What are the problems involved in Supply Chain Management? What are the levels of planning in Supply Chain Management?
ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary What is a Supply Chain? It is not a one-way chain, but a network of stages Consists of all stages involved in fulfilling customer demand Includes: Manufacturers, External Suppliers, Vendors, Transporters, Warehouses, Retailers, Customers
ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Schematic of a Nationwide Supply Chain ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Another Schematic Representation Suppliers Pre- assembly Manfr Plants Warehouses Customers Upstream Downstream ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Example: Dell Customer Website Assembly Plants Warehouses Dells suppliers and their suppliers Dell builds-to-order Dell does not have retailers, wholesalers ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Example: Toyota Produces nearly 900,000 vehicles annually Over 35 manufacturing plants in 25 countries outside of Japan For plants in the U.S., supply parts are shipped across the Pacific, and transported on rail Deliveries are scheduled to the minute to keep inventories low (Just-in-time) Complicated network with uncertainties
ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Problems in Managing the Supply Chain Customer Service Goals Facility Location Inventory Decisions Transportation ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Decision Levels Strategic: Long term, permanence of many years Tactical Intermediate time range, usually three months to a year Operational Short range, week or less ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Decision Levels: Examples Transportation Strategic: Mode Selection Tactical/Operational: Routing, scheduling Location Strategic: No. of plants and locations Tactical: Assigning inventory positions Warehouse Strategic: Layout, site selection Operational: Order picking ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Logistics in Economy (1990, 1996) Freight Transportation: $352, $455 Billion Inventory Expense : $221, $311 Billion Administrative Expense: $27, $31 Billion Logistics related activity: 11%, 10.5% of GNP
ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Cost Break-up for a Manufacturing Firm ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Profit 4% Logistics Cost 21% Marketing Cost 27% Manufacturing Cost 48% Profit Logistics Cost Marketing Cost Manufacturing Cost Logistics: True Magnitude ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Modeling: Logistics Siddhartha Maheshwary Compaq estimates it lost $0.5 billion to $1 billion in sales in 1995 because laptops were not available when and where needed P&G estimates it saved retail customers $65 million by collaboration resulting in a better match of supply and demand When the 1 gig processor was introduced by AMD, the price of the 800 meg processor dropped by 30% Kmart versus Walmart