mercredi 24 août 2016

The Benefits Of Supply Chain Management

By Eric Howard


A lot happens before raw materials are converted to finished goods. After raw materials have been harvested, from their natural settings, they need to be transported and stored before they are taken to industries from where they are changed into finished goods. Finished goods are moved from manufactures to final consumer after having gone through wholesalers and retailers. Supply Chain Management plays a great role in ensuring that flow of goods and services are managed well in order to reach consumers in a good way.

This kind of management is essential in ensuring that movement of raw materials to industries is organized. Entire production process is managed well so as to produce goods that are useful to human being. Role SCM does not stop there. It ensures correct norms are practiced as these goods move out of organization to consumers. This practice is closely related to; industrial engineering, operation management, procurement, system engineering, information technology and logistics.

Reputable manufacturers handle and treat customers well. They produce goods that satisfy their customers fully. Most importantly they set prices that are affordable to customers, who consume their goods. This is the main reason why reputable manufacturers will always prosper and beat those who produce sub-standard goods. Proper SCM comes up with strategies that make manufacturer unique, with intention of attracting more customers to buy more products from them. Having attracted customers, the concerned manufactures should practice practices that will help them retain the already attracted customers for the good of the firm.

Manufacturing process creates goods and supplies them to distribution channels available. To enhance the efficiency, entire manufacturing process ought to be flexible. This is essential in ensuring that market changes are accommodated appropriately for the betterment. The changes in manufacturing process should adopt; shorter production cycles, efficiency in meeting demands of customers and improved responsiveness of needs of customers.

SCM promotes efficient use of marketing techniques. Marketing helps in creating awareness to people that there are goods capable of satisfying them. Needs of customers cannot be satisfied, if correct timing is not done. SCM ensures manufacturers comprehend importance of proper timing and techniques that they ought to adopt to achieve timely delivery of goods to customers. SCM educates the best ways to manage warehousing.

SCM is advantageous in society because many jobs are created. A good number of people acquire employment during distribution of products and services. Process contributes greatly in pollution reduction. When transportation of goods from producers to customers is managed well, energy consumption during this time is reduced. Less energy is used when goods are moved through modernized airports, ports, railways and improved roads.

SCM has a positive impact on customer service. Process ensures that right quantity of products is delivered to consumers within required time. Products are made available to customers in right location for the betterment. SCM promotes provision of after sale services of high quality to customers for better results.

SCM is intended to streamline everything from production until goods are delivered to consumers. It helps in decrease of production cost. Efficient supply chains ensure delivery of materials in time to avoid shutdown of production that would lead to increase in production in the long run. When managers come up with efficient supply chains, cost incurred when supplying goods to customers declines.




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