Supply Chain Management: By: Alsaen,

Adriann Russel
Implementation Procedure P.
BSAE 2B
5 Key Dimensions in Implementing SCM
5 Key Dimensions
• Strategy
• Infrastructure
• Process
• Organization
• Technology
Strategy
• What is required to align the supply chain
with the business strategy?
• What level of costumer service must we
provide?
• Which channels of distribution best meet
our target or goal?
Infrastructure
• How must the physical network of plants
and distribution be structured?
• Can we rationalize our current network?
• What transportation services can best
meet our needs?
• Which activities should we outsource?
Process
• What are the core supply chain processes
driving the business?
• How can we adapt best-in-class
approaches to our processes?
• How can we build linkages with our
suppliers and costumers?
Organization
• What level of integration is required to
manage core processes effectively?
• How can we leverage cross-company
skills and abilities?
• What performance-measurement and
reporting structure can help us achieve
our objectives?
Technology
• Do our IT platform and application
software support world-class SCM?
• What data are required to manage the
core business processes?
• How can we leverage enhanced visibility
of costumer demand and other key
operating parameters?
A.T. Kearney’s Instructive Framework
A global management consultation firm, AT Kearney,
has developed a framework for establishing a
strategic supply-chain agenda and the creation of a
supply-chain assessment team to which will
spearhead the effort in implementing.
Agenda-Setting Key Steps
1st Task

Assess the supply-chain

competitiveness of the
organization.
2nd Task

Create a vision of desired

supply chain.
3rd Task

Define actions required to

close the gap between
tomorrow’s supply-chain
vision and today’s reality
4th Task

Prioritize the action items

identified in the preceding
step and then commit the
appropriate resources.
References:
https://
searcherp.techtarget.com/definition/supply
-chain-management-SCM

http://www.urenio.org/tools/en/supply_ch
ain_management.pdf