Table of Contents
Introduction: Supply Chain Designs
- Structure and management of supply chain
- Manufacturing cost, transportation and inventory balance
- Inventory reduction
- Reducing waste
- Based on customer demand and voice
- Lean, agile, sustainable, green, risk, closed-loop
- Supply Chain Intersection with Logistics
Supply Chain
- Series of connected points
- Focuses on customers/ finished products
- Connection of one point to another
- Focuses on transporting goods
Bottlenecks Assessment in Wild Dog Coffee Company Supply Chain
Also referred to as constraints.
- Create delays.
- Raise production costs
- Limited menu
- Only one espresso maker
- The process is not instant
- Only one type of beans stocked
- Beans are received after seven days
How Supply Chains and Logistics Create Value for the Company
- Matching demand and supply under uncertainty
- Effective positioning and management of inventory
- Effective use of resources
- Dynamic environment
Importance of Wild Dog Coffee Company
- Focusing on a Supply Chain
- Boost customer service
- Reduced operational expenses.
- An improved financial position
- Based on customer demand
- Customer expectations
- Quicker coffee delivery
- Ability to meet increased demands
- An additional espresso machine
- Increased variety of coffee beans
- Shorter delivery time for the beans
Rationale and Assumptions Supporting the Recommendations
- Assumptions
- affordability of an extra machine
- Regular increased demand
- Customers complain of the 1.5 minutes
- Need for a wider variety
References
Borodovsky, L. (2020). The Daily Shot: U.S. Factories Facing Bottlenecks. the Wall Street Journal. Web.
Chkanikova, O., & Mont, O. (2015). Corporate supply chain responsibility: Drivers and barriers for sustainable food retailing. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 22(2), 65-82.
Christopher, M. I. (2017). Logistics & supply chain management. Pearson Education Publishers.
Garcia, D. J., & You, F. (2015). Supply chain design and optimization: Challenges and opportunities. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 81, 153-170.
Michigan State University. (2020). Michigan State University Online. Web.