TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
Introduction: 4
Plan 5 Source 5 Make 6 Deliver 6 Return 6 Just-in-time (JIT): 7 Stocks: 7 Safety Stock: 8 Stock Taking: 8 Lead time: 8 Inventory control: 9 Transaction cost approach: 9 Environmental concerns: 9 Sourcing to Delivery: 10
Inventory Management 10
Enterprise Resource Planning System 11
Material Requirement Planning System 11
Demand Forecasting and Order Management System 11
KFC an Overview 12
Cupola Group 13 Vision 13 Mission 13 Facts 14
Supply Chain Management at KFC 15
Planning 15 Planning Department 15 Functions 15 Planning Inputs 16 Initial Steps 16 Sourcing 17
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Develop a set of pricing, delivery and payment processes with suppliers and create metrics for monitoring and improving the relationships. And put together processes for managing the inventory of goods and services one receive from suppliers, including receiving shipments, verifying them, transferring them to its manufacturing facilities and authorizing supplier payments.
Make:
This is the manufacturing step. Schedule the activities necessary for production, testing, packaging and preparation for delivery. As the most metric-intensive portion of the supply chain, measure quality levels, production output and worker productivity.
Deliver:
This is the part that many insiders refer to as "logistics." Coordinate the receipt of orders from customers, develop a network of warehouses, pick carriers to get products to customers and set up an invoicing system to receive payments.
Return:
Create a network for receiving defective and excess products back from customers and supporting customers who have problems with delivered products.
In these five basic components the “sourcing” becomes the most significant one, which inter-links all other components. The objective of sourcing is the identification and selection of the Supplier whose costs, qualities, technologies, timeliness, dependability and service best meet the firm's needs.
Strategic Sourcing is a systematic process that directs a Supply manager's plan, to manage and develop the supply base in
The main elements of a supply chain include purchasing, operations, distribution, and integration. The supply chain begins with purchasing. Purchasing managers or buyers are typically responsible for determining which products their company will sell, sourcing product suppliers and vendors, and procuring products from vendors at prices and terms that meets profitability goals.
the authority to determine the shipments, decides what products to ship and when to ship it and lastly
{Build the Supply Base: supplier selection1. supplier evaluation- find potential suppliers, supplier certification (qualification, education, certificationISO 9000,14000). 2. Supplier development- integrate supplier in system, quality require, product specs, schedule/delivery, procurement polices, training, engineer/production help, information transfer procedures. 3. Negotiation- significant element, strategies: Cost based price model (open books to supplier, based on time and materials) Market based price model (based on published, auction, index prices: commodities) Competitive bidding (most common, no longterm relationship, request for rfq). 4. Contracting- share risks, benefits, incentives. Centralized purchasing, E procurement (online catalogs/exchanges, online auctions).} Logistics MGT- obtain efficient operations through integration of all material acquisition, movement, and storage activities. Frequent for outsourcing, allow competitive advantage from reduce costs and improve customer service. 1.Shipping systems: truck(flexible, moves majority manufactured goods) rail( large loads, containers) Airfreight( fast/flexible light loads, expensive) water( used for bulky low value cargo, oldest way of transportation) Pipelines( transport oil, gas,
The Customer relationship, Order fulfillment, and Supplier relationship processes need to be analyzed from the perspective of process structure, process improvement, layout, and capacity.
In this assignment I will be writing a formal report that will explain a typical procurement process, I will outline a variety of methods of supplier reimbursement and contract relationships; I will also outline the pros and cons of each contract type. As well as this, I will explain a typical supplier selection process through the use of Carters 10 C’s and a typical selection process model.
A source criterion that would be applicable to any project is supply price. This is the main concern for a firm because it needs to get supplies at the most competitive price. This can be a good basis when selecting a supplier in the short and long term project management process.
* Outbound logistics- During this step Target’s managers should make sure the received products are correct and ready to be stocked on the shelves for the consumers (Riley, 2012).
The first KFC was opened in Tiananmen Square, China 1987; it struggled as western food was unknown to the east. This was still a very conservative nation, not prepared for the “Fast Food” takeover. The restaurant did pretty well, but grew slowly. The Harvard business review, stated that “in 1992 the Chinese government granted foreign companies greater access to markets, KFC China’s managers gradually developed the blueprint that would transform the chain.” (Yums' China, 2017) Although they have done well for themselves they struggled, as growth was steady but slow and their customer base was shrinking. “In November 2016 Yum China Holdings, Inc. became a licensee of Yum brands in Mainland China; they have exclusive rights to KFC.” (Yums' China, 2017) Yum controls approximately 7,300 restaurants and more than 400,000 employees in more than 1, 100 cities. YUMS generated over $8bln in sales in 2015.
A supply chain solution to ordering would be to invest in purchasing software set up on a network for KFF management and store managers to access at anytime. This software would allow all stores to place orders cohesively. Each store manager can see how much product is being sold in each store and compare sales. If there is an overstock in one store, managers can move inventory to another store by looking at the data on the network. Kathy can implement a Just-in-Time (JIT) system. This is the concept behind creating the firm 's product in the least amount of time (Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 2002). Kathy and the management team will develop a smooth and integrated production process. Possibly in the future KFF can use the same type of JIT inventory systems as Wal-Mart. The inventory reorders are generated as products are scanned at check out. As soon as an items hits a certain number in stock, the information is sent to the supplier for reorder
The corporation is seeking data to determine the optimal course of action for distribution, referred to hereafter as the supply chain. This analyst has researched several supply-chain strategies. These strategies will be presented in this report. The analyst will also provide a concerted
Answer 1. Strategic sourcing is the major tools and technology in supply chain management and it delivers cost reductions and other offers and advantages. It will make strategic sourcing different from a traditional sourcing. This sounds the most strategic supplier relationship that is based on cost and there is an ability to create new business with technological advances.
The present organizational chart of the SC Department in the company includes two buyers, one material control clerk, one expeditor and two shipper/receivers. This structure was functional to the previous strategy because there was a strong focus on the purchasing function. We believe that in order to maximize the SC Department resources in accordance with the new structure the positions and functions of the people with the SC Department will have to be adapted to strengthen the inventory management function of the company. There company could benefit from having one person responsible for forecasting demand. Processes should be reviewed to ensure that the SC Department has sufficient access to information in order to achieve this task. Re-buying will also be of utmost importance now in order to ensure that there is always sufficient inventory to maintain production going.
The purpose of this report is to identify an organization and map out its business processes. The company I had chosen is Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). In this report, I am going to talk about the company and further on describing it business processes and how they manage such a big organization.
KFC Does two types of planning, Strategic Planning and Operational Planning. Strategic Planning is done to increase its market worth value of the market share and Operational Planning includes launching of new product to change or innovate its product line for the customers. Planning objectives of KFC are to expand the organization on all over the UAE, to create and build superior quality for the customers, to follow marketing mix strategies and to generate superior financial return for KFC and KFC’s employees. Menu planning is done by researching. Supply chain management planning includes the full process related to the supply of raw materials which include chicken, spices and packing material and to increase operation, the objectives of supply chain management planning is to increase the level of outsourcing, increase globalization, increase the supply, increase the competitive pressure and increase the customers.The KFC mission statement is to “sell food in a fast, friendly environment that appeals to pride conscious, health minded consumers”.
For a purchasing operation to be effective it must adhere to some key points. A purchasing operation must identify the requirements of the user, effectively and efficiently evaluate the needs of the user, and identify suppliers that will meet the needs of the use. They must also develop agreements with those suppliers, develop ordering mechanism with the suppliers and ensure payment occurs promptly and determine that the need of the user was met.