Fixed supply chains

Both Rhino and Au Bon Pain rely on a fixed supply chain into which they launch new products. The supply chain processes for each product introduction are common, but each new product will have some variation that must be incorporated into the introduction procedure. For Rhino, the promotion budgets and expected sales volume will vary widely from one release to another. Timing is also critical if the release is to take advantage of external events or to a developing market opportunity. For example. Rhino heavily promoted a release of Oscar-winning tracks at Oscar award time. Au Bon Pain can mn a special on a new sandwich to draw customers into their stores. Or it might introduce sandwiches regionally that cater to local preferences. 

The model implicitly assumes that greenfield supply chain configuration is performed and there are no fixed supply chain units or links. In the case of supply chain reconfiguration, additirmal constraints are imposed to represent the reconfiguration optirais. If a unit or fink is indicated as design time selection, then constraints (8.13) and (8.15)-(8.16) are not changed. If a unit or link is indicated as fixed, then the corresponding cmistraints are set equal to one (i.e., the decisimi variable becomes a parameter). 

Kim et al. (2002) develop a model for determining ordering quantities from suppliers for a fixed supply chain network subject to demand uncertainty. The demand uncertainty is represented using demand probabdity density function and an iterative model-solving procedure is developed without relying on using scenarios. 

Given that the simulation model is generally used to evaluate fixed supply chain configuration, it is developed on the basis of the object model containing objects, which are instances of classes defined in the class diagram of the generic supply chain unit. 

Both Rhino and Au Bon Pain rely on a "fixed" supply chain into which they laxmch new products. The supply chain processes for each product introduction are common, but each new product will have some variation that must... 

Summarizing, demand is not a given input quantity to be fulfilled in the traditional supply chain management sense but is defined more differentiated as a mix of fixed contract demand to be supplied and spot demand providing company a degree of freedom in making active sales target decisions. 

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We can expand our model for multi-echelon supply chains. Instead of dealing with facility customer relations, we can observe manufacturing facility, warehouse, and customer (i.e. retailer store) relationships. Here we need to re-define our variables, parameters and introduce new variables. Let tMW be transportation cost from manufacturing facility to warehouse, tWC transportation cost from warehouse to customer, Wv warehouse variable cost, Wf warehouse fixed cost, Mv manufacturing facUity variable cost, MK manufacmring facility capacity, WK warehouse capacity. New variable Zjj is the amount of shipments from manufacturing facility s to warehouse i. 

Consolidation in a supply chain refers to the accumulation of product in a central location in order to take advantage of economies of scale in manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation. The basic economic reason for consolidation is to increase utilization of fixed capacity and thus gain the associated cost reduction. When many products share capacity, there is the opportunity to decrease delivery sizes across products. 

Such approaches to improving supply chain performance are common in the computer industry, where expensive parts required to fix computer systems are stored in a central location and shipped either overnight or on the next flight out to deal with mainframe failures for critical applications. For example. Federal Express (FedEx) has a division called Critical Parts Supply that permits manufacturers to warehouse product in Memphis with immediate automatic shipment by FedEx on customer demand. 

Evaluating the Effect of Fixed Costs in the Supply Chain Example... 

Consider the earlier example, but include the possibility of closing plants and warehouses given fixed costs associated with each facility. During supply chain network design, such facility decisions will have to be made... 

Walmart s next supply chain goal is to integrate e-commerce and store inventory. Customers can place orders on the company website and pick items up at stores. However, in some areas, they can also order at the store and get same-day delivery for a fixed delivery charge. All of these alternate flows of product make the DC and store inventory a seamless supply chain for the customer. 

As companies build their strategy, they will discover an uncomfortable reality. They will learn that a supply chain is not a supply chain is not a supply chain. Effective ones are designed and built. However, most companies have inherited their supply chains. Fixing this situation will not be as easy as a "Ctrl-copy and Ctrl-paste" of a competitor s supply chain definitions. It requires thinking through the definitions in the first five chapters of this book and defining a three-year road map. 

The supply chain learning system is in our future. Rules-based ontologies, sentiment analysis, learning algorithms based on industry benchmarking in the cloud, and real-time learning systems for supply chain planners are all possibilities. Within 10 years, companies will systemically test and learn based on real-time data. While today s supply chain response is a fixed and often a dumb response based on historic data, the supply chain of the future will listen, test, and learn in real time. 

As shown in Fig. 1, the first step of the methodology is the identification of process units (k) to be considered in each stage of the hydrogen supply chain. Fixed and transport units can be defined. Moreover, rmits are classified on the basis of their structural and geometrical features. For each unit a basic level of detail should be defined i) substances and operative conditions ii) in/out flows in main process lines and preliminary pipe sizing iii) preliminary design iv) estimation of inventory. 

In this section, we consider a supply chain where a supplier sells to a retailer facing a random demand from customers. The target profit levels for the supplier and the retailer are set externally at and t, respectively. The retail price is fixed at r. The supplier procures or produces the good at a constant marginal cost c. Any unsold unit in the supply chain can be salvaged at a price v per unit. It is assumed v < c < r to avoid trivial situations. 

By handling core supply chain functions itself, some companies are able to respond quickly. Such companies are one-stop sources for big apparel labels. Esquel customers become less likely to switch because there are few full-service providers capable of replacing them. On the other hand, those who promote asset-light companies with little or no fixed overhead cost recommend reliance on trading partners to make heavy investments. So, nonintegrated supply chains, unlike Esquel s, have their proponents. 

The vertical axis in Figure 27.1 reflects different levels of information capture along the supply chain. Single company data (Level I) expands to take into account the cost of capital (Level II). This includes the fixed assets and working capital required by the company to operate. At Level III, companies share cost data to gain a multicompany view. At Level IV, the final stage, cost drivers are applied to activity-based costs to develop supply chain product costs. These costs support collaborative strategic product line decisions at a multicompany level. 

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