tailieunhanh - Lecture Advances in supply chain management - Chapter 25

In this chapter you should be able to: Discuss the philosophies of quality gurus, define the term quality as it relates to products and as it relates to services, identify the determinants of quality,. | 2 PART IV ARCHITECTURE OF SELECTED APS 3 SUMMARY of Last Lecture In the chemical industry final products of one producer act as input material to the production process of the following producer (. the customer of the first producer). The following producer may be also a chemical company, further refining and processing the input chemicals, or it may be a producer of some other products, such as textiles, food, pharmaceuticals, etc., using the input chemicals as ingredients for their final products. In the As-Is Analyze phase all relevant information regarding the supply chain is gathered. This information forms the foundation for the requirements analysis, the selection of the appropriate Strategic Network Design module supporting the requirements, and the creation of a baseline model. Out of the results of the As-Is Analysis and the scope and requirements of the project, the best suitable APS software can be chosen. There is a broad variety of tools on the market, most of them designed to solve specific problems and therefore having specific data requirements. The baseline model is the representation of the As-Is network in the simulation software. To develop the baseline model three steps are required as shown in Fig. . In step 1 the model assumptions are developed One of the reasons for the implementation of a Strategic Network Design module of an APS is the ability to quickly evaluate alternative scenarios. The creation and evaluation of alternative scenarios is divided into three steps. Figure summarizes the approach for the development of alternative scenarios. 4 FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC NETWORK DESIGN The framework for strategic network design consists out of the following four building blocks: As-is analysis Software selection Baseline model Alternative scenarios As-Is Analysis: In the As-Is Analyze phase all relevant information regarding the supply chain is gathered. This information forms the foundation for the requirements analysis, . | 2 PART IV ARCHITECTURE OF SELECTED APS 3 SUMMARY of Last Lecture In the chemical industry final products of one producer act as input material to the production process of the following producer (. the customer of the first producer). The following producer may be also a chemical company, further refining and processing the input chemicals, or it may be a producer of some other products, such as textiles, food, pharmaceuticals, etc., using the input chemicals as ingredients for their final products. In the As-Is Analyze phase all relevant information regarding the supply chain is gathered. This information forms the foundation for the requirements analysis, the selection of the appropriate Strategic Network Design module supporting the requirements, and the creation of a baseline model. Out of the results of the As-Is Analysis and the scope and requirements of the project, the best suitable APS software can be chosen. There is a broad variety of tools on the market, most of them .