...STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND LOGISTICS | | Unit aim This unit provides the learner with the understanding and skills to plan strategies to improve an organisation’s supply chain Unit introduction This unit focuses on how the concept of supply chain management and logistics is based on the idea that every product that reaches an end user represents the combined effort of multiple organisations which make up the supply chain and that until recently, most organisations paid attention to only what was happening within their own business. Few organisations understood, much less managed, the entire chain of activities that ultimately delivered products to the final customer. This resulted in ineffective supply chains. In this unit, learners will develop the knowledge that, today, many organisations realise that effective management of supply chain activities can lead to increased customer value and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production and logistics, to the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. Learners will discover that the organisations that make up the supply chain are ‘linked’ through physical and information flows. Physical flows involve the transformation, movement and storage of goods and materials and are the most visible piece of the supply chain. Of equal importance are information flows as they allow the various supply chain partners...
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...through their efficient supply chain management. They want further improvement in this sector (Chiron, 2011). Supply chain is the systematic and organized way of delivering the product or service from the supplier or the manufacturer to the final customer where the raw material become finished product to met the customer demand and need. Mainly supply chain activities are the summation of the transformation of the raw elements or the buying products for further sale to the finished product involving the organization, people, activities, and the resources and the delivering the product to the desired customer (Chopra, 2014). Buying, selling, management and processing all are the part of the Tesco Company and also the supply chain section. Supply chain management is the collection and the interrelation of the several departments that help the organization to be specialized and efficient. The interrelation is the basic process of continuing the information through the company. Plan of the improvement in supply chain of Tesco Company: For the further development of the Tesco the company is trying to get the plan about the supply chains as the dynamic and changing environment of the business force the company to be modernized and flexible. There are so many interrelated side of the supply chain and the plan is also very critical and complicated Information processing: All the departments of the Tesco Company will have the common information about the supply chain of this company so...
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...Management and Leadership (QCF) Unit 14: Strategic Supply Chain Management and Logistics Unit Code: D/602/2357 Student name Assessor name Date issued Completion date Submitted on Assignment title Word Count Hand-in Policy You must complete this assignment on time. If you experience difficulties, you must inform your tutor accordingly. Late Work Policy Consideration will be given to students who have valid reasons for late submission (e.g. illness) Plagiarism In case of plagiarism, college regulations will be applied. You must declare that this work is your own by signing the following statement: Learner declaration I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. Student signature: Date: Assessment Criteria Learning Outcome LO1 LO2 LO3 Learning Outcome Understand the relationship between supply chain management (SCM) and organisational business objectives Be able to use information technology to optimise supplier relationships in an organisation Understand the role of information technology in supply chain management Assess ment Criteria 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 LO4 Understand the role of logistics and procurement in supply chain management 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 LO5 Be able to plan a strategy to improve an organisation’s supply chain 5.2 5.3 In this assessment you will have...
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... Friday April 16th, 2015 Cooperation in Supply Chain Networks Introduction: In this tutorial paper, I reviewed topics in Supply Chain Networks. As opposed to the traditional process and definition of Supply Chain, Supply Chain Networks have evolved to adapt to the global and fast paced business world we live in. According to the Investopedia, Supply Chain Network is the network created amongst various companies which produce, handle, and distribute particular products. The addition of the word ‘Network’ to Supply Chain defines a more complex structure, where organizations can be cross-linked and there are two-way exchanges between them; the traditional ending with ‘chain’ describes a simple, sequential set of links. Conceptually, the traditional Supply Chain process produced, handled, and distributed products with a sole focus on the organization – in a linear and simple manner. For examples, company X would do this process (Supply Chain), but would only end there without considering the end-customer. However, the Supply Chain Network gives companies the opportunity to work together to integrate the supply process within their organizations without forgetting the end-customer- in a nonlinear and more complex manner. That is, company X would work with Y and Z to not only focus on what they produce and provide, but also what the end-customer receives. As a result, Supply Chain Network enables businesses to look at the complete movement of materials...
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...[pic] Unit No: Unit 14 Unit Title: Strategic Supply Chain and Logistics Assignment Title: ‘Concepts & IT Effectiveness of Supply Chain Management and Logistics Improvement’ Name: Nazmul Haque Sumon Course name: PGD Student Id: OCL 0150 Tutor’s Name : Mr Harry Lindsay OPAL COLLEGE LONDON TABLE OF CONTENTS Task:1 1.1 explain the importance of effective supply chain management in achieving organisational objectives 1.2 explain the link between supply chain management and business functions in an organisation 1.3 discuss the key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in an organization 2.1 evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used by an organisation to maintain supplier relationships the organization TASK :3 4.1 explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in an organisation 4.2 evaluate procurement practices in an organisation 4.3 discuss the factors that must be considered when improving logistics and procurement practices in an organization 5.1 plan a strategy to improve an organisation’s supply chain 5.2 assess how a supply chain improvement strategy will benefit overall business performance in an organisation 5.3 explain how barriers will be overcome in an organization when implementing a supply chain improvement strategy Task : 1 Introduction: supply chain management operates at three levels. These are strategic, tactical and operational strategic...
