Supply chain capabilities

Industrial supply chain capable of rapidly designing and producing materials to counter emerging threats... 

Focus on value. Make the transition from cost to valne throngh the building of supply chain capabilities. This is a year-over-year transition that needs to be gronnded in a snpply chain strategy supported by corporate leadership. 

Goal Build demand-driven supply chain capabilities. At this stage of S OP, the process is designed from the outside-in. It is focused on product sell-through in the channel, whereas the earlier steps... 

Based on Croxton et al. (2002), the demand management process is concerned with balancing the customers requirements with the supply chain capabilities. This includes forecasting demand and synchronizing it with production, procurement, and distribution capabilities. A good demand management process can enable a company to be more proactive to anticipated demand. 

Customer service strategy refers to prioritizing and focusing supply chain capabilities to deliver expected customer service. 

Morash, E. developed a strategy/capability/performance paradigm to fink supply chain strategy with supply chain capability to ensure a sustainable high performance, as illustrated in Fig. 7.10 below. 

Wal-Mart is an illustration of the innovation driver for supply chain projects. The company uses its supply chain capability to identify products that yield the highest profit. For a retailer bringing thousands of products to market, pegging profitability at the product level is a vital, if not daunting, task. Relying on data, not the intuition of buyers and merchandisers, is key. 

Questionable product lines and market segments in terms of profit and the supply chain capability to serve them Requirements, schedule(s), and program plan(s) for a multiphase supply chain improvement project... 

Morash, E. A., Lynch, D. F. (2002). Public policy and global supply chain capabilities and performance a resource-based view. Journal of International Marketing, 10(1), 25-51. 

Questionable product lines and market segments in terms of profit and the supply chain capability to serve them. 

The paradox is that the business model adopted by Boeing, i.e. outsourcing the design and manufacture of sub-assemblies to supply chain partners, was motivated by the aim of speeding up time-to-market. The original view at Boeing was that using external specialists would enable a more flexible supply chain, capable... 

Flexible responses, however, utilise supply chain capabilities that not only manage risk but simultaneously increase an organisation s competitive capability. Examples include ... 

A framework that maps external and internal drivers into generic supply chain capabilities of customer management, prociuement, production, and fulfillment. The map identifies the capabilities a company must strengthen based on the drivers it chooses to address. 

As shown in Table 1.3, the supply chain capabilities can be organized into two groups those that are geared to managing customers (customer facing), and those that enhance the efficiency of the supply chain (internal). Nokia was more... 

Blanco, E. (2009). Winning in emerging markets Five key supply chain capabilities. Research paper from the Center for Transportation Logistics, MIT. http //ctl.mit.edu/research... 

What does a company need to do to achieve that all-important strategic fit between the supply chain and competitive strategies A competitive strategy will specify, either explicitly or implicitly, one or more customer segments that a company hopes to satisfy. To achieve strategic fit, a company must ensure that its supply chain capabilities support its ability to satisfy the needs of the targeted customer segments. 

Understanding the supply chain capabilities Each of the many types of supply chains is designed to perform different tasks well. A company must understand what its supply chain is designed to do well. 

STEP 2 UNDERSTANDING THE SUPPLY CHAIN CAPABILITIES After understanding the nncertainty that the company faces, the next question is How does the firm best meet demand in that uncertain enviromnent Creating strategic fit is all about designing a supply chain whose responsiveness aligns with the implied uncertainty it faces. 

Emerging supply chain capabilities. As more foreign cosmetics companies operating in China adopt more sophistieated information systems, there is a great opportunity for researchers to examine how these firms can utilize information technology to streamline their operations so as to... 

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