Integrated Supply Chain
by Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan
• To expose you to current trends and thinking on
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
• To share with you some of Integrated SCM
Experience & thoughts
3 2
Purpose
• 4 Laws of Logistics
• Business Cases
• Communication
3 3
Agenda
Two Moments of Truth for the Consumer
When she chooses and when she uses
5
Retailers and manufacturers loose when a consumer faces an empty shelf
European consumer behavior facing Out-of-Stock in store
Doesn't buy
anything
9%
Buys different size
16%
Buys brand
elsewhere
21%
Buys a different
brand 37%
Returns later
17%
30 % lost
opportunities
for Retailer
46% lost
opportunities
for
Manufacturer
6
4 billion
Euro of
lost sales
in
Europe!
Supply Chain Management
3 7
• “Supply chain management can be defined as
the management of upstream and downstream
relationships with suppliers, distributors and
customers to achieve greater customer value-
added at less total cost”.
Mission of Supply
Chain/Logistics
Get your product to the consumer
at the lowest possible cost & cash
8
What are Supply Chain “Laws” ?
Manufacturing Distribution RetailMaterial Supplier Customers
Supply Chains conform to Physical / Empirical Laws
Implication:
• Supply chain performance is predictable and can be designed
• By precisely specifying the structure of the supply chain, the
operating strategy and quantifying measures consistently, we can
dramatically improve Supply Chain performance
3 9
The Laws of Logistics*
3 10
The Law of Lowest Total Cost
The Law of Speed, Quality and Accuracy
The Law of Supply Chain Volatility
The Law of Counter-intuition
The Laws of Logistics are an original concept of Logistics Consulting Partners Ltd.
They may be quoted but must be accredited. © LCP Ltd. All rights reserved
Achieving an Integrated Supply Chain
Stage I: Isolation
Stage II: Internal Integration
Materials
Management
Stage III: External Integration
Manufacturing
Management
Distribution
Suppliers Internal Supply Chain Customers
Purchasing Material Control Production Sales Distribution
Consumers
11
• Extended enterprise
thinking
 Focus on the ultimate
• consumer
 Increase profits for all
 Consider total costs
 Share ideas, information
• and resources
 Improve joint process
efficiency
• (Source : A.T. Kearney)
12
The Extended Enterprise Viewpoint
• Single company thinking
 Focus on the customer
 Increase own profits
 Consider own costs only
 Guard ideas, information
and resources
 Improve internal process
efficiency
Destructive Negotiations
13
Choosing The Operating Strategy
P
Planning
Operating Strategy – The set of parameters and principles which
guide the way resources will be managed to achieve the business
objectives at the lowest total system cost.
Demand Capability
C
capacity
I
inventory
D
demand
P&G‟s approach towards Supply Chain:
15
Consumer Driven Supply Network
• Win at the first and second month of truth: when the consumer
buys (1st) and when they try (2nd) the product
By Making sure that:
• The Right Product arrives at
• The Right Place at
• The Right Time at
• The Right Cost
1.The Law of Lowest Total Cost
16
“The total cost of producing & delivering
product is usually larger than the sum of
the lowest functional costs of each element
in the supply chain”
The Effect of Time
Lead-Time Gap 85 days !!!
17
Procurement Manufacturing Delivery
Logistics Lead Time
(90 days)
Customer‟s Order Cycle
Order Fulfillment
(5 days)
Demand Predictability and
Lead-time
Forecast
Error
Lead-Time
+
-to
tn
18
Traditional Supply Chain
Manufacturer Customers
Goods flow
Demand flow
DC Store
• Sequential backward action
• Filtering of real demand by
inventory
• Significant batching activity
• Noise in demand patterns
• Forecast dependent
19
Continuous flow requires Information Sharing
20
• Using shared information to reduce time in the supply chain
• Optimize use of capacity
• Managing upstream inventory
• Using shared information to reduce forecast horizon
Why Do We need Inventory?
