This document discusses a student's assignment on supply chain design and analysis. It covers topics like inventory management, physical distribution, transportation, order processing, advantages like cost savings, and disadvantages such as demand uncertainty. The introduction discusses strategic warehouse placement and scheduling production. The conclusion notes the challenges of matching dynamic demand across a geographically dispersed network.

1. Assignment of operation research
Topic- supply chain design and analysis
 SUBMITTED TO:-
Mr.Aditya Mishra
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MECHANICALDEPARTMENT
 SUBMITTED BY:-
 VINOD KUMAR
 UID k-11543
 BRANCH-
MECHANICAL

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Procedure/working
Special feature/characteristics
 applications
Advantages/disadvantages
Recent trends/future scope
Conclusions

3. Introduction
 The chain supply design and analysis are part
of management.
Warehousing and inventory control
Strategic choice of international warehousing
facilities
Scheduling production
Packaging, transportation and final delivery
Analysis of transportation costs

4. Inventory
management
Physical
distribution
transportatio
n
Order
placement
CorporationSuppliers Customers
Order
processin
g
transp
ortatio
n
storage
Materials
management
Inventory
managemen
t
Physical
distribution
Storage
Forward and reverse flows of information, products and funds

5. process

6. working
The chain supply design and analysis working are
these steps.
Purchasing
Manufacturing
Logistics
Distribution
Transportation and
Marketing

8. Special features
Leadership.
Outside-In Processes.
Mature Horizontal Processes.
The Right Stuff in the Organization
Supply Chain Design.
Aligned Metrics
Strong Planning Capabilities

9. Application
 A mathematical model in our four layer supply chain
including supplier manufacture, distribution and
customer using the product life cycle.
 Important integrated supply chain management
problems and the current research on integration
between different supply chain management function.
 Assess complex supply chain network design and
analysis.

10. Advantages
P&G’s estimated savings to retail customers of $65
million through logistics gains.
Dell Computer’s outperforming of the competition in
terms of shareholder value growth over more than two
decades by over 3,000foot, inventory turnover and
operating profit of any discount retailer% using:
Direct business model
Build-to-order strategy

11. Disadvantages
Demand is not the only source of uncertainty
 Poor service for new product introductions
Poor forecasting?
Panic ordering?
And high FG inventory

12. Future scope
Demand is quite predictable
Usage in hospitals is quite stable
Market share moves slowly over
time
With each new product, dealer must
build inventory to fill pipeline

13. Conclusion
Geographically dispersed complex network
Conflicting objectives of different facilities
Dynamic system
Variations over time
Matching demand-supply difficult
Different levels of inventory and backorders
Recent developments have increased risks
Lean production/Off-shoring/Outsourcing