Agile supply chain

He continued, "It has been fonndational for our success. For most of our company s history our direct business model—and the agile supply chain that drove it— were key differentiators for Dell. Constant feedback from our customers, partners, and snppliers gave us the insight that we needed to fine-tune our operations and deliver only the products and services that our customers wanted."... 

Consumer packaged goods (CPG). The most common type of CPG supply chain is based on flows turn volume, promoted volume, and new product introductions. Hirn volume (frequently ordered products with stable demand) supply chains are designed to drive an efficient response. Heavily promoted items require a responsive supply chain and new products need an agile supply chain. New product introductions introduce the greatest variability and risk. The challenge is adapting the supply chain over time as companies launch promotions and new products into the market. 

Pharmaceuticals. These supply chains are driven by usage. These companies often have three supply chains. There is a need for an efficient supply chain products that have low variability and stable demand. There are products in the innovation pipeline or in clinical trials that depend on an agile supply chain. There is also a need for a high volume supply chain with high variability. Why We will never be able to predict when the sun will shine for the sale of suntan lotion or when there will be a flu epidemic. 

Quadrant IV Agile Supply Chain Lean for Make to Qrder... 

Ismail and Sharifi (2006) present a structured framework to provide a practical approach for implementing agile supply chains (ASC), based on the concepts of supply chain design and design for supply chain. 

Hull B (2005) Are supply (driven) chains forgotten Int J Logistics Manage 16(2) 218-236 Ismail HS, Sharifi H (2006) A balanced approach to building agile supply chains. Int J Phys Distrib... 

Operational execution efficiency Employee safety performance Supply chain cost performance Supply chain agility Supply chain resiliency Demand driven focus... 

White et al. (2005), based on their study of agile supply chains and inter-organizational information system integration, suggest four areas for future research (1) redefining the relationship between inter-organizational... 

In addition, these top 25 companies have also outperformed the S P 500 in terms of average stock price growth. They have agile supply chain networks that can respond quickly to changes in customer demand and supply chain network disruptions. 

Moynihan P, Dai W (2011) Agile supply chain management a services system approach. Int J Agile Syst Manage 4(4) 280-300... 

Christopher, M. (2000), The Agile Supply Chain, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 29. 

From the supply chain network perspective, agile supply chains are characterized by large variety of units involved, often performing fine-granularity functions. 

Wu C, Barnes D (2011) A literature review of decision-making models and approaches for partner selection in agile supply chains. J Purch Supply Manag 17(4) 256—274 Wu T, Zhang K (2014) A computational study for common network design in multi-commodity supply chains. Comput Oper Res 44 206-213... 

Christopher, M., Towill, D. (2001). An integrated model for the design of agile supply chains. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 31(A), 235-246. 

On the other hand, if a multi-domestic strategy (formerly termed host-market production) is implemented, the emphasis is put on the customer normally, the peculiarities of the distinct markets and their customers demands require an increased product differentiation and therefore a higher degree of responsiveness and flexibility, which results in an agile supply chain strategy. In addition, the smaller product quantities do not allow for large-scale, cost-efficient production. 

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