Week 4 Project

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Supply Chain Processes

Supply Chain Council (SSC) developed a supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model as a cross-industry process reference model for SCM. SCOR identi�es a common set of supply chain processes to help companies set goals for supply chain improvement and understand SCM issues. SCOR de�nes �ve principle supply chain processes:

Plan: Balances aggregate supply and demand to develop a course of action to meet sourcing, production, and delivery needs.

Source: Procures the services and goods required to create a speci�c service or product.

Make: Transforms a product into a �nished state to meet actual or planned demand.

Deliver: Provides services and �nished goods to meet actual or planned demand, including transportation, order, and distribution management.

Return: Receives returned products and includes post delivery customer support.

Logistics is the control and planning of all factors that will impact the transportation of a service or a product.

Just-in-time (JIT) systems minimize inventory by having components arrive exactly at the moment they are needed and �nished goods shipped as soon as they leave the assembly line.