This white paper discusses how companies can improve their inbound supply chain through increased visibility and optimized business processes. It identifies common gaps such as a lack of optimization and carrier selection based on supplier incentives rather than service. The paper recommends taking control of inbound transportation, mapping processes, gaining shipment visibility, consolidating loads, and proactively managing suppliers to identify issues. This can help reduce costs, improve service, and provide accurate cost allocation through greater supply chain performance and control.
Coordination in Supply Chain ManagementKunal Chauhan
The document discusses coordination in supply chain management. It begins by defining supply chains and coordination, then discusses how a lack of coordination can lead to issues like the bullwhip effect where demand fluctuations increase as information moves up the supply chain. It also discusses obstacles to coordination like incentives and information processing. The document proposes managerial levers to improve coordination, such as aligning goals, improving information visibility, pricing strategies, and building strategic partnerships. It concludes by discussing achieving coordination in practice.
This document discusses Procter & Gamble's supply chain initiatives including the Control Tower Program, Consumer Driven Supply Network (CDSN), and Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). It provides details on how CPFR aims to reduce the "bullwhip effect" in the supply chain by facilitating collaboration and information sharing between P&G and its retail partners. The benefits of CPFR include improved forecast accuracy, inventory reductions, and increased sales.
The document discusses the bullwhip effect, which occurs when demand fluctuations are amplified up the supply chain. It provides the example of Procter & Gamble observing that distributor orders to factories for disposable diapers varied more than retail demand, and factory orders from distributors varied even more. This occurred even though demand for diapers is very consistent. The bullwhip effect causes inefficiencies like excess costs and variability in production and shipping. Ways to remedy it include improving demand forecasting, reducing order batching, and increasing communication between supply chain partners.
Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance: The Food (Fast-Food) Delivery ...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Over the years, the concept of Supply Chain Integration (SCI) and its effect on firm performance has been an essential topic of interest in the field of Supply Chain Management (SCM). Previous research on SCI and firm performance concentrated much on the manufacturing industry with less focus on other fastgrowing industries. This research mainly focused on determining the impact of Supply Chain Integration on performance in the fast food delivery service industry. The firms were selected based on their size and frequency of deliveries they make to customers. The research was conducted in a metropolitan city in Turkey with a considerable number of fast food delivery firms and moreover, with customers whose demand for fast food is essentially high. The results of this study further compliment the growing evidence which depicts a positive relationship between SCI and firm performance. On the contrary, this research also contradicts some of the results of the earlier research on Supply Chain Integration.Analysis of the results and regression showed that internal integration is positively related to external integration and firm performance. However, the correlation coefficients between internal and external integration showed high relationship while the relationship between the internal integration and firm performance showed a very feeble relationship but was significantly related. Similarly, external integration significantly has a positive relationship with firm performance but their relationship was however weak but they were significantly related.
This document summarizes a lecture on building relationships with customers through supply chain integration. The lecture discusses how integrating supply chains can change buyer-supplier relationships by encouraging more proactive collaboration. It defines integration and supply chain management, noting the importance of connecting all members and information in the supply chain. Finally, it contrasts traditional linear supply chain models with integrated models and emphasizes using customer segmentation, relocating work, and encouraging face-to-face contracts between trading partners.
the presentation is about managing coordination between the supply chains for fast movement of resources.factors affecting the coordiantion in supply chain.
The knowledge of Coordination for Supply Chain IntegrationMohammad Rahman
Hi, This is Habib, student of Msc in Textile Engg. BUTex and tried to gather some info about the topic and published for the help of any guys if needed.Thanks-Habib
While many firms are part of supply chain not all are managed in any truly coordinated fashion.
Many firms within supply chain wants to work independently.
Firms with large system inventories, many suppliers, complex product assemblies and highly valued customers benefit most from the practice of supply chain management.
For these firms, even moderate supply chain management success can mean lower purchasing and inventory carrying costs, better product quality and higher levels of customer service—all leading to more sales.
Coordination in Supply Chain ManagementKunal Chauhan
The document discusses coordination in supply chain management. It begins by defining supply chains and coordination, then discusses how a lack of coordination can lead to issues like the bullwhip effect where demand fluctuations increase as information moves up the supply chain. It also discusses obstacles to coordination like incentives and information processing. The document proposes managerial levers to improve coordination, such as aligning goals, improving information visibility, pricing strategies, and building strategic partnerships. It concludes by discussing achieving coordination in practice.
This document discusses Procter & Gamble's supply chain initiatives including the Control Tower Program, Consumer Driven Supply Network (CDSN), and Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). It provides details on how CPFR aims to reduce the "bullwhip effect" in the supply chain by facilitating collaboration and information sharing between P&G and its retail partners. The benefits of CPFR include improved forecast accuracy, inventory reductions, and increased sales.
The document discusses the bullwhip effect, which occurs when demand fluctuations are amplified up the supply chain. It provides the example of Procter & Gamble observing that distributor orders to factories for disposable diapers varied more than retail demand, and factory orders from distributors varied even more. This occurred even though demand for diapers is very consistent. The bullwhip effect causes inefficiencies like excess costs and variability in production and shipping. Ways to remedy it include improving demand forecasting, reducing order batching, and increasing communication between supply chain partners.
Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance: The Food (Fast-Food) Delivery ...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Over the years, the concept of Supply Chain Integration (SCI) and its effect on firm performance has been an essential topic of interest in the field of Supply Chain Management (SCM). Previous research on SCI and firm performance concentrated much on the manufacturing industry with less focus on other fastgrowing industries. This research mainly focused on determining the impact of Supply Chain Integration on performance in the fast food delivery service industry. The firms were selected based on their size and frequency of deliveries they make to customers. The research was conducted in a metropolitan city in Turkey with a considerable number of fast food delivery firms and moreover, with customers whose demand for fast food is essentially high. The results of this study further compliment the growing evidence which depicts a positive relationship between SCI and firm performance. On the contrary, this research also contradicts some of the results of the earlier research on Supply Chain Integration.Analysis of the results and regression showed that internal integration is positively related to external integration and firm performance. However, the correlation coefficients between internal and external integration showed high relationship while the relationship between the internal integration and firm performance showed a very feeble relationship but was significantly related. Similarly, external integration significantly has a positive relationship with firm performance but their relationship was however weak but they were significantly related.
This document summarizes a lecture on building relationships with customers through supply chain integration. The lecture discusses how integrating supply chains can change buyer-supplier relationships by encouraging more proactive collaboration. It defines integration and supply chain management, noting the importance of connecting all members and information in the supply chain. Finally, it contrasts traditional linear supply chain models with integrated models and emphasizes using customer segmentation, relocating work, and encouraging face-to-face contracts between trading partners.
the presentation is about managing coordination between the supply chains for fast movement of resources.factors affecting the coordiantion in supply chain.
The knowledge of Coordination for Supply Chain IntegrationMohammad Rahman
Hi, This is Habib, student of Msc in Textile Engg. BUTex and tried to gather some info about the topic and published for the help of any guys if needed.Thanks-Habib
While many firms are part of supply chain not all are managed in any truly coordinated fashion.
Many firms within supply chain wants to work independently.
Firms with large system inventories, many suppliers, complex product assemblies and highly valued customers benefit most from the practice of supply chain management.
For these firms, even moderate supply chain management success can mean lower purchasing and inventory carrying costs, better product quality and higher levels of customer service—all leading to more sales.
This document discusses supply chain coordination and the bullwhip effect. It describes how a lack of coordination can lead to distortions in information and conflicts between supply chain stages. The bullwhip effect exacerbates these issues by causing demand fluctuations to increase as orders move up the supply chain. This results in higher costs across areas like manufacturing, inventory holding, and transportation. The document outlines obstacles to coordination like misaligned incentives, information processing delays, and behavioral factors. It proposes approaches to improve coordination, such as collaborative forecasting and planning, continuous replenishment programs, and ensuring goals and incentives are aligned across the supply chain.
The chapter discusses integrating and managing supply chains. It covers:
1) Internal and external integration across functions, partners, and digitally. The goal is providing maximum customer value at low cost.
2) Efficient consumer response extends collaboration across the supply chain to meet consumer demand through category management, replenishment, and enabling technologies.
3) Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment extends collaboration to strategic and operational levels through joint business plans and exception resolution.
1. The document discusses developing a supply chain roadmap for a company by assessing current performance metrics and maturity of processes.
2. Key supply chain metrics like cost, service, efficiency and process metrics are analyzed along with maturity of strategic, operational, and execution processes.
3. Gaps identified through metric performance and process assessment are addressed through initiatives which are prioritized in a roadmap to improve the supply chain over time.
The 12 Fundamental Best Practices of Supply Chain ManagementIntalere
This article highlights the fundamental best practices of healthcare supply chain management. Intalere assists our customers in managing their entire non-labor spend, providing innovative technologies, products and services, and leveraging the best practices of a provider-led model.
This document provides information about supply chain quality management including forms, tools, and strategies. It discusses key challenges in managing quality across global supply chains and introduces solutions from Bureau Veritas to help mitigate risks, improve transparency, and drive continuous improvement. Quality management tools are also outlined, such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, histograms, and more. Additional related topics on quality management are listed for further reference.
This chapter discusses how supply chain strategies can impact a company's financial statements and profitability. It shows how cost savings can be converted to equivalent sales increases using a company's profit margin. The chapter analyzes the financial impact of reducing transportation, warehousing and inventory costs for a company called CBL Distributors.com. It demonstrates that these supply chain reductions increase CBL's net income, profit margin and return on assets. The chapter also examines the financial implications of improving on-time delivery and order fill rates for CBL's supply chain.
This document discusses supply chain management (SCM) best practices. It provides an overview of SCM, including key objectives and challenges. SCM integration can provide benefits like increased visibility, cost reductions, and improved service levels. The document also outlines next generation SCM solutions, how to measure SCM success, and how small and medium enterprises can adopt SCM practices. It concludes with an explanation of the Supply Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR) framework.
