FITTskills

Global Supply Chain Management

Fifth Edition
Course objectives

• Identify the stages of a global supply chain.

• Develop a well-planned supply chain management
strategy to enhance a company’s competitiveness.
• Define the standard trade terminology used in
international transactions.
• Identify the main types of documentation used in
international trade transactions
• Manage production, inventory, delivery, and returns
efficiently to meet international demands and to
reduce a company’s risk.
• Select methods to enhance supply chain
performance and efficiency.

GSCM Ch 1- 2
 Introduction to Global
Supply Chain Management

Gaining a Competitive Edge

What is a global supply chain?

GSCM Ch 1- 4
What is global supply chain
management?

People

Global Supply
Chain
Management

Technology Processes

GSCM Ch 1- 5
Important terminology

• Logistics: “The process of planning, implementing, and

controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of raw
materials, in-process inventory, finished goods, and related
information from point of origin to point of consumption for the
purposes of conforming to customer requirements.”

• Demand planning
• Needs assessment
• Source planning

GSCM Ch 1- 6
Supply chain management
processes

Supply Chain Operations

Reference (SCOR)

• Stage One: Plan

• Stage Two: Source
• Stage Three: Make
• Stage Four: Deliver
• Stage Five: Return

GSCM Ch 1- 7
Optimizing customer value

• Size of target market for a product

• The service requirements of potential
customers

GSCM Ch 1- 8
Information technology
Enterprise Resource
Planning System E-Commerce
(ERP)

Barcoding and
RFID tags
GSCM Ch 1- 9