This is a summary of the final exam for "international supply chain management". It contains chapters 5, 6 and 10 of the book "Guide to Supply Chain Management" by Colin Scott, Henriette Lundgren and Paul Thompson, Second edition
Samenvatting Guide to Supply Chain Management - International Supply Chain Management 1 (1000IS1_22)
Summary for International Supply Chain Management HvA final endterm exam, chapters 5,6, 10
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1.
deliver
Answer: Glue between SCM players (transport and warehouse)
2.
influencer of delivery
Answer: Global economy, political decisions, advanced technology, environmental requirements
3.
Delivery components
Answer: Transport, cost and warehouse management
4.
Transport management
Answer: Moving products in trucks, ships, rails, plane and pipes
5.
Order management
Answer: capturing the customer order all the way through to bringing back proof of delivery in order to raise a customer invoice
6.
Warehouse management
Answer: keeping and moving stock within depots, warehouses and distribution centres (workers = 90% of the cost)
7.
Center of gravity (COG) (facility location)
Answer: locate facilities by using a weighting of customer demand data on a grid map
8.
Other factors for location
Answer: • Cost of commercial property in that location
• Availability of skilled labour
• Time to build or occupy the site
• Accessibility of government grant or subsidy • Proximity of road, rail, water and air networks • Customer service implications
• Environmental considerations
9.
Network trade-offs
Answer: Facility costs, Inventory costs, Primary transport costs
10.
influence of Network trade-offs
Answer: - if the number of facilities increases, associated delivery costs also increases
- Primary transport costs go up when delivery quantity per warehouse decreases
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Chapter 5 - DELIVER - Glue bet ween SCM players (transport and
warehousing)
- Balancing costs and service aspects (close to
the customer)
Influencer
- global economy
- political decisions
- advanced technology
- environmental requirements
Components
- Transport: moving products in trucks, ships, planes,
pipes and trains
- Order:
capturing the customer order all the way through to bringing
back a proof of delivery in order to raise a customer invoice
- Warehouse:
Facility location keeping and moving stock within depots, warehouses
and distribution centres
Center of Gravity (COG): locate facilities by using a
weighting of customer demand data on a grid map.
Other factors:
• Cost of commercial property in that location
• Availability of skilled labour
• Time to build or occupy the site
• Accessibility of government grant or subsidy
• Proximity of road, rail, water and air networks
• Customer service implications
• Environmental considerations
Net work trade-offs
- if number of facilities increase, associated
deliver cost also increases
- Primary transport costs go up when delivery
quantity per warehouse decrease
- Facility costs
- Inventory costs
- Primary transport costs
^ facilites ^ deliver cost ^inventory cost
, WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Handling operations: movement in warehouse
Workers are always there (90% of cost)
Objectives
- Maximize storage space
- Minimize handling operations
Warehouse planning process
Types of warehouse
Contract warehousing
outsourced to logistics service provider
Refrigerated warehousing
provides temperature- controlled storage
Bonded warehousing
Tax duty unpaid inventory (under custody
of government)
Cross-docking
Inventory that enter and leave in a short
time period (carry no safety stock)
U-Shape Most common
- docks can be allocated for loading and
unloading as required (only one road
needed)
- extended on three sides of the building if
necessary
- easily managed and secured (works with
any type of warehouse L-Shape
-
- big volume of operations
- separate flows
- maximum storage
-
I-Shape Through-flow
- when goods received are from an
adjacent manufacturing source
- when different vehicles are used
for unloading and loading of
goods
- beneficial for high-volume 1. Receipt
- separates loading 2. Storage
and shipping area 3. Picking
(More expensive) 4. Dispatch
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