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Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management. Facilities Along the Supply Chain. Plants Warehouses Distribution centers Service centers Retail operations. Distribution Routes. Rail Truck Water Air Pipeline Computer Mail Telephone In person. Processes within Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Management

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  1. Supply Chain Management

  2. Facilities Along the Supply Chain • Plants • Warehouses • Distribution centers • Service centers • Retail operations

  3. Distribution Routes • Rail • Truck • Water • Air • Pipeline • Computer • Mail • Telephone • In person

  4. Processes within Supply Chain • Forecasting product or service demand • Selecting suppliers • Ordering materials • Inventory control • Scheduling production • Shipping & delivery • Information management • Quality management • Customer service

  5. Managing the supply chain is coordinating all of the operations of a company with the operations of its suppliers and customers

  6. Uncertainty • There is uncertainty in the supply chain at every stage • Wrong forecasts • Late deliveries • Poor-quality materials or parts • Machine breakdowns • Canceled orders • Erroneous or slow information • Transportation breakdowns

  7. Problem: Not having the product or service available to customers when and where they want it • Companies cope with this uncertainty with inventory

  8. Solution: good supply chain management to coordinate all the different activities so that goods can move smoothly and on time from suppliers to customers to distribution to suppliers to customers, while keeping inventories low and costs down.

  9. Effective Supply Chain Mgt • Suppliers and customers work together in a coordinated manner • Sharing & communicating information • Must have the same goals • Need to trust one another • Count on quality and timeliness of products and services from suppliers • Must participate together in the design of the supply chain

  10. Control Uncertainty • Identify and understand causes of the uncertainty • Determine how it affects other activities up and down the supply chain • Formulate ways to reduce or eliminate it

  11. Solutions to Uncertainty • Apply TQM principles all along the supply chain • Communication & information flow • Computers • Internet • Point-of-sale • Telecom infrastructure • Facility types, locations, and number

  12. Wal-Mart example • Page 375-377 in text

  13. Enterprise Resource Planning ERP • Leading companies: • SAP • Oracle • PeopleSoft • JD Edwards • Bann

  14. ERP Software • Accounting and controlling • Production and materials management • Quality management • Plant maintenance • Sales and distribution • Human resources management • Project management

  15. ERP example • Page 380-381 • Problems • Costs • Failures • “ERP software does everything, but nothing well”

  16. Internet & the Supply Chain • EDI • Migration to Internet • What this means for customers • What this means for suppliers

  17. Purchasing & Suppliers • Single-sourcing • Supplier-customer relationship • Prompt, on time delivery • On-demand, JIT • Continuous replenishment

  18. Facilities • Heavy manufacturing • Light industry • Warehouses and distribution centers • Retail and service

  19. Transportation & Distribution • Rail • Truck • Airfreight • Water • Pipeline • Distribution Centers • Speed & location

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