Supply Chain Management Case Study
Read this journal article, which examines supply chain management drivers and the motivation of sustainability for manufacturing enterprise supply chains in Pakistan.
Supply Chain Management Drivers and their Motivation for Sustainability
Inventory
A textile or FMCG industries proved to be more responsible with larger inventory but it
takes the huge cost to store finish goods and disseminate into the marketplace. The
manufacturing companies hire professionals to procure required inventory and ensure effective
collaboration with suppliers to minimize stock levels that developed in Salimi et al.. For
this reason, Vendor Management Inventory (VMI), Just-in-Time, and Lean manufacturing
considered to achieve supply chain sustainability goals. Moreover, four approaches for inventory
can be purposeful if they applied at right time to the right place. Such approaches include reverse
inventory consignment, inventory speculation, inventory consignment, and inventory
postponement as well highlighted in Khan & Qianli. The manufacturing organizations
can adopt any one of inventory approach to forecasting in customer demand, bargaining power
of organizations, and supply line comparative to its supplier that inspect in the research of
Abbasi.