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    Logistics Management

    Logistics Management

    Logistics and supply chain

    1

    logistics and Supply chain

    2

    Material and information flow

    3

    Competing through logistics

    4

    Logistics strategy

    Key issues

    1

    What is supply chain, and
    how is it structured?

    2

    What is the purpose of a
    supply chain?

    The Supply Chain Concept
    ▪ Development of the Concept
    – Total systems cost – remains an important element
    of logistics analysis.
    – Outbound logistics – the warehousing and
    distribution of finished goods.
    – Inbound logistics – the receiving and warehousing
    of raw materials, and their distribution to
    manufacturing as they are required.
    – Value chain analysis integrated logistics activities.

    Business Logistics in a Firm

    The Supply Chain management Concept
    ▪ A supply chain is a group of partners who
    collectively convert a basic commodity (upstream)
    into a finished product (downstream) that is
    valued by end-customers, and who manage
    returns at each stage.

    Definition

    Planning and controlling all of the processes
    that link partners in a supply chain together in
    order to serve needs of the end-customer.

    Supply chain:
    structure and tiering
    The process starts with
    several external suppliers
    that move milk, cardboard,
    and plastic to the processing
    plant.
    After the milk is processed
    and packaged, it is delivered
    to retailers, who sell it to
    customers. The alternative
    delivery system is delivery
    from a warehouse directly to
    customers’ homes.

    Supply chain:
    structure and tiering
    Supply chain can be fairly
    complex. The supply
    chain for a car
    manufacturer includes
    hundreds of suppliers,
    dozens of manufacturing
    plants (for parts) and
    assembly plants (for cars),
    dealers, direct business
    customers, wholesalers,
    customers, and support
    functions such as product
    engineering and
    purchasing.

    Logistics concept

    Definition

    The task of coordinating material flow
    and information flow across the supply
    chain.

    Activity 1
    Wheat

    Flour

    Praline

    Wafers

    Chocolate

    Confectionery
    manufacturer

    Printed
    materials

    Aluminium

    Fiberboard

    Multiple
    retailers
    Packing

    Wholesalers

    End
    customers

    Others
    (hospital etc.)
    Creamery
    (milk)

    Cocoa
    beans

    Sugar

    Vegetable
    oil

    Cocoa
    butter

    Lecithin

    Emulsifiers,
    Salt, etc.

    1

    logistics and Supply chain

    2

    Material and information flow

    3

    Competing through logistics

    4

    Logistics strategy

    Key issue

    1

    What is the relationship between
    material flow and information
    flow?

    Integrated Logistics Management

    Material and information flow

    Material and information flow

    Material flow

    Information flow

    1

    logistics and Supply chain

    2

    Material and information flow

    3

    Competing through logistics

    4

    Logistics strategy

    Key issues

    1

    How do products win orders in
    the marketplace?

    2

    How does logistics contribute
    to competitive advantage?

    Creating logistics advantage: three
    basic ways
    time

    quality

    Logistics advantage

    cost

    Creating logistics advantage:
    controlling variability

    ▪ Variability undermines the dependability with which a product or
    service meets target.

    Order winners and order qualifiers
    Different logistics
    performance
    objectives
    Order winners
    are factors that directly and
    significantly help products to
    win orders in the
    marketplace.
    Customers regard such
    factors as key reasons for
    buying that product or
    services.

    Order qualifiers
    are factors that are regarded
    by the market as an ‘entry
    ticket’.
    Unless the product or service
    meets basic performance
    standards, it will not be taken
    seriously.

    1

    logistics and Supply chain

    2

    Material and information flow

    3

    Competing through logistics

    4

    Logistics strategy

    The value chain: Linking supply chain
    and business strategy
    Business Strategy
    M
    a
    r
    Supply Chain Strategy
    k
    New Product
    Marketing
    e
    Strategy
    Strategy
    ti
    New
    Marketing
    n
    Ope
    Distri
    Se
    g
    NewProduct
    product
    and
    Operations
    ratio
    butio
    rvi
    a
    Development
    Development
    Sales
    ns
    n
    ce
    n
    d
    Finance, Accounting,
    s Information Technology, Human Resources
    a
    l

    How to Achieving Strategic Fit
    ▪ Understanding the Customer
    – Lot size

    – Response time
    – Service level

    – Product variety
    – Price
    – Innovation

    How to measure?

    Implied Demand
    Uncertainty

    Levels of Implied Demand Uncertainty
    High Fashion

    Detergent

    Customer Need
    Price

    Responsiveness

    Low

    High

    Implied Demand Uncertainty

    Understanding the Supply Chain: CostResponsiveness Efficient Frontier
    Responsiveness
    High

    Low

    Cost
    High

    Low

    Achieving Strategic Fit
    Responsive
    supply chain

    Responsiveness
    spectrum

    Efficient supply
    chain
    Certain
    demand

    Implied
    uncertainty
    spectrum

    Uncertain
    demand

    Strategic Scope
    Suppliers Manufacturer Distributor
    Competitive
    Strategy
    Product Dev.
    Strategy
    Supply Chain
    Strategy
    Marketing
    Strategy

    Retailer

    Customer

    Drivers of Supply Chain Performance
    Competitive strategy
    Efficiency

    Responsiveness

    Supply chain strategy and structure

    Inventory

    Transportation

    Drivers

    Facilities

    Information

    Considerations for Supply Chain Drivers
    Driver

    Efficiency

    Responsiveness

    Inventory

    Cost of holding

    Availability

    Transportation

    Consolidation

    Speed

    Facilities

    Consolidation /
    Proximity /
    Dedicated
    Flexibility
    What information is best suited for
    each objective

    Information

    Chapter 2
    Putting the endcustomer first

    Content

    The marketing perspective

    Segmentation

    Quality of service

    Setting logistics priorities

    The marketing perspective
    • Key issue

    1

    What are the marketing
    implications for logistics strategy?

    The marketing perspective

    • Marketing is a philosophy that integrates
    the disparate activities and functions that
    take place within the network. Satisfied
    [end] customers are seen as the only source
    of profit, growth and security. (Doyle,1994)

    The marketing perspective

    The Challenge…

    Customer
    The
    challenge

    Increased sales and
    market shares
    Strong brand

    Increased productivity
    Short lead times

    The marketing perspective
    The battleground is the customer’s wallet.

    The victors will be those that can order their entire organization around
    the challenges of getting cheaper more profitable and more loyal
    customers.

    It’s an age of expert buyers. Customers are becoming ever more
    critical and demanding.

    Customers know that they can play the market and are placing higher
    and higher demands on suppliers to give them what they want – and
    immediately.

    The marketing perspective
    • Two pairs of concepts
    business customer

    Vs.

