Logistics Management

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Logistics
Management
STUDENT’S NAME
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
COURSE
DATE

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The Organization
The public business organization that I choose in the cement
manufacturing plant, Cemex.
The raw materials like limestone, pozzolans and clay are
sourced from abroad.
The direct materials that the company outsources are cement
additives and the cement packaging bags.
This presentation explains the outsourcing process in the
company.

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The Outsourcing Process
Outsourcing of direct materials is an important process
during manufacture.
It has to be performed effectively to ensure the materials
are delivered on time and they are of the right quality
(Pheasey, 2016).
The direct materials outsourced by Cemex are leverage
items.
They are of high value to the consumers, but have no risk
in the supply as they are readily available.

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The outsourcing process of raw materals is
interdepartmental (Biazzin, 2019).
The Inventory Department performs daily inventory and
check if the products are of sufficient quantity.
If they are not sufficient for the production process, they
send a purchasing request (PR) to the Purchasing
Department.
The details of the PR are the direct materials that need
critical replenishing for the production process to resume

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The Purchasing Department at Cemex then prepare a
purchasing order of the required materials.
The company does not have a single supplier, and potential
suppliers undergo the Supplier Selection Process.
The best suited supplier is chosen.
This process is to ensure the best suppliers are chosen to
provide high quality materials with reasonable prices.

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The chosen supplier then delivers the ordered direct materials.
In case of overseas suppliers, freight transport is used to ensure
safety (Konings et al., 2008)
The Quality Control Department is called upon to perform
quality inspection of the materials.
The additives undergo laboratory testing to ensure they are of the
right quality.
The cement bags have to be resilient and not tear easily.
The products have to be up to the company’s standards before they
are accepted.

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Materials that do not meet the required standards are returned
to the supplier.
The Inventory Department handles the materials that have
been accepted by the Quality Control Department.
The supplies are paid for the accepted materials, based on the
agreements made beforehand.
Outsourcing has the benefit of ensuring that one acquired high
quality materials (Schiele, 2019).

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The Inventory Department then records the accepted materials
as inventory stock.
The department gives a green light to the Production
Department to use the raw materials for manufacturing.
From there, the cement additives such as the accelerators,
retarders and other chemical components can be used during
manufacture.
The cement bags can be used after the manufacture of cement.

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Who provided the outsourced
service
The suppliers provide the outsource services.
The selection of the suppliers is a rigorous process to ensure
the materials received are of high quality.
For the cement additives, the suppliers are usually companies
that specialize in manufacturing of chemical compounds.
For the cement bags, the suppliers are companies that
specialize in making cement bags.

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Direct Materials Involved
The direct materials that Cemex outsourced
include;
-Fluid loss additives
-Cement accelerators
-Cement retarders
-Gels
-Cement sacks

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Conclusion
Outsourcing is an important component of an organization,
because it enables a business to acquire materials that they do
not have.
For Cemex cement manufacturing company, they outsource
the cement additives needed for manufacture and the cement
sacks.
The process of outsourcing is; the Inventory Department does
daily checks and alert the Purchasing department in case of
any need. The suppliers are selected, and the Quality Control
Department ensure the materials are of quality.
The Production Department then starts the production
process with the accepted materials.

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References
Pheasey D. (2016). A practical introduction to supply chain. CRC Press.
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Schiele, H. (2019). Purchasing and supply management. In Operations,
logistics and supply chain management (pp. 45-73). Springer, Cham.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-92447-2_4
Biazzin, C. (2019). The role of strategic sourcing in global supply chain
competitiveness. In Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply
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Konings J. W. Priemus H. & Nijkamp P. (2008). The future of intermodal
freight transport : operations design and policy. Edward Elgar.