these increase visibility and establishes control of the SC. We have a flexible design and implementation approach that utilises a range of cloud-based data hosting solutions.

Features

• Geo-spacial heat mapping for inventory holdings, distribution and consumption
• Performance measured approach to supply chain
• Dashboard creation based upon performance ambition
• Visualisation based upon decisions that drive desired performance levels
• Ability to segment customers, service levels and inventory
• Visibility and control of warehousing, inventory, sea, air and overland
• All features are cloud enabled
• Rapid process digitisation through Microsoft Power Application development
• A transformational people, process and systems approach
• Supply chain prisms of sustainability, resilience, cost, effectiveness and agility

Benefits

• Data cleansing of structured and unstructured data
• Governance of the supply chain
• Establish cost baseline and drive down supply chain costs
• Drive supply chain visibility
• Produces supply chain integration across the enterprise
• Enables evidence based decision making
• Facilitates performance trade offs of sustainability, cost, effectiveness and agility
• Cloud transition planning and implementation
• Increased supply chain performance, through agile process enhancement
• Increased supply chain resilience

£300 to £2,200 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

180697478311127

Contact

Angus Fay
07787 403907
sales@squarcle.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: At Squarcle we believe that technology projects must start with the organisational strategy, goals and have the clients end state in mind. When designing a Digital Command Centre/Control Tower, it is important to understand an organisations performance ambition and the process and decisions required to meet that ambition. ; ; When planning we are clear with the client on the scope and deliverables prior to the planning and design phases of a Digital Command Centre implementation. ; ; We plan for the following:; ; Performance levels and desired trade-offs between supply chain sustainability, resilience, cost, effectiveness and agility. ; ; Through agile delivery methods requirements will be captured using user stories. The planning process will also consider security requirements, policy and doctrine and desired service levels
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Buyer hosting or software; Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • Tableu
  • SAP
  • SAS
  • MS Power BI
  • IBM Cognos

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Our service assists buyers adopt command centre/control tower solutions in the cloud, and move from existing services onto cloud solutions.; ; We support buyers with the following:; ; - Selecting appropriate cloud products and modules to meet their business needs; - Business migration planning (e.g. support models, user needs); - Data migration planning (e.g. master data strategy, migration planning and execution); - Technical planning (e.g. solution architecture design and validation); - Security planning (e.g. data residency, information governance, security architecture, cyber threat vector analysis)
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Our service helps buyers deliver solutions with their desired control tower software. This includes:; ; - Quality assurance of plans, designs, architectures and solutions; - Providing delivery management expertise to mitigate implementation risk; - Providing technical and business expertise for high quality “right first time” services; - Defining agile delivery strategies that bake quality in; - Designing and delivering performance testing for services during design, build and release (at Alpha, Beta and Live phases)

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • GBEST
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Other
• Other security testing certifications:
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Offensive Security Certified Expert (OCSE)

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
• How the support service works: We can offer different support levels based on the service requirement. We would agree this with the client at the time of order.; ; Cost may be in accordance with our rate card/pricing document

Service scope

• Service constraints: No limitations

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Support for services that we have built and implemented ; Scope agreed as per the client's need, which can include any/all of the following: ; - Three tier level system of support for users ; - Ticket tracking and resolution ; - Capability to continually improve services to address further needs ; - User feedback and maintenance of product backlog of enhancements ; - Delivery of fixes and enhancements as needed ; - Can revisit modelling, including calibration and re-training where necessary