    B2C

    end-customer
    B2B

    consumer
    Vs.
    customer

    B2B

    B2B

    The marketing perspective
    • Rising customers expectation

    1

    2

    3

    better levels
    of general
    education

    better ability
    to discern
    between
    alternative
    products

    Exposure to
    more lifestyle
    issue in the
    media

    The marketing perspective
    • The information revolution
    Industry structure

    internet
    Buyer-supplier relationship

    Purchasing, SCM and NPD

    Content

    The marketing perspective

    Segmentation

    Quality of service

    Setting logistics priorities

    Segmentation
    • Key issue

    1

    What is segmentation, and what
    are its implications to logistics
    strategy?

    Segmentation
    • Market can be segmented in many ways
    – Demographic: such as age, gender and
    education
    – Geographic: such as urban vs. country, types of
    house and region
    – Technical: the use that customers are going to
    make of a product
    – Behavioral: such as spending pattern and
    frequency of purchase
    A powerful way to bridge
    marketing and logistics

    Segmentation
    • Fragmentation of Markets and Product
    Variety
    – Are the requirements of all market segments
    served identical?
    – Are the characteristics of all products identical?
    – Can a single supply chain structure be used
    for all products / customers? No! A single
    supply chain will fail different customers on
    efficiency or responsiveness or both.

    Segmentation
    • Activity 1
    – Try to compare the segmentation strategies
    between Dell and Lenovo in computer
    market.
    – What logistics strategy should Dell make to
    fit its market segmentation? So what about
    Lenovo?

    Segmentation

    functional

    efficient

    responsive

    innovative

    Lenovo

    Dell

    Content

    The marketing perspective

    Segmentation

    Quality of service

    Setting logistics priorities

    Quality of service
    • Key issues

    1

    2

    How do customer
    expectations affect logistics
    service?
    How does satisfaction stack
    up with customer loyalty?

    Quality of service
    Case: Service of a seafood restaurant
    ¥2
    Fourth floor

    ¥3
    Third floor

    ¥6
    Second floor

    ¥10
    First floor

    Quality of service
    Service is the combination of outcomes and experiences delivered
    to and received by the end-customer (Johnston and Clark, 2001).

    supplier
    Service
    specification

    customer
    Gap 1

    Gap 2
    Service
    delivery

    Expected
    service

    Gap 3

    Gap 4

    Perceived
    service

    Quality of service

    • Customer loyalty=Customer
    satisfaction
    • Value disciplines
    – Operational excellence
    – Product leadership
    – Customer intimacy

    • Customer relationship management
    – Bow tie
    – Diamond
    supplier

    customer

    supplier

    customer

    Content

    The marketing perspective

    Segmentation

    Quality of service

    Setting logistics priorities

    Setting logistics priorities
    • Key issues

    1

    How can we set logistics
    priorities?

    2

    How do such priorities relate
    to customer segments?

    Setting logistics priorities
    Identify the order winners and
    qualifiers according to customer
    needs by market segment

    Priority order winners for each
    segment

    Identify gaps in existing logistics
    capabilities: reinforce strengths
    and plug weaknesses

    Using market segments to set
    logistics priorities

    Chapter 3
    Value and
    logistics costs

    Content
    Where does value come from
    How can logistics costs be presented

    Activity-based costing

    A balanced measurement portfolio

    Supply chain operations reference model

    Where does value come from
    • Key issues

    1

    2

    How can shareholder value
    be defined?

    What is economic value
    added, and how does it help
    in this definition?

    Where does value come from
    • Business objectives
    Business objective

    Profit

    Market share

    Shareholde
    r value

    Social value

    Where does value come from
    • Concepts about shareholder value
    – Comparable investment
    – ROI (Return on investment)
    – Sales
    – Costs
    – Working capital
    – Cash and debtors
    – Creditors
    – Fixed assets

    ROI=

    Sales revenue-Costs
    Inventory+Cash and Debtors-Creditors+Fixed assets
    Sales
    revenue

    Profit

    Costs

    Inventory

    ÷


    Working
    capital

    Cash and
    debtors


    Creditors


    Fixed
    assets

    Capital
    employed

    Return on
    capital
    employed

    Where does value come from
    ROI

    Profitability = Profit / Sales
    ×

    Asset utilization = Sales / Employed investment

    ROI is underpinned by two main drivers:
    ✓Increased profitability
    ✓Increased asset utilization

    Where does value come from
    ROI and its key drivers
    Level 1

    Level 2

    Level 3
    Production costs / Sales

    Net Profit
    Sales

    Level 4
    Pay costs / sales
    Materials / Sales

    Selling costs / Sales

    Pay costs / Sales

    Administration costs / Sales

    Pay costs / Sales
    Property / Sales

    ROI

    Fixed assets / Sales

    Plant / Sales
    Vehicle / Sales

    Sales
    Total assets

    Inventory / Sales
    Current assets / Sales

    Debtors / Sales
    Cash / Sales

    Where does value come from

    Average inventory turnover

    Key timerelated ratios

    Average settlement period for debtors

    Average settlement period for creditors

    Content
    Where does value come from
    How can logistics costs be presented

    Activity-based costing

    A balanced measurement portfolio

    Supply chain operations reference model

    How can logistics costs be represented
    • Key issues

    1

    2

    What are the various ways of
    cutting up the total cost
    ‘cake’?
    What are the relative merits
    of each?

    How can logistics costs be represented
    • Problems with traditional cost accounting
    as related to logistics (Christopher, 1998)
    – The true costs of servicing different customer
    types, channels and market segments are
    poorly understood.
    – Costs are captured at too high at a level of
    aggregation.
    – Costing is functionally oriented at the expense
    of output.
    – The emphasis on full cost allocation to
    products ignores customer costs

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Fixed
    Variable
    Engineered

    Direct

    Indirect
    Discretionary

    Three ways to cost cube

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Fixed / Variable costs

    Fixed cost

    Variable cost

    Volume of activity

    Volume of activity

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Fixed / Variable costs
    Cost or revenue
    Sales revenue
    Break-even point
    Total cost
    Variable cost

    Fixed cost

    Volume of activity

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Fixed / Variable costs

    Cost or revenue

    Sales revenue

    Cost or revenue

    Sales revenue

    Break-even point
    Total cost

    Total cost

    High variable cost

    Fixed cost

    Break-even point

    Fixed cost

    Volume of activity

    Low variable cost
    Volume of activity

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Direct / Indirect costs

    Direct labor
    Direct costs
    Direct materials
    Whether the cost
    can be directly
    allocated to a
    given product

    Managing
    director’s salary

    Indirect costs
    (overheads)

