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Explain the link between supply chain management and business functions in an organisation
Discuss the key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in an organisation
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Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used by an organisation to maintain supplier relationships
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Case Study of a maintaining organization’s relationship with suppliers:
Understand the role of information technology in supply chain management
Assess how information technology could assist integration of different parts of the supply chain of an organisation
Task 3.2: Evaluate how information technology has contributed to the management of the supply chain of an organisation
Assess the effectiveness of information technology in managing the supply chain of an organisation
Understand the role of logistics and procurement in supply chain management
Explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in an organisation
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3.1 assess how information technology could assist integration of different parts of the supply chain of an organization
3.2 evaluate how information technology has contributed to the management of the supply chain of an organization
3.3 assess the effectiveness of information technology in managing the supply chain of an organization
4.1 explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in an organization
4.2 evaluate procurement practices in an organization
4.3 discuss the factors that must be
considered when improving logistics and procurement practices in an organization
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5.2 assess how a supply chain improvement strategy will benefit overall business performance in an organization
5.3 explain how barriers will be overcome in an organization when implementing a supply
chain improvement strategy
International Journal of Engineering Research and DevelopmentIJERD Editor
Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering,
Information Engineering and Technology,
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
Automation and Mechatronics Engineering,
Material and Chemical Engineering,
Civil and Architecture Engineering,
Biotechnology and Bio Engineering,
Environmental Engineering,
Petroleum and Mining Engineering,
Marine and Agriculture engineering,
Aerospace Engineering.
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Explain the importance of effective supply chain management in achieving organisational objectives
Explain the link between supply chain management and business functions in an organisation
Discuss the key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in an organisation
Be able to use information technology to optimize supplier relationships in an organisation
Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used by an organisation to maintain supplier relationships
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Develop systems to maintain an organisation’s relationship with its suppliers
Case Study of a maintaining organization’s relationship with suppliers:
Understand the role of information technology in supply chain management
Assess how information technology could assist integration of different parts of the supply chain of an organisation
Task 3.2: Evaluate how information technology has contributed to the management of the supply chain of an organisation
Assess the effectiveness of information technology in managing the supply chain of an organisation
Understand the role of logistics and procurement in supply chain management
Explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in an organisation
Strategic supply chain management and logisticsBhavi Bhatia
3.1 assess how information technology could assist integration of different parts of the supply chain of an organization
3.2 evaluate how information technology has contributed to the management of the supply chain of an organization
3.3 assess the effectiveness of information technology in managing the supply chain of an organization
4.1 explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in an organization
4.2 evaluate procurement practices in an organization
4.3 discuss the factors that must be
considered when improving logistics and procurement practices in an organization
5.1 plan a strategy to improve an organisation’s supply chain
5.2 assess how a supply chain improvement strategy will benefit overall business performance in an organization
5.3 explain how barriers will be overcome in an organization when implementing a supply
chain improvement strategy
International Journal of Engineering Research and DevelopmentIJERD Editor
Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering,
Information Engineering and Technology,
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
Automation and Mechatronics Engineering,
Material and Chemical Engineering,
Civil and Architecture Engineering,
Biotechnology and Bio Engineering,
Environmental Engineering,
Petroleum and Mining Engineering,
Marine and Agriculture engineering,
Aerospace Engineering.
THE AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN IN TURBULENT AND VOLATILE MARKETIAEME Publication
Agility is the fundamental characteristic of a supply chain needed for survival in turbulent and volatile markets, which are becoming normal, as product life cycles shorten and environmental forces create additional uncertainty resulting in higher risk in the supply chain management. Agility further helps in providing the right product, at the right time to the consumer, which is the main objective of any supply chain.
Being responsive is an increasingly important skill for firms in today's global economy; thus firms must be agile. Naturally, it follows that an organization's agility depends on its supply chain being agile. However, achieving supply chain agility is a function of other abilities within the organization, specifically supply chain flexibility and technology integration. The integration enables a firm to tap its supply chain flexibility which in turn results in higher supply chain agility and ultimately higher competitive business performance.
