Operation network design on where to find your sources of supply and production and distribution operations, as well as the deployment of such operations, ie those who should be supplied. With the emergence of global supply and manufacturing sources, and on the world market, this design will increasingly have to take a few regions. In design, we have to capture the quantitative impact of factors such as fixed and variable costs of production or distribution of funds, equipment, freight and other logistics costs. Global network requires an explicit treatment of taxes, customs and duties. This case is the latest in a car Renault Logan, which was designed to serve markets in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The company has developed its supply chain to take advantage of special customs regulations and duties of contracts in these regions. The case illustrates the complexity of the design decisions and approaches are needed to take. The case also ends a key decision that Renault should do - how to set up the supply chain to new markets in South Africa. Again, customs duties and the consequences are very important in the decision. "Hide
by Hau Lee, Amanda Silverman Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 26 pages. Publication Date: April 29, 2008. Prod. #: GS62-PDF-ENG
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