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Dermot O’Doherty
Senior Policy Adviser
InterTradeIreland
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PRESENTATION
•InterTradeIreland – an ‘inter-regional’ model
•An ITI Role in Supply Chain Development/Management
•Supply Network Shannon – a regional/sub-regional initiative
•Importance of Knowledge & Awareness – role of NITL
•IT/Software Applications
•Supply Chains to Networks & Clusters
•InterTradeIreland’s Future Work Programme
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Night Sky in Ireland
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Concentration
of
Development
ORIGINS of INTERTRADEIRELAND
The Belfast Agreement, 1998.
“A Body to exchange information and co-ordinate work
on trade, business development and related matters, in
areas where the two administrations specifically
agree it would be in their mutual interest.”
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GOVERNANCE
NI
Assembly
North/South
Ministerial Council
Irish
Government
InterTradeIreland
Enterprise
Trade & Investment
Enterprise
Trade & Employment
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ROLE
Co-operation on business development opportunities, North and South
Devising new approaches to business development
in areas such as research, training, marketing and quality improvement
Supporting business by making recommendations to increase enterprise
competitiveness in a north-south context in areas such as skills
availability, telecommunications, IT and electronic commerce
Promotion of north-south trade and supply chains - including
through business linkages and partnerships
Promoting cross-border trade events and marketing initiatives
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Supply Chain Logistics and Transportation
on the Island of Ireland - An Integrated Study
‘Supply chain management offers significant opportunities for
companies located in Ireland to compete in global markets.
InterTradeIreland should ensure it is on the agenda in the Boardroom
of every company in Ireland’
‘The development and implementation of integrated information
systems is a fundamental aspect of supply chain management’
‘InterTrade Ireland should encourage appropriate Government bodies,
trade associations etc to act as ‘honest brokers’ in encouraging the
development of collaborative efforts between companies in areas
such as strategic sourcing and effective procurement of materials and
servicing common customer bases’
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Supply Chain Development/Management
Legislative imperative for InterTradeIreland:“Promotion of north-south trade and supply chains, including
through business linkages and partnerships ”
Strategic imperative:All Island trade opportunities
SCM involves - company relationships, flows of information,
logistics, manufacturing process and management techniques
ITI’s corporate plan 2002-2004 highlights a priority area for the
organisation, within the knowledge channel domain of its
strategy, as being: ‘to maximise the potential of supply chain
management on the island’
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Programme Principles arising from CMI Report
For InterTradeIreland
InterTradeIreland must produce ‘added value’
Be SME focused
Demonstrate a need to build capacity
Demonstrate a need for broad solutions
Be all Ireland in scope
From research and consultation –
Has to be of value to industry
Has to build on what is already in place
Must not duplicate
Has to be flexible enough to allow different companies,
sectors and themes to be incorporated
Has to be sustainable
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The Need – An all-Island supply chain programme
Improve competitiveness
Generate innovation
Help ‘oil’ cross border trade opportunities
Bridge *
Differences in programme provision across the Island
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Differences in capacity to support
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..and share differences in company practice
North/South programme provision versus boundary-less business –
business is borderless, programme provision is not
Apposite timing
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The SCM Forum/Network
The Problem - How to get companies, institutions and partners, to
share best practice and work together cross-border where possible to
apply SCM tools and techniques to raise SME competitiveness
The Solution - The creation of a facilitated all-Island forum/network to:
•Promote an awareness of supply chain issues and their
importance to competitiveness
•Close gaps in capacity to support SME’s in tackling supply chain
issues
•Bridge differences in programme provision
•Share best practice
•Generate and build on innovative programmes that utilise supply
chain techniques
•Raise the competitiveness of SME’s
•Generate all-island trade opportunities
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The Programme: Stage 1 - SCM Capacity Network
Public agencies
Companies
All Ireland Supply Chain capacity Network
Centres
Expertise
Educators
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SCM Network – the advantages
Clearly cross border and strategic
Gives focus on pertinent all-Island topics
Introduces new participants to a networking programme
Share of best practice
Reduces costs of access to tools and techniques (by group
purchasing) and costs of development of new ones
Review programme development and achievements
Tackle barriers to implementation
Address themes e.g. client procurement, particularly in the public
sector - can be tackled
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IRELAND
(South)
3,600,000
70,882
Population
Area (km2)
Galway
Shannon
Limerick
Tralee
Cork
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SHANNON
REGION
403,000
10,232
Partner Organisation - Supply Network Shannon
An Industry-led initiative aimed at Representing,
Promoting, Developing and Connecting Sub-Supply
companies in the Shannon Region
SNS works with and for all Engineering and
Electronics Sub-Supply companies in the Shannon
Region and helps to reinforce the Region’s position
as a World Class source of Sub-Supply Products
and Services
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Benefits of Membership
Collective Marketing - Promoting the Sectoral Capabilities
Web-Site - Fully Active Site for Promoting the Network, with Member Links
Technical Seminars - On Issues of Relevance to Sub-Supply Companies
Benchmarking - Sectoral Surveys of Company Performance
Social Events - Golf Outings etc.