Inventory
B
Volatile
Demand
Inaccurate
Forecasts
Unreliable
Suppliers
Quality
Problems
Bottlenecks
A
Inventory Hides the Problems
21
Dell Computers
• Logistics strategy plays an important role in Dell Computer’s
impressive financial performance.
• Dell’s direct distribution eliminates as much as 2 months of warehouse and
retail storage.
• About 80% of the cost of a PC consists of components.
• Component prices fall while on the shelves at 30% per year.
• The consequences of logistics delays are overpriced products and possible
obsolescence.
• Direct sales also helps Dell in forecasting.
22
Two key techniques:
• Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
• Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR)
23
Achieving Speed in the Supply Chain:
Substituting Information for Inventory
2.The Law of Speed, Quality and Accuracy
“In logistics & supply chain management, faster
simpler and better is almost always cheaper”
24
P&G Ukraine Supply Chain
• 2 plants and 2 distribution centers
• 40 brands, 3000 stock keeping units
• Products are shipped to 50+ customers
• Imports from 31 foreign plants
• 30 trucks enter Ukraine border everyday
• 30 trucks arrive to customers everyday
• 1500 employees are involved in P&G supply chain
plus 400 from our partner companies
Business Case 1: Supply network design
Customization center
P&G DC and buffer
Gillette DC and buffer
Gala DC and buffer
P&G distributors Gillette distributors Gala distributors
Question: do we need change?
If yes, what exactly would you suggest to change?
Case 1: what we need to change?
P&G DC with in-house
customization center
P&G ship to
•optimize number of DCs
•close buffers
•establish in-house manipulation capability
•optimize number of distributors and ship-to
•maximize direct supply from plants to customers
Direct deliveries
Direct deliveries
Direct deliveries
Direct deliveries
• Reduced supply chain lead-time
• Reduced inventory
• Improved service
• Improved productivity
• Several $ millions savings annually
Executed by Supply Network Operations department
Case 1: Streamlined and cost effective
supply net-work design
Variety Grows
29
Increased competition
Consumer demand for new products
Customer demand for new products
Marketing why we are unique
High profit margin products
What happens when variety increases ?
Company A Company B Company C
Consumer
Required
capacity
180%
40%
100%
Company A
The “ ForresterEffect"
Company B
Company C
30
Shall we produce once a month ?
Every week ?
Every day ?
3 times a day ?
Is there a right answer?
31
Volatility caused by Manufacturing
Shall we ship a full truck ?
A small full truck?
Half a truck ?
1 pallet ?
Is there a right answer?
32
Volatility caused by Logistics
3.The Law of Supply Chain Volatility
33
“The volatility of final consumer demand is
always less than what we experience through
the supply chain by distribution, manufacturing
and suppliers”
Example
Tide detergent weight/pallet– 1000 kg
How many pallets of Tide will fit into truck?
Answer: 1 truck of Tide – 20 pallets
Pampers weight/pallet – 150 kg
How many pallets of Pampers will fit into truck?
Answer: 1 truck of Pampers – 33 pallets
Challenge: how to ship 33
pallets of Tide and 33
pallets of Pampers in 2
trucks?
Business Case 2 :Logistics at P&G
Load shipment:
By euro trucks – 33 pallets, 20 tons;
Challenge: how to ship 33 pallets of Tide and
33 pallets of Pampers in 2 trucks?
33 pallets,20 tons.
Truck 1:
16 pallets of Tide + 17 pallets of Pampers. (18550 kg)
Truck 2:
17 pallets of Tide + 16 pallets of Pampers.(19400 kg)
2000 kg are left. How to use them?
Loading on top. Truck 1 – 43 pallets, truck 2 – 37 pallets.
Therefore, combining products in trucks helps to reduce
number of trucks (and logistics costs)!
Logistics at P&G. Case 2
assortment: 600 SKUs, 50 categories, different
densities and pressures.
