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Quality & Supply Chain Management

QUALITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Running Head : Quality and Supply Chain Management

QUALITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

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Quality and Supply Chain Management

Introduction

I .1 . Role of Supply Chain Management

The scope of supply chain management spans to all movement and storage of corporate materials and goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption . These goods include raw materials , work in process inventories and finished goods . By the emerging phenomenon of globalization and the increasing level of competition everywhere , the role of supply chain management in

enhancing customer satisfaction is now more crucial

Designing and managing the supply chain require understanding of the steps involved within the process . Within this we will discuss how the steps of supply chain management will help a company to achieve better profitability and take advantage of existing growth potentials The will use a case study as an example of how supply chain management principles are performed in a real case

I .2 . Case Background

The case study is regarding a company owning a division producing industrial chemicals and specialty chemicals . The sales and marketing department of the division stated that they plan to develop a new distribution center in the Northeast region of the population to gain advantage of the more densely populated area . However , the plan was obstructed by cost factors . Two previous studies indicated that the sum of the construction costs , operation costs and transportation costs will be larger than the presumable profit resulted from the investment

In effort of finding new alternatives to get a piece of the new market potential , a new plan was formulated . Instead of building a distribution center in the Northeast region , conditions indicated that it would be sounder for the company to build an in-land facility that will function as a connector to the Northeast market . The location is in the city not yet in the middle of the Northeast region , but it is closer to the company 's existing distribution center . The city is facilitated with transportation infrastructures that enable easier distribution from existing distribution center . This is an effort of performing a short feasibility study of the new plan of building an in-land location as elaborated Required Types of Information

According to the `Manual for the Preparation of Industrial Feasibility Studies ' assembled by the United Nations (1978 , there are standard steps of measuring whether or not an investment plan is sound . These steps represent the important points and the information requirements for performing the feasibility study . They are

Elaborating project background

The step is an effort to clarify corporate goals and intentions from short and long-term economic perspectives . The information required is an inward assessment of goals and preferences

Assessing market and distribution center capacity

The step requires data of market demands , projected sales , distribution program , warehouse capacity , etc

Assessing Inputs

Inputs include raw materials , auxiliary materials , finished goods . The calculation needs a list of annual supply requirements of material and product inputs to the distribution center

Assessing location...

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