New task situation
Modified Rebuy
Straight Rebuy
Specifying
Selecting
Contracting
Ordering
Expediting
Evaluating
Quality
Flexibility
Lead-time
Innovatineness
Cost
Primary:
Handling of the final products that the company delivers
Distribution and providing services
Inbound och Outbound logistics
Marketing and sales
Operations
Support:
Procurement
Technology development
Human resource management
Reduce cost
Achieve strategic goals
Free internal resources
Flexibility
Improve customer satisfaction
Transfer of activities previously done in-house to a supplier in another country (Typically low cost country)
Transfer of activities previously offshored, back to the home country
Transfer of activities previously off shored, closer to the home country
Transfer of activities in-house
Increased dependence on suppliers
Continuous follow-up of the supplier relationship is necessary
Risk of communication problems
Risk of leakage of confidential information
Strategic products
Leverage products
Bottleneck products
Routine products
High-tech, high-volume, highly customized products
Mostly one supplier available
Buyer-dominated segment or supplier-dominated
Example, engine for car manufacturers
Several suppliers available
Relatively largely impact and bought at large volumes
Buyer can exert dominance
Limited value in money and vulnerable to supply
Few suppliers
Supplier is in dominant relationship
High prices, long delivery times
Low tech products
Small value in the final product
Many suppliers to choose from
Routine items
Defines where in the process an order becomes customer-specific
Products are manufactured and sent to various distribution points which are dispersed and locared close to the customer
(Food, beverage, fuels)
Finished products are kept in stock at the end of the production process and, from there, are shipped to geographically dispersed customers.
(Dairy products)
Only systems elements, modules or subassemblies are in stock at the manufacturing centre, whereas final assembly takes place based on a specific customer order.
(Cars, computers)
Only raw materials and components are kept in stock. Every customer is a specific project.
(Construction materials, cans)
No stock at all. The purchase and order of materials takes place based on the specific customer order.
(Housing project, boats)
The optimal quantity based on inventory costs and ordering costs.
Standard language to describe performance, configurations, activities, practices and workforce assets of a supply chain. Provides methodology, diagnostic and benchmarking tools that help organizations make dramatic and rapid improvements in supply chain processes.
Performance:
Standard metrics to describe process performance and define strategic goals.
Processes:
Standard descriptions of management processes and process relationships.
Practices:
Management practices that produce significant better process performance.
People:
Standard definitions for skills required to perform supply chain processes