    Administration
    expenditure
    Rent rates

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Direct / Indirect costs

    • DPP (Direct product profitability) method
    Gross sales for product group
    ⚫Less product-specific discounts and rebates

    Net sales by product
    ⚫Less direct costs of product

    Gross product contribution
    ⚫Less product-based marketing expenses

    Product-specific direct sales support costs
    ⚫Less product-specific direct transportation costs
    ⚫Less product-attributable overheads
    Direct product profitability

    •Sourcing costs
    •Operations support
    •Fixed-assets financing
    •Warehousing and
    distribution
    •Inventory financing
    •Order, invoice and
    collection processing

    How can logistics costs be represented
    Engineered / Discretionary costs

    Example
    Engineered
    costs

    Input-output
    relationship

    prevention

    Quality cost

    Discretionary
    costs

    appraisal

    Internal and
    external failure

    Content
    Where does value come from
    How can logistics costs be presented

    Activity-based costing

    A balanced measurement portfolio

    Supply chain operations reference model

    Activity-based costing
    • Key issues

    1

    What are the shortcomings of
    traditional cost accounting from
    a logistics point of view?

    2

    How can costs be allocated to
    processes so that better
    decisions can be made?

    Activity-based costing
    Today’s businesses are working in an
    increasingly complex environment.
    Use of Advanced Technology
    Product Life Cycle

    Product Complexity
    Channels of Distribution
    Quality Requirements
    Product Diversity

    Activity-based costing
    Criticisms of Traditional Cost Allocation
    • Assumes all cost is volume-related
    • Departmental focus, not process focus
    • Focus on costs incurred, not cause of
    costs

    Activity-based costing
    Conventional Costing
    • Total Cost = Material + Labour+ Overheads
    • Overheads are allocated to the products on volume
    based measures e.g. labour hours, machine hours,
    units produced
    Will this not distort the costing in the new
    environment?

    ABC provides an Alternative.

    Activity-based costing

    Allocation of indirect costs based
    on causal activities

    Results in better allocation

    Does not provide “true” cost

    ABC Purpose

    Activity-based costing
    • Traditional allocation method
    Costs

    Products

    • Activity-based allocation method
    Costs

    Activities

    First stage

    Products

    Second stage

    Activity-based costing
    When is ABC Most Useful?
    • High Overheads
    • Product Diversity or Multiple Products
    • Customer Diversity
    • Service Diversity

    Activity-based costing
    Example

    Production line

    A

    B

    C

    D

    Total

    Machine hours

    8,000

    8,000

    8,000

    8,000

    32,000

    No. of changeovers

    50

    30

    15

    5

    100

    Equal allocation

    250,000

    250,000

    250,000

    250,000

    1000,000

    Allocation by activity

    500,000

    300,000

    150,000

    50,000

    1000,000

    Difference

    250,000

    50,000

    -100,000

    -200,000

    0

    Activity-based costing
    • Cost time profile (CTP)
    Cost-time profile

    Cumulative cost (%)

    120

    delivery

    100

    loading

    80

    sort

    60

    processing
    storage

    40

    20 transport
    0
    15

    45

    60

    70

    Cumulative time (hours)

    75

    85

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    Part Two: Leveraging logistics operations

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    Slide 4.2

    Chapter 4:
    Managing logistics internationally

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    Slide 4.3

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    Slide 4.4

    Figure 4.1 Decision framework for international logistics

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    Slide 4.5

    Internationalization
    The designing of a product in such a way
    that it will meet the needs of users in many
    countries or can be easily adapted to do so.

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    Slide 4.6

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    Motivations for International Expansion
    • Increase Market Share
    – domestic market may lack the size to support
    efficient scale manufacturing facilities

    • Return on Investment
    • large investment projects may require global
    markets to justify the capital outlays
    • weak patent protection in some countries
    implies that firms should expand overseas
    rapidly in order to prevent imitators
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    Slide 4.7

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization

    Motivations for International Expansion
    • Economies of Scale or Learning
    – expanding size or scope of markets helps to
    achieve economies of scale in manufacturing as
    well as marketing, R & D or distribution
    – can spread costs over a larger sales’ base
    – increase profit per unit

    • Location Advantages
    – low cost markets may aid in developing
    competitive advantage
    – may achieve better access to:
    • Raw materials
    • Key customers
    • Lower cost labor
    • Energy

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    Slide 4.8

    Table 4.1 The fourth-generation global shift in Europe

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    Slide 4.9

    Table 4.2 Dimensions of different internationalism strategies
    (Source: Based on Yip, 1989, and Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989)

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    Slide 4.10

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    • Strategy and operating decisions are
    Multidomestic decentralized to strategic business units (SBU)
    in each country
    strategy
    • Products and services are tailored to local
    markets
    • Business units in one country are independent
    of each other
    • Assumes markets differ by country or regions
    • Focus on competition in each market
    • Prominent strategy among European firms
    due to broad variety of cultures and markets
    in Europe
    Logistical network: Mainly national; Sourcing, storage and
    shipping on a national level and duplicated by country
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    Slide 4.11

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    Global
    strategy

    • Products are standardized across national
    markets
    • Decisions regarding business-level strategies
    are centralized in the home office
    • Strategic business units (SBU) are assumed to
    be interdependent
    • Emphasizes economies of scale
    • Often lacks responsiveness to local markets
    • Requires resource sharing and coordination
    across borders (which also makes it difficult
    to manage)

    Logistical network: Limited number of production locations that
    ship to markets around the globe through a highly
    internationalized network with limited localized warehouse and
    resources.

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    Slide 4.12

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    • Seeks to achieve both global efficiency and
    Transnational local responsiveness
    • Difficult to achieve because of simultaneous
    strategy
    requirements
    − strong central control and coordination to
    achieve efficiency
    − decentralization to achieve local market
    responsiveness
    • Must pursue organizational learning to
    achieve competitive advantage

    Balanced local sourcing and shipping (e.g. for customized
    products and local specialties) and global sourcing and
    shipping (for example for commodities).
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    Slide 4.13

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    The International Supply Chain
    Suppliers

    Corporation

    Domestic/Import
    Sourcing

    Inbound
    Materials

    Order
    Processing

    Order
    Processing

    Throughflow

    Supplier-Firm
    Interface
    Transportation

    Transportation

    Storage

    Storage

    Physical
    Materials
    Distribution
    Management Management

    Inventory
    Management

    Storage

    Customers
    Outbound
    Materials

    Domestic/Export
    Distribution

    Order
    Processing

    Order
    Placement

    Transportation

    Transportation

    Costumer-Firm
    Interface
    Physical
    Customer
    Distribution
    Service
    Management
    Inventory
    Management

