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ASSIGNMENT FOR MODULE 1: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT WEEK 1: SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING BY: ANTON MULJADI DATE: SEPT 25, 2007 # OF PAGE: 3 ( INCLUDING THIS PAGE ) Background: The corporate inventory strategy is to achieve high ROI and high customer service level. Objective/Purpose of the MAP: To identify the effectiveness and efficiency of replenishment process and opportunities for improvements such as cycle time reduction; As well as identifying bottleneck in data flow among business partners. . A few opportunities that can be deducted from the Map are: 1.) Purchasing more products directly to Satellite DCs, eliminating/minimizing the need of double handling of products for "transferring" products from Main DCs to Satellite DC. And also reducing product lead ( cycle ) time. On the other hand, purchasing product directly to satellite warehouse might increase inventory investment and inbound freight cost. 2.) Allowing product movements between satellite DCs and Main DC to increase supply flexibility. 3.) There is a need...

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