The Supply Chain Management has the potential to improve Company’s competitiveness. Supply chain capability is as important to a company's overall strategy as overall product strategy. It encourages management of processes across departments. By linking supply chain objectives to company strategy, decisions can be made between competing demands on the supply chain. The impact of managing overall product demand and the supply of product will impact the profitability of the company.
Retailer supplier partnerships final pptCharu Rastogi
Supply chain management involves planning and managing all activities related to sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management. Strategic alliances like third-party logistics and retailer-supplier partnerships aim to provide benefits greater than individual company efforts. Retailer-supplier partnerships range from quick response strategies to vendor-managed inventory systems, with different inventory ownership and skills required of vendors. Maruti worked to improve operational efficiency through strategic partnerships with top vendors that accounted for 34% of purchases.
The document discusses best practices for improving quality in the supply chain. It identifies four key quality risks in the supply chain: ineffective material controls, inefficient material flows and logistics routes, other sources of waste like rework and over inspection, and ineffective communication with suppliers. It then proposes four best practices: formalizing lean thinking and waste elimination programs, investing in supply chain visibility tools, establishing common KPIs and accountability, and implementing an enterprise quality management system. The conclusion states that extending quality management practices into the supply chain can provide benefits like early issue identification, improved traceability and accountability, and increased profitability by mitigating financial risks.
1. Supply Chain Integration
2. Benefits of Supply Chain Integration
3. Push System
4. Pull System
5. Push vs Pull
6. Integration of Push and Pull Strategy
7. Lead Time and its Impact
8.Demand-Driven Strategies
The document discusses key concepts in supply chain management including:
1) Supply chain management involves managing the flow of information and goods through the entire supply chain from raw materials to the end customer.
2) Information technology is an important enabler of supply chain management by allowing companies to share information electronically.
3) Supply chain integration and collaboration between partners can help reduce costs and improve customer service levels.
Presentation on supply chain managementAnkur Mehta
This document provides an outline for a seminar on supply chain management. It covers topics such as the definition of supply chain management, logistics, dynamics of the supply chain including the bullwhip effect, vendor managed inventory, third party logistics, outsourcing, and the role of information technology in supply chain management. Key points discussed include the necessity of SCM for industry, objectives of SCM, drivers of the supply chain, decision making factors, and benefits of approaches like VMI.
This document discusses supply chain management systems and strategies. It covers:
1. What a supply chain is and how it links suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and customers.
2. How supply chain management systems help manage relations with suppliers through constant information exchange.
3. Strategies like just-in-time to balance distribution and synchronize product flow with the aim of getting the right amount of products in the least amount of time at the lowest cost.
4. Walmart's supply chain strategy of strategic sourcing, cross-docking, and using technology to accurately forecast demand and track inventory.
This document discusses improving supply chain performance by linking it to the balanced scorecard. It outlines current supply chain measures and perspectives in the balanced scorecard. It then proposes linking the two by identifying performance measures that align the internal, financial, innovation/learning, and customer perspectives of the balanced scorecard with goals like unit cost reduction, time reduction, waste reduction, and flexible response in the supply chain. Aligning key performance indicators across these perspectives can help optimize supply chain performance.
Basic concepts of supply chain managementAyeshaBabar9
This document provides an overview of supply chain management concepts. It defines a supply chain as the network of organizations involved in designing, producing, delivering, and supporting a product or service. Effective supply chain management requires balancing responsiveness to customers with internal operating efficiencies. Key decisions involve production, inventory, location of facilities, transportation, and information sharing. The goal is to increase sales while reducing inventory costs and expenses.
1. The document discusses supply chain management, defining a supply chain as the system involved in moving products from suppliers to customers, and supply chain management as planning and controlling supply chain operations efficiently.
2. It describes the SCOR model, which defines core supply chain processes like plan, source, make, deliver, and return, and provides performance metrics and best practices.
3. Successful supply chain management requires integrating activities like procurement, product development, distribution, and performance measurement into key supply chain business processes.
The document discusses supply chain management. It defines a supply chain as the sequence of organizations involved in producing and delivering a product or service. It lists typical facilities in a supply chain like warehouses, factories, and retail outlets. It also discusses functions like forecasting, purchasing, and quality assurance. The document then discusses supply chain management, which aims to synchronize activities across the supply chain. It outlines benefits like lower inventories and higher profits. It also discusses topics like procurement, supplier management, e-business, and collaborative planning with suppliers.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on supply chain knowledge management. It defines supply chains and supply chain management, describing the flows of products, information, and finances. It then discusses how knowledge management can be applied to supply chains, such as capturing and sharing knowledge across suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers. The benefits of supply chain knowledge management are improved project management and reduced process times. Key challenges in supply chain management are addressed as well, such as maintaining customer service and cost control while managing risks and supplier relationships.
Investment activity returned to Louisville as two high-profile office assets traded hands to end the year, reaffirming investor confidence in the market. The downtown office market notched another significant win as Computershare announced a ten year, 1,100 job hiring increase that will result in an expansion of 100,000 square feet in Meidinger tower. As newly delivered Class A product is be absorbed within the market, Class B space continues to lag behind as asking rates are decreasing.