The paper illustrates the role of Supply Chain Management in a Hotel’s Performance. It describes how supply chain management (SCM) system can help hotels to attain a sustainable competitive advantage by improving product quality and service while reducing cost at same time. As integrity of Supply chain is essential so to get benefited by its advantages, on this account, factors affecting the integration of supply chain management are explained. In conclusion Supply Chain Management has strong effects on overall hotel performance.
The impact of outsourcing on the transaction costs and boundaries of manufact...Ian McCarthy
This paper discusses the concept of outsourcing, along with an account of the economic benefits that are achieved by reconfiguring the organization and reducing the transaction costs of providing products and services. With the practice of outsourcing experiencing exceptional growth, this paper examines the corresponding change (decline) in UK manufacturing as an economic activity, and considers how the economic benefits of outsourcing alter the contribution that an organization makes to a sector’s gross domestic product. To assess this issue, an input–output methodology for measuring economic restructuring in UK manufacturing is presented.
Available online at [www.ijeete.com] IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMEN...Ankur Bindal
This paper aims to convey how to do a conceptual work during supply chain design, planning and operation, and how to improve performance. In present work, efforts have been made to analyze techniques like logistic management, quick customer service, vendor base management, inventory management etc. The key effective to supply chain management is supply chain integration, ensuring that all parts of the supply chain work together, rather than cross purpose. The supplier selection is no more based on factor like having low cost or speed of delivery alone. Productivity and quality have become perquisite. Trustworthiness, speed flexibility and responsiveness are main issues. K
THE AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN IN TURBULENT AND VOLATILE MARKETIAEME Publication
Agility is the fundamental characteristic of a supply chain needed for survival in turbulent and volatile markets, which are becoming normal, as product life cycles shorten and environmental forces create additional uncertainty resulting in higher risk in the supply chain management. Agility further helps in providing the right product, at the right time to the consumer, which is the main objective of any supply chain.
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The paper illustrates the role of Supply Chain Management in a Hotel’s Performance. It describes how supply chain management (SCM) system can help hotels to attain a sustainable competitive advantage by improving product quality and service while reducing cost at same time. As integrity of Supply chain is essential so to get benefited by its advantages, on this account, factors affecting the integration of supply chain management are explained. In conclusion Supply Chain Management has strong effects on overall hotel performance.
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Of our days, with the opening of borders, the companies compete very aggressive for the flow of their products in a market, where only the companies well organized can afford a good share of the market. The survival of such and such company necessarily passes through the improvement of performance and competitiveness of organizations in general, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) in particular. It is in this perspective that the establishment of the platform of the supply chain management can provide considerable benefits to SMES on their competitors
Determinants of Supply Chain Performance of Indian Manufacturing OrganizationsWaqas Tariq
This paper aims at proposing various determinants of supply chain performance of Indian manufacturing organizations. The determinants are summarized based on extensive literature review of empirical research articles on supply chain management (SCM) and performance measurement approaches. This study is a part of a larger research project exploring SC related practices. A critical analysis is carried out so as to identify research gaps in context of performance measurement of supply chains, as well as to propose directions for future research. A conceptual model is also proposed. Critical investigation of selected articles led to an idea that there can be significant effect of selected variables on SC Performance. It is to be seen that how various parameters, taken from the literature review, affect SC performance and ultimately contributing to its competitiveness. The various parameters like supplier-buyer relations, external supply chain, environmental factors, human metrics, information sharing and performance measurement approaches are taken in a single study in the context of Indian manufacturing organizations. Based on a pilot study with sample size of 100, empirical tests resulted in reduction of items. Based on the obtained results, the organizations can enhance the SCM performance by improving the current practices/strategies through focusing on the determinants that significantly influence SCM performance. Further research can be carried out by using data of various supply chains of other sectors and industries of India to generalize the research.
