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IDIS 344
Strategic SCM for Distribution
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10/06/2008
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First intelligent look at material movement:
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Military Applications
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What SCM strategy was developed by the Japanese?

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Just In Time
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Extremely popular theory that treated all production and distribution as processes with bottlenecks
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Theory of Constraints
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What is the postponement theory?

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Theory that will take the inventory as far back in the supply chain as possible by:

-Capitalizing on firm customer orders

-Elminating forecast error to the greatest extent possible

-Controlling lead time variability

-Decreasing average lead times
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Example of Total Quality Management
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ISO 9000
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What are the two SCM strategies?
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Efficient Supply Chain

Responsive Supply Chain