The Supply Chain Eco-System Framework

Ecosystem Aware
Global Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Eco-System Framework:

Global Supply Chains
N. Viswanadham
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Contents
l Ecosystem
l Global
Supply Chains
l Manufacturing Firms in Electronics
l Manufacturing Firms in Apparel
l Modular Organizations
l Conclusions
Resources
Delivery Services
Infrastructure
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The Basic Ecosystem

Institutions
Supply Chain
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The Four Forces in Detail

Supply Chains
l Delivery Services Mechanisms
l Institutions
l Resources
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Global Supply Chains
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Modularity in Product and Process

l
Modular Product
Made by appropriately combining different modules
Provides customers a number of options for each module
and thus the product

Products differ from each other in terms of the subsets of
modules assembled to produce them
l
Modular Process
Each module undergoes a specified set of operations
making it possible to outsource its manufacturing &

inventory them in semi-finished form
l Modular
Organization Structure
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Supply Chain Trends: Modularity and Outsourcing

Modular Products, Standardized Production Processes, and
Outsourcing lead to Modular Supply Chains.
l Standardized component manufacturers have become IP
monopolies and wield global market power
(Intel chips, Windows OS, Auto components)
l Products have become commodities with the availability
of Codifiable and Easily Replicable Knowledge about
assembling the final product.
l The strategic competitive advantage for assemblers (Dell,
GM, Nokia) moves from factory to managing the global
supply chain and social capital with stakeholders.
l
China assembles all iPods, but it only gets about $4 per unit or
just over 1% of the US retail price of $300
451 parts that go into the iPod
Hard Drive by Toshiba Japanese company, most of its hard drives made in
the Philippines and China; it costs about $73 - $54 in parts and labor -- so the
value that Toshiba added to the hard drive was $19 plus its own direct labor costs
Video/multimedia processor chip by Broadcom American company
with manufactures facilities in Taiwan. This component costs $8.
Controller chip by Portal Player American company with
manufactures .This component costs $5 .
-Final assembly done in China, costs only about $4
The unaccounted- parts and labor costs came to about $110
The largest share of the value added in the iPod

goes to enterprises in the US $163 of the
iPods $299 retail value in the US : $ 75 for
distribution and retail , $80 to Apple, and $8 to
domestic component makers.
Source: Varian, Hal R. The New York Times, June 28, 2007. An iPod Has
Global Value. Ask the (Many) Countries That Make It.
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Types of Standardization
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Part Standardization
Common parts are used across many processes
Products redesigned as necessary
Process Standardization
Standardizing as much of the process as possible,
making a generic or family product

Final product assembly delayed until the customer
order is received i.e. Called Postponement
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Integrated Product- Value Chain Modularity

Modular Product
Integrated
Product
Modular Product Design
Module
2
Module
3
OEM
OEM
Manufacturing &
Modular Process
Design
Modular Value Chain

Supplier 1
Module
2
OEM
Module
1
Module
1
Outsourcing & Modular

Supply Chain Design
Module
3
Module
2
Module
3
OEM
Module
1
Modular Assembly
Supplier 2
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Product Modularity in Automobiles

Different
Modules in
an Automobile
Source:
Shimokawa, K., Jurgens,
U., and Fujimoto, T. (Eds),
1997, Transforming
Automobile Assembly,
Springer, New York.
Dashboard
Module
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Process Modularity
Shimokawa, K., Jurgens, U., and Fujimoto, T. (Eds), 1997,

Transforming Automobile Assembly, Springer, New York.
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Manufacturing Firms in
Electronics
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Rise of EMS Firms

Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) are a
set of companies that design, test, manufacture,
distribute, and provide return/repair services
for Electronic OEMs
l EMS firms grow through increased scope & scale
l
Increased outsourcing from OEMs.

