Question

Describe the networks that might be used to support a small manufacturing facility that supplies widgets to a large international manufacturing firm. The organization uses automation in their production, employs a small management staff (accounting, materials procurement, human resources, etc.), and receives their orders for widgets via electronic communications with the larger firm.

Answer 1

In order to support the small scale manufacturers that supply widgets to these large scale international manufacturing firm, we need to create a network that will link the small scale manufacturers to them in a direct way (without having additional layers of communication). The network which can help them is "Supply Chain Management" which covers end-to-end communication starting from demand to delivery of goods to the consumer. The supply chain holds all aspects of the production process involved at each stage, information which is communicated, resources that are converted into demands and other components involved in giving a complete product.

Since the covid-19, many countries have started asking their local traders to produce goods and export worldwide to boost the economy after the massive economic breakdown. In this, the local traders or small scale manufacturers can produce say 1-1 unit of a product used to make an end product. In this way, one product is being prepared by many manufacturers of the country and the quality is also maintained as they don't have a burden for a complete result, thus making a boost in the production and eventually in the economy.

Since you've mentioned that the organization uses automation, so in this it can be a win-win situation to both the parties, the small scale manufacturers and the large scale industries as they can be connected through a portal and bidding can be done (if there are more potential candidates for a particular type) and it can be done in a seamless manner.

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