Presented at Vignana Jyoti Institute of Management, 2012

1. The WORLD of Supply Chains
By Vinodh Soundarajan
For Vignana Jyoti Institute of Management

2. Curious concepts
• Automobile Painting assembly – Light to Dark
• From Dipstick reading to Telemetry
• Bin Packing
• Travelling Salesperson, Milk run
• Airline/Crew Scheduling
• Revenue per Available Seat Mile (R/ASM)
• … and many many more….

3. Traditional and Modern Supply Chains

4. Manufacturing Supply Chain
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5. Retail Supply Chain

6. FAMOUS SUPPLY CHAINS

7. BOEING
Moving Assembly Line for 777
1. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061107b_nr.html,
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiKIC8ztqhY

8. http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/22nm/pdfs/Global-Intel-Manufacturing_FactSheet.pdf

13. SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES

14. Strategic Supply Chain Management
Long-term Decisions
• Product life cycle management - new
and existing products can be optimally
integrated into the supply chain and
capacity management activities.
• Purchasing – Sourcing, SRM
• Network - network optimization,
including the number, location, and
size of warehousing, distribution
centers, and facilities.
• Manufacturing– Lean, Inventory/JIT,
Master Planning and Scheduling
• Alliance/partnerships - with suppliers,
distributors, and customers, Build vs
Buy decisions
• Logistics - cross docking, direct
shipping, and third-party logistics.
• Information technology operations.
• Training

15. Tactical Supply Chain Planning & Optimization
Medium/Short-term Decisions
• Product life cycle management – New
Products in pipeline, Orders to be
fulfillment, Demand Forecasting
• Purchasing –Negotiations, Contracts,
Rates
• Network - Right amount of raw materials
and finished goods at the right place at
right time, Fulfillment
• Manufacturing– Lean, Inventory/JIT,
Monthly Production Planning and
machine Scheduling
• Logistics - Routes, Shipping modes,
Carrier/Rate selection, Reverse Logistics
• Information technology.
• Training

16. Supply Chain Execution and Event Management
Daily Decisions
• Daily production and distribution planning,
including all nodes in the supply chain.
• Production scheduling for each manufacturing
facility in the supply chain (minute by minute),
including the consumption of materials and flow
of finished goods.
• Demand planning and forecasting, coordinating
the demand forecast of all customers and
sharing the forecast with all suppliers.
• Sourcing planning, including current inventory
and forecast demand, in collaboration with all
suppliers.
• Inbound operations, including transportation
from suppliers and receiving inventory.
• Outbound operations, including all fulfillment
activities, warehousing and transportation to
customers.
• From production level to supply level accounting
all transit damage cases & arrange to settlement
at customer level by maintaining company loss
through insurance company.

17. Work Hard AND Think Smarter