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PURCHASING& Supply
& SUPPLY
Chain CHAIN
Management
MANAGEMENT,
– 5th ed. – 2012
6e
Introduction to
Purchasing and Supply
Chain Management
Chapter 1
Cross
Supply Base
Functional
Management
Groups
Process-
Driven
Approach
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Supply Management
Strategic responsibilities
Activities that have a major long-term impact on
firm performance
Aligned with the overall mission and strategies of
the firm
Managing the supply base
Work directly with suppliers to provide world-class
performance
A supercharged version of purchasing
Supply chain
Set of 3 or more organizations linked directly
by 1 or more of upstream or downstream flows
of products, services, finances, and information
from a source to a customer
Subset of the value chain
Customers
Suppliers
Packaged
Cereal
Paperboard
Grocer
Exhibit 1.3
Corrugated Packaged
Box Mfr Cereal
Wood Consumer
Labels
Purchasing
Inbound transportation
Quality control
Demand and supply planning
Receiving, materials handling, and storage
Material or inventory control
Order processing
Production planning, scheduling, and
control
Shipping/Warehousing/Distribution
Outbound transportation
Customer service
Roadblocks
Too many metrics
Debate over the correct metrics
Constantly changing metrics
Old data
Overcoming roadblocks
Know what to measure
Have a process in place to measure it
Have accessibility to the right data