Supply chain processes manufacturing flow management

These processes were identified in Figure 1. While the specific processes identified by individutil firms may vary somewhat from those above, supply chain management must consider five fundamental processes selling, customer order fulfillment, manufacturing flow, procurement, and product development. 

Product development and commercialization is the process that provides the structure for developing and bringing to market products jointly with customers and suppliers. Effective implementation of the process not only enables management to coordinate the efficient flow of new products across the supply chain, but also assists other members of the supply chain with the ramp-up of manufacturing, logistics, marketing, and other activities necessary to support the commercialization of the product... 

If the processes in a supply chain are not coordinated, they impact multiple companies negatively. It may lead to activities being replicated, inconsistent flows, and erroneous decisions. It may take a great deal of effort to manage the cumbersome interactions between companies. For example, HP s supply chain for computer monitor comprised a contract manufacturer (Solectron), who bought the plastic case for the monitor from an injection molder, shown in Fig. 3.7 (Hammer 2001). The molding-material was purchased from a plastics compounder, who acquired the resin (for compounding) from a resin supplier. The supply chain was linear and hierarchical, with the resin supplier upstream, HP downstream, and the rest in-between. 

The logistics task of managing material flow and information flow is a key part of the overall task of supply chain management. Supply chain management is concerned with managing the entire chain of processes, including raw material supply, manufacture, packaging and distribution to the end-customer. The Tesco UK supply chain structure comprises three main functions ... 

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