Bourne Steel recognises the importance of supply chain management as a means of bringing together all the team members under a common goal, allowing involvement in the entire project lifecycle and developing the benefits of better management and more innovative solutions. The key to its success is the development of an open culture, involvement in the team process and sharing of rewards. By implementing a fully integrated supply chain within our business, Bourne Steel has been able to improve project processes, relationships and benchmark performance. Within our corporate benchmarking manual we have identified key performance measures to target and monitor design, continuous improvement and best value solutions that extend to our construction partners, meeting the Group policy and exceeding industry requirements.