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Strategic Operations MGT
Operation
Management
M BA 1 . 5 - 1 & 3
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Creating an Effective Supply Chain
1.Develop strategic objectives and tactics.
2.Integrate and coordinate activities in the internal supply
chain.
3.Coordinate activities with suppliers with customers.
4.Coordinate planning and execution across the supply
chain.
5.Form strategic partnerships.
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Trade-offs
1. Cost-customer service
◦ Disintermediation
2. Lot-size-inventory
◦ Bullwhip effect
3. Inventory-transportation costs
◦ Cross-docking
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Trade-offs
Bullwhip effect
◦ Inventories are progressively larger moving backward through the supply chain.
Cross-docking
◦ Goods arriving at a warehouse from a supplier are unloaded from the supplier’s truck and
loaded onto outbound trucks.
◦ Avoids warehouse storage.
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Trade-offs
Delayed differentiation
◦ Production of standard components and subassemblies, which are held until
late in the process to add differentiating features.
Disintermediation
◦ Reducing one or more steps in a supply chain by cutting out one or more
intermediaries.
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Supply Chain Benefits and Drawbacks
Problem Potential Benefits Possible
Improvement Drawbacks
Large inventories Smaller, more frequent Reduced holding costs Traffic congestion
deliveries Increased costs
Long lead times Delayed differentiation Quick response May not be feasible
Disintermediation May need absorb
functions
Large number of Modular Fewer parts Less variety
parts Simpler ordering
Cost Outsourcing Reduced cost, higher Loss of control
Quality quality
Variability Shorter lead times, better Able to match supply Less variety
forecasts and demand
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