This document discusses supply chains and provides examples. It covers [1] concepts related to supply chain operations like automobile painting assembly order and telemetry in monitoring supply levels. [2] It describes traditional and modern supply chain models for manufacturing and retail. [3] It gives examples of famous supply chains like Boeing's moving assembly line for the 777 and Intel's global manufacturing operations.

1. The WORLD of Supply Chains
By Vinodh Soundarajan
For Vignana Jyoti Institute of Management

2. Curious concepts
• Automobile Painting assembly – Light to Dark
• From Dipstick reading to Telemetry
• Bin Packing
• Travelling Salesperson, Milk run
• Airline/Crew Scheduling
• Revenue per Available Seat Mile (R/ASM)
• … and many many more….

3. Traditional and Modern Supply Chains

4. Manufacturing Supply Chain
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5. Retail Supply Chain

6. FAMOUS SUPPLY CHAINS

7. BOEING
Moving Assembly Line for 777
1. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061107b_nr.html,
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiKIC8ztqhY

8. http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/22nm/pdfs/Global-Intel-Manufacturing_FactSheet.pdf

13. SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES

14. Strategic Supply Chain Management
Long-term Decisions
• Product life cycle management - new
and existing products can be optimally
integrated into the supply chain and
capacity management activities.
• Purchasing – Sourcing, SRM
• Network - network optimization,
including the number, location, and
size of warehousing, distribution
centers, and facilities.
• Manufacturing– Lean, Inventory/JIT,
Master Planning and Scheduling
• Alliance/partnerships - with suppliers,
distributors, and customers, Build vs
Buy decisions
• Logistics - cross docking, direct
shipping, and third-party logistics.
• Information technology operations.
• Training

15. Tactical Supply Chain Planning & Optimization
Medium/Short-term Decisions
• Product life cycle management – New
Products in pipeline, Orders to be
fulfillment, Demand Forecasting
• Purchasing –Negotiations, Contracts,
Rates
• Network - Right amount of raw materials
and finished goods at the right place at
right time, Fulfillment
• Manufacturing– Lean, Inventory/JIT,
Monthly Production Planning and
machine Scheduling
• Logistics - Routes, Shipping modes,
Carrier/Rate selection, Reverse Logistics
• Information technology.
• Training

16. Supply Chain Execution and Event Management
Daily Decisions
• Daily production and distribution planning,
including all nodes in the supply chain.
• Production scheduling for each manufacturing
facility in the supply chain (minute by minute),
including the consumption of materials and flow
of finished goods.
• Demand planning and forecasting, coordinating
the demand forecast of all customers and
sharing the forecast with all suppliers.
• Sourcing planning, including current inventory
and forecast demand, in collaboration with all
suppliers.
• Inbound operations, including transportation
from suppliers and receiving inventory.
• Outbound operations, including all fulfillment
activities, warehousing and transportation to
customers.
• From production level to supply level accounting
all transit damage cases & arrange to settlement
at customer level by maintaining company loss
through insurance company.

17. Work Hard AND Think Smarter