Supply Chain Optimization of Zinc Industry: Opportunities, Strategies and Challenges

Abstract

Purpose: The contemporary manufacturing and manufacturers competitive priorities and leadership serves customers who are
demanding customized products with squeezed lead time. Detailed study on supply chain management in Zinc Industry have been
limited. The Industry has been active only during the last decade. The supply chain management and logistics management in Zinc
Industry had been largely confined to distribution activities i.e. outbound logistics as the part of inbound logistics is limited. The
present paper focuses on the framed part, mainly considering zinc refiners and their respective customers i.e. Galvanizers, die casting companies. Such model excluded secondary zinc producers, who generally act independent of other factors and the customers
they supply. The concentration of production of non ferrous metal ores raises the important issue of supply vulnerability.