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...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Research Report Procurement from local Small and Medium Enterprises in Anglo American operations By LCP Mohale Student No: 46059091 Qualification aimed at: BTech Industrial Engineering Lecturer: Mr Steadyman Chikumba, UNISA Senior Lecturer: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Submission Date: 29 October 2011 Copyright © 2011 LCP Mohale Declaration I, LCP Mohale, student no 46059091, hereby declare that the work contained in this report is my own original work and I have acknowledged all additional sources that I have used/quoted directly. This report and all the information it contains may not be reproduced by any means without my written consent. Acknowledgement I am grateful to individuals who have assumed an instrumental role in bringing this project to completion: * My employer, Anglo American management for providing the environment and opportunity to execute this project. * Mr Tumisho Kekana, Commodity Implementation Manager for Underground Mining Equipment and Heavy Mining Equipment at Anglo American, for guidance and selfless mentoring throughout the project * Mr S Chikumba, Senior Lecturer: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UNISA, for his guidance and contribution in developing the research concept, and approach. His contribution played an essential role in the foundation and formulation...
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...Supply Chain Management Establish a governing supply chain council. A governing council's purpose is to give direction and help align supply chain strategy with the company's overall strategy. The council's membership should include the leader of the supply chain organization as well as corporate executives, business unit managers, and other influential company leaders. Ideally the council should hold regularly scheduled meetings. But even if it doesn't, its mere existence will indicate that supply chain management has the endorsement and commitment of senior leadership. We often see supply chain organizations struggling for recognition because their objectives and strategies differ from their companies' stated objectives and strategies. A governing council can prevent that from happening by providing constant, consistent validation that the supply chain strategy directly correlates with the corporate strategy. The council can also help to remove barriers to success that exist within the organization. Every company has such barriers—usually individuals or organizations that don't see or accept the value that a well-managed supply chain provides. By addressing these barriers, members of the council help to ensure that the supply chain organization is given the opportunity to perform up to its potential. When it is clear that the executive leadership is fully embracing the supply chain organization, it is likely that key business-unit stakeholders will be more willing to work...
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...Name: | Learner Registration Number: | Unit Number: Unit 14 - Strategic Supply ChainManagement and Logistics | Unit Number/Code: D/602/2357 | Credit Value: 15 credits | Guided Learning Hours: 45 | Assessor/Tutor(s) | Internal Verifier(s) | Assignment QA Approval Date: | Date Issued to Learner: | Final Submission Date: | Formative assessment (progress checks) hand in dates. (1)………………………… (2)……………………………… | | Unit AimThis unit provides the learner with the understanding and skills to plan strategies to improve an organisation’s supply chain.Unit introductionThis unit focuses on how the concept of supply chain management and logistics is based on the idea that every product that reaches an end user represents the combined effort of multiple organisations which make up the supply chain and that until recently, most organisations paid attention to only what was happening within their own business. Few organisations understood, much less managed, the entire chain of activities that ultimately delivered products to the final customer. This resulted in ineffective supply chains.In this unit, learners will develop the knowledge that, today, many organisations realise that effective management of supply chain activities can lead to increased customer value and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production and logistics...
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...Dissertations from the International Graduate School of Management and Industrial Engineering, IMIE No.93, Licentiate Thesis Linköping Studies in Science and Technology Thesis No. 1180, LiU-TEK-LIC 2005:35 Logistics Collaboration in Supply Chains – A Survey of Swedish Manufacturing Companies Erik Sandberg Logistics Management Department of Management and Economics Linköpings universitet, SE-581 83 Linköping © Erik Sandberg, 2005 LiU-Tek-Lic-2005:35, Thesis No. 1180 ISBN: 91-85299-80-4 ISSN: 0280-7971 ISSN: 1402-0793 Printed by: UniTryck, Linköping Distributed by: Linköpings universitet Department of Management and Economics SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden Tel: +46 13 281000, fax: +46 13 281873 Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to describe logistics collaboration in supply chains. During the past two decades, a new trend towards integration and collaboration in supply chains has been recognised among researchers as well as among business practitioners. This philosophy is called supply chain management and has received enormous attention in logistics research. Collaboration based on supply chain management is expected to reduce total cost and improve service towards the supply chain’s end customers at the same time. The argumentation in existing literature is however seldom underpinned by more rigorous empirical material and becomes therefore conceptual and superficial. Furthermore, it is incongruous about what actually is done when companies collaborate and...
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...Student Assignment Covering Form |Course/Unit Information | |Course |Pearson (Edexcel) BTEC Level 7 – Diploma / Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & | | |Leadership | |Unit No. |Unit 14 | |Unit Name |Strategic Supply Chain Management and Logistics | |Unit code |D/602/2357 | |Batch |I 1501 – SSCML - Sredharran | |Instructor Information | |Name |Sredharran Sampath | |Phone |0529059903 | |Skype | ...