eMail Forum - For Speedy Communication with Industry Peers
Networking - Through Informal Meetings with Fellow Members
Company Visits - To Buyer and Supplier Sites
Exhibition Participation - Profiling the Network Nationally & Internationally
Member Profiling - Use of Slogan; ‘Member of Supply Network Shannon’
Specific Issues - Formation of Special Interest Groups
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‘Supply Network News’
Upcoming SNS Events
Plant TourTakumi Precision Engineering
& BarbecueRaheen Industrial Estate,
October 18th 2.30 p.m
Supply Chain and what it means to you – Your Opinions
are Needed !
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SNS Cross-Border Supply Chain Initiative
Pilot Project Buy-in from firms, North & South
•AAppointment of Key Personnel over 2 Year Programme
•PPilot Contracts & incorporation of New Company
•IIn-company Diagnostics
•TTraining & Upskilling
•IInvestment/Financing
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Partner Organisation - NITL
National Institute of Transport & Logistics
"Centre
of
Management
Excellence"
for
Supply
Chain
NITL's mission is to promote the development of
supply chain expertise in Irish business, both
private and public
NITL provides Training and Education, Consultancy
& Research in Supply Chain Management
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Who does the NITL work for?
Companies of all sizes, from small to medium-sized firms to
large multinational companies including
•MManufacturing/Assembly
•PProcess & Service Industries
•RRetail Industries
•AAgriculture and Food Industries
•RRecycling and Waste Management
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Who does the NITL work for?
•TTransport Providers
•VValue-Added Logistics Providers and Integrators
•FFerry and Sea Shipping Companies
•AAirlines (both Passenger and Cargo)
•AAirports/Ports
Public Services (Rail and Road)
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NATIONAL ROAD SHOW
Who should attend?
- Senior decision makers
- Middle management, responsible for implementing
decisions
- Junior staff or students, interested in both
understanding SCM and a SCM career
-Policy makers in organisations, both public and
private
The Road Show is a professional, flexible multimedia
presentation, approx. 30 minutes
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ICT/E.BUSINESS & SCM - ISSUES
•Awareness – firms not using latest solutions
•Systems not integrated across company or
supply chain
•Need creative IT strategies
•Lack of ‘Software Product’ Information
•Lack of Infrastructure??
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SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM
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SUPPLY CHAIN SOFTWARE DIRECTORY - NITL
An annual directory, providing a range of solutions
from ‘point’ solutions (applicable to a particular task
or business function such as transport management
or warehouse management) to ‘enterprise’ solutions
through to applications for the management of the
total supply chain
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SUPPLY CHAINS TO CLUSTERS & NETWORKS
CLUSTERS
•Have established over time a relatively high degree
of collaboration
•Usually based on local / historical / sectoral
agglomerations and supply linkages
•Traditional sectoral specialisation in a relatively
restricted geographical area
•The Italian industrial districts, e.g. the Emilia region,
are good examples of cluster development
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NETWORKS:
Collaboration is more ad-hoc and less structural
Firms collaborate to satisfy specific needs (R&D,
market information etc.)
Networks of firms are less bound by close
communication
Clusters usually involve networking/Specialised
networks of firms may evolve into clusters
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NETWORKS & CLUSTERS TO ‘VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS’
•Between Firms - Adaptive, non-hierarchical forms of
networks
•Within Firms - Set of organisational principles
replacing hierarchical firm
•Increasing relevance of specialisation and expertise
•Globalisation
•Technological Discontinuities
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Company Champions project
Support the training of “company champions” in specifier
companies
Company champions orchestrate, with programme
support, supplier development programmes
Specifier company
Supplier A
Supplier
B
Supplier C
N Ireland
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S Ireland
Supplier D