Chp 3 - Techniques Effective SC management

Question 1

What are the stages of evolution for a purchasing department (pg 167)

Answer 1

Van Weele 1998

TCCIEV

1 - transaction - serve the factory
2 - commercial - lowest unit price
3 - co-ordination of purchasing
4 - internal integration - cross functional purchasing
5 - external integration - supply chain management
6 - value chain orientation.

Question 2

What are the forces determining Supply Chain success (pg 168)

Answer 2

Gatorna

Competition
Strategy
Cultural considerations
Leadership style

Behavioural forces - Carl Jung mapping onto Myers-Briggs

Integration = feeling
Development = intuition
Administration = sensing
Production = thinking

Question 3

What are the building blocks for collaborative relations (pg 172)

Answer 3

Whipple and Russell 2007

• Mutual objective
• Policy integration
• Development of decision making
• Information sharing
• Alignment of rewards and incentives

Range of collaboration

Type 1
Collaborative transaction
Very subscribed one way conversation
No joint decision making

Type 2
Collaborative event
Joint planning
Two way conversations

Type 3
Collaborative process
Joint processes and systems
Long term planning ongoing to develop capabilities