. Planning & Coordination Flows
-Nature & Location of customers
-Required products & services matching to needs of customers.
-Limitations or bottlenecks within manufacturing capabilities thus helping to decide outsourcing requirements.
-Requirements of logistical facilities based upon forecasting.
-MPS and MRP to support manufacturing /procurement requirements.
Operational Flow
-Order management and processing
-Procurement
-Inventory management
-Transportation and shipping
Advantages of effective operational flows
-Allocates and assigns inventory/ assortments to customers according to predetermined priorities.
– Use of information technology in deploying inventory to ensure effective performance of logistical system.
-Consolidating orders to achieve freight economies and making correct documentation.
-Facilitate purchase order preparation, amendments and release to ensure overall supplier compliance.
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