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What are some supply chain management examples?

Started by Monirul Islam, July 30, 2018, 01:01:56 PM

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Monirul Islam

Walmart and Procter & Gamble began to work together in the late 1980s and are the classic example of supply chain collaboration. Before these two companies began working to connect their supply chains, retailers and manufacturers shared little information. After Walmart and P&G demonstrated that shared information reduced cost, other retailers became more willing to consider the possibility. In the early 1990s Walmart formalized its Retail Link system and cajoled (some would say strong armed) other retailers to connect.

Over time, the Walmart POS system was able to aggregate sales of individual P&G products at each store. When the POS indicated that inventory for a particular product had fallen to a predetermined threshold, the Walmart distribution center was notified to ship additional product to the store. As inventory in the Walmart distribution center fell to its threshold, the P&G distribution center was automatically alerted to ship additional product.

Today, this continuous flow of information helps P&G to determine when to manufacture and ship products to Walmart. By avoiding manufacturing too much inventory and by automating the billing and payment process, both firms enjoy low costs.

Source: cio.com