| Article ID: | iaor20053 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 59 |
| End Page Number: | 72 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Billington Corey, Willems Sean P., Callioni Gianpaolo, Crane Barrett, Ruark John D., Rapp Julie Unruh, White Trace |
| Keywords: | manufacturing industries |
Hewlett-Packard (HP) developed a standard and common process analysis coupled with advancement in inventory optimization techniques to invent a new and robust way to design supply-chain networks. This new methodology piloted by HP's Digital Imaging division has received sponsorship from HP's Executive Supply-Chain Council and is now being deployed across the entire company. As of May 2003, a dozen product lines have been exposed to this methodology, with four product lines already integrating this process into both the configuration of their new-product supply chains and the improvement of existing-product supply chains. The team will highlight the application of these new capabilities within HP's Digital Camera and Inkjet Supplies businesses. The realized savings from these first two projects exceed $130 million.