Integrated Logistics for Dep/Gard

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Integrated Logistics for DEP/GARD Pamela Hanson March 8, 2015 Introduction to Logistics Management MGT 309 Instructor: Dr. Pattie Williams BACKGROUND DuPont Engineering Polymers (DEP) has been the supplier to Gard Automotive Manufacturing (GARD) for about 15 years. Tom Lippet is the sales representative for DEP, and Mike O’Leary is the current, but retiring, purchasing agent at GARD, and Richard Binish has been appointed as Mike O’Leary’s successor. Mike O’Leary had awarded DEP’s bid previously based on the fact that DEP had a quality product which resulted in little to no complaints about the product from the manufacturing managers and that prices were kept low. However, upon the appointment of Richard Binish to purchasing agent, Tom Lippet learns that the DEP contract will only be awarded for a period of one year. This is to allow Richard Binish to evaluate GARD’s suppliers. Mike O’Leary informed Tom Lippet of the changes that would be coming in the future. Changes such as the guidelines on delivery times, the qualifying criterion, and the order winning criteria. (Bowersox, Closs, Cooper, & Bowersox, 2013) CURRENT ISSUE DEP. Tom Lippet learned that other suppliers had increased their product quality to match that of DEPs. This shifted DEP’s order winning criteria of quality, to a qualifying criteria. He also learned that based on past performance DEP’s delivery time which once meet the guidelines of GARD, will not meet the new guidelines set by Richard Binish. (Bowersox, Closs, Cooper, & Bowersox, 2013) Analysis. Upon analyzing the DEP supply chain in their current situation it seems to be more of an anticipatory model with some qualities of a responsive model. When diagramed the stages that show to add value are Sales (information system linked to manufacturing), manufacturing (highly standardized, technologically advanced
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