    Inventory
    Management

    Forward and Reverse Flow of Information, Products, and Funds
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    Slide 4.14

    Drivers and logistics implications of
    internationalization
    Risks in
    international
    logistics

    External risks
    ⚫Language and
    culture
    uncertainty
    ⚫Political risks
    ⚫Macroeconomi
    c risks

    Internal risks
    ⚫Supply options
    ⚫Inventory
    policy
    ⚫Transportation
    and distribution
    arrangements

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    Slide 4.15

    Figure 4.2 The international logistics pipeline

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    Slide 4.16

    Figure 4.3 (a) Focused markets: full-range manufacture for local markets

    (b) Focused factories: limited range manufacturing for all markets
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    Slide 4.17

    Figure 4.4 Inventory centralisation against logistics costs and service dimensions

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    Slide 4.18

    Figure 4.5 Delivery strategies in a global network

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    Slide 4.19

    Table 4.4 Three different delivery strategies

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    Slide 4.20

    Figure 4.6 Comparison of domestic and international logistics pipelines
    (Source: After van Hoek, 1998)

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    Slide 4.21

    Figure 4.7 The trade-off between cost and lead time for international shipping

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    Slide 4.22

    Figure 4.8 Location of Asian facilities

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    Slide 4.23

    Figure 4.9 Phases in the location selection process

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    Slide 4.24

    Table 4.5 Trade-offs between two locations
    Key: Score on a five-point scale ranging from poor to excellent
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    Slide 4.25

    Figure 4.10 Changing role of distribution centres

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    Slide 4.26

    Table 4.6 Differences in reconfiguration processes for companies depending upon

    starting point (global or local)
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    Figure 4.11 Stages in the implementation of postponed manufacturing: local starting

    point
    (Source: van Hoek, 1998)
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    Figure 4.12 Stages in the implementation of postponed manufacturing: global

    starting point
    (Source: van Hoek, 1998)
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    Figure 4.13 Example of physical infrastructure set-up with LLP origin in Asia
    (Source: Leeman, 2007)

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    Figure 4.14 SCM tools and trade-offs in the supply chain

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    Table 4.7 Comparing forward and reverse logistics
    (Source: Reverse Logistics Executive Council,

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    Figure 4.15 CSR practices in the supply chain

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    Table 4.8 NEC CSR supplier requests
    (Source: NEC Group CSR Guideline for Suppliers,

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    Table 4.8 NEC CSR supplier requests (Continued)
    (Source: NEC Group CSR Guideline for Suppliers,

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    Chapter 5:
    Managing the lead-time frontier

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    Managing the lead-time frontier
    • This chapter takes a strategic and
    managerial view of time and of the impact
    of time on logistics performance.
    • How time can provide competitive
    advantage in logistics.

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Key issues
    1

    What is time-based
    competition?

    2

    How does time-based
    competition link to other
    initiatives?

    3

    What is the purpose of
    time-based competition?

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Definition and concepts
    quality

    cost

    business advantage

    Time-based competing time
    The timely response to customer
    needs
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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage
    – Traditional opinion

    Fast delivery

    High quality

    Low cost

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage
    – good quality actually reduces costs by
    measures as:
    • designing the process so that defects cannot
    occur;
    • designing the products so that they are easy
    to make and distribute;
    • Training personnel so that they understand
    the process and its limitations.

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    Improving quality

    Cost increasing

    Reducing lead time

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    Time-based initiatives
    • When a company attacks time directly the benefits
    are shorter cycle times and inventory turns
    Finding sources and causes of breakdowns

    Time reduction

    Cost reduction

    Quality improving

    Finding sources and causes of delays

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    The role of time in competitive advantage
    Time-based opportunities to customer
    needs and add value
    – Increased responsiveness to customer needs
    deliver a product
    or service on time
    deal with customer
    queries and
    complaints on time

    Increased
    responsiveness to
    customer

    Customer
    loyalty

    – Managing increased variety
    Reducing overall lead-time
    Reducing product complexity

    Reducing process set-up time

    Production with
    more frequency and
    smaller batches

    Increased
    variety of
    products

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Time-based opportunities to add value
    – Increased product innovation
    • Reducing new product development lead time 
    Innovation through product design faster than
    competitors  Competitive advantage

    – Improved return on new products
    • Putting new product earlier to market can
    – Extend the sales life of the product
    – Charge a higher price
    – Won new customers
    – Build a high market share through building on the initial
    leader
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    Figure 5.1 Break-even time

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Time-based opportunities to reduce cost
    – Reducing working capital
    • Eliminate unnecessary steps and wasted time
    • Focus: inventory (raw materials, work-in-process
    goods and finished goods)

    – Reducing plant and equipment capital
    • Remove the equipment not employed in activities
    • Focus: racking and pallets formerly used to store
    inventory

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Time-based opportunities to reduce cost
    – Reducing development costs
    • Elimination of rework and reduction of distracting
    unnecessary projects

    – Reducing quality costs
    • Reducing lead time so as to accelerate feedback
    and hence reduce time between error being made
    and problem being detected.

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    The role of time in competitive
    advantage

    • Limitations to time-based approaches
    – Limitation to the need for speed
    • Not all operating environments require speed.
    • Not all customers value speed.

    – Limitation to degree of speed required
    • Time-based approaches are not about managing
    exceptions but managing for speed reliably.

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    Figure 5.2 Distribution of shipment cycle times in days

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    P:D ratios and differences
    • Key issues

    1

    2

    What are P- and D-times?

    Why are P- and D-times
    important to logistics
    strategy?

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    P:D ratios and differences
    • P-time and D-time are measures of
    performance of the supply pipeline.
    • Using time to measure supply chain
    performance
    – P-time (Production time)
    • The time it takes to pass a product or service
    through supply chain
    • including the time needed to procure the longest
    lead time parts and the total manufacturing time
    P-time = customer raises order

    deliver product to customer

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    P:D ratios and differences
    • Using time to measure supply chain
    performance
    – D-time (Demand time)
    • The time for which a customer is willing to wait to
    have their demand fulfilled
    D-time

     [ expected minimum , expected maximum ]

    • Manufacturers with short D-times face increased
    supply chain challenges compared with those who
    have long D-times.
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    Figure 5.3 When P-time is > D-time

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    Time-based process mapping
    • Key issue

    1

    How do you go about
    measuring time in a supply
    chain?

