Supply Chain Management: Report on SigPack

Executive Summary

The report focuses on the supply chain management of SigPack, a subsidiary of Bosch Packaging Technologies. The product that they manufacture is packaging material. The report looks at the supply chain processes of the company. The company has four service hubs namely in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan. Having dispersed operations require effective communication and innovation in all the spheres of the business. Communication gaps and getting information at the wrong times can cause problems in the supply chain, which can lead to losses for the organization. Supply chain management is an essential part of any business activities as it can be a cause for improving the overall performance of the business.

1.Introduction1

2.Research methodology2

3.Current SC structure, SC strategy and market of the business unit2

4.Implications to current study3

5.Current Supply Chain Structure4

6.Process Capabilities5

7.Existing problems and weaknesses in the current process6

8.To-Be process6

9.Suggestions8

10.Conclusion9

11.Recommendations9

References11

Appendix13

Supply Chain Management: Report on SigPack

Introduction

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is playing an important role in the current environment in which the businesses operate (Stadler, 2005, pp.9-35). Supply Chain is gradually and more importantly becoming a source of competitive advantage for many firms around the world. The competition is not only based on products, and customer relation management, supply chain networks are equally important. A company can have the best product, and the most innovative marketing strategy, but if its product is not available at the right place, and at the right time it will have negative implications for the business. Having the right tools cannot be the only requirement for executing effective business practices. There is a need to be able to utilize the resources in the right way.

Bosch Packaging Technologies is a division of the Robert Bosch GmbH bunch. It works planet wide, has more than 5000 workers, and improves bundling results for a wide spectra of items; sustenance, health-and pharmaceutical features and also non-nourishment products. Today the company's bunch comprises of eleven autonomous bundling machine makers, partitioned in the business units bundling frameworks and bundling machines. Moreover they have one aid business unit, SigPack Services. Five of the eleven handling Bosch Packaging Technology bunch in 2004. The bundling machines have usually been known for their large amount of value, prevalent operational security and solid utility in persistent operations.

Research methodology

The case is being developed through using online journals, journals, books, and other relevant online source which includes the company's website. The research is dependent on the online sources.

Current SC structure, SC strategy and market of the business unit

The sourcing system of SigPack is described by deciding on suppliers on a lifelong groundwork where value is sufficient, fundamentally as per the least costs. Ease suppliers in the eastern part of Europe are, in the fundamental, not certificated dependent upon worldwide benchmarks. Consequently the company has created a coordination stage for the Hungarian business sector overcoming any and all hardships between them in Switzerland and, to date, twelve small and average measured Hungarian suppliers. With the assistance of their agents in Hungary, SigPack is ...