Humanitarian Supply Chain Management and Lean
6 important questions on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management and Lean
What drives a Non Governmental Organisation?
Managing humanitarian supply chain (why is it more difficult?)
How to achieve and measure equity?
Strive for equity and effectiveness in line with coverage?
Many stakeholders influence process: performance for whom?
RELATIONSHIPS MATTER..
The Kralijc Matrix - product classification
Strategic items - High Profit impact and High supply risk - difficult to buy high importance of purchasing Kralijc
Bottleneck low - importance difficult to buy. Low profit impact high supply risk
Non-critical items- low profit impact and low supply risk
Leverage items - low supply risk and high profit impact
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Challenges for lean supply chain management in humanitarian operations (3)
- resource constraints: financial -> equipment, manpower, modes of transport
- global operations: distance, diversity of operations
Key ideas on successful Supply Chain Management
Need to tailor SCM solutions to the demand characteristics of a product/service
Need to find the right strategy for the configuration of the supply chain
P/S - Matrix
Speculation (make to inventory)
Postponent (make to order)
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