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    Time-based process mapping
    ❖Stage 1: create a task force
    ❖Stage 2: select the process to map
    ❖Stage 3: collect data
    ❖Stage 4: flow chart the process
    ❖Stage 5: distinguishing between value-adding
    and non-value-adding time

    ❖Stage 6: construct the time-based process map
    ❖Stage 7: solution generation
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    Table 5.2 Example of process document

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    Figure 5.4 Process activity mapping and sources of waste

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    Figure 5.5 Walk the process (12 steps)

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    Figure 5.6 Identify every process step

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    Table 5.3 Time-based analysis data

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    Figure 5.7 Time-based process map: current

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    Figure 5.8 Cause-and-effect diagram

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    Figure 5.9 Time-based process map: re-engineered

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    Figure 5.10 A methodology for time-based process improvement

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    Managing timeliness in the
    logistics pipeline

    • Strategies to cope when P-time is
    greater than D-time
    Strategy when
    P-time > D-time

    Short term

    Long term

    •Make-to-order
    •Make-to-stock

    •Marketing
    •Product development
    •Process improvement

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    Managing timeliness in the
    logistics pipeline
    • Ways to reduce P-time

    •Control

    ▪ Optimizing throughput and improving process capability

    •Simplify

    ▪ Untangling process flows and reducing product complexity

    •Compress

    ▪ straightening process flows and reducing batch sizes

    •Integrate

    ▪ Improving communications and implementing teams

    •Coordinate

    ▪ Adding customer-specific parts as late as possible

    •Automate

    ▪ Using robots and IT systems
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    Chapter 6:
    Supply chain planning and control

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    • The focal firm ‘game plan’ comprises a set
    of inter-linked modules ranging from ‘front
    end’ (demand management, resource
    planning, sales and operations planning
    and master production scheduling) to
    ‘engine’ (materials and capacity planning)
    to ‘back end’ (detailed planning and control
    of source– make–deliver processes). All
    are linked to the enterprise resource
    planning (ERP) database.
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    Figure 6.1 The focal firm ‘game plan’
    (Source: From Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management, 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill (Vollman, T.E., Berry, W.L., Whybark, D.C. and Jacobs, F.R. 2005), reproduced with
    permission of the McGraw-Hill Companies.)
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    Managing inventory in the
    supply chain
    • Planning and controlling factory output is but part of the
    challenge of managing material flow in the supply chain.

    • Upstream processes such as distribution and retail for
    both finished products and spare parts are subject to
    independent, random demand. Such demand is
    independent in that it is not affected by the actions of the
    focal firm .
    • Dependent demand, on the other hand, is fixed by the
    actions of the firm – such as order acceptance and
    determining forecasts.
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    • ‘Economic’ batch sizes and order sizes
    • The question of how many parts to make at a time has
    traditionally been answered by reference to a
    longstanding concept called the ‘economic’ batch
    quantity (EBQ) formula.
    • Similar principles are used to determine how many parts
    at a time to order from suppliers in ‘economic’ order
    quantities (EOQs).

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    • Both EBQ and EOQ assume that parts are
    used at a uniform rate (i.e. that demand is
    stable), and that another batch of parts
    should be made or ordered when stock
    falls below the re-order point.
    • (Figure 6.3)

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    Periodic order quantity and
    target stock levels

    • Various methods have been adopted to overcome some
    of the deficiencies of EOQ models, which mean that a
    set order size is placed on a supplier whenever the
    inventory level falls below the re-order level. The effect
    upon suppliers is that although a regular amount is
    ordered

    • An EOQ system finds it very difficult to cope if demand
    goes up or down rapidly.

    If demand goes up rapidly, then an EOQ system would
    tend to make replenishments that lag the demand trend.
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    Planning and control in
    retailing

    • Retailing is faced with planning and control
    challenges which are quite distinct from
    manufacturing:
    . A retailer cannot generate sales without stock, and stock
    that is bought for sales that do not happen ‘constitutes a
    retailer’s nightmare’ (Varley, 2006).
    • Several stages of the internal supply chain must be
    coordinated – depots, back of store and front of store.
    • Retail profit margins in grocery are tighter (2–4 per cent)
    than for large, branded manufacturers (8–10 per cent).

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    continued
    • Demand can be affected by changes that are difficult to
    forecast,
    • ‘Best before’ and ‘use by’ dates for fresh produce
    increase obsolescence pressuresand inventory turns.
    • Reverse logistics is more complicated because product
    is being reversed from one point (the store) to a
    multitude of supply chains
    • (suppliers).

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    Implications of poor
    coordination

    • One consequence of poor coordination
    within a supply network is amplification of
    changes in demand upstream.
    Amplification of demand changes has
    been called the bullwhip effect.

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    four major causes of the bullwhip effect:
    ● updating of demand forecasts: resulting in changes to
    safety stock and stock in the pipeline;
    ● order batching: while retail customers may buy mostly on
    Saturdays, MPC (Manufacturing planning control) systems
    may batch orders according to different timing rules;
    ● price fluctuations: promotions most often result in
    lumping of demand into peaks and troughs, when the
    ongoing pattern is stable;
    ● rationing and shortage gaming: when the latest games
    console is in short supply, retailers are rationed by
    manufacturers.
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    Overcoming poor
    coordination in retail supply
    chains

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    • Efficient consumer response (ECR)
    • ECR is designed to integrate and rationalize product
    assortment, promotion, new product development and
    replenishment across the supply chain.
    • It aims to fulfil the changing demands and requirements
    of the end-customer through effective collaboration
    across all supply chain members, in order to enhance
    the effectiveness of merchandising efforts, inventory flow
    and supply chain administration (PE International, 1997).

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    • The main areas addressed under ECR
    initiatives are category management,
    product replenishment and enabling
    technologies. These can be broken down
    into 14 areas where individual as well as
    well-integrated improvements can be
    made in order to enhance efficiency (see
    Figure 6.8).

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    Category management
    • With an objective of preventing stockout situations and
    improving
    supplier
    retailer
    relations,
    category
    management aims to balance retailers’ product volume
    and variety objectives.

    • Among activities included in the category management
    process are the capture and utilization of knowledge of
    the drivers behind consumer attitudes and choices.

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    Collaborative planning, forecasting and
    replenishment (CPFR)

    Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) is
    aimed at improving collaboration between buyer and supplier so that
    customer service is improved while inventory management is made
    more efficient.
    The trade-off between customer service and
    inventory is thereby altered (Oliveira and Barratt, 2001).


    CPFR focuses on the process of forecasting supply and demand by
    bringing various plans and projections from both the supplier and the
    customer into synchronization.

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    Vendor-managed inventory
    (VMI)

    • Vendor-managed inventory (VMI), is an
    approach to inventory and order fulfilment
    whereby the supplier, not the customer, is
    responsible for managing and replenishing
    inventory.

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    Quick response (QR)
    • Quick response (QR) is an approach to
    meeting customer demand by supplying
    the right quantity, variety and quality at the
    right time to the right place at the right
    price.

