Future Trends of Supply Chain Management

Dr. Ioannis N. Lagoudis

Director of Applied Research/Ass. Professor

lagoudis@mit.edu

FMM Export Conference 2013: Driving Export Sales

Thursday, 31st October 2013

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Presentation Outline

MIT-Global SCALE Network

Supply Chain Management

Current SCM Issues

Future SCM Trends

The Challenges for Malaysia

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An International Alliance of Leading Research and Education CentersDedicated to Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence Through Innovation

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Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation

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What is Supply Chain Management?

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Typical Supply Chain

Vendors PlantsPartWarehouses

RetailOutlets

DistributionCenters

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Some Supply Chain Issues…• Production scheduling• Production planning• Process optimization• Total quality management• Procurement• Forecasting• Distribution• Transportation• Warehousing• Financing• etc

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Top Supply Chain Challenges

Globalization Drives Market Need for Supply Chain Segmentation: Research & Key Strategies, 2012, Peerless Research Group on behalf of Supply Chain Management Review and Logistics Management magazines for Amber Road

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Top 10 Future Supply Chain Trends1. Globalization2. Volatility3. Talent shortfalls4. Transportation costs and reliability5. Customer expectations6. Networked economy7. Cost pressure8. Sustainability9. Increased risk and disruptions10.New technologies

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Malaysia the way forward• Today it is not the products that compete but

their supply chains. Thus Malaysia should focus:– Development of supply chain management talent– Halal supply chains– Energy supply chains– Islamic Finance– Logistic hub for ASEAN

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Thank you!