10 Tactical Choices for Designing Your Global Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain

In the 1990s, with the emergence of the concept of supply chain management, global supply chains are gone. This is possible thanks to a large part of the information technology (the subject of a separate article). Globalization suppliers in different countries, configured to operate stores for customers overcome the world, so that the freight transport system in the world and the best country in the movement of production. Examples of added in Germany and Japan for the value of the car, the United States advanced equipment and software with handheld shower heads Chinese work and heavy industry, shipbuilding and Korea is a major heavy industry, India, the lowest development software, France and Italy fashion and other luxury items.
The researchers took the supply chain 15 choices we make in the development of the global supply chain; express or implied. This article gives a brief description of the 15 options to optimize your global supply chain (for service and minimize the customer). 15 The options are:

• Consolidation
• Postponement
• Responsiveness
• Lean-ness
• Agility
• Flexibility
• Speed
• Value Contribution
• Core Competency
•  Basic Skills 

Consolidation:

is to combine the assets to take advantage of economies of scale. You can produce in large systems, the strengthening of sales increased by larger vehicles, boats and even software systems vendors offer through the exchange of different ERP systems. Consolidation has negative aspects. Typically results in a large stock of consolidation and the increase of the distance to the customer the ability to anticipate the needs of customers to reduce.

Postponement:

a form of consolidation. HP praised the end of production in a factory; worldwide shipping, no regional distribution centers and DCS configure each printer by food and good packaging. Due to the delay of the final product, the company is able to hold a license to produce units (sales), taking advantage of economies of scale. The cost may be lower because the granules can be packaged in a container at any time. Move also reduces the name, the lowering of the content. The decline in investment shares is not because there are fewer parts, because the demand is final demand, but in the inventory point because of the delay SKU complete change in the final product safety individual inventory reduced. Cable strategy is greater when the product is used for this type of production system. In other words, there is no problem delaying the product development planning strategy.

Efficiency, low awareness, flexibility, adaptability, flexibility and speed are associated with subtle differences.

Responsiveness:

is the ability to meet customer needs. This can respond to customer orders, changes in customer requirements or adaptation of products and services to the specific needs of the organization and meet fast service.

Lean-ness:

It's a waste prevention strategy in all processes. Developed by Toyota, lean process design systems wasted inventory movements and hope to minimize customers.

Agility:

is the ability to power plants, switching, design and production to the changing needs and demands reconfigure.

Adaptability:

   is the cultural aspect of the organization and supply chain. Adaptation overcomes the problems of society, such as the destruction of such chain technology. The pressure on margins, many important components in one or two suppliers in the world; and production companies mentioned together in the world. Some chipset, hard drives, monitors, capacitors, etc., Are amplified in different contexts. If the production cell for chips caught fire in Mexico, a number of redundant backup systems companies and built their safety. Then there was the flooding in Thailand, hard drives and some plants under water, some with a variety of technologies (SSD) changed his company's products.

Flexibility:

 is closely linked to the ability, but often increases with changes in the supply chain  or connected because of the flexibility of reducing the production process.

Speed:

speaks for itself. But praised the overall management of the supply chain, the balance sheet as a key differentiators. Michael Porter in his revolutionary strategy as a competitive scale to overcome a difficult hurdle for newcomers. But the economy focused on the technology of today, businesses to quickly overcome the scale. For example, Facebook product changes (COD) per day. New features will be added, and those who work every day of the year (even on weekends) will be removed. Speed Supply Chain appreciate the opportunity to serve customers quickly respond quickly and minimize costs.

The amount of the debt, skills and interconnected based differentiation strategies.

Value Contribution:

The only supply chain value of the company. Therefore, the company is part of the supply chain. Often worth another item strategic decisions. "Value" is the production of low-cost, flexible service and essential skills for the development and construction. As already mentioned, in the global supply chain, there are still many opportunities for members. This election is a huge choice of suppliers with the highest value.
But also allows them to where the company to choose the customers with higher added value. This can be absurd ... a company that customers can choose, but how many companies have a big bet on one side of the supply chain, Dell, Apple has not? How many companies have given US automaker Toyota / Honda / Nissan, just to see, Ford and GM to increase market share, after the recession in 2009?

Core competence:

This is something that the company will not be shared with partners. From a global perspective, the basic skills are often stay at home to prevent the theft of intellectual property.