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    Questions to be discussed in
    tools
    • How is material flow planned and
    controlled in the supply chain?
    • How is it possible to improve
    coordination between retail and
    manufacturing processes?

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    Slide 7.1

    Chapter 7:
    Just-in-time and the agile supply chain

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    Just In Time
    • Just In Time – JIT’ An inventory strategy
    companies employ to increase efficiency
    and decrease waste by receiving goods
    only as they are needed in the production
    process, thereby reducing inventory costs.
    • Used by Japanese automotive
    manufacturers

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    Lean Thinking
    • Is a way to recognize and eliminate
    wasteful activities from the supply chain in
    order to increase product flow and speed.
    • Organizations that incorporate lean
    thinking into their supply chain can benefit
    from improved customer service, reduced
    environmental impact by reducing waste
    and even overall corporate citizenship.
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    Lean thinking invites to analyze
    business processes systematically to
    establish the base line of value adding
    process and identify the incidence of
    these seven wastes

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    Figure 7.3 Basic tasks in a car assembly plant

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    Types of waste
    1. Waste of overproduction
    2. Waste of waiting
    3. Waste of transporting
    4. Waste of Inappropriate processing
    5. Waste of unnecessary inventory
    6. Waste of unnecessary motions
    7. Waste of defects
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    Figure 7.4 Lean thinking principles
    (Source: After Womack and Jones, 2003)

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    Principles of lean thinking
    Lean thinking is a cyclical route to seeking perfection by
    eliminating waste and thereby enriching value from
    customer perspective. The customer should not pay for the
    cost, time and quality penalties of the wasteful process in
    the supply chain

    ▪ Specify value- Value from customer
    perspective
    ▪ Identify the value stream- Identify the whole
    sequence of process along the supply
    network
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    Principles of lean thinking
    ▪ Make value flow- means eliminating the
    seven wastes and can be implemented by
    applying the key factors such as minimizing
    delays, inventories, defects
    ▪ Pull scheduling-Implies that demand
    information is made available across the
    supply chain.
    ▪ Seek perfection-Is achieved by getting better
    gradually and squeezing waste out at every
    step.
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    Agility in Supply chain
    • Is a practical approach to organizing logistics
    capabilities around changing end- customer
    demands
    • where development, sourcing, logistics and
    sales are designed to adapt quickly to
    changes in demand or customer preference
    • Agile strategy is concerned with assigning
    capacity so that products can be made
    rapidly to meet demand
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    Table 7.1 Comparison of lean supply with agile supply: the distinguishing attributes

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    Table 7.2 Further characteristics of lean and agile supply

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    Application of Lean thinking
    ▪ Order to replenishment
    ▪ Order to production
    ▪ Product development

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    Model of Agile Capabilities
    • Market sensitive
    – Supply chain is capable
    of reading and
    responding to real
    demand

    • Virtual
    – Information-based
    supply chain, rather
    than inventory-based.
    Agile supply chain

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    Model of Agile Capabilities
    • Network based
    – EDI and internet enable
    partners in the supply
    chain to act upon the real
    demand

    • Process integration
    – Collaborative working
    between buyers and
    suppliers, joint product
    development, common
    systems and shared
    information

    Agile supply chain

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    Sales and Operations Planning
    for Agility
    Factors for Successful S&OP
    1. Ongoing routine S&OP meeting
    2. Structural meeting agenda
    3. Pre work to support meeting inputs
    4. Cross functional participation
    5. Participants empowered to make decisions
    6. Responsible organization to run process
    7. Unbiased base line forecast to start process
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    Sales and Operations Planning
    for Agility
    8. Joint supply and demand planning
    9. Measurement of the process
    10. Integrated demand –supply planning
    technology
    11. External inputs to the process

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    Product Design for agility
    ➢Design for manufacture and assembly
    ➢Concurrent engineering
    ➢Design for supply chain

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    Slide 7.20

    Manufacturing for agility
    ▪ Agility-responding to changes-requires
    responsive and flexible manufacturing
    ▪ Can be adapted quickly to new products
    ▪ Can accommodate changes in mix range
    of variants
    ▪ Involvement of minimum cost or time
    penalties

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    Slide 7.21

    Supply chain partnerships for
    agility
    • Relationship could be described as
    success factor of many agile supply chains
    • Dependent on a network of supply chain
    partners that collaborate to meet the end
    customer needs by availing resources

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    Slide 7.22

    Combining Lean and Agile
    Three main approaches to combining lean
    and Agile
    Hybrid Strategies

    Appropriate market condition

    Pareto Analysis across a product range-80:20
    Use lean methods for the volume lines and agile
    methods for the slow movers

    High levels of variety
    Demand is heavy skewed toward a small
    proportion of the product range

    De-coupling Point
    The aim is to lean up to the decoupling point and
    agile beyond it, as in form postponement

    Product design allows for this so the product
    remain generic in the early stage of manufacturing

    Separate volatile and base demand for a given
    SKU
    Meet the forecastable element of demand using
    lean principles and use agile principles for the less
    predictable demand

    When base level of demand can be confidently
    predicted from past experience

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    Slide 7.23

    • Application of leagility: the de-coupling point
    approach

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    Chapter 8
    Integrating the
    supply chain

    Integration in the supply chain
    • Key issue

    1

    How can we integrate
    internally, externally and
    electronically?

    Integration in the supply chain
    • What is Supply Chain Integration
    • the degree to which the firm can strategically
    collaborate with their supply chain partners
    and collaboratively manage the intra- and
    inter-organization processes to achieve the
    effective and efficient flows of
    • Product and services
    • Information
    • Money
    • Decisions
    • With the objective of providing the maximum
    value to the customer at low cost and high
    speed

    Integration in the supply chain
    Measures of integration
    • Access to planning system
    • Sharing production plans
    • Joint Electronic Data Interchange access /
    networks
    • Knowledge of inventory mix / levels
    • Packaging customization
    • Delivery frequencies
    • Common logistical equipment / containers
    • Common use of third-party logistics

    Integration in the supply chain
    Arc of Integration

    Integration in the supply chain
    Direction of Integration
    Upstream with suppliers and/or downstream with
    customers

    Degree of Integration
    The extent to which the integration practices are
    evident across either the supplier or customer base.

