SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FOR GE
Supply Chain Management
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Introduction
• General electronics is an American company
which is one of the largest cooperation's that
operate world wide.
• Was ranked as one of the largest firms in the
USA in 2011
• It was formed in 1892 through a merger .
• The company operates in all parts of the
world
Supply Chain
• A supply chain is the seamless integration of
all the functions needed to make a finished
products.
• The supply chain for general electronics is
designed to ensure that products go through
its channels efficiently
• The supply chain integrates all the activities of
the company for easy movement of the
products from various points.
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Flow chart for G.E
Local and
international
distributors
Dispatch
International
Suppliers
Manufacturing
Direct Selling
Final consumer
Metric
• One of the metric systems to be examined is
the delivery time.
• The main objective of an effective supply
chain is to ensure that products reach the
customer on time
• At GE, the it takes at least two weeks for the
product to reach the furthest market location
• For local markets , the products reach the
same day (Ann 2001).
References
Peter, L.(2001). Introduction to Supply Chain.
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Adam, J.(2009). Business management. London:
Macmillan
Mary. H.(2012). International Business
organizations. Chicago: CP
Ann, S.(2011). Multinational Organizations. New
York: NYP