MGT 300 - CHAPTER 10

     CHAPTER 10 👉 EXTENDING THE ORGANIZATION - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT





                                               SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

         💚 The average company spends nearly half of every dollar that 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 :
               🙈 Materials flow from suppliers and their "upstream" suppliers at all levels.
               🙈 Transformation of materials into semifinished 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.

PLAN

- A company must have a plan for managing all the resources that go toward meeting customer demand for products or services.

SOURCE

- Companies must carefully choose reliable suppliers that will deliver goods and services required for making products.

MAKE

- This is the step where companies manufacture their products or services. This can include scheduling the activities necessary for production, testing, packaging and preparing for delivery.

DELIVER (LOGISTIC)

- Companies must be able to receive orders from customers, fulfill the orders via a network of warehouses, pick transportation companies to deliver the products and implement a billing and involving system to facilitate payments.

RETURN 

- This is typically the most problematic step in the supply chain. Companies must create a network for receiving defective ad excess products and support customers who have problems with delivered products.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Factors Driving SCM

               Visibility ⇒ More visible models of different ways to do things in the supply chain have                                           emerged. High visibility in the supply chain is changing industries as Wal-Mart                                     demonstrated.

              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.

              Supply chain visibility allows organizations to eliminate the bullwhip effect :

                    👾 To explain the bullwhip effect to your students discuss a product that demand does                                not change, such as diapers. The need for diapers is constant, it does not increase at                             Christmas or in the summer, diapers are in demand all year long. The number of                                    newborn babies determines diaper demand and that number is constant.

                  👾 Retailers order diapers from distributors when their inventory level falls below a                                       certain  level ,they might order a few extra just to be safe.

                       👾 Distributors order diapers from manufactures when their  inventory level falls                                           below  certain level,they might order  a few extra just to be safe.

                     👾Manufacturers order diapers from suppliers when  their inventory level falls below a                           certain level,they might order a few extra just to be safe.

                    👾 Eventually the one or two extra boxes ordered from a few retailers becomes several                                   thousand boxes for the manufacturer. This is the bullwhip effect, a small ripple at                          one end makes a large wave at the order end of the whip.

                       

                                   Consumer Behavior 

                      💃Companies can respond faster and more effectively to consumer demands                                             though supply chain enhances.

                                💃once an organization  understands customer  demand andd its effect on the                                    supply chain it can begin to estimate the impact that its supply chain will have on                                       its  customers and ultimately the organization  performance.

                             💃Demand planning software-generates demand forecasts using statisticals tools                                          and forecasting techniques.

                              

                                   Competition

                                    😊 Supply chain planning (SCP) software - uses advanced mathematical                                                    algorithms to improve the flow and afficiency of the supply chain.

                                       😊  Supply chain execution (SCE) software - automates the different steps                                                  and stages of the supply chain.

                                    😊 SCP and SCE both increase a company's ability to compete.

                                         😊   SCP depends entirely on information for its accuracy.

                                    😊   SCE can be as simple as electronically routing orders from a manufacturer                                             to a supplier.  

SCP and SCE in the supply chain

Three factors fostering speed

Supply Chain Management Success Factors 

                😍SCM industry best practice include:
                    
                     1. Make the sale to suppliers.                   
                        2. Wean employees off traditional business practices 
                           3. Ensure the SCM system supports the organizational  goals.
                             4. Deploy in incremental phases and measure and communicate                                             success.
                                5.Be future oriented.        

                               😜 Top  reasons why more and more executives are turning to SCM to                                     manage their extended enterprise
                                                                   

                       

                        💗Numerous decision support system (DSSs) are being built to assist                                decision makers in the design and operation of integrated supply chains.

                        💗DSSs allow managers to examine  perfomance and relationships over                              the supply chain and among:

• Suppliers
• Manufacturers
• Distributors
• Other factors that optimize supply chain performance 
  

                                     

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