SUPPLY CHAIN
Working with businesses who want to diversify, broaden their customer base and unlock new market opportunities.

A partnership between the North East LEP, NEAA, RTC North, NEPIC and Generator, Supply Chain North East will work with over 800 businesses between 2018 and 2023 and is designed to support businesses in the following sectors:
- Advanced manufacturing
- Subsea, offshore and energy technologies
- Automotive and transport
- Health and life sciences
- Digital, tech and creative
- Process, chemical and pharmaceutical
What are the opportunities?
The Supply Chain North East programme will provide businesses with tailored, specialist advice in areas including sales and marketing, digital transformation, accreditation and compliance. Market specialists will be on hand to provide industry insight and sector knowledge on UK and international supply chains.
By working with individual business leaders and their teams, our advisors and market specialists are here to help you build on your core competencies, understand improvement needs and identify suitable opportunities in new and existing markets.
Delivering an opportunity review, Supply Chain North East will also help you make the most of new technology, to drive productivity and innovation in new products and services.
KEY SERVICES
Key services of the supply chain North East will be to provide:
Access to market specialists
Industry insight and sector knowledge on UK and international supply chains
Sales & marketing support
Refining your marketing strategy and grow the value of existing customers
Operational improvement plans
Opportunity review and action plan to help you set improvement goals
Support with digital transformation
Understanding how technology can drive competitiveness, profitability and innovation
Knowledge on accreditations and compliance
Help with achieving standards required by markets, supply chains and customers
Support developing talent
Wrap around series of workshops and best practice visits

GET IN TOUCH
If you’d like to know more about the Supply Chain North East programme, please contact the NEAA on:
T: 0191 516 4400
E: sme@northeastautomotivealliance.com
You can also fill in an expression of interest form