5.1 SCI Concepts Flashcards
Name 4 examples for SCI innovation concepts
- E-Retailing
- Digital marketplaces in SC and Logistic industry
- On-demand delivery and crowd shipping
- sustainable business model-driven SCI
How did E-retailing change the parcel’s sector?
from:
-parcel were delivered B2B to small number of businesses with high level of first time delivery success
to:
-B2C → individual parcels to indiviudel addresses, located apart, with fewer guarantess of first time success
What operations models are apparent in E-retailing?
- Engineer-To-Order (ETO) (ships)
- Make-to-Order (MTO)
- Asemby to order (ATO) (Dell/BMW)
- Make to stock (MTS)
- Digital Copy
What parts in e-retailing had some SCI
- parcel sector (more B2C)
- warehousing (more robots)
- customers delivery (same day delivery)
What are SC Problems in the E-retailing sector?
- order expectations
- order accuracy
- multichannel order management
- complex distribution
List solutions for the SC problems in e-retailing
-improvments in the order taking activity
-changing structur and process of the SC → RFID (tracking)
-partnering and outsourcing logistics
→ reverse logistics (return products in the store, so different SC)
-SC segmentation
→ Dell: online and retail segmentation
What are SCI Concepts for Digital marketplaces in SC and logistics industry?
-digitalizing the Warehouse Sector
→ on demand warehouse, companies can use empty spaces, spreading the storage location
What are the pros and cons of on demand warehousing?
+ could cost less
→ no need to purchase own warehouse
+flexble arrangement
+ others take care of security
+growing without worries
- less control
- mistake will be made from others
- IT systems will be more complex
What are the elements and important functionalities of On-demand delivery ?
- short timescale of <2h
- digital platform, which connects demand/supply
Functionalities;
- strong marketing presence
- low price for customers
- competitive rates for couries
- efficient dispatch of orders to couriers
- capacity plannig
- integrated relationships with consignors
Do you expect that players such as FedEx, UPS and DHL will operate in the on-demand delivery business?
→ very difficult, because they need a completely new strategy and new BM
→ expensive to buy a company like glovo/gettir
What is crowdhsipping and name two concepts
- ordinary individuals carry out parcels on an exitsting journey
- creates value from an non value adding exercise
- spreadshirt (people create and shop stuff)
- uber (people deliver food)
- airBnB (people rent their flat)
What are the two views on sustainability in terms of SCI?
- companies try reduce their negative impact on society/environment
- companies try to adress the footpring made by others with new BM
List 5 examples for Sustainable BM with implications for the SC
- circular Suppliers
→ resusing renewable, recyclable resources (waste turns into fuel) + going away form linear ressource approaches - ressource recovery
→recovery embedded value at the end of the PLC and feed into another (recovery heat from product destrcution) - Product life extension
→ repairing, upgrading and remanufacturing products + chaning outdated component is replaced - Sharing platforms
→ sharing of overcapacity (boke sharing) - Product as a Service
→ alternative to “buy and own” + lease or pay for use