What type of products include staples that people buy in a wide range of retail outlets?

focusNode

Didn't know it?
click below

Knew it?
click below

What type of products include staples that people buy in a wide range of retail outlets?

Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Inventory Control and Supply Chain Management

QuestionAnswer
Inventory Turnover? COGS/Average Inventory Value
Weeks of Supply? (Avg. Inv/COGS)X52 weeks
Bullwhip Effect? Indicates lack of synchronization among supply chain members. Variability in demand is magnified as we move from customer to producer in supply chain.
Causes of Bullwhip? Volume and Trans Disc, Promos, Inflated orders, Long cycle times, demand forcasting.
Functional Products? Staples that people buy in a wide range of retail outlets, such as grocery stores and gas stations.
Innovative Products? Fashionable clothes, pc's or items with a short life cycle.
Stable supply process? The manufacturing process and the underlying technology are mature and the supply base is well established.
Evolving supply process? The manufacturing process and the underlying technology are still under early development and are rapidly changing. The supply base may be limited in both size and experience.
Efficient supply chains? Utilize strategies aimed at creating the highest cost efficiency
Risk Hedging supply Chains? Utilize strategies aimed at pooling and sharing resources in a supply chain so that the risks in the supply disruption can be shared.
Responsive Supply Chains? Utilize strategies aimed at being responsive and flexible to the changing and diverse needs of the customers.
Agile Supply Chains? Utilize strategies aimed at being responsive and flexible to customer needs, while the risks of supply shortages or disruptions are hedged by pooling inventory and other capacity resources.
Mass Customization? A term used to describe the ability to of a company to deliver highly customized products and services to different customers. The key is to postpone task of differentiating a product.
Principle 1 of MC Product should be designed so it consists of independent modules that can be assembled into different forms of the product easily and inexpensively.
Principle 2 of MC Manufacturing and service processes should be designed so that they consist of independent modules that can be moved or rearranged easily to support different distribution network designs.
Principle 3 of MC Supply network should be designed to provide two capabilities: Must be able to supply the basic product to production facilities in a cost effective manner AND have flexibility and responsiveness to take individual customers orders and deliver them.
Benefits of Outsourcing? Economies of scale, risk pooling, reduce capital investment, focus on core competency, and increased flexibility.
Outsourcing Risk? Loss of competitive knowledge, conflicting objectives.
Reasons for outsourcing? Dependency on capacity and dependency on knowledge.
Modular Product Combining different products, components are independent and interchangeable, standard interfaces are used, and customer preference determines product configuration
Integral Product Made up from components whose functionalities are tightly related, not made from off the shelf items, designed in a top-down system, evaluated on system performance, and components perform multiple functions.
Hierarchical Model to outsource or not? Customer importance, component clockspeed, competitive position, capable suppliers, and architecture.


Average aggregate inventory value

The total value of all items held in inventory for the firm, valued at cost.

The variability in demand is magnified as we move from the customer to the producer in the supply chain.

The annual cost for a company to produce the goods or services provided to customers

Staples that people buy in a wide range of retail outlets, such as grocery stores and gas stations

Products such as fashionable clothes and personal computers that typically have a life cycle of just a few months.

Inventory turnover and weeks of supply

Measures of supply chain efficiency that are mathematically the inverse of one another.

Management functions that support the complete cycle of material flow: from the purchase and internal control of production materials; to the planning and control of work-in-process; to the purchasing, shipping, and distribution of the finished product.

Moving some of a firm's internal activities and decision responsibility to outside providers.

The development and management of supplier relationships to acquire goods and services in a way that aids in achieving the immediate needs of a business

Total cost of ownership (TCO)

Estimate of the cost of an item that includes all the costs related to the procurement and use of the item and including disposing of the item after is useful life.

When a customer allows the supplier to manage an item or group of items.

A measure of how many weeks' worth of inventory is in the system at a particular point in time.

What term is used to describe a practice where a customer purchases excess parts in advance?

Terms in this set (23) what is used to describe a practice where a customer purchases excess parts in advance? -hedging.

Which term refers to the management functions that support the complete cycle of material flow?

Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services. Supply chain (SC) includes the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and the transportation of goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

What is it called when a firm controls most of the activities in its supply chain?

A firm that controls most of the activities in its supply chain is said to be vertically integrated. True. Capability Sourcing refers to outsourcing the functions that they do best to trusted key partners.

Which sourcing process is used for complex items where there are a number of potential vendors?

Countless organizations engage in the RFP process, which enables buyers to compare features, functionality, and price across potential vendors. It is a crucial component of the sourcing process. RFPs are most regularly used when sourcing goods or services that are somewhat complex.