Question 1 I think this question is quite relevant as we talk about warehouse management, manufacturing, and MRP, and co
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 9:02 am
Question 1
I think this question is quite relevant as we talk about
warehouse management, manufacturing, and MRP, and considering the
supply chain challenges we have seen over the past couple of years.
And the root causes are simple (resource demands exceed supply.
Supply chain and manufacturing process have little or no slack.
Bottlenecks, occur in parts of a supply chain impacting other parts
of that supply chain.
Read 3-4 web articles that talk about slack, companies that sell
products (software / automation, etc.) to improve the turnaround
and reduce variation. You must look at an article published within
the last year or two that talks about actual supply chain problems.
For example, the port of L.A. If you talk about the Port of L.A,
make sure you think about the slack between processes. Unloading
contains, short haul transfer, rail transfer. There are many
relevant articles. and the Port of L.A produces many informative
stats. https://kentico.portoflosangeles.org/ge ... ons-report (Links
to an external site.).
Shortages have beleaguered the auto industry. Not just chips.
But there are steel shortages. The Canadian freight demonstrations
have largely passed but they created shortages of several
assemblies.
I'm open to how you answer this question, but I would like an
explanation of "what went wrong? What are the root causes
(containers, rail, labor, machines, COVID lockdowns, etc.) Is the
problem getting better or worse. What's can be done to fix
it?
I think this question is quite relevant as we talk about
warehouse management, manufacturing, and MRP, and considering the
supply chain challenges we have seen over the past couple of years.
And the root causes are simple (resource demands exceed supply.
Supply chain and manufacturing process have little or no slack.
Bottlenecks, occur in parts of a supply chain impacting other parts
of that supply chain.
Read 3-4 web articles that talk about slack, companies that sell
products (software / automation, etc.) to improve the turnaround
and reduce variation. You must look at an article published within
the last year or two that talks about actual supply chain problems.
For example, the port of L.A. If you talk about the Port of L.A,
make sure you think about the slack between processes. Unloading
contains, short haul transfer, rail transfer. There are many
relevant articles. and the Port of L.A produces many informative
stats. https://kentico.portoflosangeles.org/ge ... ons-report (Links
to an external site.).
Shortages have beleaguered the auto industry. Not just chips.
But there are steel shortages. The Canadian freight demonstrations
have largely passed but they created shortages of several
assemblies.
I'm open to how you answer this question, but I would like an
explanation of "what went wrong? What are the root causes
(containers, rail, labor, machines, COVID lockdowns, etc.) Is the
problem getting better or worse. What's can be done to fix
it?