Cinnamon Small is seeking an outreach program manager position with over 5 years of experience in outreach coordination and higher education administration. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Kent State University and has extensive experience managing outreach programs and student employees as the Outreach Officer for Kent State's Department of Pan-African Studies.
This document discusses supply chain coordination and the bullwhip effect. It describes how a lack of coordination can lead to distortions in information and conflicts between supply chain stages. The bullwhip effect exacerbates these issues by causing demand fluctuations to increase as orders move up the supply chain. This results in higher costs across areas like manufacturing, inventory holding, and transportation. The document outlines obstacles to coordination like misaligned incentives, information processing delays, and behavioral factors. It proposes approaches to improve coordination, such as collaborative forecasting and planning, continuous replenishment programs, and ensuring goals and incentives are aligned across the supply chain.
The chapter discusses integrating and managing supply chains. It covers:
1) Internal and external integration across functions, partners, and digitally. The goal is providing maximum customer value at low cost.
2) Efficient consumer response extends collaboration across the supply chain to meet consumer demand through category management, replenishment, and enabling technologies.
3) Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment extends collaboration to strategic and operational levels through joint business plans and exception resolution.
1. The document discusses developing a supply chain roadmap for a company by assessing current performance metrics and maturity of processes.
2. Key supply chain metrics like cost, service, efficiency and process metrics are analyzed along with maturity of strategic, operational, and execution processes.
3. Gaps identified through metric performance and process assessment are addressed through initiatives which are prioritized in a roadmap to improve the supply chain over time.
The 12 Fundamental Best Practices of Supply Chain ManagementIntalere
This article highlights the fundamental best practices of healthcare supply chain management. Intalere assists our customers in managing their entire non-labor spend, providing innovative technologies, products and services, and leveraging the best practices of a provider-led model.
This document provides information about supply chain quality management including forms, tools, and strategies. It discusses key challenges in managing quality across global supply chains and introduces solutions from Bureau Veritas to help mitigate risks, improve transparency, and drive continuous improvement. Quality management tools are also outlined, such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, histograms, and more. Additional related topics on quality management are listed for further reference.
This chapter discusses how supply chain strategies can impact a company's financial statements and profitability. It shows how cost savings can be converted to equivalent sales increases using a company's profit margin. The chapter analyzes the financial impact of reducing transportation, warehousing and inventory costs for a company called CBL Distributors.com. It demonstrates that these supply chain reductions increase CBL's net income, profit margin and return on assets. The chapter also examines the financial implications of improving on-time delivery and order fill rates for CBL's supply chain.
This document discusses supply chain management (SCM) best practices. It provides an overview of SCM, including key objectives and challenges. SCM integration can provide benefits like increased visibility, cost reductions, and improved service levels. The document also outlines next generation SCM solutions, how to measure SCM success, and how small and medium enterprises can adopt SCM practices. It concludes with an explanation of the Supply Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR) framework.
The Supply Chain Management has the potential to improve Company’s competitiveness. Supply chain capability is as important to a company's overall strategy as overall product strategy. It encourages management of processes across departments. By linking supply chain objectives to company strategy, decisions can be made between competing demands on the supply chain. The impact of managing overall product demand and the supply of product will impact the profitability of the company.
Retailer supplier partnerships final pptCharu Rastogi
Supply chain management involves planning and managing all activities related to sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management. Strategic alliances like third-party logistics and retailer-supplier partnerships aim to provide benefits greater than individual company efforts. Retailer-supplier partnerships range from quick response strategies to vendor-managed inventory systems, with different inventory ownership and skills required of vendors. Maruti worked to improve operational efficiency through strategic partnerships with top vendors that accounted for 34% of purchases.
The document discusses best practices for improving quality in the supply chain. It identifies four key quality risks in the supply chain: ineffective material controls, inefficient material flows and logistics routes, other sources of waste like rework and over inspection, and ineffective communication with suppliers. It then proposes four best practices: formalizing lean thinking and waste elimination programs, investing in supply chain visibility tools, establishing common KPIs and accountability, and implementing an enterprise quality management system. The conclusion states that extending quality management practices into the supply chain can provide benefits like early issue identification, improved traceability and accountability, and increased profitability by mitigating financial risks.
1. Supply Chain Integration
2. Benefits of Supply Chain Integration
3. Push System
4. Pull System
5. Push vs Pull
6. Integration of Push and Pull Strategy
7. Lead Time and its Impact
8.Demand-Driven Strategies
The document discusses key concepts in supply chain management including:
1) Supply chain management involves managing the flow of information and goods through the entire supply chain from raw materials to the end customer.
2) Information technology is an important enabler of supply chain management by allowing companies to share information electronically.
3) Supply chain integration and collaboration between partners can help reduce costs and improve customer service levels.
Presentation on supply chain managementAnkur Mehta
This document provides an outline for a seminar on supply chain management. It covers topics such as the definition of supply chain management, logistics, dynamics of the supply chain including the bullwhip effect, vendor managed inventory, third party logistics, outsourcing, and the role of information technology in supply chain management. Key points discussed include the necessity of SCM for industry, objectives of SCM, drivers of the supply chain, decision making factors, and benefits of approaches like VMI.