Limit: total weight, weights on axis
In practice: heterogeneous transport, quality
constraints, different product mix for
different customers, how to implement into
automated processes at warehouses?
Result: 21 – 21.5 tons range
Logistics at P&G
In reality: how to increase weight
limit up to 22 tons?
If only manufacturing would
make what we ask for we
could do the business
MANUFACTURING PREFERENCEATTRIBUTE MARKETING PREFERENCE
Minimum
Stable
Minimal
Long
Unacceptable
Maximum
Continually Changing
“Infinite”
Short
Fact of Life
PRODUCT RANGE
PRODUCT SET
FLEXIBILITY
LEAD TIME
UNFORECAST DEMAND
If only marketing could
forecast accurately and sales
deliver the orders we could
meet requirements
Source: Inger
37
Centre of Conflict
Circular References
38
Volatility is caused by time lags
Time lags are created to optimize cost
Cost is not necessarily lowered by slowing things down
Slowing things down is a function of variety and complexity
Variety and complexity mean it all gets „too difficult‟
which is why we do n’ t trus t a ny
on e &
we slow things down more
adding more time creates volatility
volatility costs money so we add more time
adding more time makes us careless and unreliable
Unreliability creates volatility…………………………………………………….
4.The Law of Counter-intuition
39
“The normal human response to the effects of the
previous laws is to introduce delay in an attempt to
increase certainty which simply makes the situation
worse
- effective supply chain management is counter
intuitive”
What Is the source of
Most troubles at Work ?
40
Distortion Of
Information
44
Distortion of Information
Wrong information
Too much information
Increases confusion
How to Reduce Confusion
42
• Listening
• Simple language
• Single point accountability
• KPI’s
• Being in touch with reality
• Frequent feedback from customers
• Few layers in the organization
• Daily Reviews
Communication Style Reducing Confusion
• Stick to facts, don’t speculate
• Check understanding
• Avoid slogans, jargon and generic
• Don’t repeat
• Phone/Talk Vs. e-mail
• Know when to stop talking
• Get to the point / conclusion
• Be open / direct
43

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Scm integrated

  • 1. Integrated Supply Chain by Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan
  • 2. • To expose you to current trends and thinking on Logistics & Supply Chain Management • To share with you some of Integrated SCM Experience & thoughts 3 2 Purpose
  • 3. • 4 Laws of Logistics • Business Cases • Communication 3 3 Agenda
  • 4. Two Moments of Truth for the Consumer When she chooses and when she uses
  • 5. 5
  • 6. Retailers and manufacturers loose when a consumer faces an empty shelf European consumer behavior facing Out-of-Stock in store Doesn't buy anything 9% Buys different size 16% Buys brand elsewhere 21% Buys a different brand 37% Returns later 17% 30 % lost opportunities for Retailer 46% lost opportunities for Manufacturer 6 4 billion Euro of lost sales in Europe!
  • 7. Supply Chain Management 3 7 • “Supply chain management can be defined as the management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers, distributors and customers to achieve greater customer value- added at less total cost”.