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  As an SME we recognise how crucial it is that we show strong leadership in committing to move all our activities to become net zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of the government target of 2050. Although Squarcle’s contribution to carbon emissions is minor, our Carbon Reduction Plan seeks to commit to making material changes to our buildings, transportation behaviours, minimising waste, and how we can encourage sustainable behaviours to deliver reductions in carbon emissions. We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 33.31 tCO2e by 2026, a 50% reduction. Emissions from Squarcle’s office building is projected to be half of overall emissions from Squarcle operations. We will reduce energy consumption through improved energy efficiency measures and increase the use of renewable energy. We will use a green energy provider and utilise Bristol’s commercial tenant Sustainable Occupancy Pack to action carbon reduction initiatives. Squarcle is ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems accredited and continuously review operations against the standard to identify any compliance gaps. We will implement a bike to work scheme and provide facilities at our offices including bike storage and showers; encourage car sharing and the use of public transport to cut commuting emissions. Squarcle will maintain hybrid approach to working which supports homeworking and brings a reduction in the amount of carbon generated through employee commuting. During this framework period, we will buy three electric vehicles and end the use of diesel vehicles. In addition, we will hire electric vehicles rather than combustion alternatives (car usage is approximately 8% of Squarcle emissions). Further, our ThinkLocal policy ensure we use local businesses to achieve environmental objectives together, this not only benefit the environment (localised supply chains) but encourages local face-to-face meetings further reducing carbon emissions. Our company initiatives are quarterly audited by our Compliance Officer.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Squarcle is committed to address its responsibilities within the UK’s Social Value Model during the delivery of all our engagements. Actions we would take to support our Client with any of the SV themes would depend on the Social Value Model Award Criteria (MACs) deemed relevant to the contract. We have a roadmap in place to deliver our initiatives and commitments against all 5 themes. We will bring in our SV Lead to host a session with our Client to help define effective and realistic measures to drive SV initiatives during contract delivery. We aim to tackle economic equality by creating a number of new positions, these will be central to the growth of Squarcle while ensuring we support the local community. We are committed to creating Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions in deprived areas e.g., South-West and North-West England, FTE for service leavers and to support project deliveries. We use local advertising tools sourcing website maintenance specialists and printing facilities. We aim to increase work placements for service leavers and maintain a workforce where 30% or greater of people have backgrounds with barriers to employment and/or from deprived areas. As an SME, we don’t have a supply chain in the conventional sense, we remain committed to optimising our internal processes, fostering innovation, and delivering exceptional value to our Clients. To increase supply chain resilience and capacity, Squarcle fosters a diverse and inclusive supply chain that reflects the broader society and contributes to economic growth and innovation. As part of our equal opportunity policy Squarcle is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the company and reducing the disability employment gap. We aim to achieve this by instigating initiatives. We have set specific goals and action plans to address various aspects of diversity and create a more inclusive workplace.

  Equal opportunity

  Squarcle is committed to address its responsibilities within the UK’s Social Value Model during the delivery of all our engagements. Actions we would take to support our Client with any of the SV themes would depend on the Social Value Model Award Criteria (MACs) deemed relevant to the contract. We have a roadmap in place to deliver our initiatives and commitments against all 5 themes. We will bring in our SV Lead to host a session with our Client to help define effective and realistic measures to drive SV initiatives during contract delivery. We aim to tackle economic equality by creating a number of new positions, these will be central to the growth of Squarcle while ensuring we support the local community. We are committed to creating Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions in deprived areas e.g., South-West and North-West England, FTE for service leavers and to support project deliveries. We use local advertising tools sourcing website maintenance specialists and printing facilities. We aim to increase work placements for service leavers and maintain a workforce where 30% or greater of people have backgrounds with barriers to employment and/or from deprived areas. While we do not have a supply chain in the conventional sense, we remain committed to optimising our internal processes, fostering innovation, and delivering exceptional value to our Clients. To increase supply chain resilience and capacity, Squarcle fosters a diverse and inclusive supply chain that reflects the broader society and contributes to economic growth and innovation. As part of our equal opportunity policy Squarcle is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the company and reducing the disability employment gap. We aim to achieve this by instigating initiatives. We have set specific goals and action plans to address various aspects of diversity and create a more inclusive workplace.

  Wellbeing

  At Squarcle, we are committed to supporting the physical, mental health and wellbeing of our staff. We do this through structural approaches like promoting hybrid working, and making sure each employee has access to a Mental Health Aider to support their personal and professional development. We also have more informal initiatives, such as ‘coffee roulette’ sessions and free fruit in the office every Monday, and regular talks run by senior leaders on topics such as imposter syndrome and depression. Junior colleagues are regularly involved in organising these initiatives, with strong representation on our Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and proactive requests to plan events for Mental Health Awareness Month this May.; We influence staff, clients, and our communities to adopt similar approaches, e.g. by publicly praising (via LinkedIn) our employees achievements (through Annual Awards Night), and by individuals talking openly in weekly Townhall sessions.; We believe in playing a positive role in society by fundraising and volunteering our time to causes that matter to our people e.g. Movember movement. We support a local charity on an annual basis by organising hackathon sessions and youth training days in addition to financial donations.

Pricing

• Price: £300 to £2,200 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at sales@squarcle.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.