Industry sectors. Often, commentators discuss supply chain issues only in the manufacturer/assembler to retail and retail to consumer sectors. But this is a limited view, given the extent of supply chains going back to the mines and farms where input materials start their journey. So, at a strategic level, are the challenges similar? As noted in the previous blog the … Read More
Use a matrix to structure your Supply Chain strategy
Supply Network strategy. To identify the critical issues in developing a strategy requires systems thinking, intuition and insight. There are three levels of strategy for an organisation: For large diversified businesses the corporate strategy concerns: the type of business(es) in which the organisation operates; where the business will operate; acquisition and divestment policy and the allocation of financial resources among business … Read More
Sustainability built into your Supply Chain Strategy
Sustainable Supply Chains. At the current rate of consumption and disposal of products and with an increasing consumer population, to meet the demand for resource intensive products by 2030 (only 12 years hence!), could require more raw materials than what is available – is this situation sustainable? David Yeo, a LinkedIn reader of Learn About Logistics, has provided a comment … Read More
Developing a strategy to change your Supply Chains
Steps in developing the strategy. Positioning Supply Chains to be a strategic part of an organisation will take a number of years. A strategy document addressing change in Supply Chains will therefore be a guideline that requires an organisation wide agreement concerning ‘what is to be achieved’? The extended timeline is because if too many projects about ‘new ways of … Read More
Start with Logistics to build a Supply Chain strategy
Supply Chain strategy objectives. A Supply Chain strategy is a rare document within organisations. In the previous blog-post Developing your ‘connected’ Supply Chains strategy, it was noted that views in some organisations are that elements of Supply Chains are only cost driven and those elements are often a part of other functions. Therefore, few companies have a strategic plan for … Read More