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9 Cards in this Set
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Supply Chain |
Focuses on the flow of physical products from suppliers through manufacturing and distribution all the way to retail outlets and customers - Demand uncertainty and variability - Economics of scale - Lead time |
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Development Chain |
Focuses on new product introduction and involves product architecture, make/buy decisions, earlier supplier involvement, strategic partnering, supplier food print, supply contract
- Technology clockspeed - Make/buy decisions - Product structure |
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Technology clock speed |
Speed by which technology changes in a particular industry |
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Make/Buy decisions |
Decisions on what to make internally and what to buy from outside suppliers |
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Product structure |
- Level of modularity or integrality in a product - Modular product - Assembled from a variety of modules - Each module may have several options - Bulk of manufacturing can be completed before the selection of modules and assembly into the final product takes place (push-pull boundary) |
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Framework for Matching Product Design and Supply Chain Strategies
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Design for Logistics (DFL). Product and process design approaches that help to control logistics costs and increase service levels (3)
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- Economic packaging and transportation - Concurrent and parallel processing - Standardization |
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Operational Strategies for Standardization (picture) |
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Mass Customisation |
Mass Customization = Mass production (efficiency) + Craft production (flexible and highly skilled). The delivery of a wide variety of customized goods or services quickly and efficiently at low cost. Linking modules and processes: - Instantaneousness - Costless - Seamless (invisible to the customer) - Frictionless
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