Abstract: In the 1990’s a new term “Lean Manufacturing” was dubbed to replace the negative connotations of TPS. In a nutshell, Lean is a philosophical and methodological approach that strives to provide ever-increasing value to the customer through total employee involvement in the reduction of non-value-added activities and their associated costs. The main challenges which the garment industry is facing […]
Year: 2019
Procurement process in supply chain management: Identifying the desired focus
Abstract The materials are directly required to produce a finished product are called direct materials e.g., personal computer, hard drive etc.Direct materials are required to be available in the right place, right quantity and the right time. Direct materials are related to cost of goods, whereas an an indirect material does not determine cost directly.Indirect materials do not delay production […]
Sourcing and Procurement Decisions and Third Party Supply Chain Management Service Providers
Abstract: Supplier Scoring is used to rate Supplier performance. Impact on Supply Chain surplus and the total cost is the basis of comparison between suppliers. If the sourcing process is effective it improves profits for the firm and the total supply chain in various ways. A firm may like to keep a supply chain function in the house if outsourcing […]
Water mode of transportation in a supply chain management perspective
Abstract Due to complexity in global supply chains and networks, managing liner services has become a quite complex endeavor. A few liner services are able to fully integrate the trade routes, such as Maersk Lines and MSC. Maersk Lines has services in the Far East, Europe and North America and some hubs notably Algeciras, Salalah and Tanjung Pelapas. MSC has […]
How to define SCM and its objectives
Many electronics manufacturers of Guangdong rely on the supply of parts from numerous component shops in Guangzhou.