Supply Chain Management
View Supply Chain Management ResourcesSupply chain management plays a significant role in customer satisfaction (see our resources on Quality) through the delivery of products and services. Good supply chain management is critical to reducing operating costs in procurement activities, operations, and logistics functions and throughout the whole supply chain. The scale of profitability for large organisations is directly relative to the management of the supply chain.
Few businesses have understood or managed the entire chain of activities that ultimately delivers a finished product, works or services to the final customer. The result can be disjointed, and often ineffective supply chains resulting in increased costs, increased sustainability risks, inefficient practices, supply constraints, reduced quality, and longer lead times.
Organisations are beginning to recognise that more attention must be paid to developing resilient, sustainable and agile supply chains to support a new era of innovative offsite manufacturing techniques and onsite delivery. The built environment industry can learn and apply lessons from other sectors such as the aerospace, automotive and FMCG markets where supply chain management principles are embedded in day to day activities.
Supply Chain Management: Why is it important?
Why is SCM important and how do we manage the tiers beyond Tier 1? Hear from SCS JV on traceability all the way back to the raw materials extraction.
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