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State-of-the-Art Supply Chain

 

 

 

Vadim Kotelnikov

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The entire chain is a single, integrated equity.

Suppliers contracts based on mutual benefits rather than straight cost. Supply chains are not about buying something a bit cheaper, these are strategic decisions.

The cost, quality, and delivery requirements of the manufacturing customer are objectives shared by every company in the chain.

Suppliers bring and element of continuous improvement to the relationship, through which the added value is constantly substantiated.

 

Supply Chain

Team Up with Suppliers

Performance Management

Deming's 14 Point's Plan for TQM

Virtual Integration

3 Action Areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suppliers understand the buyer's business and are intimate enough with the operations to provide improvement opportunities and solutions to problems.

Suppliers are involved as co-innovators

Inventory is the last resort for resolving supply-and-demand imbalances between the tiers

Sharing of benefits achieved through collaboration

Enabled by e-business and electronic data interchange (EDI)

Measured by lead-time on class-A purchased materials.

 

Performance Management

Examples of Value Chains

Six Sigma

Extended Enterprise

Guiding Principles

Green Business

Green Procurement

 

 

 

 

AI-powered Value Chain and Supply Chain: key benefits  

Benefits of AI-powered Value Chain Management

Enhanced supply chain visibility – end‑to‑end tracking and anomaly detection improve transparency and reduce operational risks.

Optimized inventory management – Intelligent systems balance stock levels, reduce excess inventory, and prevent stockouts.

Cost reduction and efficiency gains – by eliminating bottlenecks and optimizing resource allocation, AI significantly lowers operational costs.

 

AI-powered Value Chain

 

   

AI Enhances Future Forecasting

AI-driven forecasting is applied across various domains. It helps predict disruptions, improve logistics, optimize supply chain, and conduct predictive maintenance on machinery... More

 

 

 

AI-driven Business Model Innovation: Supply Chain  

AI-powered Supply Chain Innovation

Example: TurboQuant’s efficiency allows more AI workloads to run locally in stores, warehouses, and logistics hubs.

Benefits: real‑time demand forecasting, dynamic inventory optimization, in‑store computer vision for shelf monitoring.

Business model impact:

Operational cost reductions enable new pricing strategies and faster delivery models.

 

IT-powered Value Chain

 

 

 

Strategy of Lean Production

Lean customer relationships

Lean product development

Lean manufacturing/order fulfillment

Lean supply chain

 

Toyota Production System (TPS)

Business Tree

Business Design

Value Chain