Supply chain management is the systemic, strategic coordination of the traditional business functions and the tactics across these business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain, for the purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole
Simulation in the supply chain context a survey Sergio Terzia,.docxbudabrooks46239
Simulation in the supply chain context: a survey
Sergio Terzia,*, Sergio Cavalierib a Politecnico di Milano, Department of Economics, Industrial and Management Engineering, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy b Department of Industrial Engineering, Universita` di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044 Dalmine, Italy Received 29 January 2003; accepted 13 June 2003
Abstract
The increased level of competitiveness in all industrial sectors, exacerbated in the last years by the globalisation of the economies and by the sharp fall of the final demands, are pushing enterprises to strive for a further optimisation of their organisational processes, and in particular to pursue new forms of collaboration and partnership with their direct logistics counterparts. As a result, at a company level there is a progressive shift towards an external perspective with the design and implementation of new management strategies, which are generally named with the term of supply chain management (SCM). However, despite the flourish of several IT solutions in this context, there are still evident hurdles to overcome, mainly due to the major complexity of the problems to be tackled in a logistics network and to the conflicts resulting from local objectives versus network strategies. Among the techniques supporting a multi-decisional context, as a supply chain (SC) is, simulation can undoubtedly play an important role, above all for its main property to provide what-if analysis and to evaluate quantitatively benefits and issues deriving from operating in a co-operative environment rather than playing a pure transaction role with the upstream/downstream tiers. The paper provides a comprehensive review made on more than 80 articles, with the main purpose of ascertaining which general objectives simulation is generally called to solve, which paradigms and simulation tools are more suitable, and deriving useful prescriptions both for practitioners and researchers on its applicability in decision-making processes within the supply chain context. # 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Parallel and distributed simulation; Supply chain management; High level architecture; Survey 1. Introduction Modern industrial enterprises operate in a rapidly changing world, stressed by even more global competition, managing world-wide procurement and unforeseeable markets, supervising geographically distributed production plants, striving for the provision of outstanding products and high quality customer service. More than in the past, companies which are not able to revise periodically their strategies and, accordingly, to modify their organisational processes seriously risk to be pulled out from the competitive edge. In the 1990s, companies have made huge efforts for streamlining their internal business processes, identifying and enhancing the core activities pertaining to the product value chain, and invested massively in new intra-company information and communicat.
Implementation of Supply Chain Management and its Effectiveness on Marketing ...ijtsrd
Supply chain control has assumed a good sized role in firms performance and has attracted serious research interest over the last few years. A literature reviewreveals a massive spurt in studies in principle and exercise of SCM Combining and informing on capabilities of deliver control and distribution management. This integration hasresulted within the concept of prolonged. Employer and the supply chain is now appear as the collaborative deliver chain across intercompany borders to maximise the value throughout the complete deliver chain. A massive variety of research papers had been published in numerous journals in ultimate many years. On this paper an attempt is made to study the popularity of literature on supply Chain management. A literature classification scheme is proposed. a complete of 588 articles from thirteen refereed academic journals are categorised into articles in 5 methodologies i.e. Exploratory, Normative, methodology, Literature review and hypothesis testing. This literature evaluation reveals that exploratory kind of studies is normally favoured it is expected that with the maturity of SCM the hypothesis trying out approach will choose up. The articles are similarly categorised in fifteen categories on the basis of content analysis. Based on this assessment, some feasible studies issues are recognized. Prof. Rekha D. M | Sowmya A V ""Implementation of Supply Chain Management and its Effectiveness on Marketing of Business Organisations"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23876.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/strategic-management/23876/implementation-of-supply-chain-management-and-its-effectiveness-on-marketing-of-business-organisations/prof-rekha-d-m
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION IN AUTO INDUSTRYIAEME Publication
The Auto Industry plays an significant role in the Indian Economy. The current
challenges in manufacturing of Automobile involves the role of Supply Chain
Management. The effectiveness of the function could be enhanced by the Integration
of SCM especially in Auto industry wherein the research is undertaken. The detailed
description of the process, The study deals with integration is given an approach of
explanatory design and questionnaire are used as an instrument to capture the main
data furthermore the study also uses descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS for
quantitative data analysis. To link the dependant and independent variables, a
conceptual framework is developed, to stress the needs and importance of integration
of SCM. The study reveals the importance of supplies innovatives
Determinants of Strategic Supply Chain Management in Enhancing Organization P...paperpublications3
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinantsof strategic supply chain management in enhancing organization performance, a case of Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company. The target population consisted of all the managers and employees at ELDOWAS. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, in which both stratified and simple random sampling techniques were utilized in selecting the participants for the study. This study used a sample of 60 employees and management representatives. Questionnaire, interview schedule and document analysis were be used to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistical technique that included frequencies, percentages and means. Findings of the study found out that 53.3% of organisation performance was influenced by the four determinants studied in the research. Results on coefficient of variation showed that a unit change in supply chain infrastructure would affect organisation performance by (0.14β1), resource sharing (0.062β2), information flow (0.457β3) and organisation linkage (0.215β4). All the four determinants looked in this research were found to have positive influence; supply chain infrastructure (r=0.505), resource sharing (r=0.567), information flow (r=0.705) and organisation linkage (r=0.322) on organisation performance. The study recommends that ICT should be fully integrated and utilised in sharing information between the organisation and partner in the supply chain management, information systems and flow need to be enhanced to ensure that the suppliers and customers receive it on time.
