1	Logistics and Supply Chain Management for Small and Medium Enterprises Customers Suppliers Production Distribution
2	Benefits to Customers Ease of order entry & tracking Tracking orders to shipment Ensuring the quality of the product
3	MINK System Overview
4	Entering Order Information Enter general order data and data used for all order items entered.
5	Entering Order Items Fast as possible Validate to decrease errors Allow editing during entry
6	Benefits to Supply Ensuring adequate inventory: Thresholds and breakpoints (either manual or system generated) ensure timely ordering vs. lead times. Tracking quality through out the production life cycle: Integrated QC ensures customer satisfaction.
7	Benefits to Production Production planning and usage: Track what is done, when and how much used. Inventory Control: Store all inventory in facility and use life dates to ensure oldest stock first. Quality control: No inventory or process used unless QC certified.
8	Benefits to Distribution Accuracy of orders: Dedicated clients ensure all specified requirements met before status complete. Order fulfillment: Dedicated clients ensure order is not complete until actually complete. Order tracking: Where - When - What
9	Quality control is a huge task; how do I ensure quality without sacrificing production? Quality control is a necessary task that seems to decrease productivity from manufacturing, due to heavy paperwork and the documentation that must be supplied. Delays also enter into the equation when said documentation becomes misplaced, damaged, or lost.
10	Quality Control Tracking Solutions Automation: By automating the collection, sorting, and storage of QC documentation data and the verification of that data, production may continue unimpeded. Such automation can also ensure proper packing of orders, reduce errors, and increase customer satisfaction. ISO requirements and documentation may also be automated, reducing cost.
11	Keys to QC Automation You might never remove paper controls. Use existing system: Let the automation track pass/fail – current documentation may then be filed only once. Ensure WMS/ERP integrates the QC automation – reduce double (or more!) entry into multiple systems.
12	Common Pitfalls – I Don’t Need Our company has just been using spreadsheets for years. They have been fine so far, haven’t they? My staff have been doing their job since the company began, they don’t need a computer to track this stuff. I simply can’t afford it.
13	Why does a static list (spreadsheet) fail? A spreadsheet is a useful tool to outline tasks, items, or needs, but it fails if used for dynamic production needs: It requires someone to look through out the entire spreadsheet to extract the required data. It is insecure and open for inadvertent editing. Any changes must be redistributed throughout the organization.
14	Static List (Spreadsheet) Solution The solution is to have something in place that records what is happening in your business in real time and shows you what you need when you need to know it. Have information secure from mistaken changes when simply viewing and track who changes that information.
15	What is the danger of over-specialization? Having someone skilled at a single task can show great productivity, but what happens when something happens to that one person? Having something in place that eases the transition for a new employee or an employee in a new position can keep your customers from being dissatisfied.
16	Costs of Other Systems A “common” price for ERP/WMS is from $200,000 to $500,000 for the system (hardware & software) Then you pay more for implementation Then you pay more for customization Then you pay more for training Then you pay more for maintenance
17	MINK Server Core Base price less than $75,000 (hardware and software) – less than a programmer Customization at ¼ price of others Streamlined and automated system makes training a one day affair Maintain everything in house affordably