文档介绍：SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Dr Vinh Thai
Module 9: Strategic Partnering & Collaboration in Supply Chain
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Some initial observations
A framework of strategic partnering & collaboration
Supply chain partnership models
Manufacturer and supplier partnership
Strategic partnering with logistics service providers
RSP or retailer supplier partnership
Distributor integration
Topics
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At the completion of this module you should be able to:
explain the role of strategic partnering in s integrated supply chain management
explain what is vendor managed inventory and why major retailers are moving towards it
outline the options available to firms when deciding on outsourcing logistics functions of the firm
outline the scope of strategic partnering in improving supply chain performance
identify the major challenges for new business models and how these challenges can be converted into advantages for firms
Learning Outcomes
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Textbook: Chapter 6 (undergraduate); Chapter 1, pp. 1-24; Chapter 5, p. 240, pp. 248-252; Chapter 7, pp. 324-325
Readings:
Undergraduate: - (N26726)
Postgraduate: - (N26726); - (N09726)
Textbook and Readings
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We have roughly 30,000 employees now, and $26 billion in revenue this year. If we were vertically integrated, I don’t know how many employees I would have, but it would be some huge numbers.
- Michael Dell – in Ayers (2001)
Food for Thought...
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Food for Thought...
Recall that SCM is built on the notion of ‘integration’. So why are they, . Dell, doing that, . virtual instead of vertical integration?
And what is the value to the supply chain?
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Recall that it is supply chain competing against supply chain, not individual firm against firm in business world today
It thus makes sense for firms to collaborate so as to maximise ‘strength’ of SC
Four basic ways to assure business function completion (Simchi-Levi et al. 2003):
Internal activities: vertical integration
Perform activities in-house using inte