Determinantsof Strategic Supply Chain Management in Enhancing Organization Pe...paperpublications3
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinantsof strategic supply chain management in enhancing organization performance, a case of Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company. The target population consisted of all the managers and employees at ELDOWAS. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, in which both stratified and simple random sampling techniques were utilized in selecting the participants for the study. This study used a sample of 60 employees and management representatives. Questionnaire, interview schedule and document analysis were be used to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistical technique that included frequencies, percentages and means. Findings of the study found out that 53.3% of organisation performance was influenced by the four determinants studied in the research. Results on coefficient of variation showed that a unit change in supply chain infrastructure would affect organisation performance by (0.14β1), resource sharing (0.062β2), information flow (0.457β3) and organisation linkage (0.215β4). All the four determinants looked in this research were found to have positive influence; supply chain infrastructure (r=0.505), resource sharing (r=0.567), information flow (r=0.705) and organisation linkage (r=0.322) on organisation performance. The study recommends that ICT should be fully integrated and utilised in sharing information between the organisation and partner in the supply chain management, information systems and flow need to be enhanced to ensure that the suppliers and customers receive it on time.
Keywords: Determinants, Information flow, Infrastructure,Supply Chain Management & Resource sharing.
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Is Supply Chain Management Important To Implement In
Manufacturing Industries of Saudi Arabia?
Ali, Syed Imran 1*, Ali, Syed Rizwan2
1. Computer & Information Technology Program, Dammam Community College, King Fahd University
of Petroleum and Minerals, Box 345, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
2. Zamil Steel, 2nd Industrial City, Dammam 31424, Saudi Arabia
* E-mail of the corresponding author: imran@kfupm.edu.sa
Abstract
Supply Chain management is becoming very crucial for the survival of world class enterprises. Economic
slowdowns are pronouncing major stresses to keep critical products & suppliers moving, manage inventory
levels efficiently and maintain productivity. In this paper we intend to emphasize on studying the existing supply
chain of Saudi Arabia. SCOR model would be utilized to interpret the problems in SCM and generate alternative
solution. Performance measurement methods would be induced to monitor performance, reveal progress,
enhance motivation and diagnose problems in Saudi Manufacturing Industries .
The paper will start by general introduction with an overview about supply chain management. Then, it will
summarize the literature work that has been done so far with advantages of supply chain management. In next
section, problem definition and analysis approach will be discussed. Finally, the paper will close with a
conclusion
Keywords: Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Performance, Manufacturing indutsry, SCOR,
Performance Management
1. Introduction
In 19th century, a lot of service providers and manufacturers got together with their strategic suppliers to upgrade
traditional supply and materials management functions. The reason was to integrate all of them as part of unique
corporate strategy. Likewise, many wholesalers and retailers also integrate their logistics functions with other
functional areas to improve and enhance competitive advantage. As a result of this practice these two traditional
supporting functions of corporate strategy evolved and merged into a strategic approach to materials and
logistics management, commonly known as supply chain management (SCM). Supply chain management has
gained its importance as one of the 21st century manufacturing paradigms for improving organizational
competitiveness. SCM has been considered as a competitive strategy for integrating suppliers and customers
with the objective of improving responsiveness and flexibility of manufacturing organizations. The integration of
these functions would result in potential benefits such as inventory reduction, improved delivery service, and
shorter product development cycles because of close coordination between functions.
