SupplyChainManagementIssuesandModelsLecture1.pptVIP

Supply Chain Management:Issues and ModelsLecture 1: Introduction Dr. Jinxing Xie Department of Mathematical Sciences Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China /~jxie Email: jxie@ Voice: (86-10 Fax: (86-10Office: Rm. 1308, New Science Building Course Information Objective: Understanding the supply chain and related issues Introducing some models and technologies for supply chain management Project / Assignment (choose any one) A review of literatures on a topic you are interested A report which is a generalization to a paper References: Course notes at /scm Some journal papers from Management Sciences et. al. Focus on: Issues (Problems) and Models Example: Stages of a Detergent Supply Chain WHAT IS A SUPPLY CHAIN? WHAT IS A SUPPLY CHAIN? Understanding the Supply Chain:Supply Network, Supply Web Not only manufacturer and supplier, but also transporters, warehouses, retailers and customers themselves. All functions involved in filling a customer request within each organization: new product development, marketing, operations, distribution, finance, and customer service. SCM vs. Logistics (物流） Supply Chain Stages 供应链概念模型 供应链管理的三个层面 Example 1: Typical U.S. Apparel Industry Supply Chain Discussion of Issues and opportunities for improvement to U.S. Apparel Industry Issues Supply chain is too long and too slow 58.5 weeks (excludes processing time international transit times) Little of this time is spent in processing Only 15 of the 58.5 weeks are in-process inventory Even in processing, the ratio of processing time to wait time is notoriously low Thus, American apparel industry was reduced enormously during the last 25 years Opportunities Faster response to customer orders Eliminating unnecessary inventory, stockouts and markdowns $25 billion can be saved annually Example 2: HP DeskJet Printer Supply Chain Discussion of Example 2: Improvement during the early 1980s Hints from Examples 1 and 2 Further reduction in manufacturing cycle tim