Role of Supply Chain and Global Logistics in Delivering Products and Services

GLOBAL LOGISTICS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Role of supply chain, transport and global logistics and its impact on ability of organization to
deliver products as well as services to customers..................................................................3
Impact of levels of delivery flow, waiting time and capacity in delivering the products as well
as services...............................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Global logistics is predominately the process and more of the art which helps the
organizations to manage flow of services as well as goods through supply chain from point of its
origin to final point of destination where it will be consumed by end users. The main aim of this
report is to understand the concept of global logistics and how it is being used by the large
number of organizations.
This report gives a brief overview of role of transportation, supply chain and global
logistics, impact on organization and role of waiting time, delivery flow and capacity in
influencing operations of organization.
MAIN BODY
Role of supply chain, transport and global logistics and its impact on ability of organization to
deliver products as well as services to customers
Supply chain is basically the network between the organization as well as its suppliers for
producing as well as distributing the particular product to final user. This network mainly
includes various activities, people, resources as well as information. Supply chain plays an
important role in the organization and thus impacts their overall ability for delivering the
products as well as services (Mangan and Lalwani, 2016).
Value chain analysis is the process under which organizations identifies the primary as
well as support activities which adds value in the final products and thus analyses the activities
for reducing cost.
The primary activities are the one which help to build the competitive advantage to
Organization and thus adds value to their products
Inbound logistics basically refers to the inbound movement of the materials, parts as well
as finished inventory from the suppliers to assembly parts or the retail stores (O'Connor,
Derudder and Witlox, 2016). The supplies of Organization plays the major role in this activity
and thus it becomes highly essential for Organization to maintain the regular contact with
suppliers in order to effectively deliver the goods and services. Without properly assessing the
inbound logistics, Organization is unable to face the different challenges that takes place in the
stage of product development. The thorough analysis and the assessment of inbound logistics
helps the organization to concentrate upon each and every aspect of the transforming raw
material to the finished product. Company retrieve the raw material, internally disseminate this

raw material and then later on starts the production. Here capacity plays an important role. An
effective supply chain and inbound logistics helps Organization to generate effective throughput
and increase overall capacity by ensuring first time right quality as well as reducing waste.
The operations activity is mainly concerned with the management of process which
transforms inputs into the output which is final goods as well as services. This forms the core
function of Organization which helps them to effectively deliver the products and services to end
users. This activity helps firms to process raw material and thus convert them into end product.
The major operational activities in the firms includes machining, testing, and packing. The
primary operation of Organization involves collecting the goods as well as raw materials from
service provider and thus delivering it to the retail stores (Barone, 2016). The main advantage
which this activity renders to Organization is that it allows them to effectively process the raw
material and ensure that each and every equipment are highly effective in converting this raw
material. This plays an important role in efficiently delivering the products as well as services to
the customers and thus is crucial for increasing productivity and hence maximizing efficiency.
Besides this, it also help companies to achieve the competitive advantage and reduce their
overall production cost.
Outbound logistics is basically the process which is related to storage as well as
movement of final product along with the related flow of information from manufacturing point
to end customers. Organizations mainly utilizes numerous delivery alternatives for their non-
food goods for example Saturday delivery, clock and collect etc. The outbound logistics majorly
helps the organization to effectively deliver the products to end users and helps to achieve the
competitive advantage. Deliver flow forms the integral part of the supply chain of companies and
thus helps to establish the imperative network with customers (Hassan and et.al.,2018). Delivery
flow is basically the method as well as path which Organization uses for delivering its products
and services to end users. The delivery flow of the firms have a profound impact on their
operations and thus in order to ensure the smooth flow of products and maintain the high level
delivery, Organization has their network across wide distribution centers.
The support activities are mainly the activities which helps to support primary activities
and thus forms a vital part for making the primary activity and its impact more effective. There
are range of support activities which helps Organization to sustain its position in the market and
thus assist them to enlarge their customer base (Fernie, 2018).