Chapter 2 Flashcards
What are the 6 supply chain drivers?
- Inventory
- Transportation
- Facilities
- Information
- Sourcing
- Pricing
Involves moving inventory from one point in the supply chain to another point.
Transportation
Consists of all raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods within a supply chain.
Inventory
Six basic modes of transportation are:
Air
Truck
Rail
Ship
Pipeline
Electronic Transportation
Place where inventory is stored, manufactured or assembled.
Facilities
Consists of data and results of analysis regarding inventory, transportation, facilities, customer orders, customers, and funds.
Information
The choice of who will perform a particular supply chain activity, such as production, storage, transportation, or the management of information.
Sourcing
Determines how much a firm will charge for the goods and services that is makes available in the supply chain.
Pricing
Obstacles of Supply Chain Management
- lack of top management support
- non-aligned strategic and operating philosophies
- inability or unwillingness to share information
- lack of trust among supply chain members
- unwillingness to share risks and rewards
- inflexible organizational systems and processes
- cross-functional conflicts
- inconsistent or inadequate performance measures
- resistance to change
- lack of training for new mindsets and skills
Scope of supply chain activities
- Sourcing and procurement
- production scheduling and manufacturing
- order processing
- inventory management
- warehousing
- customer service
- distribution
- reverse logistics
The term “marketing mix” became popular after __________ published his ____ article, The Concepts of the Marketing Mix.
Neil H. Borden, 1964
Describes the marketing manager as a “mixer of ingredients”.
Culliton
Proposed a Four P classification in 1960
McCarthy
Parameters that the marketing manager can control, subject to the internal and external constraints of the marketing environment.
Four P’s
What are the Four P’s
- Price
- Product
- Promotion
- Place