In an online Q&A session we got some good questions and demonstrated answers to those questions onscreen. Here are ten short clips with those answers. The title and description of each clip says what it’s about. You can start at the top of the playlist and the clips will play one after the
Supply Chain Design and Simulation Made Easy
In SCM Globe, supply chains are created by combinations of the four supply chain entities – Products, Facilities, Vehicles, Routes. So to build a model of any supply chain involves defining the characteristics of these four entities and then combining them to create the supply chain you are
Five Supply Chain Drivers
Supply chain capabilities are guided by the decisions you make regarding the five supply chain drivers. Each of these drivers can be developed and managed to emphasize responsiveness or efficiency depending on changing business requirements. As you investigate how a supply chain works, you learn
Sharing Your Simulation with Others
If you are doing well with your simulations and want to share it with other members of your team or with your course instructor, you can download your design and send it to anyone that you want to have a copy of your design.
Key Supply Chain Practices from Walmart
Sam Walton decided to build a company that would serve a mass market and compete on the basis of price. He did this by creating one of the world’s most efficient supply chains. The structure and operations of this company have been defined by the need to lower its costs and increase its
Getting Started – Just Jump in and Try It
Using SCM Globe - Jump in and Try it Out Using SCM Globe is all about designing supply chains and then simulating their operations to see how well they work. When problems occur you edit your supply chain design to fix those problems and run the simulation again to see the effect of your changes.
What is Supply Chain Management?
There is a difference between what we now call supply chain management and the traditional concept of logistics. Logistics typically refers to activities that occur within the boundaries of a single organization and supply chains refer to networks of companies that work together and coordinate
Zara Clothing Company Supply Chain
CASE STUDY CONCEPT: The Zara supply chain drives its successful business model. Run simulations of the Zara supply chain to see how it works, and how to improve it. Zara changes its clothing designs every two weeks on average, while competitors change their designs every two or three months. It