Supply Chain Management (Ch 15)

Team F Kristen, Scott, Danny and Maddie

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Definition of Supply Chain Management

A set of approaches and techniques firms employ to efficiently and effectively integrate their suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, stores, and transportation intermediaries into a seamless operation in which merchandise is produced and distributed in the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, as well as to minimize system-wide costs while satisfying the service levels their customers require.

Wholesaler

Marketing Channel

Logistics Management

Distribution Center

Supply Chain, Marketing Channels

and Logistics

i2 Supply Chain Management Company

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Bm3BYjCd0

Strategic Relationships in Supply Chains

We’ve seen two videos on the relationship between Payless Shoes and i2 Supply Chain company.

Do you trust the information presented in these videos?

Do you think this relationship is beneficial to both Payless and i2?

Do you think Payless’ viewpoint on this relationship is different from the views in the videos?

Making Information Flow

Supply Chains players: Manufacturers Buyers Distribution Centers Stores Customer

Payless Shoes has over 4500 stores, thousands of SKU’s, tons of shoe manufacturers and a wide target market.

What are some of the challenges of making information flow in such a complex system?

Methods for Information Flow

Push and Pull Supply Chains Pull~ Orders generated at store level, and

based on sales data Push~ Merchandise is allocated on basis

of demand. Is McDonald’s a push supply chain, pull

supply chain or some combination of both? How does the perishable aspect of food affect their system of supply chain?

Found on McDonald's website

Making Merchandise Flow

The Distribution Center Inbound Transportation Receiving and Checking Storing and Cross Docking Getting Merchandise Floor Ready Shipping to Stores

Inventory Management using Just-In-Time Systems Discussion: Both Payless and McDonald’s have to

depend on a Just-In-Time System, but for different reasons. Why is this system necessary for the food and apparel industries?

Managing the Supply Chain

Types of Supply Chain Independent/Conventional Vertical

Administered Contractual

What type of Supply Chain does each firm utilize? What are the risks, what are the benefits?

Thank you for Listening!

All Definitions are from the textbook and the following three websites were used for our examples: i2 example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Bm3BYjCd0

Payless example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPl7RCd5G7s

McDonald’s example: http://boyerverma.com/wordpress/?p=45