Supply chain Drivers

1) Facilities
2) Inventory
3) Transportation
4) Information
5) Sourcing
6) Pricing
7) Infrastructure

Facilities

1) What are the roles of facilities in Supply Chain(SC)

2) Components of facility decisions

a)Capability

i) Flexible or dedicated capacity

ii) product and function focus

iii) For warehouses and DC’s – Cross Docking or storage facilities

b) Location

-centralized or de-centralized

c) Capacity

- Excess capacity or highly utilized

d)Demand Allocation

Inventory

1)Roles in SC

2) Inventory Decisions

i) Cycle Inventory

ii) safety Inventory

iii)Seasonal Inventory

iv) Level of Product Availability

Transportation

1) Roles in SC
2) Transportation Decisions
i) Design of Transportation network
ii) Choice of Transportation Mode

Information

1) Roles in SC
2) Information Decisions
i) Demand planning
ii) Co-ordination and information sharing
iii) Sales and operations planning
iv)

Sourcing

1) Roles in SC
2) Sourcing Decisions
i) In house or Outsource
ii) Supplier Selection
iii) Procurement

Pricing

1) Roles in SC
2) Pricing Decisions
i) Pricing and economies of scale
ii) Everyday low pricing v/s high-low pricing
iii) Fixed price v/s menu pricing
Infrastructure

1) Roles in SC
2) Infrastructure Decisions
i) Infrastructure Orientation
ii) Integration with international infrastructure design and standards
iii) Extent of penetration