Forum: Supply Chain Management

Hi, I work in a supermarket chain (4 stores). I'm currently in charge of designing a replenishment program for the stores. Each store needs to place orders to 1. Local suppliers (depending on the supplier some orders are weekly, and others are monthly), 2. Distribution Warehouses (there...

Do you think going green will ever be profitable?

Hi, I'm inventory controller in supply chain company in Australia. I want to further my career in supply chain as Supply Chain Manager but need advise as to what course that I can do so that I can achieve this goal.

Hello, Could anybody tell me if there is a model for stimation of a total cost of keeping one product alive in the supply chain flow. This is not concerning the manufacturing costs! Many parameters could influence the cost and some are more complicted to estimate. But i need to know if there is a...

As part of continual improvement program in an organization , yearly KPI target are review and set . Actual results are updated and monitored against plan target monthly . Deviation or Non performance investigated and remedial action implemented . I would name a few here and should there be more...

This year’s annual survey of the world’s leading systems suppliers welcomes the return of all Top 20 companies to the list and two newcomers. How does that math work you ask? As a result of 2009mergers and acquisitions, there is a 100% return rate, albeit it in different configurations and under...

Do you see any concerns of having the supplier and the customer being in the same country?

Lean is gathering importance all round the globe these days and the latest trend is to blend Lean with ERP or with SCM to get bigger and faster benefits. This article at this SCM Site suggests that most of the industry experts on Lean and Supply Chain Management also think the same way but have...

Guys, I have a question. How to increase our end to end supply chain visibility to make sure that we are aware of the incoming material, the stock, pending orders, immediate demand as well as the intransit customer orders - this will enable us to plan better inventory position and free our...

Each company must look to its strengths to answer this question for itself. But the answer is likely to be yes ….to some extent. Two questions help to begin to frame the answer are: 1) what expertise and capabilities should we have in-house based on our size and the criticality for each...

My company is in the process of implementing the SPP module for SAP. We've never really had a successful way to forecast new parts. We are all new to SPP and are having to learn the module while trying to figure out how to set up parts for "phase in". What should we base the forecast on? ...

Hey everyone! I am writing to you to ask for some help on the area of safety stock theory. Currently I am working on a theoretic model with constant demand (no variability) but changing lead times. I was working on the basic safety stock formula to compensate the variability and could use...

Can anyone please help in the direction of a formula if possible in excel to calculate safety stock the only data I have available to use for this calcuation is leadtime in days sales per year forecasted sales (year) service level 98% Any help will be appreciated roketirocket1 (at)...

Saw this at a conference I was attending. Thought it might be useful for some of you. The Canadian General Freight Index highlights changes in the prices paid for freight transportation by Canadian shippers. The index represents general truck transportation, and excludes bulk, liquid and other...

Hello, I am a student Logistics Management from Belgium and I have a very important project to clear. I need to find different types of formulas for calculating the Safety stock. So first I have to find the formulas and afterwards I have to implement these formulas in the system of a company....

Guys, I have a question. Calculating safety stocks, what is best, a static SS reviewed and edited quarterly or a dynamic SS driven by fluctuations in demand? Do you know any good template examples that can be loaded from the web of each variety, so I can judge which would be best for my...

I’m a student in Bachelor of Logistic Engineering, in the Higher Institute of Sciences and Techniques in Saint-Quentin (02 ). We organize in sort of working groups, including 4th year and 5th year of university of the same branch, conferences in transport and logistics under the supervision of Mr....

Hi Guys, Gals, I am currently taking a SCM course and was required to do the following project. Research and analyse 2 international Cosmetics competitor on their supply chains and global logistics under the following categories: 1)Channels of distribution 2)Logistics and freight...

Hi All, I just started course on Supply Chain Management and I have a project to complete. I am required to response to a RFP with powerpoint presentation on my proposal. Scenario: An online company is outsourcing their order delivery process to 3PL. I am supposed to be the 3PL responding to...

first, My name is Mostapha and work as planning coordinator i heard about APICS Certifications and that include two types of certificates 1.CPIM 2.CSCP and i want to know which one will be more useful for me in my carrier And will be appreciated if any one can give be their books as i asked...

Global inventory visibility is one of the ways to free up our working capital as highlighted at Supply Chain Management and ERP Notes but what are the other potential ways and methods which can help us in reducing the working capital so that it can be invested in expansion plans or other strategic...

Does anyone know anything about 4 bin kanban systems? Is there any documentation out there on it? All help is appreciated. Thanks! :D

Hi I'm writing a dissertation on "Challenges facing SMEs in adopting modern supply chain techniques"..... I am looking for help on how i should structure my literature review. I also need help with identifying which techniques we could term as being modern. just want to make sure i'm writing the...

hi, i need real world examples of scm and reverse logistics of any product to be mentioned in my project. pls help me i could not find info anywhere. thank you

Hi, I'm looking for thesis subjects for my master thesis. I have an interest in quality control measures, planning & scheduling, supply chain management, integrating technology for companies to make supply chain more efficient & effective... I am lost. I am having a phase of mental...

