Please share your name and your position in the company
My name is Jonathan McCartney, the supply chain manager at the Quality Bicycles Products. The company deals in bicycles parts and accessories located in Faribault, Minnesota and have a distribution network to 15 cities.
The supply chain process begins by projecting what the clients will purchase(Huan, 2004, p. 25).The company disseminates that information to our merchants regarding when and what we need, and the systems will make recommendations.
Would you please describe how your supply chain system works in the company?
The process of the supply chain in this company revolves around the three major. That is investment analysis, databases management, and sales and operation planning process.
Please elaborate on the three distinct steps
The inventory analysis constitutes supervision of the inventory accounts that is about 500 in total. This step is to ensure that everything checks out. Also, it offers insight on where the company is heading and ascertains that there is sufficient cash to purchase inventory.
As Gunasekaran (2004) states, “Databases is the backbone of the distribution process (p.584).” Data is obtained on where the company ought to be and where it currently stands. The comparisonis drawn between the two aspects. The company has an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system), and an internal warehouse management system called Orbiting System. Several transactions and information are available to monitor the performance of the products. This information is applied to give recommendations to the management.
Sales and operation planning involves bringing together all the departments to undertake collaborative projections for the firm. Personnel from finance, marketing, sales and brand managers come to one table to make a decision regarding ordering and inventory. The progress is then tracked to view how it plays.
Are you passionate about supply chain? If yes why?
Yes, I am passionate about supply chain. Personally, it is a lot of excitement to take a lot of numbers, crunch them and obtain the outcome that eventually has a great impact on the company. It is delighting to see outcomes and see things come out as you anticipated.
References
Gunasekaran, A., & Ngai E.W. (2004). Production Planning & Control . Virtual Supply-Chain Management., 584-595.
Huan, S. H. (2004). A Review and Analysis of Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 23-29.