This document discusses supply chain management systems and strategies. It covers:
1. What a supply chain is and how it links suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and customers.
2. How supply chain management systems help manage relations with suppliers through constant information exchange.
3. Strategies like just-in-time to balance distribution and synchronize product flow with the aim of getting the right amount of products in the least amount of time at the lowest cost.
4. Walmart's supply chain strategy of strategic sourcing, cross-docking, and using technology to accurately forecast demand and track inventory.
This document discusses improving supply chain performance by linking it to the balanced scorecard. It outlines current supply chain measures and perspectives in the balanced scorecard. It then proposes linking the two by identifying performance measures that align the internal, financial, innovation/learning, and customer perspectives of the balanced scorecard with goals like unit cost reduction, time reduction, waste reduction, and flexible response in the supply chain. Aligning key performance indicators across these perspectives can help optimize supply chain performance.
Basic concepts of supply chain managementAyeshaBabar9
This document provides an overview of supply chain management concepts. It defines a supply chain as the network of organizations involved in designing, producing, delivering, and supporting a product or service. Effective supply chain management requires balancing responsiveness to customers with internal operating efficiencies. Key decisions involve production, inventory, location of facilities, transportation, and information sharing. The goal is to increase sales while reducing inventory costs and expenses.
1. The document discusses supply chain management, defining a supply chain as the system involved in moving products from suppliers to customers, and supply chain management as planning and controlling supply chain operations efficiently.
2. It describes the SCOR model, which defines core supply chain processes like plan, source, make, deliver, and return, and provides performance metrics and best practices.
3. Successful supply chain management requires integrating activities like procurement, product development, distribution, and performance measurement into key supply chain business processes.
The document discusses supply chain management. It defines a supply chain as the sequence of organizations involved in producing and delivering a product or service. It lists typical facilities in a supply chain like warehouses, factories, and retail outlets. It also discusses functions like forecasting, purchasing, and quality assurance. The document then discusses supply chain management, which aims to synchronize activities across the supply chain. It outlines benefits like lower inventories and higher profits. It also discusses topics like procurement, supplier management, e-business, and collaborative planning with suppliers.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on supply chain knowledge management. It defines supply chains and supply chain management, describing the flows of products, information, and finances. It then discusses how knowledge management can be applied to supply chains, such as capturing and sharing knowledge across suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers. The benefits of supply chain knowledge management are improved project management and reduced process times. Key challenges in supply chain management are addressed as well, such as maintaining customer service and cost control while managing risks and supplier relationships.
Investment activity returned to Louisville as two high-profile office assets traded hands to end the year, reaffirming investor confidence in the market. The downtown office market notched another significant win as Computershare announced a ten year, 1,100 job hiring increase that will result in an expansion of 100,000 square feet in Meidinger tower. As newly delivered Class A product is be absorbed within the market, Class B space continues to lag behind as asking rates are decreasing.
Cinnamon Small is seeking an outreach program manager position with over 5 years of experience in outreach coordination and higher education administration. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Kent State University and has extensive experience managing outreach programs and student employees as the Outreach Officer for Kent State's Department of Pan-African Studies.
Mark Anthony D. Tiu is a 31-year-old single male from Paco, Manila seeking new opportunities to grow and develop his skills through training. He has over 10 years of experience in various roles including housekeeping, room attendant, pest control technician, factory worker, service crew, waiter and sales assistant. He is skilled in computer programs like MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. He is educated through high school and has attended seminars in safety management, integrated pest management, livelihood and manufacturing practices. He provides four references from his current employer City of Dreams Manila.
The document proposes opening an underwater cafe called Pelagus in Croatia to address boring cafe designs. The cafe would be built with glass walls underneath the sea allowing patrons to see marine life while dining. The target market would be rich tourists and aquarium enthusiasts. While facing competition from other establishments, the unique selling point is that it would be the only underwater cafe in Croatia, providing a different and memorable experience.
Social media channels offer a tremendous opportunity for information sharing and communication - critical functions in the face of man-made and natural disasters.
In this presentation, you'll learn more about why social media is increasingly relevant to the disaster recovery and business continuity planning process, where it fits into the overall plan, and 9 action steps to take before, during, and after disaster strikes, using your social media channels.
Gravity Thinking "Social Media can change the World" Immediate Cycling Confer...Andrew Roberts
The document discusses how social media can change the world and encourages people to participate in Global Bike to Work Day on May 10th. It outlines five creative principles for using digital media: show don't tell through story-doing, connect with people emotionally, own an experience rather than just a product, understand that context is important over broadcast, and think big with heroic ideas at the center. The principles are meant to guide digital media work.
Prima Plastics, as the name suggests manufactures plastic moulded furniture (PMF). The company manufactures products ranging from chairs, baby chairs, dining tables, stools, teapoys, material handling products etc and competes with the likes of Nilkamal, Wimplast, and several unorganized players.
Till recently the company also had another business line of Aluminum Composite Panels (ACP), however the same was consistently reporting losses and in FY 15 the management
decided to close the same.
The company sells its products through a network of ~200 distributors and over 2000 dealers across India and operates manufacturing facilities in Daman and in Kerala. Besides
domestic sales, company also exports its products mainly to Africa, Middle-East and Central America.
