GMS 701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Organizational Culture, Materials Management, Outsourcing
19 Dec 2017
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Delivery at the right time and right place. Supplier who is reliable and will meet its commitments in a timely fashion. With the right service (both before and after the sale) At the right price in the short and long term. Typical supply organizational structure- medium sized company, single location. Centralized: authority and responsibility for most supply-related functions assigned to a central organization. Decentralized: authority and responsibility for supply-related functions dispersed throughout the organization. Tendency to minimize legitimate differences in requirements. Focus on corporate requirements, not on business unit strategic requirements. Even common suppliers behave differently in geographic and market segments. Customer segments require adaptability to unique situations. Top management not able to spend time on suppliers. Difficult to communicate among with operating department business units. Geographical, cultural, political, environmental, social, language, currency appropriateness. Too much focus on local sources ignores better supply opportunities. No critical mass in organization for (cid:448)isi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455)/effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess: (cid:862)(cid:449)hole pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e(cid:863)
