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Supplychain management issues

Configuration-level issues

Procurement and Supplier Decisions

How many and what kinds of suppliers are necessary?

Which parts should be outsourced and which should be keptin house?

How can procurement practices be streamlinedand standardized?

How should long-term andshort-term contracts be used with suppliers?

Production Decisions

where and how many manufacturing sitesshould be operational

How much capacity should beinstalled at each of these sites

What kinds of productsand services are going to be supported throughthe supply chain?

How much variety should be providedto customers?

What degree of commonality isrequired across the product portfolio

Distribution Decisions

What kind of distributionchannels should a firm have

How many andwhere should the distribution and retail outlets belocated?

What kinds of transportation modes androutes should be used?

How should a firm exploitrisk-pooling opportunities?

Information Support Decisions

Should enterpriseresource planning software be standardized acrossthe functional units of a firm?

Should the supplychain work on standard protocols or on proprietarystandards?

Coordination level issues

Material Flow Decisions

How much inventory ofdifferent product types should be stored to realize theexpected service levels?

Should inventory be carriedin finished form or semifinished form?

Should a firm makeinventory decisions or is it better to have the vendormanage the inventory?

Should suppliers be requiredto deliver goods just in time?

Information Flow Decisions

How much collaborationoccurs among the supply chain partners during newproduct development?

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the coordination strategies between information sharing entities

Cash Flow Decisions

When do suppliers get paidfor their deliveries?

What prices should be chargedfor products?

What kinds of cost reduction effortsare taken across the supply chain (or expected ofsuppliers)?