1. Synchronizing and forecasting is what demand management is about.. It comprises of six sub-process which aimed at designing of an operational system for matching supply and demand and the processes are very strategic.
2. Food
Household appliances
Trips and packages
Health
Health and Food- Consumers would prefer food and health services simply because of the physical risk which occurs when something is wrong and unpleasant. They don’t consider their values since this can have impact on their life. .
3. Customer service basic aspects-Services that are very common to customers. These services motivate customers and even ensures that they stick with the company.
Customer service activities which are inevitable. -It’s all about receiving, sorting tasks and also handling items within the store. Companies modernize them so as to reduce the cost of servicing customers. Promoting customer service-It’s all about activities and works and on how these are being implemented since these services require high costs, hence resulting in an increase on sales. Customers additional service- –Is the use of computer systems within the store. It enables electronic payments and keeping various.
4. Quantitativity – Is the expression of the measure as an objective value.
Visibility- During the measuring process the impact of the measure are readily apparent to all involved.
Understanding it is easy-What is being measured can be seen easily.
Use economies of effort- Advantages of measure outweigh the costs of collection.
Facilitate trust- It validates participation among several parties.
5. Coordination and cooperation- These processes leads to a decrease in costs and an increase in the level of services.
Centralization- creates an efficient network for various transportation services.
Consolidation-promotes consolidated delivery in harmony hence facilitating logistics activities.
6. Fourth party logistics is about the external companies being used to perform logistics functions that traditionally have been performed by organizations. It aids in intensifying global competition.
7. For logistics activities to be efficient, a good transportation system must be provided, and this reduces operation costs, promote service quality and ensure better competition.
8. Bullwhip effect can be reduced by reducing knots of supply chain so as to ensure accuracy of information. It can be reduced by using efficient supply chain management system.
Seasonal variations in demand and supply can place great pressure in growing business. Supply shock can break fragile supply chains causing input prices to rise and stockouts. Peak season demand result in pressure as business struggle to satisfy customers expectations with limited stock.
9. EOQ=√(2RA/S)
= (2*3600*2000)/5.76)
=1,581
No. of pallets required= R/Q
=3600/160
=23
Ordering cost=A(R/Q)
=2000*23
=46,000
Total cost=(Q/2)*S+A*(R/Q)
=80*5.76+46000
=46,461
No of orders processed/year=(R/working days/year)*365
=(3600/288)*365
=4,563
Expected time between orders=(working days/year)/No of pallets required
=288/23
=13
References
H.F. Guo, X.Y.Huang, impact of vendor or Managed Inventory on the Bullwhip Effect, Control Engineering,1 (2007)111-114.
R.Q.Chen, S.H Ma, Production and operations management, third ed, Higher Education Press, Beijing,2011.
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