scholarly journals Case Article—Suncrest AgriBusiness Company: Exploiting the Flexibility of Backup Capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saurabh Bansal ◽  
Timothy J. Lowe ◽  
Philip C. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Influence Diagrams ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Optimal Capacity

The primary objective of the case study is to help students understand, model, and solve capacity planning problems (i) when the production yield is uncertain and (ii) if the yield of first production is low, the product can be produced a second time. The dimension of random yield emphasizes supply chain management challenges beyond the traditional newsvendor problem, which has a nice closed-form solution. The dimension of operational flexibility underscores the importance of modeling skills, such as influence diagrams, that can be used to brainstorm, model, and solve new problems. Extensive use of the case in graduate supply chain management courses shows that in the absence of a mathematical model, students systematically deviate from optimal capacity usage. Usually, the presence of backup flexibility reduces first-period production. However, students’ responses often suggest cutting first production too much. When it is available, students consistently overuse the flexibility of second-period production. Overall, students believed the case was challenging and that it provides a valuable learning experience.

An exploratory study of experiential learning in teaching a supply chain management course in an emerging market economy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minwir M. Al-Shammari
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The study is exploratory and aims to investigate students’ learning experience in a supply chain management (SCM) course at a university in Bahrain. The selected learning skills were cognitive, affective and interactive, whereas the adopted pedagogical tools were case analysis, evaluative essay and game exercise. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was distributed to undergraduate students enrolled in an SCM course at a university in Bahrain. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques were used. Inferential analysis tests were principal component analysis, Kruskal–Wallis analysis of variance and Dunn’s post hoc pairwise comparison test. Findings Results are inconclusive but revealed significant differences in students’ perceptions of learning skills among the adopted teaching methods. Significant differences in the perceived learning skills were found between the evaluative essay and the case analysis and between the report and the game exercise. The game exercise was the most useful technique in improving students’ interactive, cognitive and affective skills, followed by case analysis and evaluative essay. Research limitations/implications As the sample of this study consisted of students enrolled in a particular SCM course at a University in Bahrain, the small sample size may restrict the study’s conclusive findings. Practical implications It is recommended to establish an experiential or problem-based learning support unit to assist faculty in the planning, design and development of pedagogical and assessment tools. Originality/value The research findings are expected to help design, assess and enhance students’ learning experience in SCM and other business courses that adopt a process-based experiential learning perspective.

Supply Chain Management in Condition of Production Company

2014 ◽  
Vol 718 ◽  
pp. 168-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Csikósová ◽  
Mária Antošová
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Company Strategy ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Flexible Foils ◽  
Production Company ◽  
New System

Contribution presents application of logistic access, solved through Supply Chain Management (SCM) with orientation mainly to the capacity planning of production with aim to increase flexibility and productivity of production process. Such changes are necessary to be realized by change of company strategy, as well as by project’s preparation and change of investment’s aims for realization of transition to new system of production management. Discussion is orientated to concrete conditions of polygraph company in Slovakia, orientated to production, refinement and sale of flexible foils for packages.

scholarly journals Key strategic issues pharmaceutical industry of SCM: A systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 808-817
Author(s):  
Erick Fernando ◽  
Meyliana Meyliana ◽  
Harco Leslie Hendric Spits Warnars ◽  
Edi Abdurachman
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Development Capacity

In this global era, making the competition in the pharmaceutical industry is very treacly. Implementation Supply chain management is the process of planning and managing all sourcing, procurement, distribution activities to increase value to customers and interested companies. Pharmaceutical companies are one that has a very complex supply chain. In this article will discuss the main issues that can improve industry strategic. This research is done by the systematic approach of literature to find things related to research. This study used 64 articles from search results. The results of this search are key issues in the pharmaceutical industry such as product and process development, capacity planning, factory and network design, e-business and IT applications, inventory management, outsourcing and reverse logistics, lean manufacturing, performance measures, people, and information technology. All of these findings are issues that improve the performance of supply chain management in the pharmaceutical industry.

