Strategy
Building a Resilient Supply Chain for a European Solar Panel Manufacturer
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Your challenge is to develop a resilient supply chain strategy for SunVolt. You will analyze supplier risk, lead time variability, and inventory costs. You must propose a combination of near-shoring, dual sourcing, and safety stock levels. Success is defined as reducing supply disruption probability by 50% while keeping total cost increase below 10%. Deliverables include a risk assessment matrix, a sourcing strategy, an inventory policy, and a financial impact analysis. Constraints: no more than 20% of raw materials can be sourced from Europe due to quality issues.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
How can SunVolt redesign its supply chain to reduce disruption risk by 50% while limiting cost increase to 10%?
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply risk management frameworks to global supply chains
- Design multi-sourcing and inventory strategies for resilience
- Quantify trade-offs between cost and risk
- Integrate sustainability considerations (e.g., carbon footprint of shipping)
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