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CHAPTER 16
Global Manufacturing and Materials Management
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Chapter Focus
Examine:Where in the world should productive activities be located?What should be the long term strategic role of foreign production sites?Should the firm own foreign production sites or outsource those activities to independent vendors?How should a globally diverse supply chain be managed and what is the role of the Internet in managing global logistics?Should the firm manage global logistics itself or outsource the management to enterprises that specialize in this activity?
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Strategy, Manufacturing, and Logistics
Focus
Production
LogisticsPerformed
internationally
To lower costs of value creation
Add value by better serving customer needs
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Materials Management
Materials Management: the activity that controls the transmission of physical materials through the value chain, from procurement through production and into distribution.
Logistics: the procurement and and physical transmission of material through the supply chain, from suppliers to customers.
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Manufacturing and Materials Management - Strategic
Objectives -
Lower costs.
Increase product quality.Total Quality Management.
Increases productivity.Lowers rework and scrap costs.Lowers warranty costs.
Accommodate demands for local responsiveness.
Respond quickly to shifts in customer demand.
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Total Quality Management(TQM)
The leaders: W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and A.V. Feigenbaum
“We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America.”
W. Edwards Deming
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The Relationship Between Quality and Costs
Figure 16.1
LowersRework andScrap Costs
Increases Productivity
LowersWarranty andRework Costs
Improves Performance
Reliability
LowersService Costs
LowersManufacturing
CostsIncreases
Profits
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Where to Manufacture
CountryFactors
TechnologicalFactors
ProductFactors
LocatingManufacturing
Facilities
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Country Factors
Political economy.Culture.Relative factor costs.Global concentrations of activity.
Skilled labor pools.Supporting industries.
Formal and informal trade barriers.Transportation costs.Rules regarding FDI.Exchange rate movements.
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Technological Factors
Fixed costs.Minimum efficient scale.Flexible manufacturing (Lean Production).
Reduce setup times.Increase machine utilization.Improve quality control.
Flexible machine cells.
Productcustomization
Mass Customization
Low cost
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A Typical Unit Cost Curve
Figure 16.2
Un
it C
ost
s
Volume
Minimum Efficient Scale
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Product Factors and Location Strategies
Two product features affect location decisions:
Value to weight ratio.Product serves universal needs.
Two strategies for locating manufacturing facilities:
Concentration.Decentralization.
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Product Factors
Value-to-weight ration.Influences transportation costs.
High value-to-weight.Electronic components.
Low value-to-weight.Bulk chemicals.
Does the product serve universal needs?Industrial products.Modern consumer products.
Handheld calculators.Personal computers.
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Manufacturing Location
Factor costs have substantial impact.Low trade barriers.Externalities favor certain locations.Stable exchange rates.Minimum efficient scale is high and flexible manufacturing technologies available.Product’s value-to-weight ration is high.Product serves universal needs.
Concentration.
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Manufacturing Location
Factor costs do not have substantial impact.High trade barriers.Location externalities unimportant.Exchange rate volatility.Production technology has low fixed costs, low minimum efficient scale, flexible manufacturing technology unavailable.Product has low value-to-weight ratio.Product does not serve universal needs.
Decentralization
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Location Strategy and Manufacturing
Technological Factors
Flexible manufacturing technology Available Not Available
Minimum efficient scale High LowFixed costs High Low
Product Factors
Serves universal needs Yes NoValue-to-weight ration High Low
Country Factors
Differences in factor costs Substantial Few
Substantial Few
Trade barriers Few Many
Differences in political economyDifferences in culture Substantial Few
Concentrated Decentralized
Favored Manufactured Strategy
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Strategic Role of Foreign Factories
Initially, established where labor costs low.Later, important centers for design and final assembly.Upward migration caused by:
Pressure to improve cost structure.Pressure to customize product to meet customer demand.Increasing abundance of advanced factors of production.
Dispersed Centers of Excellence are consistent with a Transnational Strategy
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Make or Buy
Make
Lower costs
ProprietaryProduct
TechnologyProtection
Facilitatingspecialized investments
Improved scheduling
Buy
Strategic flexibility
Lower costs
Offsets
Trade-offs
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Strategic Alliances with Suppliers
Attempting toreap benefits
of verticalintegration
Building long-term
relationships
Mutuallybeneficial
Pressure fromJIT
CADCAM
Trust
May limit strategic flexibilityRisks giving away key technology know-how
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Coordinating a Global Manufacturing System
Materials management (includes logistics):Activities necessary to get materials from suppliers to manufacturer, to distribution system, to end user.Achieve lowest possible cost that meets customer’s needs.
Power of ‘Just-in-Time’:Economize on inventory holding costs.Drawback: no buffer inventory.
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The Role of the Organization
Organizational linkages are more numerous and complex.
More difficult to control costs.
Functionally separate materials management:
Equal weight with other departments.Purchasing, production and distribution are one basic task:
controlling material flow from purchase to customer.
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Potential Materials Management Linkages
Plant 1
Market A
Source A Source B
Plant 2
Market B
Source C
Plant 3
Market C Markets
Manufacturing Locations
Source Locations
Far EastEuropeNorth America
Figure 16.3
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Traditional Organizational Structure
CEO
DistributionProduction Planning
and Control
Purchasing Manufacturing Marketing Finance
Figure 16.4A
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Organization Structure with Materials Management as Separate Function
Strategicmanager/CEO
Productionplanning
and controlPurchasing
Materials management
Manufacturing Marketing Finance
Distribution
Figure 16.4B
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Role of Information Technology and the Internet
Track component parts to assembly plant.Optimize production scheduling.
Ability to accelerate (or slow) production.
Electronic data interchange coordinates flow through into/through manufacturing to customers.
Suppliers, shippers, and purchasing firms can communicate with each other without delay.
Flexibility and responsiveness.
Paperwork is decreased.