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Supply Chain Management - Considerations For Small and Medium Manufacturers

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is managing a network of interconnected companies in the last delivery of product and service packages required by the end of participating clients (Hartland, 1996). Supply Chain Management encompasses the planning and management of all activities in are involved in the procurement, acquisition, reconstruction, and logistics management activities. The question is in volatile markets of today, whether to benefit small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMM)From participation in the supply chain.

To answer this question depends on a number of factors that include, but are not limited to the size of the supplier network capabilities of the supplier, and who the customer is at the top of the chain and it policies and procedures.

For the large blue-chip companies like IBM, where the supply chain monitored nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars of annual expenditure, which includes all sourcing, procurement and logisticsCustomer support worldwide, then it is quite clear that IBM has to win everything from the management of their supply chain.

However, for smaller suppliers UK companies, there are some factors worth considering.

Long-term contracts - Every small vendors focused on profits, the long-term contract, relieves and helps in planning their production and planning. But the knock on effect that this long-term contracts typically impose contractual agreements andinclude heavy fines and significant cost savings to customers annually. Therefore, the small players is to have ways to reduce their costs internally look lean techniques.

Cost involved to represent large-Large OEM customer's need in general, small suppliers, who have certain rules and processes in place such as ISO 9000 / 9001. This takes time and resources and in uncertain under current market conditions Catch 22 situation. Even a more regular demand on the market small suppliers is that large customers tend to a large amount of paperwork, detailed documentation, etc., and such costs are incurred by the supplier as they have to face for the affected employees and systems.

Profit - seems logical, but it is a crucial question of a supply chain relationship - "If the customer SERVED profitable?" Increased the pace of demand and expectations, and with customers driving prices lower and lower down through the> Supply chain, it is important for small suppliers to confirm work, their margins and, when is enough in view of the bottom-line numbers. It is imperative that all the hidden costs that add on wholesale is taken into account.

To UK manufacture of crash should not hold any other major customers recognize that working with small suppliers is a two-way relationship and partnership. Only when the customer shares burdens and benefits, it is aPartnership.

"We must work together hand in the supply chain, or we will hang separately" Michael Collins.



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