Comprehensive overview of total supply chain management

    Here, I would like to share my view of total supply chain management. It consist of overall supply chain from beginning to the end. 

    This is a very interesting topic to know about.... It could mainly apply to manufacturing as an overall.

Below is a mind map of the total supply chain management. The resolution might not be that good. If you need a pdf copy or a mind map copy (using simple mind apps format), please email me. 

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Total Supply Chain Management

o What is supply chain management

 It is a management knowledge

 It is a chain, from beginning to the end

 It is a full stretch of knowledge from getting the supply to the buyer

o What are the topics in supply chain management

 Sourcing

• Supplier & potential supplier

• Supplier selection

• Terms & conditions

o Pricing

o Invoicing

o Payment terms

• Quality requirement

• Types of suppliers

o Direct manufacturer

o Distributorship

o Representatives

o Overall

 B2B

 Design

• From R&D

• The purpose

• Where use application

 Logistics

• Freight management

o Freight in

o Freight out

o Types of freight

 Air

 Ocean

 Road

• Warehousing

o Receiving

o Storage

o Outgoing

o Return of goods

o 3PL

• Customs

• Trade & Compliance

 Procurement

• Direct materials & indirect materials

o What is direct materials

o What is indirect materials

• PO placement

• When to buy

• Product quality

• How many to buy

• Types of procurement

o Buy to forecast

o Buy to PO

• Types of materials model

o Consigned

 Full or partial

 Pros & Cons

o Turnkey

 Full or partial

 Pros & Cons

o Buy/Sell

o Drop ship

o Customer managed

o High value

o Attrition

 Material costing

• Standard pack

• EAU

• Negotiation

• Distribution

• Consolidation pricing for negotiation

o By material itself

o By supplier

o By mother company

o By total spend

• Types of cost optimization

o Annual re-pricing

o Rebate

o Many more creative ways

 Materials planning

• What type of attrition

• What is required

o When to bring in

o When to use

 ERP

• Will be discussed in another topic

 Production Planning

• Function

o Build the product in the shortest time possible

o Optimize capacity & ship out once completed building

o When to build

o When to ship

o Minimize waste

o Counter check ineffeciency

• Resolve capacity constraints

• Types of build

o Build to forecast

o Build to PO

• Forecast

 Inventory management

• Keep the lowest possible inventory

o Pros & cons

• Ties up cash

• Expiry date

• A balanced model?

• Inventory tracking & reporting

 Reverse Logistics

• What is this? 

o Return & Repair

o Upgrades

o Rework

o Refurbishment

o Warehousing & safekeeping

• Value added services

• Usually, the cost is high

o Why is total supply chain management so important?

 It is a chain

• All are inter-related

 Impact as an overall

 To discuss more

o Areas not covered here

 Quality

• Quality management system

o Quality standards

 ISO

 Aerospace

 FDA

 Medical

 Military

 Telco

• Incoming Quality

 Engineering

• R&D

• Process

• Manufacturing

• Supplier quality

• Facility

• Test

• Industrial engineering

 Production

 Supplier quality management

 Finance

• Account Payable

• Account Receiveable

• Bad debts

• Returns

• Rebates

 Customer management

 Customer quotation

 Customer contract

 IT

 HR

 Customs

 Trade & compliance

    I hope you enjoy reading this article. If you wish to know more on this topic, please email me. 

    Thank you for taking the time in reading this article. Your feedback is highly appreciated. 

Thanks & best regards,

Ronald Gan