Early April to the Tsinghua MBA classes to make a practice of supply chain management operations of lectures, temporary end, a student ask a question, "according to an important degree of order, supply chain management company should be ranked in a few?", Not the sinner answer may be very important to the functions of the company, which is missing a piece of them. Unfortunately, I do not practice to such a high level, I was answered that the third row, combined with our actual situation, it is a fact. Row boss is naturally the sales, followed by R & D, the third to turn the supply chain, did not say anything else, even if a few heads, and the third is also discharged to the supply chain of the departments.
We were discussing the background of the supply chain management, the importance of the competitiveness of the company, I personally think that supply chain management in the company's status depends on their trades and the company Ben Shen's competitive strategy. Some companies mainly rely on customer relationships, and relationships made of iron, and supply chain timely response, product features are outstanding, whether the cost advantages are less important, in which case a sale of course, the most cattle. Another class of the company's core competence is the superior product, with unique technology that they occupy the leading position of industry, good old mentality, and sometimes customers have to purchase subject to quota restrictions, in which case the status of research and development is high above the natural , even if the operation of the very inefficient supply chain, the cost can also be transferred to the customer's head. Of course, supply chain management is also called the Mother of time, particularly in the kind of mature industries, our products and customer relations are no predominant customers on price and Jiaofu the timely response by our sensitive, an operational excellence in the supply chain are usually able to Cheng Wei company survival and development of core magic weapon.
No matter what the situation currently is in the future supply chain management in the company of the importance will be further enhanced. In a mature and rational market environment, food alone may not be a long relationship, customers will become increasingly concerned about the value of products and services, good or bad. On the other hand, due to rapid spread of human resources and information flow, long-term attempt to rely on the technological divide will be increasingly difficult to maintain a competitive advantage over time, mature product homogeneity is forced to face reality. The focus will fall on future supply chain management, comparison, room for improvement in supply chain management is a never-ending, and who can establish and maintain a fast, efficient supply chain, who can lower costs to a higher level of service to win customers.
The first few rows is not important to rely on their own hard blacksmith, a poor supply chain operations in the company even if the first row does not help, it is inevitable demise.