Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense

Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense
Supply chain management is becoming one of the most powerful business tool used to reduce cost while improving production and customer satisfaction. Managing the supply chain is transforming the way manufactures purchase raw materials, run production, and distribute final products. Kuiper Leda is an electronic components manufacture faced with a growth opportunity.   The company's present production capacity is insufficient to meet the additional demands and requirements needed to fill a contract with Midland Motors, an American Original Equipment Manufacturer. Kuiper will need to increase its production of Radio Frequency Identification and Electronic Control Units, or outsource part if not all the production to fill present and future contracts. Being a small manufacturing firm for 10 years, Kuiper Leda was not expecting to receive a large and urgent order from Midland Motors.   Within this paper, I will provide recommendations on how to further improve Kuiper's supply chain which will help reduce costs, minimize waste, and maximize value.  

Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense
Kuiper Leda is a small Electronic Components Manufacturer with limited manufacturing capacity, but known for its quality and delivery responsiveness. The industry of Electronics Components manufacturing is highly competitive and strives on repeat orders and supplier relations.   Kuiper Leda is unable to compete to its maximum potential because most of its competitors are big, have repeat orders and better supplier relations.   Kuiper received a large order from Midland Motors but does not have the production capacity in order to meet the company's supply demand.   Due to this large request made by Midland Motors, Kuiper needs to make some quick decisions.   The company will have to decide whether to increase production capacity or to outsource production in order to meet the time lines for order from Midland Motors.
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