CHAPTER 10: EXTENDING THE ORGANIZATION-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Extending The Organization-Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management:
- the average company spends nearly half of every dollar that if it earns on production.
- in the past, companies focused primarily on manufacturing and quality improvements to influence their supply chains.
Basic of Supply Chain:
- the supply chain has three main links:
- material flow from suppliers and their "upstream" suppliers at all levels
- transformation of materials into semi finished and finished products through the organization's own production process
- distribution of products to customers and their "downstream" customers at all levels
- organizations must embrace technologies that can effectively manage supply chains.
Information Technology's Role in the Supply Chain:
- it's primary role is to create integrations or tight process and information linkages between functions within a firm
- factors driving SCM
Visibility:
- supply chain visibility - the ability to view all areas up and down the supply chain
- bullwhip effect - occurs when distorted product demand information passes from one entity to the next throughout the supply chain
Consumer Behavior:
- companies can respond faster and more effectively to consumer demands through supply chain enhances
- demand planning software - generates demand forecasts using statistical tools and forecasting techniques
Competition:
- supply chain planning (SCP) software - uses advanced mathematical algorithms to improve the flow and efficiency of the supply chain
- supply chain execution (SCE) software - automates different steps and stages of the supply chain
- SCP and SCE in the supply chain
Speed:
- three factors fostering speed
Supply chain management success factors:
- SCM industry best practices include:
- make the sale to suppliers
- wean employees off traditional business practices
- ensure the SCM system supports the organizational goals
- deploy in incremental phases and measure and communicate success
- be future oriented
SCM success stories:
- top reasons why more and more executives are turning to SCM to manage their extended enterprises.
- numerous decision support systems (DSSs) are being built to assist decision makers in the design and operation of integrated supply chains.
- DSSs allows managers to examine performance and relationships over the supply chain and among:
- suppliers
- manufacturers
- distributors
- other factors that optimize supply chain performance
14 NOVEMBER 2017
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