Essay On Service Supply Chain Management

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Service Supply Chain Management
With the growing importance of service sector in various economies of the world, a new area important area has come up which is important for the operations perspective of service sector. This new area is Service Supply Chain Management. In the domain of SSC, two types of supply chain exists which are Service Only Supply Chain and the Product only Supply Chain.
SOCS basically consists of pure services such as psychological advice, healthcare body checking, financial consulting etc. There are some supply chains which handle both physical products with significant service considerations. These are known as Product Service Supply Chain (PSSC). Example is food, retail management.
In this report, SSCM is being studied …show more content…

It helps the service company to determine it capacity over multi-period horizon. For developing optimal capacity expansion, company can sign future contracts if it has lower initial capacity.
Service Demand Management
Demand management related to how service operations manage customer demand. It involved proper demand planning.
One of the important factors is Service Capacity. Dynamic optimal capacity expansion is one of the problems for service providers. Outsourcing also affects Service Demand Management. In studies I what came out is that outsourcing performs well if the external coordinator has a low knowledge transfer cost.
Customer Service level can also affect demand. Tradeoff between customer service and cost in supply chain defines the level of customer service provided to the customers.
Financial Services is also one of the factors affecting the functions of firm performance in supply chain. Insurance services are one of the areas which can increase the cost in supply chain. It has been argues that for firms with a weaker capability for dealing with financially significant disruptions, insurance services area more desirable

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