Further, Prima Plastics also has a 50:50 joint venture (JV) in Cameroon, Africa by the name of Prima Dee-lite Plastics and the same manufactures PMF and HDPE Woven Sack Bags
for sale in Cameroon.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE IAEME Publication
This document describes the design and construction of a vertical axis wind turbine. It aims to generate enough electricity for domestic use in remote areas with minimal costs. The turbine is designed to be 1m in diameter and 1m in height to generate 35W of power. It uses a J-type drag configuration with 3 blades made of galvanized iron sheet. Testing showed the turbine achieved efficiencies of up to 23.3% and was able to generate up to 26.39W of power, meeting expectations. Future work may aim to further improve efficiencies and develop designs using other materials.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document discusses how supplier collaboration solutions can help companies reduce costs in 5 key areas: 1) compressing cycle times, 2) reducing inventory costs, 3) streamlining the inbound flow of goods, 4) streamlining the flow of information, and 5) facilitating proactive exception management. It provides examples of how costs can increase without collaboration and be reduced with a collaboration solution. It also offers tips for evaluating supplier collaboration software, such as ensuring connectivity for all suppliers, supporting real-time collaboration, automated exception management, rapid implementation, and secure access for trading partners.
The document discusses inbound logistics, which refers to the process of procuring materials and bringing them into a company. It involves activities like sourcing suppliers, purchasing goods, transportation, receiving shipments, and inventory management. The document provides an example of how inbound logistics works for a fashion company procuring fabric and other supplies. It also outlines some common challenges in inbound logistics like shipping inefficiencies, lack of shipment visibility, demand fluctuations, and unreliable suppliers. The document concludes with recommendations for improving inbound logistics such as analyzing processes, developing strategies, strengthening supplier relationships, and implementing transportation and warehouse management systems.
Logistic management and Best Delivery system Practice all for superior custom...Ehsanullah Oria
e-commerce logistics, or e-logistics, represents the logistics of internet sales. This activity involves setting up specific processes to respond to a particular flow management.
Logistics plays an important role in e-commerce; while most part of the transactions happen electronically, physical products need to be shipped to customers using conventional transport means.
ogistics is an important element of a successful supply chain that helps increase the sales and profits of businesses that deal with the production, shipment, warehousing and delivery of products. Moreover, a reliable logistics service can boost a business' value and help in maintaining a positive public image.
This presentation will help you gain more knowledge about how to Use Logistic services and Management to Improve your E- Business
The document discusses physical distribution and logistics capabilities. It outlines the physical distribution mission to deliver products to destinations with quality service and balanced costs. It then discusses key aspects of physical distribution including transportation planning, fleet management, carrier reviews, and performance tracking. Performance is measured using key performance indicators like on-time delivery and damages. The document provides an overview of considerations for effective physical distribution operations.
Shipping Trends for Small Ecommerce Businessesarchana cks
Shipping is the final frontier when it comes to satisfying customers. Big box retailers have made shipping a priority by routinely examining and revamping their fulfillment methods, resulting in solutions.
Source <> http://www.ecbilla.com/ecommerce-articles/e-commerce-trends/shipping-trends-for-small-ecommerce-businesses.html
Shipment Trackers provides freight and shipping cost optimization services including invoice auditing, contract consultation, and business intelligence tools. Their services help clients reduce transportation costs by identifying savings opportunities through major carriers like FedEx and UPS. Clients pay for Shipment Trackers' services either through a share of savings achieved or a fixed/package fee.
Shipment Trackers provides freight and shipping cost optimization services including invoice auditing, contract consultation, and business intelligence tools. Their services help clients reduce transportation costs by identifying savings opportunities through major carriers like FedEx and UPS. Clients pay through gain sharing models on realized savings or fixed fees, with some complimentary services if using their full-service invoice payment platform.
AFM Logistics Pvt Ltd is one of the leading international logistics companies in India. Along with understanding the complexities of your supply chain, AFM Logistics resolves the issues and becomes a crucial part of your operations.
In order to manage all your inbound freight ensure you have consistent processes. Perform an annual audit to measure what percentage of your material purchase orders have “collect” shipping terms versus “prepaid.” In general, a buyer should control inbound transportation unless the product the company is buying is extremely expensive or risky to move
Advantages Of Shipment Management Software In Logistics Chain-converted.pdfAromalRajeevan
Shipment management in the cloud ensures on-time delivery by providing users with real-time updates on shipment status. Shipment management is an essential component of every company's supply chain. It ensures that every shipment arrives at its destination on schedule and in a cost-effective manner. Choosing the right shipping, acquiring freight prices, and comparing transit times and other criteria with multiple shipping lines/freight forwarders are all part of shipment management. While each stage of the shipment management life cycle is critical, cargo tracking is the one that has the greatest impact on customer satisfaction and corporate profitability.
