Supply Chain Management:

What’s it all about?

Supply chains touch your life…

every minuteeverydayeverywhere

How about the clothes you’re wearing?

Brought to you through a supply chain… that includes:Cotton farmerTextile, button, thread

manufacturersShipperClothing manufacturerRetailerAnd more!

The coffee you had this morning…

Consider the various supply chains involved to provide you with:Municipal water and electricityCoffee beansA filterCreamSugarA cup

To get the cream for that coffee?

You rely on, at least:A farmerA truck driverA box manufacturerA printer (for that box)A dairyA retailer

A visual guide to a supply chain: Making a bicycle

Step one: Iron ore from the mine

Step two: make steel

And: plastic foam fabric rubber cardboard box…

Step three: manufacture parts

Step four: assemble bicycle

Step five: sell product

And, all through the process:

This gets a bike into your garage!

Possible consequences of a poorly run supply chain

Who works in the sector? The Canadian supply chain sector employs an

estimated 767,000 workers in:

• Senior management 1.3%• Logistics information systems 6.2% • Warehousing 45.2%• Transportation 22.1%• Inventory/material control 14.1%• Purchasing 10.7%• Marketing and sales 0.5%

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 Canada’s economy, the Council is committed to enhancing the sector’s ability to attract and retain workers at all levels and across the full range of functions, and to advancing the skills of those workers.

Funded by the Government of Canada’s 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

Council’s raison d’être

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

www.supplychaincanada.org