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With the rapid development of economic globalization, the market competition has gradually changed from the competition among individual enterprises to the competition between supply chains. If enterprises want to gain competitive advantage, they must implement the strategic resource integration of supply chain. As a new management idea and management method, supply chain management maximizes the benefit of supply chain by controlling (planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and controlling) the logistics, information flow and capital flow among enterprises and departments in the supply chain. reduce supply chain costs and achieve "win-win".

Supply chain management is indispensable for China's manufacturing industry to adapt to the new normal of China's economy. The supply chain management model under the new economic normal should be more market-oriented, linking product research and development, manufacturing, distribution, customers and after-sales service into a win-win relationship among partners. Only in this way can the supply chain be built into a relatively stable cooperative alliance with strong competitiveness.

In this paper, the editor shares with you two common logistics operation modes of manufacturing enterprises in the supply chain environment.

1. Logistics operation mode based on VMI.

The logistics operation mode based on VMI (vendor management inventory, Vendor managed inventory) is a very advanced logistics operation mode under the supply chain integration environment. Raw materials and parts suppliers set up factories or warehouses nearby. Suppliers share user inventory and material demand information and carry out replenishment and JIT distribution according to the actual consumption and replenishment strategy, which effectively reduces the impact of uncertainty on inventory, as shown in figure 1.

In this mode, although manufacturing enterprises achieve zero inventory management of raw materials and parts, the actual inventory cost is transferred to the suppliers in the upper reaches of the supply chain, and the suppliers hold large safety inventory to cope with the uncertainty of the supply chain.

In 18 years, Litins's customer Steyr intermodal transport successfully launched the system, and finally formed an efficient supply chain with close coordination among suppliers, logistics centers and manufacturers. Through the Litins LitWorks platform to directly query inventory, accurately judge the time and volume of supply, greatly reducing inventory risk and financial pressure.

2. Logistics collaborative operation mode based on centralized distribution center.

The logistics collaborative operation mode based on centralized distribution center is to set up a role of centralized management of supplier inventory between manufacturing enterprises and suppliers-logistics service providers. Logistics service providers provide unified logistics and information flow services for all suppliers and manufacturing enterprises, that is, suppliers entrust parts to logistics service providers, and logistics service suppliers send them directly to the production line according to the requirements of manufacturing enterprises. The collaborative production and supply between suppliers and manufacturing enterprises are realized.

As shown in figure 2, the manufacturing enterprise issues a rolling procurement plan, and the supplier organizes delivery according to the delivery plan, which is made according to the purchase plan and inventory or according to the inventory information and material demand plan. Logistics service providers carry out centralized inventory control and management, and after the products are offline, the manufacturing enterprises settle accounts with suppliers according to the actual consumption.

Logistics service providers can be served by third-party logistics, fourth-party logistics, manufacturers and suppliers.

1. The advantage of third-party logistics lies in its professional facilities and equipment, perfect logistics network, advanced information platform and rich management experience, which can provide all-round logistics services such as warehousing, transportation, distribution and so on. so that suppliers and manufacturing enterprises can focus more on improving their core competitiveness. The collaborative operation model of third-party logistics based on distribution center, as shown in figure 3.

two。 The advantage of the fourth party logistics lies in the integration of logistics resources, which mainly provides information technology, management technology, strategic planning and operation strategy. The specific business is carried out by one or more professional third-party logistics. The cooperative operation model of the fourth party logistics based on the distribution center, as shown in figure 4.

3. Manufacturing enterprises build their own logistics distribution center to centrally manage inventory, which can better control raw materials and parts, but its operating cost is very high, which requires a lot of energy, which is generally suitable for large-scale manufacturing enterprises. The collaborative operation model of enterprise self-logistics based on centralized distribution center, as shown in figure 5.

4. A large supplier or several suppliers jointly provide logistics services, which requires them to have more professional facilities and equipment, perfect logistics network, and supply a large number of raw materials and parts, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to expose the supply information of other suppliers. Supplier logistics collaborative operation model based on centralized distribution center, as shown in figure 6.

The editor has something to say:

In the current environment of supply chain integration and development, manufacturing enterprises should speed up the transformation and upgrading of logistics, reduce costs and increase efficiency, and strengthen the core competitiveness of enterprises. The choice of logistics operation mode becomes very important. What kind of logistics operation mode determines how to operate and manage in the future. The logistics operation mode based on VMI and the supply chain logistics coordination operation mode based on centralized distribution center are very good modes. The latter is developed on the basis of the former, and it is a very important logistics mode to realize the supply chain integration of manufacturing enterprises.

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