7 Ways to Increase Profit and Value From Your Shipping OperationShipwire
The document discusses 7 ways that companies can increase profits from their shipping operations. It recommends outsourcing shipping to a fulfillment center to gain access to logistics expertise and technology while saving time. Additional strategies include placing inventory in multiple global warehouses to reach more customers faster and cheaper; offering free shipping on higher order amounts to increase sales per customer; and using multiple carriers to provide customers more shipping options. Outsourcing shipping can help companies focus on growth opportunities rather than logistics headaches.
8 key benefits of effective supply chain managementkunzitegroup
Data-driven supply chain management provides end-to-end visibility across procurement, manufacturing, and delivery to optimize operations. Effective SCM offers numerous benefits, including better collaboration through shared data, improved quality control by monitoring supplier performance, and higher efficiency by enabling backup plans for delays. Additional benefits are keeping up with demand by reducing the bullwhip effect, optimizing shipping costs, reducing overhead through leaner inventory and identifying unnecessary spending, improving risk mitigation with backup plans, and enhancing cash flow by working with reliable suppliers and eliminating waste.
8 key benefits of effective supply chain managementHpm India
Effective supply chain management provides numerous benefits including: improved collaboration through integrated information sharing; improved quality control by setting supplier standards; higher efficiency by enabling backup planning; better demand prediction to reduce costs and bullwhip effect; optimized shipping to lower transportation costs; reduced overhead by stocking less inventory and identifying unnecessary spending; improved risk mitigation by analyzing data to address vulnerabilities; and improved cash flow by working with reliable suppliers and eliminating waste.
This document discusses risks associated with outsourcing distribution and strategies to mitigate those risks. It identifies four main risks: location risks from choosing the wrong distribution center location; warehousing risks if an inadequate third party logistics provider is selected; transportation risks if an incompatible carrier is chosen; and technology risks if systems are not properly integrated. It recommends conducting a network optimization analysis to select the best distribution center location. It also advises establishing performance management frameworks with clear roles and responsibilities to regularly monitor third party providers against key performance indicators. Comprehensive risk assessments and contractual agreements with supply chain partners can help design frameworks to properly plan and manage relationships.
Freight audit and payment involves validating freight invoice bills from carriers to ensure businesses are not overcharged. It can help capture refunds, discounts, and prevent carriers from charging for unnecessary fees up to 80% of the time. There are three main ways to validate bills: manual comparison by hiring staff; using software which still requires staff; or using a third party freight audit provider which is the most cost effective approach and recovers the most money for businesses. Freight audit and payment, and freight spend management techniques help provide visibility and control over transportation spending for supply chain operations.
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In brief
With the right processes and visibility, companies
of any size can improve the inbound segment of the
supply chain. There are multiple components in an
inbound program. In this paper, we’ll focus on how
visibility and business processes can drive improved
savings and service.
Contents
Common inbound logistics gaps 3
Where you’ll find inbound savings 4
How to start an inbound program 5
Visibility and a proactive approach to managing an inbound program 5
Intellectual capital 7
Discover more opportunities in inbound logistics 7
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Many companies, regardless of size, have already
eliminated inefficiencies and found savings in
outbound logistics. Only a few have made the same
effort to control inbound freight from vendors,
co-packers, and suppliers.
Yet, a well-run inbound transportation program can reduce costs, improve
service, minimize delays, reduce confusion, and raise performance. It can drive
efficiencies across the entire supply chain. And many of the same process
improvements that are applied to outbound transportation to save time and
money actually work on inbound, too.
Common inbound logistics gaps
Transportation costs are affected by carrier acceptance rates, market volatility,
order patterns, and quantities. To hedge for unknown costs, suppliers often
factor in a margin of error in your delivered price for inbound product. That
makes it impossible to know how well suppliers are managing your transporta-
tion, or for you to obtain a true cost per unit.
Lack of optimization is another type of process gap. Sometimes, suppliers ship
product to get it off their own dock, not for your benefit. And unless suppliers
optimize orders and consolidate loads, they may not maximize the weight on the
trucks they send to you.
Finally, delivered pricing is sometimes structured so that any reduction the
supplier negotiates in freight rates adds to their margin. That gives the supplier
an incentive to select lowest-cost carriers, without regard to service.
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Where you’ll find inbound savings
Inbound programs can enhance processes and achieve savings through:
• Procurement. Carrier bidding helps identify the optimal carrier and rate. When
you add inbound lanes to outbound, you increase freight volumes, making your
business more attractive to carriers at potentially lower rates.
• Order optimization. Individual orders can be optimized and grouped together
across facilities to create multi-pick, single drop shipments. LTL loads from
multiple suppliers can be consolidated into a single truckload to reduce costs
and dock congestion (see illustration below).
• Visibility. When you have a clear view of inbound inventory, it’s easier to control
asset utilization and production processes.
• Improved on-time delivery. Carriers can be measured on load tender
acceptance, on-time performance, compliance to status updates, invoice
accuracy, and claims ratios.
• Metrics and control processes. Improve performance by measuring supplier
compliance, product availability, on-time performance, order quantity, and
demurrage.
• Accurate cost allocations and pricing. When you know the true freight costs by
SKU, case, and each, costing allocations and pricing to your customer can be
more accurate.
People,
Process,
Technology
Shipper
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Shipper
B
Shipper
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ILLUSTRATION OF LTL CONSOLIDATION
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How to start an inbound program
Either you or your suppliers are managing your inbound process today.