Acquisitions of underutilized manufacturing assets of
OEMs and SMEs in manufacturing and product design

CM, ODM & CDM are the three popular EMS segments
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Business Segments: CM & CDM

l
Contract manufacturing (CM)

Does Manufacturing and packaging, design supplied by
OEMs.
Component suppliers are specified by the OEM
l
Contract Design and Manufacturing (CDM)

CM + Product design + SCM +logistics + Eng services
IP for design is still with OEM
Does design changes resulting in higher margins
l
To improve manufacturability based on experience of

producing similar products for several OEMs
Savings in sourcing and logistics by using same components for
products from different OEMs
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Original Design and Manufacturing (ODM)

l
ODMs initiate designs , manufacturing, IP &

licensing etc. and shop for Owner. They
Develop unbranded products and sell them.
Can alter product design for manufacturability and cost.
are co-located their design and manufacturing facilities to
gain cost advantage.

Subcontract some activities to CMs.
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Risks involved in the Three Segments

l
l
CM Need to manage manufacturing risks only

CDM In addition to manufacturing risk, the design
may need modifications adding overseeing costs. The
OEM bears the market risk.
ODM Both the technical and market risks are borne
by the EMS firm and hence more responsibility
Extensive market analysis and development of product
architecture.
Future risks may come in the form of constant up gradation of
design expertise and manufacturing capabilities.
Needs intra organizational coordination .
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Manufacturing Firms in Apparel
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Types of Apparel Firms

l
Assembly/CMT: CMT, cut, make, and trim, or CM

Designs & Fabric are supplied by the customer.
Manufacturer cuts and sews fabric into garments
Original Equipment Manufacturing : Customer provides
the design and specifies the raw materials. OEMs source
and finance the fabric, provide all production and packaging
services for delivery to the retail outlet.
Original Design Manufacturing (ODM): OEM organize and
coordinates design of the product, selection, purchasing, of
materials; all stages of production such as cutting, sewing,
trimming, packaging & delivery of the finished product to
customer.
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Modular Organizations
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Transformation of the Organization of

Electronics Production
Source:Byron Gangnes and Ari Van Assche, Modular Production Networks in Electronics: the
Nexus between Management and Economics Research, September 30, 2004
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INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS
Business Week Posted on January 29, 2006
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Modular Organization Designs

l
Modularization of product designs paves the way for similar

modularization of organization designs facilitating
coordination of activities via an information structure
rather than managerial authority or hierarchy
The codification of knowledge and standardization (through
technical standards and design rules) of the interfaces between
organizationally separate stages of production has made
vertical specialization (organizational modularity) replace
vertical integration.
Codification, together with shared interface standards and
design rules reduces the volume of information and hence
the amount of knowledge sharing, that is required for interfirm coordination
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Conclusions
l The
production has moved from Integrated

manufacturing to dispersed manufacturing
l Codification of knowledge, standardization
of processes and the inter-organizational
interfaces has boosted the vertical
specialization
l This has provided impetus to the growth of
contract manufacturing firms and
Outsourcing.

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Ecosystem Aware

Global Supply Chain Management

The Supply Chain Eco-System Framework:

The Basic Ecosystem

The Four Forces in Detail

Global Supply Chains

Modularity in Product and Process

and thus the product

making it possible to outsource its manufacturing &

Supply Chain Trends: Modularity and Outsourcing

-Final assembly done in China, costs only about $4

The unaccounted- parts and labor costs came to about $110

The largest share of the value added in the iPod

making a generic or family product

Integrated Product- Value Chain Modularity

Modular Product Design

Modular Value Chain

Outsourcing & Modular

Product Modularity in Automobiles

Shimokawa, K., Jurgens, U., and Fujimoto, T. (Eds), 1997,

Rise of EMS Firms

Increased outsourcing from OEMs.

OEMs and SMEs in manufacturing and product design

Business Segments: CM & CDM

Contract manufacturing (CM)

Contract Design and Manufacturing (CDM)

To improve manufacturability based on experience of

Original Design and Manufacturing (ODM)

ODMs initiate designs , manufacturing, IP &

gain cost advantage.

Risks involved in the Three Segments

CM Need to manage manufacturing risks only

Manufacturing Firms in Apparel

Types of Apparel Firms

Assembly/CMT: CMT, cut, make, and trim, or CM

Transformation of the Organization of

Business Week Posted on January 29, 2006

Modular Organization Designs

Modularization of product designs paves the way for similar

production has moved from Integrated

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