    Integration in the supply chain
    Internal integration: function to function
    Purchasing

    Production

    Distribution

    Low price

    High productivity of
    machine and labor

    Keep warehousing
    operation smooth

    Unreliable delivery
    and low quality

    High batch size

    Post-manufacturing
    operation being resisted

    Poor available
    distribution

    Additional complexity of
    customizing products

    Integration in the supply chain
    Inter-company collaboration: a manual approach
    Strategic Collaboration
    Decision Flow
    Products & Services Flow

    Enterprise

    Information & Knowledge Flow

    Enterprise

    A

    B
    Financial Flow

    Information & Knowledge Flow

    Financial Flow
    Decision Flow

    END CUSTOMERS

    RAW MATERIALS

    Products & Services Flow

    Integration in the supply chain
    Electronic Integration
    Transactional
    The electronic execution of
    transaction
    In B2B: Purchase order, Invoices, load tendering

    Information sharing
    The electronic sharing or
    exchange of information
    Product description and pricing, promotional calenders,

    Collaboration planning
    Strategic, tactical and operational
    exchange

    Electronic
    collaboration

    Electronic Integration

    Integration in the supply chain

    Information
    flow in apparel
    supply chain

    Choosing the right supplier
    relationship
    • Key issue

    1

    What type of supplier relationships
    can be adopted and how each type
    of relationship be tailored to
    different types of product?

    Figure 8.4

    Relationship styles continuum

    Source: After Cooper and Gardiner, 1993

    Figure 8.5

    Evolving inbound supply relationships

    Strategic partnerships in the
    supply chain
    • Key issue

    1

    What are Partnerships, and what are
    advantages and disadvantages?

    Strategic partnerships in the
    supply chain
    • Sharing of information
    • Trust and openness
    • Coordination and planning
    • Mutual benefits and sharing of risks
    • Recognition of mutual interdependence
    • Shared goals
    • Compatibility of corporate philosophies

    Strategic partnerships in the
    supply chain
    Advantages
    ▪ Savings come in the form of reduced negotiations and drawing
    up of separate contracts
    ▪ Reduced monitoring of supplier soundness, supply quality and
    increased productivity
    ▪ Shortened lead times and product cycle
    ▪ Conditions amenable to long term investment

    Disadvantages
    ▪ Inability to price accurately qualitative matters e.g. design work
    ▪ For decisions information to be gathered of partners
    ▪ Risk of divulging sensitive informations to competitors
    ▪ Potential opportunism by suppliers

    Managing supply chain relationships
    • Key issue

    1

    How can broader-based
    relationships be formed between
    trading partners in the supply chain?

    Managing supply chain relationships
    • Creating closer relationships
    Partnership

    Arm’s length transaction

    R&D

    Marketing

    R&D

    Logistics

    Operations

    Logistics Operations

    Information
    system

    Information
    system

    InformationInformation
    system
    system

    supplier

    customer

    Bow tie

    Marketing

    supplier

    customer

    Diamond

    Managing supply chain relationships
    • Factors in forming supply chain relationships
    • The order winner
    • The method making sourcing decisions
    • The nature of electronic collaboration
    • The attitude to capacity planning
    • Call-off requirements
    • Price negotiations
    • Managing product quality
    • Managing research and development
    • The level of pressure

    Supplier Networks
    • Key issue

    1

    What are supplier associations
    and the Japanese Keiretsu?

    Supplier Networks
    Supplier networks can be formal or informal groups
    of companies whose common interest is that they all
    supply a particular customer or support an entire
    industry.
    Four are the important networks considered
    ▪ Supplier associations
    ▪ Japanese Keiretsu
    ▪ Italian district
    ▪ Chinese industrial areas

    Primary objectives for establishing and developing supplier associations

    Figure 8.8

    Japanese keiretsu structure

    (Source: Aitken, 1998)

    Slide 9.1

    Chapter 9:
    Sourcing and supply management

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    Slide 9.2

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    Slide 9.3

    Figure 9.1 Changing perspectives of procurement

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    Slide 9.4

    Meaning of Procurement
    The act of obtaining or buying goods and
    services and includes preparation and
    processing of a demand as well as the end
    receipt and approval of payment. It often
    involves
    • purchase planning, standards determination,
    • specifications development, supplier research and
    selection,
    • value analysis, financing,
    • price negotiation, making the purchase,
    • supply contract administration, inventory control and
    stores, and
    • disposals and other related functions.

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    Slide 9.5

    Meaning of Procurement
    The process of procurement is often part of
    a company’s strategy because the ability to
    purchase certain materials will determine if
    operations will continue.
    A business will not be able to survive if it’s
    price of procurement is more than the profit
    it makes on selling the actual product.

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    Slide 9.6

    Figure 9.2 Procurement strategic sourcing, tactical contract management and

    operational ordering cycle
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    Slide 9.7

    Figure 9.3 Indication of time allocation for procurement value generation

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    Slide 9.8

    Figure 9.4 ‘Waterfall’ of revenue, purchasing spend and profit

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    Slide 9.9

    Figure 9.5 KPIs used in 2010 by 200+ respondents to Procurement Intelligence Unit

    survey
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    Slide 9.10

    Procurement principles
    • Business Alignment
    • Developing strategies for procurement
    categories
    • Total cost of ownership, not just price
    • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

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    Slide 9.11

    Figure 9.6 Weight of factors associated with 1-point increase in purchasing

    performance score
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    Slide 9.12

    Business Alignment
    Alignment requires of professionals







    Ability to identify potential levers for alignment
    service focus to center the effort on peer needs
    Studying business plan and business training materials
    Using metrics of the business to evaluate performance
    A strong business partner focus among staff
    Willingness to see functional expertise as a price of entry
    Stationing key procurement staff
    Getting invited to business meetings to know priorities
    and issues.
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    Slide 9.13

    Developing strategies for
    procurement categories
    • Involvement of procurement early and fully,
    right across the product lifecycle.
    • To adopt a long term strategic role to seek
    innovative opportunities.
    • Foal firm can encourage innovation by
    reducing three kinds of problems

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    Slide 9.14

    Developing strategies for
    procurement categories
    1. Conflicting objectives among the
    customers functional areas through
    alignment
    2. Excess and often late specification
    charges
    3. Price reduction pressure on suppliers

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    Slide 9.15

    Total cost of ownership not just
    price
    ➢It is the purchase price of an asset plus the
    costs of operation.
    ▪ When choosing among alternatives in a
    purchasing decision, buyers should look not just
    at an item’s short-term price, which is its
    purchase price, but also at its long-term price,
    which is its total cost of ownership.
    ▪ The item with the lower total cost of ownership
    will be the better value in the long run.
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    Slide 9.16

    Figure 9.7 Total cost of ownership – initial purchase price might only be a fraction

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    Slide 9.17

    Total cost of ownership not just
    price
    • Objective of TCO is to get below the price of
    a purchase and to identify how much it costs
    a focal firm over the product lifecycle.
    • This includes purchase cost such as supplier
    evaluation and quality assurance.

