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Exam of 76 pages for the course Supply Chain Management at Unisa (SCH4801 EXAM BANK)
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Section A
Title: The strategic effects of supplier chain relationship management Introduction
Supply chain management is one of the most important factors in determining an
organization's success or failure. Most businesses strategically and competitively position
themselves in the market by implementing an effective and efficient supply chain.
Organisations must have proper supplier relationships in place to succeed in today's
uncertain marketplace. The following study will describe and explore many aspects of the
supplier effect, including the obstacles faced by Boeing, the necessity of ISO in today's
business, and quality issues created by inefficiencies, among others.
1.1 Supplier relationship is one of the most important aspects that are done by companies
to manage costs and quality. With this aim, Boeng adopted the collaborative
relationship as it seeks to reduce waste through managing its outsourced materials.
This relationship can be found in the case through the following two statements (direct
quotes):
i. Boeing aimed to leverage the advanced capabilities of its network of suppliers
and explicitly decided not to replicate the supplier’s skills in order to save costs.
ii. Boeing decided to tap into the expertise and capabilities of suppliers in specific
processes and materials.
1.2 Strategies create different operational and strategic barriers to all supply chain
activities. As shown in the above case study, it is important to detect some barriers
that were experienced by Boeing due to its supplier relationships.
i. Complexity of the logistics work
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, The supply chain faces this barrier due to differences in the core business of involved entities
(Badenhorst-Weiss, Bjion, & Ambe, 2017) . This means that, to implement a new network,
mistakes and time would be experienced more problems within the involved organisations.
As shown by the case, Boeing had challenges to adjust when parts from different suppliers
arrive to its production plant. This means that, it took time to re-
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