According to the definition of SCM by the Global Supply Chain Forum, SCM is the “integration of key business
processes from end user through original supplier that provides products, services, and information that add
value for customer and other stakeholders”.
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To elaborate more, a general SCM model is given as follows:
Figure 1: SCM Model [22]
Enterprises all over the world face challenges such as competitive pressures, increasing global competition,
decline in profit margins deregulation in many business environments. Most of the big corporations are looking
for different innovative operational strategies to secure market share and improve profits. Specifically, discrete
manufacturing markets driven by mass customization and e-commerce are forcing retailers and manufacturers to
shorten planning cycles, compress manufacturing lead times, and expedite distribution which made enterprises
worldwide feel the importance of SCM. It is becoming more crucial for the survival of world class enterprises.
The same effect is getting transferred to Saudi Arabia where companies have very seriously started thinking for
an innovative solution to overcome the sudden pressure and competition with the local industry. Foreign
companies have started stepping in the Kingdom to satisfy the regional demands of consumer goods. In
searching for a solution that would lead towards continuous improvement, attention is diverted to SCM which is
a totally new technology of managing the business and the relationship among all the members, back to the
original suppliers and out to the end consumers.
Saudi Arabia got a big market of consumer products that is why many international companies have located their
plants in the region to facilitate the demands cost effectively. Mostly consumer goods are produced through
manufacturing processes. These types of industries got a major scope of implementing SCM and realize the
benefits as the coordination between functions count a lot and that ultimately result in cutting down the overall
product cost to make it more competitive in market. Effective management of the supply chain is analyzed as the
one of the driver of reductions in lead times, material costs, and improvements in product quality and
responsiveness.
This research is an effort to fill this knowledge gap. It is imperative to study to what extent the SCM important in
Saudi Arabian industries. We are intending to study the existing Supply Chain and further work on highlighting
the problematic areas that are affecting the functionality of SCM in shared services rendered by the organizations.
Improvements would be proposed after analysis and performance measurement methods would be discussed.
These are the motivations which form the basis for this research.
2. Literature Review
Michael, Yu and Xianghua provide a list of propositions to explore and investigate the mechanisms through
which supply chain innovations can influence business cycle [12]. Most of the organizations and manufacturing
industries are primarily concerned with the satisfaction of their costumers at a minimum cost. In order to
improve companies’ customer’s recognition and revenue growth, there is serious need of adopting and exploring
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the concept of global sustainable supply chains within a collaborative perspective [2]. The basic hypothesis is
"the more integration-the better the management off the chain". It is claimed that in future the competition would
not be taken between firms but between supply chains [8]. In most of the companies, basic entity of SCM is
existent but it is not properly configured & integrated to produce needed results.
M. W. Ludema [5] provides an insight of tools to analyze the existing Supply chain framework, figure out the
problems and propose alternative solutions to contribute to the development of supply chain management. A
process based model, appropriate performance measures, teamwork evaluation are outlined, and some
suggestions are given. After analyzing the existing SCM in a firm, there is a need to identify the core functions
and strategies going to be adopted to drive the efforts towards achieving defined company objectives.
Stefan and Martin [15] put forward two distinctive strategies:
(1) supplier management for risks and performance
(2) supply chain management for sustainable products
The main goal is to devise some methodology or approach for planning of several components in supply chains
such as suppliers, materials, resources, warehouses, activities and customers. There are many factors affecting
the implementation of SCM and advantages and disadvantages attached with the subject.
Paper by Qi Yue [16] demonstrates the factors affecting supply chain management. It also analyzes the
advantages and disadvantages of the corporate supply chain management and points out some suggestions to get
competitive advantage with supply chain management.
Manufacturing basically require different type of raw materials to be assembled together and transform the
whole assembly in the shape of the final product. In urge to increase the market share and make the product more
sustainable in market, companies are expanding by giving birth to sister companies which in turn support the
parent company needs. For example, in recent years car manufacturers have been gradually moving from the
procurement of discrete parts to the procurement of modular systems [4]. Such companies are having
administrative and some operational departments working as shared services performing tasks in all the business
units but centrally controlled. Introducing supply chain and making it work more effectively in such
environments have evolved to be a new challenge as less flexibility is encountered.