• If your suppliers select the carriers, negotiate the rates, and pay the transpor-
tation charges, you are paying a combined fee for both the transportation and
the product. The first step is to own the inbound transportation event. Consider
terms of sale and current freight allowances before creating an inbound
program. This may mean renegotiating contracts with vendors and breaking
out transportation and purchasing costs within your systems. But it is worth
the effort.
• If you currently own the transportation event, you have already delineated
between the cost of transportation and the cost of goods. Now you’re ready to
further enhance your inbound management by improving business processes.
For greater supply chain performance and cost control, you’ll need to put
proactive processes and visibility in place to ensure you have the right product
at the right location at the right time.
Visibility and a proactive approach
to managing an inbound program
The next step—often the most overlooked—is to proactively manage your
suppliers. This involves utilizing business processes and visibility to identify
issues in advance. Managing and auditing against your business processes can
be done through available technology or through a service provider.
What’s involved in a good
inbound logistics program?
• Review vendor and supplier
business processes
• Map your own internal buyer/
purchasing processes
• Monitor vendor shipments to
verify that orders are shipping
on time
• Consolidate shipments and
optimize loads and modes
• Gain visibility to pending,
complete, and shipped inbound
orders through a single data
repository
• Report on compliance levels
of vendors and supply chain
performance
• Change terms of sale and study
freight allowances you are
currently being offered
• Receive advance notice of late
shipments to change production
schedules
• Review your business process
changes and how they can yield
real freight savings and increased
transportation performance
With a good inbound program, you’ll have a better
understanding of the true cost of goods and
transportation rates. A solid inbound program
allows you to:
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Technology gives all parties visibility to orders and expected arrival dates.
When you have visibility to inbound orders from all your suppliers and apply
optimization rationale, individual orders can be grouped across facilities and
multiple shipments going to the same origin/destination pair over several
days can be identified. Using transportation management software (TMS), you
can consolidate and ship using the most cost-effective mode and proactively
monitor the shipments in transit. As carrier and supplier compliance data is
collected and analyzed, you’ll gain new insights for driving efficiency.
Without visibility to inbound freight and processes, it is difficult to identify and
influence the process gaps that cause variability in your supply chain. Often, you
may have to arrange for material delivery into a production facility just in time
for manufacturing. Because most companies plan their production 48 hours
in advance, that doesn’t leave much wiggle room for late deliveries of critical
materials. With shipment visibility, you can confirm that a shipment does, in
fact, need to be expedited, and in that event, you can choose the most efficient
service for the requirements. The reasons for expediting the load can be
captured and analyzed to minimize the risk in the future.
Or, perhaps you discover you’re missing an item a few days before production
is scheduled to begin. The product was ordered, but did it ship? When? Will
it arrive on time? Where is it? Is it headed to the right facility? Is your service
consistent enough to be sure?
Without visibility, it will take many hours and phone calls to get the answers.
If the product arrives on time, the production process can proceed as planned.
But if the item you’re waiting for doesn’t arrive, you may not know it until
it’s too late to switch to another production line until the missing SKU arrives.
The result can be overstaffing, understaffing, and confusion at the dock
where the product was to be received. This scenario has both cost and
service implications.
Without visibility to
inbound freight and
processes, it is difficult
to identify and influence
the process gaps that
cause variability in your
supply chain.
How can you avoid overstaffing,
understaffing, and dock confusion?
• Mode shifting
• Order dates
• Vendor commitments for
pickup and delivery
• Load tenders when freight
is booked
• Actual pickups and deliveries
• Status calls from the drivers
in transit
• Deviations from your plans well
before the production process
is to occur
Connect with vendors, suppliers, and your trans-
portation provider through one data repository so
you can identify process gaps and duplicate process
strengths. Your solution should provide visibility to:
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Intellectual capital
A 3PL can guide you to a well-managed inbound program. They have systems
that deliver proactive information and provide a greater certainty of uninter-
rupted production, at little or no cost to you. In addition to the systems, they
have supply chain professionals with practical experience with inbound logistics
programs. Programs can be customized by using best practices to meet your
business needs. Frequently, this includes calling your vendors in advance to find
out whether freight is ready for pickup. If the freight is ready, the provider will
schedule a vehicle to pick up the freight and give you a delivery date.
If the freight isn’t ready as expected, your provider can note that in the system,
triggering a notification to you well before your critical receipt window. That
kind of proactive behavior enables you to work with the vendor to expedite
delivery, or to switch to a different product/SKU until the missing part arrives.
With proactive shipping information and greater certainty of production being
executed as planned, you can save money and time.
Discover more opportunities in inbound logistics
This paper presents a few of the early decisions required to begin an inbound
logistics program. You can strengthen your program by moving beyond the
basics and employing additional inbound practices:
• Compliance
• Audit processes
• Reporting strategies and metrics
• Economic order quantities
• Inventory strategies
A qualified service provider can help you choose and execute the practices that
will best enhance your inbound program.
With proactive shipping
information and greater
certainty of production
being executed as
planned, you can save
money and time.