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The recommendations I would suggest for structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealership network are Wolf Motors should consider a centralized corporate level Materials Management System to consolidate buying decisions for each of the 4 dealerships. This would facilitate greater leveraging with suppliers for consistent quality-control. They should study, calculate and make effective decisions on the materials that should be brought for each of the four dealerships instead of allowing each dealer to do it on their own. An automated

There are two components of the supply chain that have broken down in this instance, materials management and production. Materials management is responsible for correctly forecasting the needed supplies and materials and passing that information off to the supplier. Production is responsible for maintaining a good line of communication based of their demand, if they are in need of more material and supplies this needs to be up-channeled to management which in turn should make a decision based on the information at hand. In my opinion, based on the available

This is something that must be addressed in supply chain management because if one area of the company is operating below capacity the other sectors will not be able to make up this lack of production. Another main component of supply chain management is how to handle damaged goods. It is a waste of money to send out defective products because it costs the organization large amounts of money to recall the damaged materials back to the factory and replace them, slowing production efficiency. There must be quality controls and regulations that enable Ford to minimize inventory defects and returns. The Ford Motor Company must have damage control operations to continue manufacturing the same amount of automobiles so that they do not lose any necessary inventory. There must also be procedures in place that deal with delivery systems and the delays and unsuitable materials that could easily occur. This paper will fully break down the previous issues associated with the Ford Motor Company 's supply chain management and operations. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF FORD Synopsis of Supply Chain Management as it Applies to Ford The definition of supply chain management (SCM) involves taking a systems approach to the entire supply chain with the overall goal of reducing the level of risk and uncertainty throughout the supply chain. This will ultimately permit lower

To help mitigate the supplier risks, determine the supplier’s attitude to safety, quality, and environmental aspects to delivering components. Another treatment would be to appoint an onsite supplier liaison manager responsible for signing off on any supplier and/or design changes. It would also be helpful to have back to back contracts with sub-contractors.

Riordan Manufacturing 's current process is not very efficient. It calls for multiple suppliers to ship parts to Riordan 's raw material storage area at regular intervals. These intervals have been set up in advance using production history as a guideline. This process causes a huge inventory spike during slow production times thus requiring a large amount of storage space and upfront costs. There is not a standardized method for the individual assembly areas to communicate parts shortages back to the raw material storage area. Also, as indicated during our analysis, the network infrastructure and current systems at the plant are very outdated causing system slowdowns and reducing plant efficiency.

Recommendation:1. Improve Just-in-time systemSpartan Plastic Limited need to improve Just-in-time system, it is control aims to maintain inventory level at zero, with an immediate objective of reducing the capital tied to the inventories. It is an important principle that able to eliminating waste throughout the production system. The waste can occur, through excess inventories and overly large lot sizes, both of which can cause unnecessarily long customer lead times. Let's explain the role of the core JIT practices in enhancing manufacturing performance. JIT manufacturing requires the establishment of JIT supplier relationships with suppliers; Spartan in this case, that is able and willing to deliver the needed quantities of parts as the needs arise and without any defects.

In 1916, the Boeing Company (Boeing), was founded in Seattle Washington. Boeing is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers in producing military and commercial aircraft carriers. Throughout Boeing’s history, the company has developed several strategic alliances with various aerospace companies. Further, the company has merged and acquired numerous international aerospace firms such as McDonnell Douglas, Rockwell International, Jappesen Aerospace, Hughes Space and Communications, and North American Aviation (Boeing, 2014). Boeing is currently conducting business operations in approximately seventy (70) countries and approximately 200,000 employees. Further, there are approximately 25,000 suppliers within the company’s supply chain. In addition, the company has a very intricate value chain as seen in Table 1 below.

Apply time, money, people and other resource involve in early supply and supplier to assure continuous availability at the lowest cost in strategy spend.

This case analysis explores quality management issues as it pertains to Trexler, a supplier of Integrated Devices, and suggestions to process improvement in order to increase quality throughout the value chain. This paper critically deciphers the weaknesses and opportunity areas that Integrated Logistics should research before continued business with Trexler is attempted. This analysis includes research and best practices outlined by Monczka, Handfield, Giunipero, and Patterson (2011) relative to the case study.

Some of it suppliers are commodities and thus are subject to price fluctuations; for example, petroleum-based materials are used in Under Armour’s products and the petroleum industry has experienced significant swings in price and relative availability in recent months and years.

In recent years the acquisition community has changed its weapons system sustainment nomenclature from acquisition logistics to life cycle logistics and, to its most current iteration, product support. As noted by the Defense Acquisition Guidebook, “Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) is the preferred Department of Defense product support strategy to improve weapon system readiness by procuring performance, which capitalizes on integrated logistics chains and public/private partnerships.” (Defense Acquisition University, 2005) “Performance Based Logistics (also commonly referred to as Performance Based Life

Air Asia leading airline was established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone. Since 2001, Air Asia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world’s best. With a route network that spans through to over 20 countries, Air Asia continues to pave the way for low-cost aviation through our innovative solutions, efficient processes and a passionate approach to business. Together with our associate companies, Air Asia X, Thai Air Asia, Indonesia Air Asia, Philippines Air Asia and Japan Air Asia.

Ford should trim its supplier networks down to one- or two-tier and select the suppliers with advanced and compatible IT capabilities. In the meantime, Ford should pay more attention to building and strengthening the data linkages – like communicating inventory levels and replenishment needs regularly with vendors - to facilitate the sharing of information in real-time fashion. Ford also needs to encourage the dealers to improve their IT ability and much more involve them in forecasting demand.

This requires a good understanding of the business model of a company by their suppliers in order not to frustrate their service delivery process. Cashbuild strives to improve their value chain by having long-term contracts with key suppliers and contracting in providers of transport to facilitate their on-time delivery. They have concern, though, of having limited suppliers of some products.

The company uses target pricing for the parts they purchase from suppliers. To Honda, customer satisfaction is top priority which they accomplish through suppliers competitiveness in quality, cost, delivery, development, and management. Honda gives its suppliers target costs and it reduces the cost through own ideas, technology, and improved productivity. Exhibit 1 illustrates Honda’s supply chain.