  • 8. Mission of Supply Chain/Logistics Get your product to the consumer at the lowest possible cost & cash 8
  • 9. What are Supply Chain “Laws” ? Manufacturing Distribution RetailMaterial Supplier Customers Supply Chains conform to Physical / Empirical Laws Implication: • Supply chain performance is predictable and can be designed • By precisely specifying the structure of the supply chain, the operating strategy and quantifying measures consistently, we can dramatically improve Supply Chain performance 3 9
  • 10. The Laws of Logistics* 3 10 The Law of Lowest Total Cost The Law of Speed, Quality and Accuracy The Law of Supply Chain Volatility The Law of Counter-intuition The Laws of Logistics are an original concept of Logistics Consulting Partners Ltd. They may be quoted but must be accredited. © LCP Ltd. All rights reserved
  • 11. Achieving an Integrated Supply Chain Stage I: Isolation Stage II: Internal Integration Materials Management Stage III: External Integration Manufacturing Management Distribution Suppliers Internal Supply Chain Customers Purchasing Material Control Production Sales Distribution Consumers 11
  • 12. • Extended enterprise thinking  Focus on the ultimate • consumer  Increase profits for all  Consider total costs  Share ideas, information • and resources  Improve joint process efficiency • (Source : A.T. Kearney) 12 The Extended Enterprise Viewpoint • Single company thinking  Focus on the customer  Increase own profits  Consider own costs only  Guard ideas, information and resources  Improve internal process efficiency
  • 14. Choosing The Operating Strategy P Planning Operating Strategy – The set of parameters and principles which guide the way resources will be managed to achieve the business objectives at the lowest total system cost. Demand Capability C capacity I inventory D demand
  • 15. P&G‟s approach towards Supply Chain: 15 Consumer Driven Supply Network • Win at the first and second month of truth: when the consumer buys (1st) and when they try (2nd) the product By Making sure that: • The Right Product arrives at • The Right Place at • The Right Time at • The Right Cost
  • 16. 1.The Law of Lowest Total Cost 16 “The total cost of producing & delivering product is usually larger than the sum of the lowest functional costs of each element in the supply chain”
  • 17. The Effect of Time Lead-Time Gap 85 days !!! 17 Procurement Manufacturing Delivery Logistics Lead Time (90 days) Customer‟s Order Cycle Order Fulfillment (5 days)
  • 19. Traditional Supply Chain Manufacturer Customers Goods flow Demand flow DC Store • Sequential backward action • Filtering of real demand by inventory • Significant batching activity • Noise in demand patterns • Forecast dependent 19
  • 20. Continuous flow requires Information Sharing 20 • Using shared information to reduce time in the supply chain • Optimize use of capacity • Managing upstream inventory • Using shared information to reduce forecast horizon
  • 21. Why Do We need Inventory? Inventory B Volatile Demand Inaccurate Forecasts Unreliable Suppliers Quality Problems Bottlenecks A Inventory Hides the Problems 21
  • 22. Dell Computers • Logistics strategy plays an important role in Dell Computer’s impressive financial performance. • Dell’s direct distribution eliminates as much as 2 months of warehouse and retail storage. • About 80% of the cost of a PC consists of components. • Component prices fall while on the shelves at 30% per year. • The consequences of logistics delays are overpriced products and possible obsolescence. • Direct sales also helps Dell in forecasting. 22
  • 23. Two key techniques: • Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) • Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) 23 Achieving Speed in the Supply Chain: Substituting Information for Inventory
  • 24. 2.The Law of Speed, Quality and Accuracy “In logistics & supply chain management, faster simpler and better is almost always cheaper” 24
  • 25. P&G Ukraine Supply Chain • 2 plants and 2 distribution centers • 40 brands, 3000 stock keeping units • Products are shipped to 50+ customers • Imports from 31 foreign plants • 30 trucks enter Ukraine border everyday • 30 trucks arrive to customers everyday • 1500 employees are involved in P&G supply chain plus 400 from our partner companies
  • 26. Business Case 1: Supply network design Customization center P&G DC and buffer Gillette DC and buffer Gala DC and buffer P&G distributors Gillette distributors Gala distributors Question: do we need change? If yes, what exactly would you suggest to change?
  • 27. Case 1: what we need to change? P&G DC with in-house customization center P&G ship to •optimize number of DCs •close buffers •establish in-house manipulation capability •optimize number of distributors and ship-to •maximize direct supply from plants to customers Direct deliveries Direct deliveries Direct deliveries Direct deliveries
  • 28. • Reduced supply chain lead-time • Reduced inventory • Improved service • Improved productivity • Several $ millions savings annually Executed by Supply Network Operations department Case 1: Streamlined and cost effective supply net-work design
  • 29. Variety Grows 29 Increased competition Consumer demand for new products Customer demand for new products Marketing why we are unique High profit margin products What happens when variety increases ?
