Supply Chain Management: Whats it all about

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Supply Chain ManagementWhats it all about?
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Supply chains touch your life

• every minute
• everyday
• everywhere

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How about the clothes youre wearing?

• Brought to you through a supply chain that
  includes
• Cotton farmer
• Textile, button, thread manufacturers
• Shipper
• Clothing manufacturer
• Retailer
• And more!

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The coffee you had this morning

• Consider the various supply chains involved to
  provide you with
• Municipal water and electricity
• Coffee beans
• A filter
• Cream
• Sugar
• A cup

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To get the cream for that coffee?

• You rely on, at least
• A farmer
• A truck driver
• A box manufacturer
• A printer (for that box)
• A dairy
• A retailer

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A visual guide to a supply chain Making a bicycle
Step one Iron ore from the mine
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Step two make steel
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• And
• plastic
• foam
• fabric
• rubber
• cardboard box

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Step three manufacture parts
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Step four assemble bicycle
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Step five sell product
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And, all through the process
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This gets a bike into your garage!

• See what happens, though, when a bicycle supply
  chain doesnt work for some reason
• Video from Grant MacEwan College, Bachelor of
  Applied International Business and Supply Chain
  Management degree program

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Possible consequences of a poorly run supply chain
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Who works in the sector?

• The Canadian supply chain sector employs an
  estimated 730,000 workers in
• Senior management 1.0
• Logistics information systems 5.3
• Warehousing 49.0
• Transportation 23.0
• Inventory/material control 12.0
• Purchasing 9.2
• Marketing and sales 0.5

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What is the role of the CSCSC?

• The Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council brings
  together partners in the sector to develop
  solutions to the human resource challenges faced
  by stakeholders. Recognizing the vital role of
  the supply chain to Canadas economy, the Council
  is committed to enhancing the sectors ability to
  attract and retain workers at all levels and
  across the full range of functions, and to
  advancing the skills of those workers.

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• Funded by the Government of Canadas Sector
  Council Program
• Supported by
• APICS The Association for Operations Management
• ACCC Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• CIFFA Canadian International Freight Forwarders
• CITT Canadian Institute of Traffic and
  Transportation
• PMAC Purchasing Management Association of
  Canada
• SCL Supply Chain Logistics Association Canada

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Councils raison dêtre

• 2005 sector study resulted in 26 recommendations
  for action, including the formation of a sector
  council that would undertake to accomplish many
  of the remaining recommendations
• Final report in Publications and Resources
  section, at www.supplychaincanada.org

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Projects responding to recommendations

• Completed in 2007
• Education and Certification project, Phase I
• Labour Market Information project, Phase I
• Proposals for 2008 projects
• Labour Market Information update and Phase II
  projects
• Education and Certification project, Phase II
• Material Handler Skills Upgrading project
• Recruitment and Retention Project

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www.supplychaincanada.org