The company of choice is Glenn’s Appliances and More. The company is headquartered along 545 Hooksett Road, Maple Tree Mall, and Manchester in New Hampshire. The company’s business software is great solutions for small businesses in a simple, fast, and cheap way. The company trades in the supply of quality brands of major home appliances. The company also offers repair services. Services and goods are both sold at competitive prices that every household can afford.
In choosing a supply partner from Malaysia, several factors will be considered. The first is the cost criterion. Here identification of costs relating to purchases is examined. The costs include the purchase price, transportation cost, and taxes. The other factors relate to the operational costs (Awino 33). This covers transaction-processing cost of goods returned. The company always needs the minimum price of goods to increase the sales volumes and hence increase the profit.
Distribution cost contains the overall distribution channel cost, inventory cost, handling and packaging cost, damages during transportation and insurance costs. The company strives to procure at the least cost possible. The company needs suppliers with competent technical ability to give high quality products and services, and promote development efforts.
In the supplier selection process, technology plays a significant role. A list of approved suppliers is stored in the data bank. Their profiles are created and therefore any information relating to them can easily be retrieved (Beamon 42). Communication channels are always indicated making it very easy as the involved parties constantly communicate. Other details stored include technical capability, organizational structure, and quality evaluation.
With the use of technology, companies keep the suppliers’ information in a case structure way consisting of a number of fields representing the systems. The most sensitive numerical performance values of the corresponding methods of suppliers are well preserved. Supply management tools become easy, as this improves performance as opposed to using the traditional techniques that were manual. Synchronized selection programs increase checks and balances. The loss of quality through all the processes and functions is minimized. All the factors including the supplier’s environmental performance are handled easily with the help of technology.
Glenn’s has a well-established supply chain. The chain is sustainable, easy to follow with little trepidation. In order for the goods to arrive safely from Malaysia, there are a few steps to follow to ensure there is sustained change. This is from shifting consumer-buying patterns, to the manufacturers’ production practices, and corporate culture. Glenn’s depends on multiple product streams going into multiple product lines. The process is iterative.
The company does two things repeatedly. Tools that are relevant in making a priority list for the exercise to begin are identified before any other process. This is followed by exploring the toolbox items that will guide the movement of the goods from Malaysia to Manchester. (Ronald 26). This includes as earlier mentioned the fright formalities in Malaysia and international water bodies. This is done as a routine.
The management of the company outlines two actions that are done to make sure the process begins. At first, structured decision making organs are put in place. They will be charged with the duty of overseeing implementation of the exercise. In addition, they will put mechanisms in place that will ensure the process is sustained. Glenn’s and More will have its structured decision-making organ hold discussions and come out with suggestions on how the wider supply chain will be managed. This method makes sure that the goods are delivered in Manchester from Malaysia
Works Cited
Awino, Zachary. Purchasing and Supply Chain Strategy: New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print.
Beamon, Burton. Measuring supply chain performance. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print.
Ronald, Ballou. Business, logistics, and supply chain management. New York: Pearson Education Publishers, 2010. Print.