Hello everyone, my name is Joe Huscroft and am a 15 yr logistician and academic researcher. I would appreciate your expert knowledge,experience and assistance with an academic research project. It involves the reverse logistics process. Please provide answers based on your most recent experience...

Dear all, I would like to inform you of a relevant upcoming seminar on Supply Chain Risk Management in Barcelona, April 14th & 15th. We have speakers from many major organisations including HP, Airbus, GM, Nokia, Carrefour and Unilever for example and we are inviting you to join the event in...

I found the list of 2010 challenges for Supply Chain Management at "SCM Challenges for 2010" and would like this group to validate the top challenges like reduction in lead times, supplier collaboration and others.

Hi! This is vineeth. I doing internship in manufacturing company which manufactures 3-point linkage systems, hydraulic cylinders, precision machined parts for agriculture equipment lik tractors, construction equipment and for after-market. This is 100% export oriented country which exports to...

They say that you can improve only what you can measure and if you are measuring the wrong thing, you will improve that only. In other words, "data quality and completeness" drive supply chain performance substantially (courtesy: Data Quality Index importance in SCM ) so what factors about data...

Hello, I would like to ask if warehouse management system and warehouse management information system the same thing or different? im confused.

Hi, I am currently working on shifting MTS products to MTO. Therefore I am trying to figure out, how orders of MTO products shall be handled. We are on a monthly production planning cycle. When there is free capacity it is relatively easy to schedule the production of this specific order. ...

One of the websites where I am subscribed to, came up with an interesting automated supply chain scenario where a refrigerator could manage the whole inventories of a hotel food department - no people required at all. I have my doubts if this can really be a reality in near future looking at the...

Just do a survey. Are there many links between E and Supply Chain? Thanks for everyone!

Hi everyone, I wqas wondering if any of you had experience allocating products when capacity is already filled and your customers demand is higher than you can supply. Are there any methods, concepts or methodologies that one can apply? Thanks for your advice Regards Phil

Ours is a small, consumer electronics manufacturer in the US southeast. I recently gained employment here and am curious and puzzled about the method being used to determine stock order quantities. This calculation is made in an Excel spreadsheet. For each individual stock item, the calculation...

I have been researching the financial impact of inventory and I have to say I have found a few chapters and brief articles, but nothing of substance. I have looked into "Factory Physics" and "All I Need to Know About Manufacturing I Learned in Joe's Garage", as well as a few case studies (too...

I work for an edible oil company. Our products are less than 3 years and our brands are not very strong leading to high fluctuation in sales based on international prices, domestic prices and our product prices. The nature of the sales is such that there is very little forecast accuracy, very...

1. Why do they say that by consolidating Distribution Centers, you reduce variability in your forecast errors? 2. Why can't the Linear Programming (LP) approach model uncertainty? 3. What are static and dynamic simulation models? 4. Why don't Simulation Models guarantee an optimum solution?

Dear All I am a fresh supply chain student currently do a project which i am stuck as i cannot find the target in which i can do a full comparsion with supporting facts and figure --- HELP Discuss an innovative SC initiative in the market place. Depict and contrast it with the...

Hey everyone.. i need a urgent help... i am doing my assignment and i need to give to my univ within few days. I would put the date here and if someone could help me with it.. it would be very great. :confused: www-sendspace-com/file/9g043v www-2shared-com/file/9666274/89aab525/plscm.html ...

Have transportation freight rates bottomed out yet? This has been one of the two most frequently asked client questions this summer - along with “is it too late to bid my freight out to take advantage of recent market conditions”. Although no one has a crystal ball to definitively answer the...

Here is the supply chain at my company. I need help calculating the appropriate stock level. Here is the flow of a widgit: Widgit A goes bad and is replaced by a good widgit. The bad widgit get's shipped to our repair center. This takes around 4 days. Our repair centre evaluates the bad parts...

Hello, Please I am working on my assigment and am stuck. I was wondering if any one could help me. The information needed to answer the question is below. THe question is at the end of the information provided Making Decisions under uncertainty, Large bakers take a total of 50,000 tonnes of...

Hi, Have any companies used infor.com/solutions/scm/? Trying to get a handle on spending to increase profits. Looking for the positive and negative reviews. Thanks, Angie

Hello; I would like to hear people's opinion and experience on standard cost revaluation for materials. We're kicking off an internal process review to look at this. From what I'm seeing, we've been updating materials standard prices monthly based on the last PO price. This is removing the...