Supply Chain Design S1/E3: 10 Misconceptions in the "Make or Buy" Approach

Supply Chain Design is Cross-Departmental

The opinion of our goal-setting scouts:

We all want to achieve the same goal, right?

Supply chains are often thought of as the responsibility of purchasing. In reality, it involves balancing very different interests, not just in terms of "client/vendor." Particularly, the specific... ​
Particularly the unique production types connect the demands of individual departments and change the requirements for procurement.

A supplier in these system structures is a partner who must think and act in terms of systems. They must adapt to changing circumstances on a daily basis and are usually not just a "extended workbench." 

Our
CATUUGA-Scouts refer to this type of supplier as "system partners," who bring their own requirements to the table and thus serve as more than just mere executors.
Due to the varying interests, different goals also emerge that need to be managed. These goals are not only internal to the company; in supply chain management, externally influenced goals are also added to the mix.
An ecosystem forms, which the CATUUGA-Scouts have to orchestrate together with the stakeholders. "Turning stakeholders into participants" – for this purpose, suitable modules have been compiled into a "SOLution WOrkbench - SOLWO" in many innovative projects.
The design of the supply chain, which views this orchestration as a prism, should be considered parallel to the physical supply chain. The orchestration involves suppliers as system partners and is synchronized with the material supply chain through an Information Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Design S1/E2: 10 Misconceptions in the "Make or Buy" Approach
Supply Chain Design is Cross-Departmental