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The Xbox Story

The Xbox Story. The Xbox Supply Chain. Just bought an Xbox or about to buy one? Have you ever wondered who is involved and how the Xbox gets to you? Quite simply it moves through what is called a “supply chain”. There are lots of interesting jobs in the supply chain. Road. Sea.

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The Xbox Story

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  1. The Xbox Story

  2. The Xbox Supply Chain Just bought an Xbox or about to buy one? Have you ever wondered who is involved and how the Xbox gets to you? Quite simply it moves through what is called a “supply chain”

  3. There are lots of interesting jobs in the supply chain Road Sea ServicestoFreight They are all part of Transport and Logistics industry ! Rail Air They are all part of Transport and Logistics Industry

  4. What happens to get the Xbox to you? A lot of different things have to be done: • By a lot of different people • Doing different jobs • With all the different parts of the Xbox being made and put together and checked to make sure nothing has been left out • And the Xbox has to be packed - so it doesn’t get broken when it is moved by trucks, trains, ships or aeroplanes

  5. Moving Your Xbox

  6. What is a supply chain? The ‘supply chain’ is the name we use for all the things that get done by lots of people make the Xbox and Get it to the shops and to you. So all you have to do when you get the Xbox home is to unpack it, plug it in and play games to the ‘Max”

  7. How do metal and plastic become an Xbox? ?

  8. What Does the Xbox Supply Chain Look Like

  9. The Key Xbox Supply Chain Steps Step 1: Raw Materials: Getting raw materials processed and turning them into something that can be used by factories to make into parts for the Xbox Step 2: Making the parts in factories needed to go into an Xbox Step 3: Atthe Xbox factory putting the parts together to make the Xbox

  10. The Key Xbox Supply Chain Steps Step 4: Packing, labelling and sending the Xbox to Australia Step 5: Receiving, storing, sorting and sending the Xbox to shops or your home All of the 5 steps involve transport to move the raw materials to the factories and from there to Australia and to the shop or your home

  11. What are Raw Materials and how are they processed and used?Step 1 Raw materials are natural resources such as oil, iron ore, wood. We get the raw materials and make them into things that we can send to factories where they are made into parts or finished goods that we can use straight away. For example a raw material like iron ore is mined and made or processed into steel wire. The wire then gets sent to a factory where it can be made into screws that are needed to make the Xbox

  12. What Raw Materials are Made Into Who knows the name of a product that is made into something from a raw material but needs more done to it before it becomes a part for an Xbox? What about copper coils, gold bars, or logs? These have to be moved to the parts factories

  13. Using Gold – Raw Material to Xbox Parts Gold plated contacts and connectors are an essential part of modern electronics in everything from computers to television(Credit: World Gold Council)

  14. Making The X Box Parts Step 2 The Xbox needs lots of different parts and these are made in a lot of different factories Processed raw materials are used to make the parts About 250 factories (suppliers) make the parts needed to make the Xbox The Xbox 360 contains around 1,700 different parts Once the parts are made they need to be moved to the Xbox factory

  15. Moving the Parts to the Xbox Factory After the parts are made they need to be packed and labelled and made ready for pick up by a truck The truck picks up the parts and takes it to the Xbox factory Where the factory is a long way away other types of transport might also be used: like ships, trains or planes

  16. At the Xbox Factory Step 3 Parts needed to make the Xbox are delivered to the factory by truck, unloaded, checked and kept in a place ready for use As the parts are needed they are moved to the place where the Xbox is put together – usually called the ‘assembly line’

  17. At the Xbox Factory As the Xbox comes off the assembly line it is labelled, checked and then packed into its box The boxes are put on a pallet that is moved by forklift to the warehouse and stored in a pallet rack

  18. Sending The Xbox to AustraliaStep 4 The Xbox is kept in the warehouse until it is ready to be picked up and sent to Australia Each Xbox has to be barcoded, labelled and the address of where it is going to put on the Xbox

  19. Getting the Xbox to Australia • The Xbox is packed into a shipping container at the factory and sent to the container terminal by road and/or rail in time to be loaded on to the plane or ship • The Xbox warehouse tells the transport company • when it needs to pick up the Xbox • where it needs to go to • when it has to arrive

  20. From Factory To Ship

  21. What Happens When it arrives in Australia? Step 5 As the Xbox comes by ship from China it has a long way to travel to Australia Before it can leave the port or airport in Australia the Xbox has to be checked by Customs and Health (Quarantine) to make sure it is what it says it is and nothing bad is hidden in it and it isn’t bringing in anything that might hurt people, animals and plants

  22. What Happens When it arrives in Australia? When it is unloaded from the ship in Australia it goes by truck to a warehouse before being sent on to the shop or your home. This warehouse is often called a distribution centre

  23. At the Australian Warehouse Distribution Centre When you go into a shop to buy an Xbox it is usually there so that you can pay for it and take it straight home As it can take sometime for an Xbox to get from China to Australia the company that makes the Xbox sends enough of them so that stores don’t run out of them These Xboxes are kept in a warehouse distribution centre and supplied to shops as they need them

  24. Getting the Xbox to the Store Some of the big stores have their own warehouses and distribution centres They get the Xbox delivered to them and then send them out to their shops all around Australia They can also send the Xbox direct to your home Nearly all Xboxes delivered this way are sent by road Let’s look at the Xbox Supply Chain again

  25. Supply chain overview Packaging manufacturer Raw materials Supplier Manufacturer Customers Retailer Distributor Transport

  26. What Sort of Places Do People in the Xbox Supply Chain Work?Can you name them Some of Them?

  27. Places People Work in the Xbox Supply Chain Places people work include mines, processing plants, factories, warehouses and transport depots on aircraft, loading and unloading planes and at airports on ships, loading and unloading ships, and at ports on trucks and trains and in their depots, loading and unloading trucks and trains on computers and in offices at Customs and Quarantine offices and at ports and airports inspecting cargo in games shops and other stores

  28. Jobs in Freight There are lots of different jobs in freight transport Truck Driver or Train Driver Forklift Driver Warehouse worker

  29. More Jobs Supply Chain Managers Computer Operator Aircraft Pilot Air cargo worker Ships Captain Sailor Crane Driver Waterfront worker

  30. What Other Jobs Do you Think There Are in The Supply Chain

  31. Like to know more? • Use LINC, a web-based resource that link users to a huge variety Transport & Logistics (T&L) information and resources. • LINC covers all areas of T&L industry including • Road, Rail, Sea and Air • Service to freight • Cold chain logistics • Over 70 specific career briefs • Career pathway programs • Job boards • Visit: www.the-linc.com.au

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