Flexibility has been considered as a major determinant of competitiveness in an increasingly intense competition
in the marketplace. Quanxi and Yibing [17] gives a considerable comprehensive analysis of supply chain
flexibility and identifies five elements of supply chain flexibility, which includes operation flexibility, logistics
flexibility, information flexibility, robust network and re-configuration flexibility, market and supply flexibility
[17].
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Table 1 presents the assessing framework of supply chain flexibility
Flexibility Type
Definition
Operation Flexibility
The ability of operation, including the capabilities to change products,
equipments, people and processes within the operations function
Logistics Flexibility
The ability of the integrated logistic system to describe and distribute
the product economically
Information Flexibility
The ability to align information system architectures and systems with
the changing information needs of the organization as it responds to
changing customer demand
Robust network and reconfiguration flexibility
The ability of align entities and the case of changing supply chain
partners with minimal damage alteration
Market and supply
flexibility
The ability to meet the changing needs of customers or downstream
firms requires changing the supply of product
Table1: Framework of Supply Chain Flexibility[17]
The body of literature in this domain has sought to clarify the key concepts, pertaining to Supply Chain
Management, and to identify the various factors influencing the success or failure of implementation process.
3. Problem Definition
It is imperative to study the problems in manufacturing industries of Saudi Arabia and the reason for
implementation of SCM.
3.1 Problem Statement
Implementation of Supply chain management in Saudi Arabia is the need of time to compete with the ever
growing economy. Supply chain is lacking in most of the manufacturing industries which is a major hurdle in
marching with the present tough economic conditions.
Over the years, manufacturing industries in Saudi Arabia have strived to learn the difficult art of satisfying a
multiple customer’s base, by designing an organization structure that draws synergy from networking of
resources possessed in different strategic business units. The outcome is an ever-growing number of satisfied
customers who entrust their confidence in finished products.
But recently, a need was felt to further bond the relation between the departments to add value to function and
make the product more cost effective. There is a need to improve the existing SC in the factory by breaking the
castles within the business unit and getting SCM inter linked through all the departments to ensure smooth flow
of material and information and coordinate in a better way to perform as a team and cast a major impact on the
overall performance. It is intended to develop a link from receiving of forecast to ordering & receiving material
and further getting it transformed in finished goods shape and finally getting it transported/distributed to
customers.
The basic flow of information and materials within the business unit could be summarized as follows:
Sales department studies market requirements and consolidates all acquired information in the form of the
forecast for complete year and submits it to production planning department which distributes load in forecast to
accommodate all assembly lines and put it in final shape. After carrying out the adjustments, forecast is
submitted to materials planning & control department which takes forecast to check material status and raise
material purchase requests, if needed, sourcing & purchasing department transforms these requests into orders
and forward to suppliers. Traffic & logistics department gets hold of original shipping documents for clearance
of containers and deals with customs & shipping lines for clearing materials on time and transporting it to factory.
Raw materials warehouse physically receives materials and stack in warehouse till it is needed to be fed to
assembly lines as per the production runs. Production department coordinates with all departments and
transforms all sub assemblies and parts into finished goods. Finished goods warehouse stores the products and
ultimately delivers to distributors/customers.
Manufacturing industries in Saudi Arabia are suffering right now from excessive and unwanted costs incurred
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because of the absence or ill Supply chain available or functional. There is a need to align all the processes and
make them perform unanimously towards a common objective. Currently a huge amount of money and resources
are blocked in holding excessive inventories of Raw Materials because of uncertainties in Lead time, ordering
time, customs and Transportation.
To establish a need for the implementation of SCM, refer to the following statistics collected by different surveys
conducted by independent agencies worldwide.
3.2 Reasons To Implement SCM
Survey was conducted in 2007 in USA by Cap Gemini, Industry Week and Ernest & Young, considering 2,100
executives out of that 49 percent of the respondent reported that their companies do not have a formal value
chain strategy [13]. Out of those companies with formal value chain strategies, only 26 percent were feeling very
good about it. This statistics shows that most companies have huge opportunities for improving their supply
chain performance. Economic slowdown created a major stress for many supply chains. Companies were
challenged to keep critical products and supplies moving, manage inventory levels effectively, maintain
productivity, and keep emergency transportation costs in check. Despite the unexpected events and slowdown,
many companies continue to initiate supply chain improvement initiatives [13].
