Supply Chain Management Best Practices Video
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Supply Chain Management Best Practices
The video for reviewing with the title ‘best practices and solutions for managing a complex, fragmented global supply chain’ presentation was at Texworld, New York. The speaker Avedis Seferian is the president, and the CEO of WRAP gave the presentation at a panel discussion in New York City in July 2014. The speaker kicks off the presentation by declaring the purpose of partnership of organizations represented in the group as to focusing in the manner in which manufacturing takes place. According to Schoenherr & Tummala (2008), the presentation gives focus on dealing with fragmented supply chain and the assurance that product manufacturing is in a responsible way. Brands can be tainted by perceived irresponsible production and fragmented supply chain that is not properly coordinated.
Seferian (2015) argues that irrespective of the level an organization is in the supply chain, there is need for awareness about the process and systems of the network. Management systems support success and sustain best practices by addressing relevant daily issues. The speaker echoes that management systems can anticipate problems for a firm and help prevent them from occurring, supporting social compliance, and manufacturing responsibility. The commitment of factory leadership will assist in upholding best practices by seeing what is important for the organization to excel and maintain proper manufacturing practices.
According to Seferian (2015), Avedis feels that it is essential to train employees continually in the organization appropriately on the system and safety issue. The speaker believes that even the act of continuous auditing is not sufficient to uncover issues of the supply chain process, but social compliance and building partnerships have the capability of supporting the supply chain. Therefore, the key points from the presentation on maintaining best practices in the supply chain are continuous education and building collaboration with all concerned parties.
According to Donghyun & Jin-Sung (2013), the presentation was done appropriately with projected slide presentation that gave an opportunity for the participants to take notes on the key point of what the speaker was talking. Seferian (2015) argues that the president is very clear in the speech, and everyone could snap the points, make proper relations to their manufacturing, and supply chain processes. The presentation was part of a panel discussion on the garment production and network of the processes that build value on product in delivery to consumers. Even as the presentation did not offer the opportunity for one on one interaction of the participants, it was very clear on what the speaker intended for the audience in the discussion panel.
According to Pedraza & Van (2012), the audience of the presentation is those involved in the supply chain network on garment production in the United States and around the globe irrespective of where they fell. The speaker gave an overview on the obligation of the participants of a supply chain network on what needs to be done to keep the brand in the wake of a split supply chain. The speech offers a solution to the audience on the way to handle the fragmented supply chain process and ensure maintaining of the responsible manufacturing process.
Chase & Jacobs (2014) argue that having information about the whole process across the linkage is essential option to understand responsible manufacturing that considers social compliance and engage preventive measures. According to Cuthbertson & Piotrowicz (2008), it is critical that the top leadership of an organization or a manufacturing firm considers supply chain as an important factor and offers appropriate support. The supply chain specialists have to be comfortable with the level of support for the management and ensure continuous education and collaborations that support the supply chain process.