SUPPLY CHAIN

Hospital Glove Supply Chain Proposal



Hospital Glove Supply Chain

Materials Requirements Plan

After realizing the hospital was purchasing gloves from a local supplier with high costs and unreliable delivery, it became a necessity to seek new suppliers from an international market such as Richforth Home Products Company in China. Before the hospital breaks into this new market, it must establish materials requirements plan to ensure cost reductions and consistency in the supply chains. However, variations may exist in the supply chains of international markets and, therefore, the hospital needs to develop an effective process that would enable it to receive its supplies in a timely manner.

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Total quality management (TQM) is an influential philosophy of management, but it is also a hodgepodge of ideas and practices meant to help organizations function more effectively. While there is reasonable agreement about what TQM includes—customer satisfaction, quality as a strategic concern, systematic measurement, continuous improvement, and team based organization.

Project Scope

The framework for building a consistent supply chain strategy begins with clearly defining your way to play that is, how you win in the market. A consistently successful company has a clear understanding of what differentiates it as an enterprise: specifically, the way it creates value for people who buy its products and services. This is its way to play in the market.

Strategies

Typically, Hospital Gloves Manufacturer will focus on three to five levers that span the life cycle of a supply chain strategy, from go-to-market model, to complexity management, to process effectiveness, to manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement. Explicit choices for where to limit development and investment are as important as choosing where to focus bets on critical capabilities.

Effective complexity management:

The design process may take longer than that of competitors because additional time can be spent on making sure that the new ...