Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management - Introduction. Say we get an order from a European retailer to produce. A value chain is another name for a supply chain. In a supply. Yarn. Zippers. Supply chain management. To meet the. Supply chains and. The significance of. Strategic tactical. Key issues in. Distribution strategies Direct shipping to customers. Product design Should products be redesigned to reduce logistics costs. How can you assess how well your supply chain is performing. Creating an effective. SCM - Inventory Management Issues. Manufacturers would like. Ordering/producing in large. Order Size. Time. Some of the. Batch ordering. How then can we cope with the bullwhip effect. Methods for coping with the bullwhip effect include Reducing uncertainty. Other helpful techniques for improving inventory management include Cross-docking. Direct shipping. SCM - Strategic Partnering. Strategic partnering (SP). In quick response SP vendors receive point-of-sales (POS) data from retailers. In advanced continuous. Source Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky & Simchi-Levi, Irwin McGraw Hill. Requirements for an effective SP include Advanced information systems. Develop or integrate. Disadvantages of SP.