Basic concepts of materials management

Basic concepts of materials management

1. Process Mapping

   • A logistics tool used to identify, analyze, and visually represent all the activities of a process, from input entry to final product delivery, in order to improve efficiency, time, and costs.

2. Materials

   • Products
     • Procedures
       • A series of standardized and documented steps that explain how a logistics process should be performed to ensure consistency, quality, and control.
     • The final result of logistics and production processes, designed to meet customer demand, whether a physical good or a service.
   • Physical elements that are used or transformed during logistics processes, including raw materials, components, and supplies.

3. Planning

   • Inputs
     • Processes
       • A set of interrelated activities that transform inputs into products or services within the logistics chain.
     • All the resources required to start a logistics process, such as information, materials, labor, energy, and capital.
   • The logistics process of defining objectives, resources, timelines, and strategies to ensure materials, processes, and deliveries are carried out efficiently.

4. ·

   • Order types
     • Delivery
       • Raw material
         • Basic material that has not yet been processed and is transformed during production processes into finished products.
       • The logistics process of transporting and handing over the product to the final customer, ensuring correct quantity, quality, and timing.
     • The classification of orders according to their logistics characteristics, such as regular, urgent, scheduled, special, or bulk orders, which affects planning and distribution.
   • • Forecast
       • Release
         • Lead time
           • The total time that elapses from when an order is placed until it is delivered to the customer, including production, storage, and transportation.
         • A logistics authorization to release production orders, materials, or shipments, allowing the process to move to the next stage.
       • The estimation of future demand based on historical data, market trends, and analytical methods, used for production and inventory planning.
     • The production pace required to meet customer demand, calculated by dividing available production time by the number of units required.
   • A logistics activity focused on monitoring, measuring, and correcting processes to ensure objectives related to time, cost, and quality are achieved.