Supply chain matrix
The supply chain matrix is the organization of the value chain from the individual resources to the sale of the end product.
definition
A "possible structural principle in the organization of a company" is referred to as a matrix or matrix organization in quality management. When we speak of a supply chain matrix, we mean the organization of the value chain from the individual resources to the sale of the end product.
The supply chain matrix is part of the Six Sigma toolbox. Six Sigma is a method of quality management, the aim of which is to minimize the error rate in the production of a product. At the beginning of the Six Sigma there is a “differentiated static analysis of the current situation.” “Then measures should be identified and implemented in a disciplined process” in order to reduce the error rate. The so-called DMAIC method (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) is used. Within this Six Sigma toolbox, the supply chain matrix represents one of the slimming tools. Slimming tools are part of lean management. Lean management "describes the entirety of the thinking principles, methods and procedures for the efficient design of the entire value chain of industrial goods". For this optimization of the value chain there are the slimming tools, which in addition to the standardization, the value stream, bottleneck and material flow analysis, as well as the exhaustion analysis and the setup time analysis, also include the supply chain matrix.
The supply chain matrix in the sense of a product cooperation matrix
The supply chain matrix can be broken down into four areas. The configuration, the product development, the design of the product network and the process optimization.
Configuration of the product and network
Configuration generally means to represent or form and, as the name implies, configuration is about the arrangement of products in a network. This means that an attempt is made to develop unique products through the special cooperation of various companies.
Product development
A product must be produced by a company "with the best development know-how" in order to be able to guarantee the best possible quality for the customer. It is particularly important to create an ideal collaboration between the different companies as early as possible in the value chain.
Design of the production network
This point is very important for the supply chain matrix, as it becomes particularly clear here why the supply chain matrix is one of the slimming tools within lean management. When designing the production network, care is taken to ensure that the “optimal use of the potential of the individual companies” occurs. Through this optimal use, an attempt is made to manufacture a product with the least possible use of resources.
Process optimization
Process optimization also has similar starting points as the design of the production network. The manufacturing process should be optimized. For this it is very important to analyze the process in detail in order to identify potential savings opportunities. In the optimization step, an attempt is now made to make the best possible use of this potential savings. "Performance criteria to be optimized are (for example) the inventory and the lead time".
All of these steps are intended to ensure that, through the optimization of the manufacturing process and perfect interaction between the companies involved in the process, a product appears on the market that combines both good quality and reduced use of resources.
swell
- Introduction to the management of business processes: Six Sigma, Kaizen and TQM, 2nd edition, publisher: Springer Vieweg PDF
- Value chain on the Rödl & Partner website
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is ...: Six Sigma? - Harvard Business Manager - Harvard Business Manager. In: Harvard Business Manager. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Susanne Koch: Introduction to the management of business processes: Six Sigma, Kaizen and TQM . 2nd Edition. Springer Vieweg, Germany, ISBN 978-3-662-44449-8 .