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the company concerned is a national and international chemical manufacturer that has over 500 locations globally and in excess of 200 chemical processing plants and stores. The latter is expanding rapidly following a partnership agreement with an international petroleum company to develop distribution to UK petrol station sites. They have also established a small foothold in the USA, china and several European countries, including France and Sweden. the company built their business on a petroleum and chemical related platform but are looking to diversify into other sectors and value added services, including repackaging and branding of generic agricultural chemicals probably in partnership with a global player in the usa.
The company is organized into four regional strategic business units globally. The Americas, Europe, the Middle East and south East Asia. Each sbu is lead by a director who is directly responsible to the ceo who is located at the London headquarters. Each sbu have a logistics manager who is responsible for implementation and support of supply chain and logistics matters within a "centralized logistic framework" and also for identifying, justifying, planning and implementing local supply chain projects.
Each sbu currently has a self contained logistics infrastructure and there is very little interaction between them. Centarium chemicals operation is a push supply chain, concentrating on efficient use of plants and ensuring available stock to meet sales forecasts. Logistics operations are centered around importing bulk chemicals from around the globe into a processing plant where numerous value added operations are undertaken such as labeling, or decanting into special sized drums. Drums of chemicals are either stored in various locations or delivered directly to customers. Some regional sbus outsource logistics activities to specialist organizations; others operate in house using their own vehicles and warehouses bought by centarium. Management control structures are traditional "command and control" hierarchies with budgets and key performance measures in place.
1. You have been tasked by the CEO to make an appraisal of the existing supply chain and logistics management structure described above, using a recognized framework such as the elements of logistics.
2. Describe and justify how this traditional push supply chain can be improved utilizing lean and collaboration concepts.
3. Suggest suitable techniques to enable the effective control of Centarium chemical’s supply chain if they decide to go lean or use collaboration techniques.
4. Recognize the wider implications of making changes to Centarium chemical’s supple chain on society, the environment and the effects of globalization.
谢绝一切用翻译软件翻译!宁愿不要这些分也不会给用翻译软件的.
the company concerned is a national and international chemical manufacturer that has over 500 locations globally and in excess of 200 chemical processing plants and stores. The latter is expanding rapidly following a partnership agreement with an international petroleum company to develop distribution to UK petrol station sites. They have also established a small foothold in the USA, china and several European countries, including France and Sweden. the company built their business on a petroleum and chemical related platform but are looking to diversify into other sectors and value added services, including repackaging and branding of generic agricultural chemicals probably in partnership with a global player in the usa.
The company is organized into four regional strategic business units globally. The Americas, Europe, the Middle East and south East Asia. Each sbu is lead by a director who is directly responsible to the ceo who is located at the London headquarters. Each sbu have a logistics manager who is responsible for implementation and support of supply chain and logistics matters within a "centralized logistic framework" and also for identifying, justifying, planning and implementing local supply chain projects.
Each sbu currently has a self contained logistics infrastructure and there is very little interaction between them. Centarium chemicals operation is a push supply chain, concentrating on efficient use of plants and ensuring available stock to meet sales forecasts. Logistics operations are centered around importing bulk chemicals from around the globe into a processing plant where numerous value added operations are undertaken such as labeling, or decanting into special sized drums. Drums of chemicals are either stored in various locations or delivered directly to customers. Some regional sbus outsource logistics activities to specialist organizations; others operate in house using their own vehicles and warehouses bought by centarium. Management control structures are traditional "command and control" hierarchies with budgets and key performance measures in place.
1. You have been tasked by the CEO to make an appraisal of the existing supply chain and logistics management structure described above, using a recognized framework such as the elements of logistics.
2. Describe and justify how this traditional push supply chain can be improved utilizing lean and collaboration concepts.
3. Suggest suitable techniques to enable the effective control of Centarium chemical’s supply chain if they decide to go lean or use collaboration techniques.
4. Recognize the wider implications of making changes to Centarium chemical’s supple chain on society, the environment and the effects of globalization.
谢绝一切用翻译软件翻译!宁愿不要这些分也不会给用翻译软件的.
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