logistic Study Question?
You are the logistics manager for a large paper company. There are 1000 different suppliers for the 10 different paper mills within the company. The company currently serves 500 different customers. They generally are in the following categories
Large printers – 20 customers – 50% of sales
Distributors – 250 customers – 30% of sales
Other – 230 customers – 20% of sales
Your supply chain is as follows:
Wood > Paper Mill > distributor > printer > Publisher > Magazine > consumer
Chemicals >
Equipment >
Currently each paper mill has its own shipping and manufacturing system. At headquarters, reports are received daily and a staff of analysts pull the data together for decision-making.
What systems would bring this company up to par with the rest of the Industry?
What are the components that need to be managed by logistics information systems?
What systems can be used to tie together the supply chain? What information should be “real-time?”
I just need to understand how this works.
It would be nice to have a system that can see and/or forecast customer orders, that knows what materials are needed to make those products, and can tell you what you need to order in order to make what the customers need.
I would expect the following information to be accurate in real-time: customer orders received, inventory of finished product, inventory of raw materials.
It would be nice to have a system that can see and/or forecast customer orders, that knows what materials are needed to make those products, and can tell you what you need to order in order to make what the customers need.
I would expect the following information to be accurate in real-time: customer orders received, inventory of finished product, inventory of raw materials.
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