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Evaluation of alternative logistics operations for the national supply of an imported bulk commodity: The use of a spreadsheet model
One result of the continuing current competitive environment in Australia is cost pressure on the supply of manufacturing commodities such as anhydrous sodium sulphate. Commodity suppliers do not have much scope for providing value-added services. Anhydrous sodium sulphate, for example, is mostly brought to the customer’s attention when negative service characteristics occur – stocks run low or run out; deliveries do not arrive when expected; physical product characteristics are not what are expected; unexpected price movements are imposed.
For participants in commodity markets price is always important. A small price change for a large commodity user can have a large dollar impact. This paper describes the analysis of the logistics system for one supplier of
anhydrous sodium sulphate to the Australian market, Akzo Nobel. This examination considered the total cost and customer service implications of the present supply of anhydrous sodium sulphate from North American Chemical
Company and Saskatchewan Minerals from the US west coast, its unloading at three Australian ports – the Kooragang Island wharf at the Port of Newcastle (about 150 kilometres north of Sydney), in Melbourne and Brisbane – and subsequent distribution to customers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast (about 70 kilometres south of Brisbane)
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Lean supply chain and logistics management | en | |
Evaluation of alternative logistics operations for the national supply of an imported bulk commodity: the use of a spreadsheet model | Vol. 28 Issue: 5, pp.382-395 | en |