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    Slide 9.18

    Table 9.1 TCO summary report
    (Source: After Ellram and Siferd, 1998)

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    Slide 9.19

    Figure 9.9 Cost of ownership over time for product C and product D

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    Slide 9.20

    Supplier Relationship Management
    (SRM)
    ➢Is the discipline of strategically planning for,
    and managing, all interactions with third party
    organizations that supply goods and/or services
    to an organization in order to maximize the
    value of those interactions.
    ➢Lot of contracts closed, never been
    implemented fully due to lack of business
    support, leadership, alignment with business
    needs.
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    Slide 9.21

    Supplier Relationship Management
    (SRM)
    Basic steps to SRM are
    • Reduce the supply base
    • Segment the supply base
    • Establish policies per supply market segment
    • Implement vendor rating and improvement planning
    • Assign executive ownership to important suppliers
    • Manage towards customer of choice status

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    Slide 9.22

    Figure 9.10 A proposed integrative SRM framework
    (Source: Park et al, 2010)

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    Slide 9.23

    Segmenting the supply base
    ➢Supplier segmentation is a process of
    dividing suppliers into distinct groups with
    different needs and characteristics or
    behavior.
    Basic Segment criteria’s are
    • The amount of spend with the supplier
    • Criticality of supplies for the smooth operation of
    the supply chain and for delivery to customer.

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    Slide 9.24

    Purchase Portfolio Matrix
    • This Model was created by Peter Kraljic
    • Its purpose is to help purchasers maximize
    supply security and reduce costs, by
    making the most of their purchasing power
    The matrix involves four items
    • Strategic Items
    • Bottleneck items
    • Non critical items
    • Leverage Items
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    Slide 9.25

    Figure 9.11 Purchase portfolio matrix

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    Slide 9.26

    Vendor Rating
    Process of assessment of existing or new
    suppliers on the basis of their delivery,
    prices, production capacity, quality of
    management, technical capabilities, and
    services.
    Steps involved in vendor rating system
    1. Select the team
    2. Establish the rating criteria
    3. Determine the effective weighting
    4. Score each supplier’s performance
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    Slide 10.1

    Part Four: Changing the future

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    Slide 10.2

    Chapter 10: Logistics future
    challenges and opportunities

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    Slide 10.3

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    Slide 10.4

    Wrapping the chain around the
    heart of Focal firm

    • The ability to align the organization internally,
    vertically and horizontally, around supply chain
    opportunities, priorities and efforts in order to
    avoid partial, ineffective or failed supply chain
    improvement efforts.
    • Integrated logistics and supply chain
    management is the fundamental belief that
    When functions, regions and companies are
    closely aligned and work collaboratively the
    customer will be served better
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    Slide 10.5

    Internal alignment triad
    Internal alignment between peer functions and
    supply chain discipline as a pre requisite for
    success in logistics and supply chain.
    In the future, internal alignment needs to be
    achieved in a triad integration between supply
    chain, the business and the board.

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    Slide 10.6

    Internal alignment triad

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    Slide 10.7

    Figure 10.2 Alfa Laval’s alignment compass

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    Slide 10.8

    Humanitarian logistics
    • The process and systems involved in
    mobilizing people, resources, skills and
    knowledge to help vulnerable people
    affected by disaster.
    • Like Haiti earth quake
    • Appropriate logistics strategies are required
    to go for relief efforts
    • Agile logistics strategy is an appropriate
    respnse
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    Slide 10.9

    Figure 10.3 The P&G ‘connect + develop’ philosophy
    (Source: Procter & Gamble Connect + Develop programme)

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    Slide 10.10

    Figure 10.4 Examples of ‘Connect + Develop’
    (Source: Procter & Gamble Connect + Develop programme)

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    Slide 10.11

    Figure 10.5 The dynamics of customer profitability

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    ‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
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    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Ministry of Education
    Saudi Electronic University

    College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

    Assignment 2
    Logistics Management (MGT 322)
    Due Date: 01/11/2025 @ 23:59
    Course Name: Logistics Management
    Course Code: MGT322

    Student’s Name:

    Semester: 1st

    CRN:

    Student’s ID Number:

    Academic Year: 1446-47 H (2025-2026) 1st Term
    For Instructor’s Use only
    Instructor’s Name: Njoud AlJohani
    Students’ Grade: /10

    Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

    Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

    This assignment is an individual assignment.

    • The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via the allocated folder.
    • Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
    • Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced
    for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page.
    • Students must mention the question number clearly in their answer.
    • Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
    • Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
    resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
    • All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
    pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
    • Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

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    ‫وزارة التعليم‬
    ‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Ministry of Education
    Saudi Electronic University

    College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

    Logistics Management
    ASSIGNMENT -2
    Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 9th
    Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
    Weight: 10 Marks
    Learning Outcome:
    1. Demonstrate an understanding of how global competitive environments are changing supply chain
    management and logistics practice.
    2. Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
    3. Analyse and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
    Assignment Workload:
    This assignment is an individual assignment.

    Critical Thinking
    An organization can improve the resilience and profitability of its business model by implementing
    outsourcing and offshore efforts. However, there are drawbacks to these attempts.
    Today’s economy is dynamic, highly unpredictable, and competitive, and many businesses are looking
    for answers. As supply chain management advances and the gap between what businesses would like to
    accomplish and what they can accomplish internally widens, businesses start to see that doing the right
    thing is more exciting than doing everything. As a result, they are outsourcing and offshore tasks that are
    distant from their core businesses, which helps them become more specialized and focused. Businesses
    frequently choose to contract out this function entirely or in part to agents or outside logistics
    companies.
    Answer the following questions using the offshoring and outsourcing concepts by using any Saudi local
    business or multinational corporation.

    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Ministry of Education
    Saudi Electronic University

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    ‫وزارة التعليم‬
    ‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

    College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
    Questions: Each Question Carrying 2.5 Marks.
    1. Describe the different driving factors for doing business Globally. (300-400 Words)
    2. Describe how third-party logistics companies operate. (300-400 Words)
    3. What factors influence businesses to choose developing nations for offshore operations? Provide
    examples. (Mention the country and decisive factors). (300-400 Words)
    4. Why do businesses outsource? Provide an example of a Saudi business, including its goals and
    outsourcing scope. (300-400 Words)

    The Answer must follow the Keyword/ outline points below:

    Outsourcing, offshoring, Third Party Logistics

    Their Main functions

    Motivational Factors /Drivers

    Any local example

    Reasons with suitable Examples

    Reference

    Note: You can support your answer by reading chapter 4 of your book.
    You can use secondary sources available on the internet. Please use APA-style referencing.

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    Answer 4.

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