According to a survey done by Fortune worldwide in 2007, 95 percent of 500 executives said their companies
should be more focused on global supply chain management; however, only 45 percent have actual programs in
place [16].
Traditionally, supply chains have been seen as operational structures that produced and distributed products to
different market places geographically disperse around the globe. Organizations were mainly concerned with the
satisfaction of their customers at a minimum cost. Companies are now realizing new business opportunities
associated with a life cycle approach to their products. The need of seriously exploring the concept of global
sustainable supply chains within a collaborative perspective is seen as a goal to improve companies’ revenue
growth and customer’s recognition. Optimized structures and practices are being adopted while accounting
concurrently with economical and sustainable issues [16].
Successful implementation of supply chain management has been credited with helping to cut costs, increase
technological innovation, increase profitability and productivity, reduce risk, and improves organizational
competitiveness.
The supply chain is a network of autonomous or semiautonomous business entities involved, through upstream
and downstream links, in different business processes and activities that produce physical goods or services to
customers.
4. Analysis Approach
In order to achieve the goal, the existing manufacturing industries supply chain might be amended to address
supply chain management problems and should include suggested methods and tools to use in the analysis
process.
The tentative problem solving cycle can be derived by writing and narrowing down description of the current
situation and conceptualize the problem situation indicating what could be done in problem situation. This way it
determines the boundaries of the problem situation.
This practice would demand gathering up the relevant data and develop a detailed model of the scoped problem
situation. Develop specific and detailed judgmental criteria followed by generating solutions and elaborating
them. Comparison would be carried out between the alternatives suggested which would further solidify the
grounds to implement the chosen alternatives. Evaluate the implemented solutions.
In a strive to analyze the existing condition of SCM, we would try to make good use of Supply Chain Operations
Reference (SCOR) Model.
4.1 Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR)
Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) which is developed by Supply Chain Council is an
important tool to analyze the existing supply chain processes. SCOR is mainly used as a mapping tool for
analysis of operational supply chain processes. SCOR is developed by and for companies to gain inside
understanding of supply chain position on a strategic, tactical and operation level and it helps to rationalize
supply chain integration processes when used in joint projects by two or more supply chain actors. The SCOR
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model focuses on five elementary business processes i.e. purchasing (source), production (make), distribution
(deliver), reverse logistics (return) and planning (plan). The beauty of SCOR model is that it makes it possible to
benchmark business and supply chain performances with the 'best practices' in the same branch or with other
companies [14].
Figure 2: SCM Model [18]
Once the Supply Chain is developed and functional, there is a need to put in place performance measurement
system to monitor the progress and output of the implementation. Performance measurement methods would also
diagnose problems.
4.2 Performance Management
As SCM professionals say “You cannot manage what you cannot measure”. Performance measurement can
facilitate inter-understanding and integration among the supply chain members [5]. It also provides insight to
reveal the effectiveness of strategies and to identify success and potential opportunities. It makes an
indispensable contribution to decision making in SCM, particularly in re-designing business goals and strategies,
and re-engineering process. The procedures should indicate the comprehensive performances of supply chains.
It is a challenging task beyond any individual to assess the comprehensive performance of the whole supply
chain that is why a Performance Measurement Team (PMT) is suggested. The PMT is composed of the
representatives from various management areas of supply chain members. Members of the PMT serve mainly as
the evaluators, and provide a variety of opinions based on measurement activity [5].
4. Conclusion
This paper has shown the author’s viewpoint on implications of SCM on manufacturing industries in Saudi
Arabia. There is need to outline the supply chain practices followed by Saudi Arabian manufacturing industries
giving due coverage to supply chain strategy and integration in Saudi Arabia. Supply chain strategy with
business strategy should be implemented in Saudi Arabian industries in order to deliver highest customer
satisfaction, streamline processes for supply chain integration to achieve operational excellence. There is also
great need of creating partnerships to minimize inventory and maximize profits. This might help the Saudi
industry to benchmark their supply chain practices with other developing countries.
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