Supply chain analysis for drafting a distribution plan for non-profit organizations. Case: TestPlus
Miettinen, Helena (2015)
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201501261610
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201501261610
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TestPlus is a Finland-based start-up developing easy to use, comprehensive home health testing devices and accompanying smartphone apps. This thesis describes the project of drafting a distribution plan to get the products from Finland to Bangladesh with the co-operation of NGOs.
The project begins with creating a theoretical framework for the drafting phase. The theory includes a brief explanation of supply chain management and trends in it. The thesis focuses on the operations in the downstream part of the supply chain, from the focal company towards the customers. The explanation of distribution is given with an elaboration of global distribution and distribution channels. Inside the distribution chain is transportation; transportation modes, services and management are discussed. Warehousing and warehouse operations are described with inventory management. The last topic concerning distribution involves the information requirements in global transportation and trade. This is followed by a discussion of corporate social responsibility and sustainability through distribution, the environmental impact of transportation modes, warehousing, and the role of non-governmental organisations.
The project documentation starts with drafting a simple distribution chain derived from the theoretical background. With the basic chain drafted, the case specific distribution chain is described along with a discussion of the author’s recommendations for each step. Research on plausible co-operating NGOs is reported with a brief description of the research methods and discussion of the criteria chosen to evaluate the NGOs. The NGOs chosen are listed at the end of the chapter.
As a conclusion, some remarks are made on how the commissioning company may best benefit from the thesis, after which some additional projects are suggested. The report ends with the author’s evaluation of the project.
As an attachment, the report includes a summary of the drafted distribution chain in the form of a flow chart and a table of the links to the organisations suggested.
The project begins with creating a theoretical framework for the drafting phase. The theory includes a brief explanation of supply chain management and trends in it. The thesis focuses on the operations in the downstream part of the supply chain, from the focal company towards the customers. The explanation of distribution is given with an elaboration of global distribution and distribution channels. Inside the distribution chain is transportation; transportation modes, services and management are discussed. Warehousing and warehouse operations are described with inventory management. The last topic concerning distribution involves the information requirements in global transportation and trade. This is followed by a discussion of corporate social responsibility and sustainability through distribution, the environmental impact of transportation modes, warehousing, and the role of non-governmental organisations.
The project documentation starts with drafting a simple distribution chain derived from the theoretical background. With the basic chain drafted, the case specific distribution chain is described along with a discussion of the author’s recommendations for each step. Research on plausible co-operating NGOs is reported with a brief description of the research methods and discussion of the criteria chosen to evaluate the NGOs. The NGOs chosen are listed at the end of the chapter.
As a conclusion, some remarks are made on how the commissioning company may best benefit from the thesis, after which some additional projects are suggested. The report ends with the author’s evaluation of the project.
As an attachment, the report includes a summary of the drafted distribution chain in the form of a flow chart and a table of the links to the organisations suggested.