Enabler-Drivers of SCM
Enabler-Drivers of SCM
Enabler-Drivers of SCM
Organizational Infrastructure
Information Technology
Strategic Alliance
Human Resource Management
Organizational Infrastructure
Coherent business strategy that aligns
business units towards same goals 32%
Formal process-flow methodologies to
enable the SCM improvements 15%
People committed to and responsible for
cross-functional processes 14%
Right process metrics identified to guide
operating units performance toward
strategic organizational SCM objective 13%
Information Technology
Operations, marketing , & logistics data
coordinated within the company 30%
Data readily available to managers, not
embedded in legacy system 27%
Operations, marketing, & logistics data
coordinated between companies 18%
Linking SCM to ERP systems 10%
Strategic Alliance
Expectations clearly stated, understood,
and agreed upon up front 48%
Collaborating on supply chain and
product service strategies 18%
Top management of partnering
companies interface on a regular basis
9%
Top management communicate why
strategic alliances are important and
should be pursued 8%
Responsiveness
Supply chain structure
Inventory
Transportation
Facilities
Drivers
Information
Efficiency
Responsiveness
Inventory
Cost of holding
Availability
Transportation
Consolidation
Speed
Facilities
Consolidation /
Proximity /
Dedicated
Flexibility
What information is best suited for
each objective
Information
Functional
(Predictable)
Innovative
(unpredictable)
3 months to 1 years
20% to 60%
Product variety
Low (10 to 20
variants per
category)
Forecast accuracy
(margin of error)
10%
40% to 100%
Average stockout
rate
1% to 2%
10% to 40%
Average forced
markdown
0%
10% to 25%
Market-Responsive
Process
Primary purpose
Supply predictable
demand efficiently at
the lowest possible
cost
Respond quickly to
unpredictable demand
to minimize stockouts,
forced markdowns, and
obsolete inventory
Manufacturing focus
Maintain high
average utilization
rate
Inventory strategy
Lead-time focus
Invest in ways to
reduce lead time
Approach to choosing
suppliers
Product-design strategy
Maximize
Efficiency-Responsiveness Framework
of Supply Chain
Functional Product
Innovative Products
Efficient
Supply Chain
Responsive
Supply Chain
Match
Mismatch
Mismatch
Match
Responsiveness
Spectrum
Zone of
Strategic Fit
Efficient Supply
Chain
Certain
Demand
Implied
Uncertainty
Spectrum
Uncertain
Demand
Lot size
Response time
Service level
Product variety
Price
Innovation
Implied
Demand
Uncertainty
New
Product
Development
Marketing
and
Operations Distribution
Sales
Service
Customer
Manufacturing
Planning
Distribution
Planning
Demand
Planning
Global Optimization
Supply Contracts/Collaboration/Information Systems and DSS
Procurement
Planning
Manufacturing
Planning
Distribution
Planning
Demand
Planning
Order Size
Customer
Customer
Demand
Demand
Distributor
Distributor Orders
Orders
Retailer
RetailerOrders
Orders
Production
ProductionPlan
Plan
Time
Source: Tom Mc Guffry, Electronic Commerce and Value Chain Management, 1998
Order Size
Customer
Customer
Demand
Demand
Production
ProductionPlan
Plan
Time
Source: Tom Mc Guffry, Electronic Commerce and Value Chain Management, 1998