The Spartan Supply Chain

Secondly, the unique set up and sequencing of process step of the machinery required by each customer order caused a financial waste and wasting time each time when the manufacturing department start to produce a new customer order. As a machinery was not operating in the same sequencing of process step that may lead to a higher probability of production error and decrease the quality of final product. It also lead to a longer lead time for the finished good or reduce the potential capacity of machinery.
Thirdly, a highly skilled workers and a number of designer and researcher are needed under the customization strategy, therefore, Spartan is spending much more on the labour wages than its competitors as usually highly skilled workers have

• Consolidation of the supply chain; a further efficiencies and operational advantages because of buyers have better understanding of suppliers’ services and products.
Disadvantages:
• Barriers to exit relationship as buyers rely materials supplied by their long term suppliers
• Difficult to test supplier price and sourcing from time to time
• Miss out on innovation from other supplier as long term relationship discouraged new supplier entry into the market. Alternation 2 will be introducing the just in time inventory system in order to reduce the hold of average inventory as Spartan can receive inventory from suppliers when they are required.
Advantages:
• Reduce the inventory holding cost and space with the respect of higher level of inventory turnover.
• Waste reduction from prevents inventory become obsolete while holding the additional inventory as Spartan has a faster inventory turnover.
• More fund available due to the small amount of inventory ordered at once.
Disadvantages:
• Highly risk of materials shortage because of carry less stock.
• Lack of control over time as inventory order rely on the timeliness of

• Heavily rely on supplier due to hold low inventory level
Alternative 4 is to keep the old customization supply chain strategy while figure out best solutions to solve the current issues.
Advantages:
• Maintain currently customer who willing to pay a higher price for customized product.
• Healthy customer relationship as high satisfaction from customers.
• High uniqueness.
Disadvantages:
• Required a solution to solve the current issues.
• Less market share of customer who looking for low price and fast delivery lead time.
• Higher operating cost as a result of require more high skilled employees.
Alternative 5 is to implement the new standardization supply chain strategy and achieve the new business goals and objectives.
Advantages:
• Reduce operating cost and waste; less worker and raw material needed.
• Improve productivity and consistent quality as a result stable work process.
• Elimination of error due to repetition of manufacturing process.
Disadvantages:
• Loss of uniqueness as company only produce a few high volume products.
• Loss of responsiveness.
• Lack of