  • 30. Company A Company B Company C Consumer Required capacity 180% 40% 100% Company A The “ ForresterEffect" Company B Company C 30
  • 31. Shall we produce once a month ? Every week ? Every day ? 3 times a day ? Is there a right answer? 31 Volatility caused by Manufacturing
  • 32. Shall we ship a full truck ? A small full truck? Half a truck ? 1 pallet ? Is there a right answer? 32 Volatility caused by Logistics
  • 33. 3.The Law of Supply Chain Volatility 33 “The volatility of final consumer demand is always less than what we experience through the supply chain by distribution, manufacturing and suppliers”
  • 34. Example Tide detergent weight/pallet– 1000 kg How many pallets of Tide will fit into truck? Answer: 1 truck of Tide – 20 pallets Pampers weight/pallet – 150 kg How many pallets of Pampers will fit into truck? Answer: 1 truck of Pampers – 33 pallets Challenge: how to ship 33 pallets of Tide and 33 pallets of Pampers in 2 trucks? Business Case 2 :Logistics at P&G Load shipment: By euro trucks – 33 pallets, 20 tons;
  • 35. Challenge: how to ship 33 pallets of Tide and 33 pallets of Pampers in 2 trucks? 33 pallets,20 tons. Truck 1: 16 pallets of Tide + 17 pallets of Pampers. (18550 kg) Truck 2: 17 pallets of Tide + 16 pallets of Pampers.(19400 kg) 2000 kg are left. How to use them? Loading on top. Truck 1 – 43 pallets, truck 2 – 37 pallets. Therefore, combining products in trucks helps to reduce number of trucks (and logistics costs)! Logistics at P&G. Case 2
  • 36. assortment: 600 SKUs, 50 categories, different densities and pressures. Limit: total weight, weights on axis In practice: heterogeneous transport, quality constraints, different product mix for different customers, how to implement into automated processes at warehouses? Result: 21 – 21.5 tons range Logistics at P&G In reality: how to increase weight limit up to 22 tons?
  • 37. If only manufacturing would make what we ask for we could do the business MANUFACTURING PREFERENCEATTRIBUTE MARKETING PREFERENCE Minimum Stable Minimal Long Unacceptable Maximum Continually Changing “Infinite” Short Fact of Life PRODUCT RANGE PRODUCT SET FLEXIBILITY LEAD TIME UNFORECAST DEMAND If only marketing could forecast accurately and sales deliver the orders we could meet requirements Source: Inger 37 Centre of Conflict
  • 38. Circular References 38 Volatility is caused by time lags Time lags are created to optimize cost Cost is not necessarily lowered by slowing things down Slowing things down is a function of variety and complexity Variety and complexity mean it all gets „too difficult‟ which is why we do n’ t trus t a ny on e & we slow things down more adding more time creates volatility volatility costs money so we add more time adding more time makes us careless and unreliable Unreliability creates volatility…………………………………………………….
  • 39. 4.The Law of Counter-intuition 39 “The normal human response to the effects of the previous laws is to introduce delay in an attempt to increase certainty which simply makes the situation worse - effective supply chain management is counter intuitive”
  • 40. What Is the source of Most troubles at Work ? 40 Distortion Of Information
  • 41. 44 Distortion of Information Wrong information Too much information Increases confusion
  • 42. How to Reduce Confusion 42 • Listening • Simple language • Single point accountability • KPI’s • Being in touch with reality • Frequent feedback from customers • Few layers in the organization • Daily Reviews
  • 43. Communication Style Reducing Confusion • Stick to facts, don’t speculate • Check understanding • Avoid slogans, jargon and generic • Don’t repeat • Phone/Talk Vs. e-mail • Know when to stop talking • Get to the point / conclusion • Be open / direct 43