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Mkgt 4200 - James Bake
1. Combining vertical and horizontal collaboration for transport optimsation Presented by: James Bake April 8 th , 2008
2. Customer driven supply chains and what this means for the management of freight transport
3. Larger percentage of cost of goods sold Strong correlation between customer service levels and transportation performance. IMPORTANCE of Transportation ?
15. Traditional view Aim - Optimize cost (through lowest purchase price) Means - Adversarial (arms length negotiations) Scope - Purely Operational Supplier base number - Many Management - Short term contracts
16. Contemporary view Aim - Optimize value Means - Collaborative Scope - Strategic and operational Supplier base number - Selected few Management - Joint and on-going management
17. A collaborative supply chain simply means that two or more independent companies work jointly to plan to execute supply chain operations with greater success than when acting in isolation (Simatupang and Sridharan, 2002).
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19. Customers, who are willing to share market information, allow their inventories to be co-managed with suppliers, build in understanding and flexibility into their relationship are able to show improved results (Harrigan, 1985).
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21. Skylark is a telematic internet based system to meet haulage tracking needs. Created for three leading grocery manufacturers who collaboratively united to commission the system.