Chapter 10 : Extending The Organization Supply Chain management

Basics of supply chain

Three main links of supply chain

i)                               Materials flow from suppliers and their ‘upstream’ suppliers at all level

ii)                             Transformation of materials into semi-finished and finished products through the organization’s own production process

iii)                          Distribution of products to customer and their ‘downstream’ customer at all level

Factors driving Supply chain management

 

 

supply chain management success factors

-        make the sale to suppliers

-        wean employees off traditional business practice

-        ensure the SCM system support the organizational goals

-        deploy the incremental phases and measure and communicate success

-        be future oriented