Lecture O: Overview供应链系统设计与管理Designing and ManagingtheSupplyChainDr.Wang,Bhanggiong王长琼Department of Logistics ManagementSchool of Logistics Engineering,WHUTApril.2015
Lecture 0: Overview 供应链系统设计与管理 Designing and Managing the Supply Chain Dr. Wang, Zhangqiong 王长琼 Department of Logistics Management School of Logistics Engineering, WHUT April, 2015 1
ASEMASTERCRETECRETORIGINALCEMENTORIGINALCEMENTMASTERCRETEMASTERCRETEORIGINAL CEMEORIGINALCEMENTAFARGEWho needs them? Who are the customers?Where do customers source them?
2 Who needs them? Who are the customers? Where do customers source them?
ScM is a weapon for a firm to gaincompetitiveadvantages* How these items get to customers?*What activities or companies are involved in theprocess by which these items are delivered tocustomers? How can customers get them immediately with thelowest cost ?Best practices : Wal-mart's success byeffective SCM (read on the course'website)3
SCM is a weapon for a firm to gain competitive advantages How these items get to customers? What activities or companies are involved in the process by which these items are delivered to customers? How can customers get them immediately with the lowest cost ? Best practices : Wal-mart’s success by effective SCM (read on the course’ website) 3
UPDATEDANDWhy ScM is important?*Oneofthe“1O"majorforceshelping to flatten the world froman economicperspective is"supply chaining," a method ofTheWorldIs FlatcollaboratingamongbusinessesA BRIEFHISTORYOFto manage the flow of goods,THETWENTY-FIRST CENTURYinformationand cashto deliverThomasL.Friedmanvalue for the consumer.at least four or five of the ten "flatteners"are ScM-related,including workflowsoftware,outsourcingoffshoring,supplychaining,andinsourcing
Why SCM is important? One of the “10” major forces helping to flatten the world from an economic perspective is “supply chaining,” a method of collaborating among businesses to manage the flow of goods, information and cash to deliver value for the consumer. 4 at least four or five of the ten “flatteners” are SCMrelated, including workflow software, outsourcing, offshoring, supply chaining, and insourcing
HowManyCountriesDoesItTaketoMakeaCoat?TomakethisjacketfortheU.Smarket,HongKonggarmentproducerLi&FungorderedmaterialsfromfactoriesinfivecountriesandhadthemdeliveredtoThailand,wherethejacketwasstitched together.Using anetworkofWebsites,Li&Fungstaysintouchwithitsworldwidesuppliers andcan compressthetimeittakesto getitemsinto stores.Taiwan,whichspecializesin making material forChina,the world'slarqestoutdoorclothing,producedproducer of cotton,made thelinerthe shell and fleece.Thailand, a leadingexporterofimitationfur, ringed the hoodGermany,whichgavetheworldthesnapJapan,theglobe'sbiggestfastener inthe1880s,producerof stainlesssteelsent thesnapsfor zippers,put itsteeth inthiszipper5
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