Applications of Process and Supply Chain Redesign

The linkages between the manufacturing and product design processes are shown in Table 3.5. 

Design-to-market integration Overlapping engineering processes with design 

Integrating suppliers in the design process Supplier relationship process 

Integrating product launch Coordinating inventory network 

With multiple processes, such linkages define the entire supply chain. Therefore, the interaction between processes and the supply chain needs to be understood from two different perspectives processes altering the supply chain, and the supply chain altering the processes. 

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