By Maxwell Ampong
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DEVELOP; The role of supply chain management in the idealization, conceptualization of ventures, projects, tasks, enterprise, policies among others is key and core. This ISCM framework directs the inclusion of supply chain mindsets and its core values in the initiation of any value stream. Therefore, it is a must that users, subscribers, practitioners, partners, and systems of ISCM depicts these core features. – Lead, Initiate, Create, Innovate, become the core reference for all Resources
PLAN; Planning the sourcing, making, distribution, support and disposal activities constitute always a critical and crucial function for ISCM users and subscribers. Developing frameworks, sub-frameworks, standards and appropriate and sufficient suitable roadmaps before executions of any kind is a MUST do.
SOURCE; Developing appropriate and sustainable sources fit for purposes and the effective management of sources suitable for needs, with the view of supporting optimisation and improvements of practitioners and subscribers.
MAKE; This phase is paramount and represent core function for ISCM’s practitioners because the collateral business, and the corporate output and performance, is derived from this activity as the core operations of the enterprise. This is the most crucial position in an enterprise because it is where demand and supply interact and where best knowledge and sound practises are supposed to be exhibited to make the enterprise relevant and sustainable.
DISTRIBUTE; The consumers are the prime factors for any enterprise and as such it must be given the appropriate weight, to ensure that consumers’ demand and the correspondent supply matches or are aligned. Any inconsistency(ies) is a loss to the enterprise and poses a grave danger for the sustenance of the enterprise. Therefore, a high level of scientific based approach, strategies and excellent services must be employed to attain the appropriate share of the market that the enterprise should own.
SUPPORT; integrating supply chains for best value for money is our utmost responsibility. Therefore, providing all the necessary resources, providing backward and forward linkages to resources, providing assurances for compliances and risks, delivering to the terms and conditions, and expectations of engagements for our internal customers, suppliers, customers and all stakeholders is our overarching and primary goal. Sharing knowledge and providing linkages for knowledge sharing, committing to the appropriate technologies and influencing enterprises for the appropriate technologies, sharing and practicing global sustainable development goals to sustain enterprises is everyone in ISCM’s goal.
TRANSFORM; In ISCM’s it is firmly believed and stands on the ideals of ‘Nothing is WASTE’, To wit operations of users and subscribers do not have a tipping point, even though there is disposal in mind. Dispose does not mean destroy, savagery, terminal use. It relates to taking a reverse action to make an outcome useful until it can no longer be used. No material, component, article is waste, the waste for others is the beginning of our development (REVERSE). Re-cycle, Re-use, Re-engineer, Re-tool, Re-program among others is our philosophy. We always aspire to be GREEN.
