Supply Chain Strategies

Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES
Supply Chain Strategies
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Table of Contents
Answer to Question 1.................................................................................................................2
Answer to Question 2.................................................................................................................4
Answer to Question 3.................................................................................................................6
Answer to Question 4.................................................................................................................7
Answer to Question 5.................................................................................................................9
Answer to Question 6.................................................................................................................9
Answer to question 7................................................................................................................11
Reference..................................................................................................................................14

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Answer to Question 1.
In context of distribution, the choices of distribution network are from the
manufacturer to the end consumers. Distribution is considered between the different pairs of
phases which are supplier to manufacturer, any many same option continues to apply. When
Distribution network are designed there are two main decisions:
 Will company deliver the product to the location of customer or had to receive from a
particular site?
 Will the flow of product passes through intermediate location?
According two decisions choices, distribution network design has six different
distribution options as shown in figure1 that are categorized as (Qiang et al. 2013):-
 Direct shipping from manufacturer storage
 In-transit merge and direct shipping from manufacturer storage
 Delivery package carrier from distributor storage
 Delivery last mile from distributer storage
 Customer pickup from manufacturer or distributer storage
 Customer pickup from retail storage

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Figure 1. Type of distribution network.
We can evaluate the wide range of distribution of chosen three different distributions
models are as follows (Yang 2013):-
 Response time
 Availability of product
 Variety of product
 Experience of customer
 Returnability of product
 Visibility of order
Response time is the valuable time between the customers placing an order and receiving
the product delivery. Availability of product is having a good stock of product when orders
comes from customer. Variety of product is a customer desires attracts when different
configuration and product are available. Experience of customer which includes order to be