Extension Model of Influence Diagrams

2011 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 1479-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Song Peng
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Graphical Model ◽  
Influence Diagrams ◽  
Influence Diagram ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
New Model ◽  
Extension Model ◽  
Extensional Model

An influence diagram is a kind of graphical model that can represent both the probabilistic relationship between variables and can easy to make decisions. It can make full use of Bayesian Network and Decisiton Tree. Influence Diagram should be modify to inprove the effiency to express relationships among variables. Extensional model of Influence Diagrams is introduced in this paper to express the new kind influence diagrams. And this kind of new model can be applied in the area of supply chain management.

Medikamentenlogistik: Kooperation: Swisslog Healthcare und SPZ

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 78-78
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Chain Management

Swisslog, ein führender Anbieter von Lösungen für Medikamenten- und Supply-Chain-Management im Gesundheitswesen, hat vom angesehenen Schweizer Paraplegiker-Zentrum in Nottwil (SPZ) den Großauftrag für die Lieferung und Installation seiner modernsten Technologie zur stationären und ambulanten Medikamentenversorgung erhalten.

Theory of the firm, Supply Chain management, and relationship marketing

2014 ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
M. Storchevoy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Theory Of The Firm ◽  
Chain Management

The paper studies through the lens of the economic theory of the firm the development of two managerial disciplines: supply chain management and relationship marketing. The author demonstrates which ideas have been borrowed by these disciplines from the economic theory of the firm, and in what extent their implications may be useful for the latter.

Pengukuran Kinerja Supply Chain Menggunakan Supply Chain Operation Reference (Scor®) (Studi Kasus Koperasi Baitul Qiradh Baburrayyan)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raysa Aleyzia ◽  
Hasan Yudie Sastra
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Green Beans ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Chain Operation ◽  
Cost To Serve ◽  
Supply Chain Operation

Manajemen supply chain yang tidak maksimal akan mempengaruhi kinerja suatu perusahaan. Di Aceh Tengah terdapat suatu koperasi yaitu Koperasi Baitul Qiradh (KBQ) Baburrayyan yang sudah menerapkan manajemen supply chain. Koperasi ini bergerak di bisnis perdagangan biji kopi (green bean). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur kinerja supply chain dari KBQ Baburrayyan. Metode yang digunakan adalah SCOR® dengan praktik perbaikan Convergence of SCOR® with Lean and Six Sigma. Target kinerja yang diperoleh untuk total cost to serve adalah sebesar 94,71% dari nilai target 65,00% dan untuk return on supply chain fixed asset adalah sebesar 1,60 dari nilai target 2,50. Hasil yang diperoleh dari penggunaan praktik tersebut adalah terdapat 8 akar penyebab waste di antaranya kurangnya tenaga pengawas, training/briefing belum maksimal, kurangnya kepedulian tentang pentingnya K3, layout yang kurang efisien, belum adanya unit penyuluhan, alat yang masih sederhana, pekerjaan yang monoton, dan tidak dilarang secara tegas.   Supply chain management that is not optimal will affect the performance of a company. In Central Aceh there is a cooperative namely Koperasi Baitul Qiradh (KBQ) Baburrayyan which has implemented supply chain management. This cooperative is engaged in the business of trading in green beans. This study aims to measure the supply chain performance of KBQ Baburrayyan. The method used is SCOR® with the practice of improving Convergence of SCOR® with Lean and Six Sigma. The performance target for total cost to serve is 94.71% of the target value of 65.00% and the return on supply chain fixed assets is 1.60 of the target value of 2.50. The results obtained from the use of the practice are that there are 8 root causes of waste including lack of supervisors, training / briefing is not maximal, lack of concern about the importance of K3, inefficient layouts, absence of extension units, simple tools, monotonous work, and not strictly prohibited.

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