1. Supply Chain Management 供应链管理

2. Contents  1 Supply Chain Management(SCM)  2 The emergence of the supply chain  3 The components of supply chain from the focal firm’s perspective  4 Essentials of supply chain

3. 1. Supply Chain Management(SCM)  Definition:  Supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities.

4.  It also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be, intermediaries, third- party service providers, and customers. In essence, supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.  Supply chain management it is an integrating function with proper responsibility for linking major business functions and business processes within and across companies into a cohesive in a high performing business model.

5. Logistics Management & SCM  Narrow sense of SCM  Broad sense of SCM

6. 2. Emergence of the supply chain concept  (1) The information revolution;  (2) Customer demands in areas of product and service cost, quality, delivery, technology, and cycle time brought about by increased global competition;  (3) The emergence of new forms of inter- organizational relationships.

7. 沃尔玛的供应链

8. 3. The components of supply chain from the focal firm’s perspective  1. Firm’s internal functions  2. Firm’s external supply chain members(upstream)  3. Firm’s external supply chain(down stream)  4. New tendency in SCM

9. Firm’s internal functions  If a firm wants to achieve the highest level of integration it is SCM, the firm needs to integrate all of its activities, processes, functions within a company, we call it internal integration.

10. Firm’s external supply chain members(upstream)  Suppliers  1 st tier suppliers  2 nd tier suppliers  3 rd tier suppliers  Original suppliers/initial suppliers

11. 供应链结构示意图

12. Firm’s external supply chain(down stream)  It includes all downstream distribution channels, processes, and functions that the product passes through on its way to the end customer.

13. New tendency in SCM

14. 4. Essentials of supply chain  Philosophy: to achieve strategic advantage  Overall objective: to maximize value & lower waste through the management of the flow of materials across the supply chain.

15. Essentials of supply chain