广东外语外贸大学物流管理学课件Chapter 7 The agile supply chain.ppt

Chapter 7The agile supply chain Content The concept of Agility Key issue The concept of Agility Market sensitive Supply chain is capable of reading and responding to real demand Virtual Information-based supply chain, rather than inventory-based. The concept of Agility Network based EDI and internet enable partners in the supply chain to act upon the real demand Process integration Collaborative working between buyers and suppliers, joint product development, common systems and shared information The concept of Agility Demand characteristics and supply capabilities The concept of Agility Demand characteristics and supply capabilities The concept of Agility The concept of Agility The concept of Agility The concept of Agility Application of leagility: separation of ‘base’ and ‘surge’ demands Application of leagility: the Pareto curve approach Application of leagility: the de-coupling point approach The concept of Agility Preconditions for successful agile practice Enterprise-level reality check Cost of complexity sanity check Lowering the cost of complexity: avoiding overly expensive agility Forecasting: reduce the need for last minutes crises External: demand forecast Internal: financial forecast, asset forecast Content Agile practices Key issue Agile practices Three characteristics of supply chain operations related to agile Mastering and benefiting from variation in demand; Very fast response to market opportunities; Unique or low volume response. Agile practices Benefiting from variance Three sources of demand uncertainty Seasonality Product life cycles End-customer demand Agile practices Benefiting from variance Three sources of demand uncertainty Seasonality Product life cycles End-customer demand Agile practices Benefiting from short time windows Decreased D-time requires different levels of agility (VMI QR) Speed of replenishment Upstream time sensitivity Information dissemination and alignment Agile practices Benefiting from small volume Small