APICS 1

provide new market channels

- chain acst to fulfill demand from trade partners sales and marketing strategies

- chain is perceived as a cost center by all involved

- chain needs minimal connectivity technologies and capital assest to respond to demand

- Ensuring the throughput at any cost is the chain's primary goal

- supports competitive positioning by serving as an efficient, low-cost and integrated unit

- Focuses efficiency and cost management on the total delivered cost of finished goods

- Places greater importanc on connectivity technogogy and new equipment to automate functions to reduce labor costs and improve capacity and throughput

- flow of physical materials and services

- flow of cash (from customer back upstream to toward RM supplier

- flow of information (back and forth along the supply chain)

- reverse flow of products returned (repair, recycling or disposal)

Supply Chain Operation Reference - Model

- a process reference model developed and endorsed by a nonprofit coorporation

- the supply chain council (SCC) as the cross-industry standard diagnostic tool for supply chain management.

- it reflects the collective wisdom of years of field-based practices and provides a unique ramework that links business processes, metrics, best practices, and technology features in a unified structure.

- at the center is "your organisation"

- to the immediate right is the first tier of customers, which can be either intern/extern

- To the left is first tier of suppliers, which, again, can bei either internal or external

- The model goes out two tiers in both directions; the second-tier suppliers and customers are assumend to be external