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Chapter 2: Operations and Supply Chain Strategies

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Mission Statement

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A statement that explains why an organization exists. It describes what is important to the organization, called its core values, and identifies the organization’s domain.

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Business Strategy

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A mechanism by which a businesses coordinates its decisions regarding structural and infrastructural elements to support its mission.

Identifies a firm’s targeted customers, how the firm will compete, and sets time frames and performance objectives for the business

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Functional Strategy

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A plan of action that translates a business strategy into functional (e.g., supply chain, marketing, human resources, finance, etc.) responses supporting the business strategy.

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Core Competency

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An organizational strength or ability developed over a long period of time, that customers value and competitors find difficult or impossible to copy. Objective of strategy is to develop core competencies.

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Operations and supply chain strategy

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A functional strategy that indicates how structural and infrastructural elements with the operations and supply chain areas will be acquired and developed to support the overall business strategy.

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Structural Decision Categories

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Capacity

Facilities

Technology

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Capacity

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Amount, Type, Timing of capacity changes

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Facilities

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Services/Manufacturing, Warehouses, Distribution hubs

Size, location, degree of specialization

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Technology

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Services/Manufacturing processes, Material handling equipment, Transportation equipment, Information systems

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Infrastructural Decision Categories

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Organization

Sourcing/Purchasing

Planning and Control

Business Processes and Quality Management

Product and service development

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Organization

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Structure, Control/reward systems, Workforce decisions

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Sourcing/Purchasing

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Sourcing strategies, Supplier selection, Supplier performance measurement

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Planning and Control

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Forecasting, Tactical planning, Inventory management, Production planning and control

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Business Processes and Quality Management

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Six Sigma, Continuous improvement, Statistical quality control

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Product and service development

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The developmental process, Organizational and supplier roles

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Four Major Performance Dimensions

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  • Quality
  • Time
  • Flexibility
  • Cost

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Performance Quality

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Addresses the basic operating characteristics of a product or service.

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Conformance Quality

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Addresses whether a product was made or a service performed to specifications.

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Reliability Quality

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Addresses whether a product will work for a long time without failing or requiring maintenance.

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Delivery Speed

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Delivery Speed - How quickly the operations or supply chain function can fulfill a need once it has been identified.

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Delivery Reliability

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The ability to deliver products or services when promised.

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Mix Flexibility

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The ability to produce a wide range of products or services.

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Changeover Flexibility

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The ability to produce a new product with minimal delay.

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Volume Flexibility

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The ability to efficiently produce whatever volume the customer needs.

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Cost

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  • Labor costs
  • Material costs
  • Engineering costs
  • Quality-related costs
  • Overhead allocation

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Customer Value Index

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  • A measure that uses a customer’s evaluation and importance scores for the various performance dimensions to calculate a score that indicates the overall value of an item or service to a customer.

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Operations and Supply Chain Strategies

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Identify product dimensions highly valued by customer, select competitive dimensions, and design supply chain to excel on these dimensions.

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Order Winners

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A performance dimension highly valued by customers that differentiates a company’s products and services from its competitors. It tends to drive market share within a targeted market segment.

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Order Qualifiers

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A performance dimension on which customers expect a minimum level of performance.