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lecture_2-2.pptxLevel Two Supply Chain Management
Supply Chains, Operations, Projects
Today......
By the end of this session you should:
Have an understanding of the differences between supply chains, operations, and projects.
Where are you now?
What do you know about supply chains?
Do you know what an operation is?
Do you know what a project is?
Where are you now?
We don’t expect you to have detailed understanding yet.
Important for everyone to follow the weekly reading list.
Supply chains, operations and projects in the news.
VW emissions
Horse meat
London 2012
Question……
What have you seen about supply chains in the news recently?
Supply Chain
Slack – strand of linked operations.
Linear traditional model
Closed loop supply chains
Recycling
Focus on delivery
However, need to understand what goes on around the supply chain.
The Traditional Supply Chain
Suppliers
Manufacturers
Distributors
Retailers
End Customers
Flow of Information
Flow of Goods
Closed Loop Supply Chain
Operations
How organisations create and deliver products and services.
Transformation process.
More discrete than a supply chain
Links with marketing and product development.
Operations
Operations
Examples:
Subway sandwiches
Assembly of an iPhone
Opening a bank account
Flight
Adding value
Projects
Low volume, high variety
Defined start and end
Deliverables
Milestones
Quality, cost and time
Projects
Success:
Clearly defined goals
Competent PM and team
Sufficient resources
Control and troubleshooting mechanisms
Staff continuity
Projects
Examples:
Running a music festival
Develop prototype smart phone
Build a new luxury hotel
Projects – Gantt Charts
Dependencies between tasks
Detail is important
Defined start and end points for every task
Can be translated into critical path analysis
Latest or earliest start and end times
Question……
If projects have supply chains; and supply chains have operations; are all of these things the same?
In Summary
Supply chains can span a wide range of organisations in order to deliver a product from supplier to customer.
Operations occur within individual organisations and seek to transform and add value.
Projects are more specialised and defined events. Often using cross functional teams.
This Module…..
Will focus on supply chain management, however:
Operations and projects are an important part of that.
It is important you understand the difference between the three.
To Do
Reading as per the weekly reading schedule.
Access news articles
Online task on moodle from Thursday
