Supply Chain Management

Understanding the Supply Chain

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 What is a Supply Chain?
 All stages involved, directly or indirectly, in fulfilling
a customer request
 Includes manufacturers, suppliers, transporters,
warehouses, retailers, and customers
 Within each company, the supply chain includes all
functions involved in fulfilling a customer request
(product development, marketing, operations,
distribution, finance, customer service)
 Examples: Fig. 1.1 Detergent supply chain (Wal-
Mart), Dell
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 What is a Supply Chain?
 Customer is an integral part of the supply chain
 Includes movement of products from suppliers to
manufacturers to distributors, but also includes
movement of information, funds, and products in both
directions
 Probably more accurate to use the term “supply
network” or “supply web”
 Typical supply chain stages: customers, retailers,
distributors, manufacturers, suppliers (Fig. 1.2)
 All stages may not be present in all supply chains
(e.g., no retailer or distributor for Dell)
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 What is a Supply Chain?
Customer wants
P&G or other Jewel or third Jewel
detergent and goes
manufacturer party DC Supermarket
to Jewel

Chemical
Plastic Tenneco
manufacturer
Producer Packaging
(e.g. Oil Company)

Chemical
Paper Timber
manufacturer
Manufacturer Industry
(e.g. Oil Company)

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 Flows in a Supply Chain

Information

Product
Customer
Funds

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 The Objective of a Supply Chain
 Maximize overall value created
 Supply chain value: difference between what the final
product is worth to the customer and the effort the
supply chain expends in filling the customer’s request
 Value is correlated to supply chain profitability
(difference between revenue generated from the
customer and the overall cost across the supply chain)

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 The Objective of a Supply Chain
 Example: Dell receives $2000 from a customer for a
computer (revenue)
 Supply chain incurs costs (information, storage,
transportation, components, assembly, etc.)
 Difference between $2000 and the sum of all of these
costs is the supply chain profit
 Supply chain profitability is total profit to be shared
across all stages of the supply chain
 Supply chain success should be measured by total
supply chain profitability, not profits at an individual
stage
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 The Objective of a Supply Chain
 Sources of supply chain revenue: the customer
 Sources of supply chain cost: flows of information,
products, or funds between stages of the supply chain
 Supply chain management is the management of
flows between and among supply chain stages to
maximize total supply chain profitability

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 Decision Phases of a Supply Chain
 Supply chain strategy or design
 Supply chain planning
 Supply chain operation

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 Process View of a Supply Chain
 Cycle view: processes in a supply chain are divided
into a series of cycles, each performed at the
interfaces between two successive supply chain stages
 Push/pull view: processes in a supply chain are
divided into two categories depending on whether
they are executed in response to a customer order
(pull) or in anticipation of a customer order (push)

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 Cycle View of Supply Chains
Customer
Customer Order Cycle

Retailer
Replenishment Cycle

Distributor

Manufacturing Cycle

Manufacturer
Procurement Cycle
Supplier
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 Cycle View of a Supply Chain
 Each cycle occurs at the interface between two successive
stages
 Customer order cycle (customer-retailer)
 Replenishment cycle (retailer-distributor)
 Manufacturing cycle (distributor-manufacturer)
 Procurement cycle (manufacturer-supplier)
 Figure 1.3
 Cycle view clearly defines processes involved and the
owners of each process. Specifies the roles and
responsibilities of each member and the desired outcome
of each process.
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 Push/Pull View of Supply Chains
Procurement, Customer Order
Manufacturing and Cycle
Replenishment cycles

PUSH PROCESSES PULL PROCESSES

Customer
Order Arrives

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 Push/Pull View of
Supply Chain Processes
 Supply chain processes fall into one of two categories
depending on the timing of their execution relative to
customer demand
 Pull: execution is initiated in response to a customer
order (reactive)
 Push: execution is initiated in anticipation of customer
orders (speculative)
 Push/pull boundary separates push processes from
pull processes

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 Push/Pull View of
Supply Chain Processes
 Useful in considering strategic decisions relating to
supply chain design – more global view of how
supply chain processes relate to customer orders
 Can combine the push/pull and cycle views
– L.L. Bean (Figure 1.6)
– Dell (Figure 1.7)
 The relative proportion of push and pull processes can
have an impact on supply chain performance

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 Supply Chain Macro Processes in
a Firm
 Supply chain processes discussed in the two views can
be classified into (Figure 1.8):
– Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
– Internal Supply Chain Management (ISCM)
– Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
 Integration among the above three macro processes is
critical for effective and successful supply chain
management

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 Examples of Supply Chains
 Gateway
 Zara
 McMaster Carr / W.W. Grainger
 Toyota
 Amazon / Borders / Barnes and Noble
 Webvan / Peapod / Jewel

What are some key issues in these supply chains?

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