I) Give an example for each one of the four types of supply chain‚ and then determine which type your company is adopting. 1. Integrated Make to Stock In this model‚ supplier make products in advance of demand and holds them in finished goods inventory‚ satisfying demand from that inventory as orders come in. The customer has little direct involvement in deciding the product features. In this environment‚ suppliers manufacture the goods and sell from the finished goods inventory and so this strategy
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UV5319 May 10‚ 2010 B CORPORATION: A NEW SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL “We envision a new sector of the economy which harnesses the power of private enterprise to create public benefit.” —B Lab‚ “Declaration of Interdependence‚” 2010 Introduction Jay Coen Gilbert and Bart Houlahan were friends as undergraduates at Stanford University. In 1993‚ a few years after graduation‚ they helped start the basketball shoe and apparel company AND1. As the company grew‚ cofounder Gilbert and president
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Floyd describes 3 models of human communication. Which model do you think is the strongest? Do you think there is anything that needs to be added to the model to fully depict the communication process? Although I believe people are communicating through the action process more nowadays than they have been in the past‚ because of how important text messaging and email is to our society. I think that the transaction model is by far the strongest‚ and more accurate way of communicating. The transaction
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which supplies aluminium fuel filter housing to Mechanical Devices Company. Mechanical Devices uses the fuel filter housing on an engine component that they produce for Caterpillar Inc. Therefore‚ Wisconsin Aluminium is a second-tier supplier. b). Second Tier customer: The first tier’s customer’s customer is the focal firm’s second tier customer. Second tier customers buy from first tier customers (who now become a re-seller). The second tier customer may or may not be the end user of
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become more accurate with longer time horizons b. are rarely perfect c. are more accurate for individual items than for groups of items d. all of the above e. none of the above One purpose of short-range forecasts is to determine a. production planning b. inventory budgets c. research and development plans d. facility location e. job assignments Forecasts are usually classified by time horizon into three categories a. short-range‚ medium-range‚ and long-range b. finance/accounting‚ marketing‚ and operations
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A – Supply Chain Strategy The supply chain strategy chosen for the power tool company is a long term partnering relationship with few suppliers. The long term vision of the company is to make quality products and constantly stay ahead of the competition with innovation. The best way to accomplish this strategic long term goal is to partner with key suppliers that operate using a strategy of long term thinking based on trust and transparency. Ray Kroc was one of the pioneers on forming partnerships
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When going through the Chapter 3 models the most appealing personality to me is the behavioral and Things that I encountered in my childhood would make this model more personal. When I was younger the color of my skin affected the way certain family members treated you. I’m the middle child with 4 siblings 2 boys and 3 girls. Growing up I was the only light –skinned child my mother had; all the other children were dark- skinned. My mom didn’t really pay much attention she just thought I was always
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company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing? e. Maintenance f. Purchasing g. Receiving h. Quality control 3. Competitive bidding‚ active sourcing‚ and using industry
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indian institute of management kozhikode Managing Demand Fluctuations in Supply Chain System of MORE Project Proposal SCM Section A Contents Retail Industry in India Potential India’s retail industry accounts for 10 percent of its GDP and 8 percent of the employment to reach $17 billion by 2010. The Indian retail market is estimated at US$ 350 billion. But organized retail is estimated at only US$ 8 billion. Organized retail seems to be a mar 5 % of the
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Entertainment Industry CUE 30203 Certificate III in Live Production‚ Theatre and Events (Technical Operations) Cluster B Let There be light Units of Competency: CUFLGT101A: Apply a general knowledge of lighting to work activities BSBCMM201A: Communicate in the workplace CUECOR02C: Work with others Student Name :___Shelly Fitzpatrick__________________________ Date of Issue: _________ Due Date: __________ I declare that
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