The Powerlines Undergrounding Project, London ( 2012 )

Who is affected most by this issues? You are trying to identify who are the relevant stakeholders to the situation, and who will be affected by the decisions to be made.

The bottom line of a business is the ultimate goal which is to gain profit and as such businesses have to develop strategies achieve this. One such strategy is collaboration which includes the people and culture of the organization along with process and governance and technology. Setting a collaboration vision gives the business a competitive edge which will drive the business performance. Four benefits that can be derived from collaboration are reduction in cost, enhancing the qualities of deliverables, product delivery may be increased through better decision making. Collaboration can also help the company to revamp their business processes and create new ones in an effort to differentiate it, (Liu, 2010).

Every day in our life we come across challenges. It becomes imperative that we find solutions to them. Some problems we need to face alone and some we need to encounter as a team. I worked in several teams all my professional life and I believe that any task can be easily completed when there is coordination between the members of the team. In this reflection paper I would like to present my views on the importance of defining roles, advantages of being with the same team, challenges in a diversified group and the significance of trusting team members.

Good teamwork is essential for high performance in Procurement and Supply. Teams facilitate the performance of tasks which require the collective skills, experience or knowledge of more than one person or discipline.

Organizations must pursue the goal of matching supply with demand in a timely fashion through the most efficient use of cross-chain resources. Supply chain partners must work together to maximize resource productivity, develop standardized processes, eliminate duplicate efforts, and minimize inventory levels. Such steps will help the organization reduce waste, drive out costs, and achieve efficiencies in the supply chain.

The main focus is getting the right product and quantity delivered in the right condition to the right address at the right time to the right customer and most important at the right price. Process of transporting, warehousing, Logistics, 3PL/4PL and the Reverse logistic based on the premise of enhanced supply chain visibility through information and risk sharing, collaboration continues to simultaneously represent one of the biggest opportunities, and

In my interview with Elly Cipto, I learned a lot about what she does as a business owner of Computech International Technology, a small company that resells machinery parts. When discussing some of the challenges that she faces, she identified managing supplier relationships to be one of the biggest issues when working in international business. The issue with having to manage supplier relationships is the difficulty of finding suppliers that carry the correct parts, minimizing the cost of purchasing from the suppliers as a small business, and having to track costs with so many different suppliers. I chose to study this issue further because I think it is really interesting to try and understand the complexity of having to find different suppliers, maintain relationships with various people, and minimize costs. I also believe that as the main driver of the costs in Elly’s business, solving this issue could potentially have the most impact in increasing the profitability of her company.

For many businesses, goods and services provided by suppliers or partners account for a significant portion of the cost and value of the final product. Suppliers include not only companies that provide materials and components, but also distributors, transportation companies, and information, healthcare, and education providers. Key suppliers might provide unique design, technology, integration, or marketing capabilities that are not available within the business, and therefore can be critical to achieving such strategic objectives as lower costs, faster time-to-market, and improved quality.

This entails ensuring that everybody within the organisation is coordinated in their efforts to satisfy customers and that no potential gaps exist between offer, design and delivery (Hooley, Piercy and Nicoulaud, 2012).

In order to execute the underground rail project with dense pipelines and crowed population, there are many factors to be considered including risk, variation, challenge and dynamic which are much higher than the common ground constructions.

Supply chain management is applicable to both manufacturing and service industries. To achieve Customer satisfaction & loyalty ,success for individual firms depends on how well the supply chain functions as a whole. The sharing knowledge of new products and technologies with the suppliers it creates the successful product. One of the key element for achieving supply chain effectiveness is establishing and nurturing trust across the organizational boundaries especially with suppliers(Hanfield & Bechtel, 2001)

An organization and its suppliers are interdependent and a mutually beneficial relationship enhances the ability of both to create value.

First, the people in supply chain are the driving agent that allow the entire supply chain to run smoothly. Without proper and thorough communication a supply chain will not function to its full capacity. Within your supply chain you have many different tiers of workers that all need to be informed and committed to getting the work done effectively and efficiently. The people in supply chain are more than just the workers in the Logistics department. They are the suppliers, the suppliers’ suppliers, the customers, the customers’ customers. From the beginning of the entire process you have to think about the different ways in which your product

Therefore, it’s up to your team to create quality relationships with buyers. These connections will build trust and offer key insights on how to improve service.

is the key to rational, long term cooperation. That’s why TSO co-workers visit suppliers regularly to