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The Impact of Oil Price on Supply Chain Strategies

The Impact of Oil Price on Supply Chain Strategies. David Simchi-Levi E-mail: dslevi@mit.edu. Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chief Science Officer ILOG . Traditional Business Strategies. Lean Manufacturing Outsourcing and offshoring JIT Quick and frequent deliveries.

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The Impact of Oil Price on Supply Chain Strategies

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  1. The Impact of Oil Price on Supply Chain Strategies David Simchi-Levi E-mail: dslevi@mit.edu Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chief Science Officer ILOG

  2. Traditional Business Strategies • Lean Manufacturing • Outsourcing and offshoring • JIT • Quick and frequent deliveries • These strategies are based on assumptions of • Cheap oil price • Low labor cost in developing countries

  3. Increase in Logistics Costs Rising energy prices Rail capacity pressure Truck driver shortage Security requirements 15% increase

  4. Total US Logistics Costs 1984 to 2007 ($ Billions) Total Cost 52% 47% Transportation Inventory 62% Admin Source: 19th Annual Logistics Report

  5. Impact of Oil Price on… • Transportation Costs • Network Strategies • Transportation Strategies • Supply Chain Strategies

  6. US Diesel and Crude Oil Prices over time

  7. Relationship between Crude Oil price and Diesel Fuel Price • Trend Line Model • Diesel Retail Price(Cents per Gallon) = 2.38515*Crude Oil Price($/barrel) + 132.292

  8. Implications on crude oil price to transportation rates • Given the relationship in the previous slide, we see that a $10/barrel increase in crude oil will result in ~$0.24/gallon increase in diesel fuel • Standard fuel surcharge methodology is to increase surcharge $0.01/mile for every $0.06 increase in diesel fuel • We conclude that for every $10 increase per barrel of crude oil price, we have an additional $0.04/mile increase in transportation rates.

  9. Impact of Oil Price on… • Transportation Costs • Network Strategies • Transportation Strategies • Supply Chain Strategies

  10. Impact of Oil Price on Network Strategy • Trading off oil price for… • Inventory costs • Facility costs • Manufacturing costs

  11. Case Study 1: Oil Prices and the Logistics Network • Manufacturer of consumer packaged goods • Manufacturing is possible in three locations: • Philadelphia- Highest production cost • Omaha- • Juarez, Mexico- Lowest production cost • 60 potential DC locations • 888 aggregated customers • Inbound transportation uses commercial TL carriers • TL averages 40,000 lbs/shipment • Outbound transportation uses a private fleet • Private fleet averages 20,000 lbs/shipment

  12. Case Study - Objectives • Determine the best number and location of distribution centers, as well assignment of customers to DC’s. • Determine the best allocation of production to their manufacturing locations. • Understand how the optimal network would change as oil prices fluctuate • Roughly 25% of the supply chain costs are in transportation

  13. Network Visualization

  14. Discussion of Tradeoffs • As crude oil price increases, transportation costs become more important relative to production, inventory and facility fixed costs. • Oil price vs. inventory carrying and facility costs • Additional DCs are more attractive • As outbound transportation becomes more expensive, it becomes increasing important to minimize the distance of the final leg. • Oil price vs. production costs • Production moves nearer to demand • Cheaper manufacturing in Mexico is offset by higher transportation costs.

  15. Oil price vs. inventory carrying and facility costs The Tipping Point Moving from $125/ barrel to $150/ barrel changes the optimal number of DC’s from 5 to 7. In particular, you can think of Las Vegas being replaced by Los Angeles, Albuquerque, and Portland. $75/ barrel $200/ barrel

  16. Oil price vs. production costs $75/ barrel $200/ barrel

  17. Total Cost Comparison 3% increase in total cost as the price of a barrel increases from $100 to $150

  18. Impact of Oil Price on… • Transportation Costs • Network Strategies • Transportation Strategies • Supply Chain Strategies