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...similar supply chain, but slightly fewer parts are imported: the growing sophistication of Chinese manufacturers means that more components are being made at home. The rapid spread and subsequent slight retreat of such far-flung supply chains provides one possible explanation to a puzzle that is troubling policymakers: why international trade has been growing no faster than global GDP in the past few years. The notion of "peak trade" is being taken increasingly seriously. The composition of global demand could yet move back towards greater trade intensity, for several reasons. Whether trade is declining relative to GDP and why may not be clear for years. Yet one thing is: were more barriers to be lifted, especially in areas like services and farming where many still remain, it would probably lead to a new spurt in the evolution of supply chains that would lift trade far above today's "peak". Fears are growing that trade's share of the world's GDP has peaked. But that is far from certain WHEN Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, it deployed a state-of-the-art global supply chain. Although the pioneering smartphone was designed in America, and sold first to consumers there, it arrived in stores from Shenzhen, China. It had been assembled there by Foxconn International from parts made by two firms in Singapore, six in Taiwan and two in America. Since then, competition in smartphones has intensified thanks to lower-cost rivals such as China's Xiaomi. It uses a similar supply chain...
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...‘The law of the sea’, poses legal barriers for Darden as only vessels form the country of sovereignty have the right to fish those waters. Another problem is the high level of dependence on its outsourced chain, as more than 75% of its expense is from sourcing activities (Heizer & Render, 2011). This entails challenges of supply chain vitality and uncertainty. Darden Restaurants is a group company, owning popular and successful brands such as red lobster, longhorn steakhouse and olive garden. With an annual turnover of over 300 million meals, Darden has successfully leveraged its global supply chain to ensure high quality food to its customer base in US and Canada. Through subsidiaries, Darden owns and operates more than 1500 restaurants, employing a workforce of over 150,000. Darden’s deployment of purchasing agents globally has allowed it to increase its presence throughout the supply chain. Its rigorous quality standards has allowed it screen out the high quality vendors, placing strict compliance benchmarks on sampling and inspection practices. Moreover, Darden tackles legal barriers through leveraging its complex network of strategic supplier partnerships. Due to the global presence, Darden needs to employ a lean approach in it supply chain. This would entail a more active role in demand planning, focusing on the times it takes to receive sources form suppliers (Waters, 2010). Furthermore, Darden can resolve its supply chain problems with expansion of manufacturing...
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...emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm IJOPM 26,7 Supply chain management: theory, practice and future challenges 754 John Storey and Caroline Emberson The Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK, and Janet Godsell and Alan Harrison Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, UK Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically assess current developments in the theory and practice of supply management and through such an assessment to identify barriers, possibilities and key trends. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a three-year detailed study of six supply chains which encompassed 72 companies in Europe. The focal firms in each instance were sophisticated, blue-chip corporations operating on an international scale. Managers across at least four echelons of the supply chain were interviewed and the supply chains were traced and observed. Findings – The paper reveals that supply management is, at best, still emergent in terms of both theory and practice. Few practitioners were able – or even seriously aspired – to extend their reach across the supply chain in the manner prescribed in much modern theory. The paper identifies the range of key barriers and enablers to supply management and it concludes with an assessment of the main trends. Research limitations/implications – The research presents a number of challenges to existing thinking about supply strategy and supply chain management. It reveals the substantial gaps between ...
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...GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS MUST CONSIDER AND MAKE USE WISELY BORDERLESS Before, an organization could not collaborate with other organizations if they are on different countries, unlike today, that national differences or borders are no longer a hindrance for both parties to do business. In fact, national borders are far less constrictive than they used to be, yet there are still associations being facilitated to serve as guide of trading all over the world such as : World trade organization, which gives rules or trade between businesses; World Bank, which offers loans for growing countries’ capital program, General Agreement on Tariffs and Taxes, which regulates international trade; and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development which improves the economic and social well being of the people. CYBER-CONNECTED Business world today is no longer serving a cluster of many indigenous independent market, rather emerged as an inter-connected single market through predominantly and growingly important cyber connections--- it just simply means that today, everybody knows what everybody else is doing all over the world. This phenomenon is fast, less-controllable, almost invisible, spontaneous, irreversible or simply unstoppable- which is essential for global supply chains, for they rely on these cyber connections for them to be able to transfer large amount of data to other members of the supply chain quickly and reliably. DEREGULATED When we say trade barriers, these...
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...or less than 45 percent if the firm has market power (Section 7). A range of horizontal and vertical restrictive practices are also prohibited (Sections 4 and 5). For the implementation of the Act the links between structure and behaviour are therefore extremely important. This paper seeks to explore these relationships in a particular industrial sector, that of plastics, and in so doing to highlight issues in the implementation of competition policy. Plastics manufacture covers a supply chain or filière which runs from polymers to finished plastic products. a range of industries such as motor vehicles, packaging, textiles and clothing, construction and furniture. This implies that plastic products are more important in the development of manufacturing than their share of manufacturing production of 2.8 percent would suggest. The levels in the supply chain differ greatly in their production characteristics. Polymer manufacture is relatively capital intensive and is broadly characterised by economies of scale, significant transport costs and a corresponding concentration of production. Downstream plastics manufacture, by contrast, is characterised by low or negligible scale economies. While many firms in some of...
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