Presentation Operations and Supply chain management strategies
9 important questions on Presentation Operations and Supply chain management strategies
What is flexibility? (4 dimensions relevant to operations & SCM)
- Mix flexibility (ability to produce a wide range of products/services)
- Changeover flexibility (ability to produce a new product with minimal delay)
- Volume flexibility (ability to produce whatever volume the customer needs)
What is cost? (4 dimensions relevant to operations & SCM)
What are trade-offs among performance dimensions?
Choosing for one performance dimension (one-dimension VS. Another dimension)
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What is an order winner?
What are Intra -organizational interactions?
What are examples inter -organizational interactions
- Suppliers
- Distributors/ logistical service providors
- Wholesalers/ retailers
- Customers
Examples departments intra-organizational interactions
- Finance (budgetting, analysis, funds)
- Design ( sustainability, quality, manufacturability)
- Accounting (performance measurement systems, planning and control)
- (M)IS ( What IT solutions to make it all work together?)
- Human Resources (skills? Training? Of employees?)
- Marketing (what products? What volumes? Costs? Quality? Delivery?)
What are structural elements of the strategy?
- Structure, control/reward system, workforce decision.
- Sourcing strategies, supplier selection, supplier performance measurements
- Forecasting, tactical planning, inventory management, production planning and control
- six Sigma, continious improvement, statistical process control
- The development process, organizational and supplier roles.
What is process integration?
Supply chain managers think with and for the business and the functions (departments) in the business, and come with solutions for the company as well as for the customer. (working together in the supply chain is the key element which provides value to the customer)
F.e. Square water melons, because they are easier to transport.
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