  19. Changes in Transportation Strategy • From JIT delivery to better utilization of transportation capacity • Larger lot sizes shipped less frequently • Efficient packaging to improve truck utilization • From quick delivery to cheaper and sometimes slower transportation modes • From air to ground • From trucking to rail • From dedicated to shared resources • 3rd party carriers • Consolidated warehouses

  20. Changes in transportation strategy: Examples • In 2007, S.C. Johnson’ truck utilization project saved the firm “$1.6 million and cut fuel use by 168,000 gallons.” • The firm found that mixing loads of Winded glass cleaner and Ziploc bag, which used to be packed in separate loads, better utilizes truck capacity • Multiple manufacturers store their products in ES3’ giant warehouse located in York Pennsylvania where truck loads are built and shipped to retailer’s distribution centers. • An important benefit of the consolidated warehouse is reduction in transportation costs

  21. Impact of Oil Price on… • Transportation Costs • Network Strategies • Transportation Strategies • Supply Chain Strategies

  22. Changes in Supply Chain Strategy • More Inventory • Due to EOS and more DCs • Emphasize on better service • To reduce expediting costs • Less offshoring • To reduce total landed costs

  23. Sharp moves from offshoring to nearshoring • TV manufacturer Sharp has recently started moving manufacturing facilities from Asia to Mexico to serve customers in North and South America. • This is driven by the need to keep shipping costs low and time to market short. • Indeed, price of flat TV typically falls fast and thus reducing shipping time from about 40 days, when flat TVs were produced in Asia, to seven days makes a big impact on bottom line.

  24. When to Move from Offshoring to Inshoring? -- Product Characteristics Cost of Moving Infrastructure H L I III Inshoring Manufacturing or Assembly (TV, Refrigerators, Appliances, Car Parts, Furniture) Offshoring (Mobile Phone, PC) Inshoring (Footwear, Toys) II L H Transportation Impact

  25. Toy manufacturer is moving plants near demand • Steiff, a privately owned German manufacturing company of toys was part of the global outsourcing trend when it moved around 20% of production to low cost countries. • The objective was to cut cost and compete on price. • Recently, this toy manufacturer started moving production back to Germany, Portugal and Tunisia. • The reasons: quality problems together with high transportation costs associated with manufacturing far from the key markets

  26. Drivers of Moving from Offshoring to Inshoring • Oil Price • Labor Cost • The value of the dollar The Average Annual Wage Increase between 2003 and 2008 in different Countries

  27. US Production Cost per Unit H L L H Transportation Cost per Unit (weight, volume, etc) When to Move from Offshoring to Inshoring Slope= $ per pound I Asia Mexico Slope= $ per pound C US A II B

  28. Case Study 2: Sourcing Strategies • A large floor covering manufacturer • Hardwood, Ceramic Tile, • Carpet, Laminate • Challenge • Understand how increasing laborand transportation costs across the globe are causing previous sourcing decisions to be altered

  29. Sourcing Parameters • 37,000 SKUs • Large range of Production Costs • $0.01 to $300 per unit if production is in the US • Large Range of Weights • 0.01 to 5,000 pounds per unit • Manufacturing options • US –Atlanta; Mexico – Monterey; China- Shanghai • Combination of transport modes • Ocean; Rail; Truck Load

  30. Sourcing Analysis - 2008 China Mexico US

  31. Costs increase between 2003 & 2008 • Labor Costs • US ↑ 15 % • Mexico ↑ 23 % • China ↑ 144 % • Transportation Costs • Ocean Freight ↑ 100 % • TL/Rail ↑ 25 % • Good estimate of the increase in rail and TL costs • Conservative estimate of the increase in ocean costs

  32. Sourcing Strategies: 2003 and 2008 SKUs (in orange) moved from China to Mexico SKUs moved from China to US

  33. Your Turn! How to contact me: David Simchi-Levidslevi@mit.edu

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