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This 8 page paper looks at the concept of supply chain management, what it is and a strategy involved and then applies this to the Malaysian car manufacturer Perodua examining the way in which they operate and manage the supply chain. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEperodua.rtf
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to compete. The firm competes efficiently partly as a result of the way in which it manages its supply chain. To appreciate this, the concept of the supply chain and
supply chain management can be assessed and applied to the firm to demonstrate some of the supply chain decision and strategies that can be observed. The supply chain may
be seen as the entire chain from the sources of the raw materials though the collection processing, secondary process, logistics and supply through it the end user and even disposal
in some cases (Mintzberg et al, 2008). There is a general recognition that the management of supply chains tends to focus on the primary relationships between he company concerned and
the direct buyers or suppliers. Increasing efficiency here is seen as good for many stakeholders, increased efficiency may also reduce the level of pollution is there is less transport, but
it may also increase harm if there is a shift towards off shoring or outsourcing to buy from cheaper suppliers. The determination of what is good for the company in
terms of supply chain management has to be in the way that the supply chain is managed balancing the needs and goals of the firm.
Schechter and Sander (2002) extend a well used business analogy which has been utilized by authors such as Mintzberg (et al, 2003); that of business management and
supply chain management with the military and applying lessons which have been learned from the military to business. They state logistics - or supply chain management - is important to
the success on both military and corporate battlefields" (Schechter and Sander, 2002; xxi). Instead of seeing supply chain management and logistics as separate subjects, as in many contexts there is
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