Supply chain flowchart

We return to spheres here because the important task of their selection lies between the chartering of a supply chain effort and the development of activity systems, described in the next chapter. Figure 8.2 flowcharts the process of strategy setting. 

Concurrent with issue development, the Design Team should collect basic information about the supply chain. To the extent possible, the Design Team should associate specific issues with their position in flowcharts of supply chain processes. 

Figure 24.1 is a fictitious top-down flowchart of a supply chain that we use in illustrating some of our documentation examples. The Figure 24.1 map is the type of presentation that might establish the scope of a project and acquaint executives with the issues faced in the project. 

Figure 24.6 combines a number of useful bottom-up tools for flowcharting physical flow in the supply chain. First, it relies on industrial engineering symbols for Operation, Transport, Inspection, Storage, and Delay process steps. Second, the format uses what is called the swim lane or cross-functional presentation to show the roles of multiple supply chain... 

With the supply chains identified, their configuration should be documented with flowcharts and supporting data. These need not be elaborate due to the time limitations of a prestudy. But they should convey an understanding of the basic stmcture of the chains. Accompanying the flowcharts should be metrics and other information that characterize current performance. 

Fundamental to most supply chain representations is physical flow. The prestudy flowchart should show the following ... 

FIGURE 23.2 Flowchart showing the supply chain from distiller to nished product. 

Fig. 37 shows a very simplified rendering of a supply chain for a taylor-made customer order. The Japanese call this representation the "process flowchart". 

The aspects of nodes and interdependencies as vulnerabilities of the chemical infrastructure are depicted in the vulnerable points of control flowchart (Figure 3.4). These are the only vulnerabilities in the flowcharts that are not discussed as a scenario in the next chapter. No single vulnerable node within the chemical supply chain was identified that if disrupted, would lead to catastrophic consequences. Targeting of multiple nodes is required to have catastrophic consequences. Similarly, the interdependencies that were identified were not of a high level of concern. Previous analysis based on records of terrorist attacks against the chemical infrastructure reached a similar conclusion ... 

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