SCM 300 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE LATEST 2023 NEW A RATED EXAM
Supply Chain Management: The Efficient Integration of: suppliers, manufacturers, transportation organizations and other parties responsible for bringing products
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SCM 300 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE LATEST 2023 NEW A RATED EXAM
Supply Chain Management: The Efficient Integration of: suppliers, manufacturers, transportation organizations and other parties responsible for bringing products and services to market (doing the least amount of work for the best product)
-Achieve Goals
-Execute Efficiently
-Manage Resources
Operations Management: Design, operation, and improvement of the production systems that efficiently transform INPUTS into finished goods maximizing productivity (ie. process management, capacity planning, scheduling, waiting line management)
Procurement (purchasing): responsible for acquiring materials, equipment, products and services
○ Finding supplier that offers the best value
○ Negotiate terms of purchase
○ Create long-term relationships with suppliers
Operations: responsible for making business processes effective and efficient
○ Making highest quality product with the fewest resources possible
Logistics: responsible for developing transportation itinerary (movement and storage) to navigate smooth flow of materials
Reverse Logistics: management of products that flow upstream (toward supplier)
Global SCM: when supply chain partners span across multiple countries/continents
1st tier suppliers: provides goods and services directly to a company
2nd tier supplier: provides goods and services to a company’s 1st tier supplier
SCM flows: Materials, money, and information -if these three are not continuously flowing, supply chain will fail
Business model: a company’s plan for how it will purchase items, transform them, deliver them, and sell them to product profit
○ Business to Consumer (B2C) - amazon, starbucks, nordstrom
○ Business to Business (B2B) - boeing, consulting/marketing agencies
○ Both B2B and B2C- IBM, dell, verizon
○ Brick & Mortar- land-based commerce only (ex.Burger King, Circle K)
○ Internet Only Retailer -net commerce only (ex. Amazon.com)
○ Click & Mortar - land-based and internet (ex. Nordstrom, barnes and noble)
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