New tendencies in the Supply Chain

In his eagerness of research of the new tendencies in the Supply Chain, the Foundation Icil is in constant contact with the market to know what is what think the professionals of the sector with regard to the novelties that arise and on to where move the most leading companies.

The last edition of the Debates Icil, served so that specialists of all the country gathered in Madrid and debated on subjects of big actuality like the globalisation of the shopping and procurements, the current model of consumption in the big cities and his logistical implications, or the integration of the Read in the logistical organisation.

From Icil posed some basic questions to analyse the current tendencies and know the opinion of all the present professionals in the event, and of those that connected through the web page of the debates.

The first reflection arrived from the perspective of the buyers and the needs to buy and aprovisionarse in international markets. 77% of the experts considered that the shopping in global markets are strategic for his companies. The department of shopping is changing in the companies. The director of shopping is taking a greater leadership, but the decision to buy was also involves a greater cost. 60% considers that the logistical costs of transport and/or customs are a barrier to implant the ‘global ‘ sourcing managemnet' in the company. By what the fear to this increase of costs, brakes to quite a lot of companies to be able to be more efficient in the management of the shopping.

In addition to the costs, the quality and his control, supposes also a barrier to buy in markets of developing countries for something more than 50% of the experts.

The Chinese market keeps on being an attractor trucks market for the shopping in an almost 49% of the present companies in the study.

The model of urban distribution is being questioned. The big cities are congestionadas. The traffic has turned into a true problem. The needs of the urban consumption do not help to solve these complications. 83% of the experts considers that the next ‘shops' of daily consumption, satisfy the needs of the final consumer. The return to the small trades, for the daily purchase, favours the reflexive purchase, and hampers the distribution of commodities for the companies that have to do arrive his products to all the metropoles.

57% of the companies participants, have seen sometime affected from his more logistical slope by the volumes of materials to move, with the consistent loss of efficiency. It requests to the local administration the contribution of solutions in the distribution, to improve no only the procurement of materials to the shops of vicinity, but also his withdrawal. The reverse logistics in a lot of cases also has to be taken into account. 77% agreed in that the local administrations involved much more in the problematic of the urban distribution. The design urbanístico, would have to collect also the needs of companies, trades, distributors and inhabitants of the city.

In spite of everything, 65% values the improvement in the distribution and delivery of products via the e-commerce. An upward trend and that is presionando to the sector so that the changes accelerate .

The Read inside the company is purchasing a greater importance. Of the operations has extended to the rest of the organisation. From Icil give learning in Read from already does years, and certify in the three belts (Yellow, Green and Black) through the Read Six Sigma Institute (LSSI). We wanted to know which is the importance that perceives the sector on this peak that is living the Read in the logistics. The grata surprise has been that so alone 5,7% considers that this is a fashion passenger. 63% thinks that has arrived to remain . However still there is a lot that do in the logistical sector. Only 46% of the present companies knew and had used tools Read in his company.

The implantation of the Read in the company like philosophy or tools of continuous improvement only is effective in 37%. 28% has pending to realizar said implantation during the next year. But 34% neither has it planned, a data of the fault of interest in some companies of the sector.

The conclusion is clear, the Read has gone in like a fashion, but still remains him a lot so that it was perceived like integrated in the logistical organisation, although it recognises his cost and effectiveness.