A systems study on the sourcing function of Disney Trading Company Philippines involving Jolyn Manufacturing Corporation

Executive Summary. Disney Trading Company Philippines (DTCP) is a division of the Disney Sourcing Organization (DSO), which develops a worldwide sourcing strategy of Disney consumer products, for Walt Disney Company (WDC). DTCP is the company\u27s division in the Philippines, that goes directly to local factories, tracks orders and commitments, provides product development and creative support, performs quality auditing and inspecting, and performs factory, evaluations and compliance. The proponents of the study decided to focus on the sourcing function of DTCP which involves their vendor, Jolyn Manufacturing Corp., because of its involvement to a majority of DTCP\u27s shipment delays and order cancellation. After observations, interviews and data collection from both DTCP and Jolyn, the proponents of the study identified potential problems in DTCP\u27s sourcing function. By doing WOT-SURG analysis, it was determined that the main problem is the delay of the four (4) out of seven (7) shipments of styles JF-6500 and JF-6501 produced by Jolyn Manufacturing. After an extensive analysis, it was found out that the root problem lies from DTCP\u27s lack of a monitoring procedure, that will enable DTCP to monitor even the production processes of the vendor, thus to lessen the chances of a shipment delays that must be air-shipped. The proponents of the group came up with a proposed monitoring procedure that is comprised of the Pre-Production Meeting, Pre-Production Checklist, Excel-based program for a production timetable, and proper supervision techniques of the monitoring plans and production processes. Implementation of the new procedure will take four (4) weeks and is expected to fully eliminate chances of incurring air shipment costs, for delayed shipments