Chapter 1: Supply Chain Management: an Overview.

Chapter 1: Supply Chain Management: an Overview.

1. Companies must keep up with the rate of change in the market.

   • Globalization: Outsourcing
   • Technology
   • Organizational Consolidation. Manufacturers are a specific force in SCM.
   • Consumers: Understanding what they want.
   • Government policy

2. What is SCM? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwemFfdD6VI

   • Key issues in SCM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXeVEXoUpA

3. The Supply Chain Concept

   • 1960s with Physical distribution. Developed as a tool for competitive strategy.
   • Integrated supply chain

4. Major issues

   • Networks
   • Inventory
   • Complexity
   • Information, extra storage.
   • Cost/Value Prevention of suboptimization.
   • Performance measurement. Efficiency/Progress
   • Organizational Relationships.
   • Technology
   • Transportation Management. Right product, time, quality, quantity, cost and destination.

5. Bibliografy: Langley, C. (2011). Supply Chain Management. A Logistics Perspective,.9th edition. Editorial Cengage

6. SC Security

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