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PIPELINE MANAGEMENT & CONTROL CASE STUDY PIPELINE MANAGEMENT & CONTROL CASE STUDY Table of Content Table of Content 2 Part 1: Clearly state the case for streamlining product/service flow through supply chain pipelines 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Major problems of supply chain: 3 1.3 using postponement and mass customisation 5 1.4 Benchmarking 6 1.5 spontaneous build to order 7 1.5.1 Modular Product Design as Enabler of "Built-to-Order". 8 1.5.2 Manufacturing Under "Build-to-Order". 9 Part 2: Automotive industry has been chosen and identifies steps that have been made by companies to improve synchronisation processes and activities across the supply chain. What are barriers to such change? 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 E-procurement under "Build-to-Order". 11 2.3 B2B: Transforming or Reinforcing Supplier Relationships? 12 2.3.1 Open architecture and transparency. 13 2.3.2 Automation of steps in the purchasing process 13 2.3.3 Auction 13 2.3.4 New tools to facilitate collaborative product design of complex components or modules 14 2.4 Barrier of change: 15 2.4.1 Culture blame 15 2.4.2 Security is uncertain 15 2.4.3 Sharing information 16 2.4.4 Lack of knowledge 16 Implementing e-supply chain is likely need expertise to know how to work well. And mainly people who have been working in...

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