Strategic Organisational Supply Chain Management and Logistics

STRATEGIC ORGANISATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND LOGISTICS
Strategic Organisational Supply Chain Management and Logistics
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...................................................................................................................................4
Task 1: Relationship between supply chain and organisational business objectives in Nestle
Middle East:...................................................................................................................................5
LO 1.1 Importance of effective supply chain management in achieving organisational
objectives:..................................................................................................................................5
LO 1.2 Link between supply chain and other business functions in Nestle Middle East:..........5
LO 1.3 Key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in Nestle Middle East:...6
Task 2: Use of information technology to optimise supplier relationships in Nestle Middle East. .7
LO 2.1 Effectiveness of strategies used by Nestle Middle East to maintain supplier
relationships:..............................................................................................................................7
LO 2.2 Use of information technology to create strategies to develop relationship of Nestle
Middle East with its suppliers:....................................................................................................7
LO 2.3 Development of systems to maintain relationship of Nestle Middle East with its
suppliers:....................................................................................................................................8
Task 3: Understanding the role of information technology in supply chain management...........10
LO 3.1 Assessment of the ways information technology to assist integration of different parts
of the supply chain of Nestle Middle East:...............................................................................10
LO 3.2 Contribution of information technology to the management of the supply chain of
Nestle Middle East:..................................................................................................................10
LO 3.3 Effectiveness of information technology in managing the supply chain of Nestle Middle
East:.........................................................................................................................................11
Task 4: Understanding the role of logistics and procurement in supply chain management......12
LO 4.1 Role of logistics in supply chain management in Nestle Middle East:.........................12
LO 4.2 Procurement practices in Nestle Middle East:.............................................................13
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LO 4.3 Factors to be considered when improving logistics and procurement practices in
Nestle Middle East:..................................................................................................................13
Task 5: Planning a strategy to improve the supply chain of Nestle Middle East.........................14
LO 5.1 Strategy to improve the supply chain of Nestle Middle East:.......................................14
LO 5.2 Benefits of supply chain improvement strategy on the overall business performance in
Nestle Middle East:..................................................................................................................14
LO 5.3 Techniques to overcome barriers in Nestle Middle East when implementing supply
chain improvement strategy:....................................................................................................15
Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................16
References:.................................................................................................................................17
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Introduction:
Supply chain management could be defined as the procedures having direct relationship
with each other. The intention is to ensure better and enhanced provision of products and
services to the customers. The first party in the supply chain management is the suppliers
involved in transferring raw materials to the organisation. After the suppliers, the next two
parties include the manufacturers and the wholesalers or retailers. The manufacturers produce
the final products and they deliver them to the retailers or wholesalers. They, in turn, deliver the
products and services to the end customers. Thus, all the supply chain members play significant
roles. In the current era, many multinationals are operating in foreign nations and thus, they are
needed to manage and maintain their supply chain effectively. Logistics could be defined as the
transport of finished products to the different supply chain associates for ensuring the stock
bases of the retail stores of the business organisations. In this assignment, Nestle Middle East
would be studied and the ways through which it manages its supply chain and logistics would be
explored as well. A brief explanation would be provided regarding the proposed changes that
the organisation is required to implement in its logistics for ensuring customer satisfaction.
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