Supply Chain Strategies
Supply Chain Strategies Integrated Supply Chain Management
BUS631
Matthew Keogh
This paper shall discuss the concept of supply chain strategies of Hewlett-Packard organization. Strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) supply chain planning, analysis, and modeling system. “Hewlett-Packard 's strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) team refined an approach using true optimization coupled with scenario analysis, selectively focused on the most critical parameters of the design equation, and used this approach to solve complex supply chain design problems for HP 's imaging and printing group” (Laval et al., 2005, p. 238). This paper discusses Hewlett-Packard supply chain strategy and development and offers my opinions on the effectiveness of this strategy.
Hewlett-Packard operations takes place in seven different business segments: Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP Services, Software, Personal Systems Group, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Financial Services and Corporate Investments (Laval, Feyhl, & Kakouros 2005). The supply chains while being similar in strategy is a separate entity due to the differentiation in products and services offered by the total supply chain. While the corporation’s system is in an organizational form with each segment horizontally presented to the others their supply chains are, of a necessity, integrated separately by business segment and only then into an overall supply chain. This last integration of the supply chain is to summarize the other supply chains for the senior level managers of the supply chain for strategic planning.
Hewlett-Packard does not confine its supply chain strategy to developing one massive supply chain model that will fit all situations, as they believe that these huge documents are unwieldy and time consuming. Furthermore, a massive amount of information presented is not critical to the system and decision-making. SPaM was developed as
BUS631
Matthew Keogh
This paper shall discuss the concept of supply chain strategies of Hewlett-Packard organization. Strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) supply chain planning, analysis, and modeling system. “Hewlett-Packard 's strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) team refined an approach using true optimization coupled with scenario analysis, selectively focused on the most critical parameters of the design equation, and used this approach to solve complex supply chain design problems for HP 's imaging and printing group” (Laval et al., 2005, p. 238). This paper discusses Hewlett-Packard supply chain strategy and development and offers my opinions on the effectiveness of this strategy.
Hewlett-Packard operations takes place in seven different business segments: Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP Services, Software, Personal Systems Group, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Financial Services and Corporate Investments (Laval, Feyhl, & Kakouros 2005). The supply chains while being similar in strategy is a separate entity due to the differentiation in products and services offered by the total supply chain. While the corporation’s system is in an organizational form with each segment horizontally presented to the others their supply chains are, of a necessity, integrated separately by business segment and only then into an overall supply chain. This last integration of the supply chain is to summarize the other supply chains for the senior level managers of the supply chain for strategic planning.
Hewlett-Packard does not confine its supply chain strategy to developing one massive supply chain model that will fit all situations, as they believe that these huge documents are unwieldy and time consuming. Furthermore, a massive amount of information presented is not critical to the system and decision-making. SPaM was developed as
References: Laval, C., Feyhl, M., & Kakouros, S. (2005). Hewlett-Packard combined OR and expert knowledge to design its supply system. Interfaces, 35(3), 238-247. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/docview/217103161? accountid=32521 Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., & Simchi-Levi, E. (2008). Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies and case studies. (3rd Ed.)