Choose an organization delivering goods and/or services globally. Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain. Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems. Write a 4–5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change: • Addresses the importance of quality management and measurement
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Case Study: Global Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing Assignment 1 Due: October 13‚ 2013 at 11:59pm Marks: 20 Sounds like a supply chain problem Metrovox is a German electronics manufacturer that designs‚ develops and manufactures a range of products for the entertainment and home electronics sector. Management has recently focused on two related products‚ Bugabyte and Terabyte Lite. The Bugabyte is a video and audio player with a flash drive. The company has invested heavily in
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3.2 Supply chain industry A company’s supply chain is its central nervous system for how it creates and distributes a product. The industry is made up of the key players who participate in this process‚ including manufacturers‚ wholesalers or distributors‚ retailers and transportation companies. There are three main areas of a company’s supply chain. They include: (Refer to the Picture below) * Procurement or the “buying” process. This includes the purchasing of the raw materials needed to
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Supply Chain relationships and Supply Chain dynamics are topics that are closely related to each other. A discussed in Russell and Taylor (pgs. 426-427)‚ the bullwhip effect is a prevalent dynamic in supply chain management. Methods to decrease the bullwhip effect include: increased information sharing and coordinated forecasting. As has been noted before‚ the clothing company Zara is a good example of a well-designed supply chain system. Zara has been able to successfully keep information flow
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cuts Dell’s cost on inventory. Dell customers could order through their website or even via phone‚ custom-made servers and workstations based on the needs of their applications. For desktop and laptop‚ customers are able to order whatever configuration of microprocessor speed‚ random access memory (RAM)‚ hard-disk capacity‚ CD-ROM drive‚ fax/modem‚ monitor size‚ speakers‚ and other accessories they favored. The orders will then be directed to the nearest factory. Dell has proven to be successful in
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Confirming Pages P A R T T H R E E Supply Chain Logistics Design One of the two primary responsibilities of a firm’s logistics management‚ as established in Chapters 1 and 2‚ is to participate in supply chain logistics design. Part 3 contains three chapters devoted to various logistics design issues. Chapter 12 establishes the global perspective of today’s business operations. Few firms enjoy the simplicity of conducting business within a single nation. The complexity of globalization
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Massachusetts Rhode Island Michigan South Carolina Arkansas Southeast Alabama Mississippi Georgia 175‚000 Texas Louisiana Florida Alaska Hawaii SportStuff.com contracted with UPS to handle all its outbound shipments 5 According to a 3-year forecast‚ demand will be growing by 0.8 per year (in total and in each region) Projection Zone 2007 × 1.80 2008 × 1.80 2009 × 1.80 2010 [units] [units] [units] [units] Northwest 320
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1 How can postponement of product differentiation be used to improve supply chain profitability? Postponement‚ also known as "delayed differentiation‚" is a supply chain strategy that delays product differentiation at a point closer to the customer. This involves designing and developing standard or generic configurable products that can be customized quickly and inexpensively once actual consumer demand is known. Postponement also entails the implementation of specific inventory strategies to deploy
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because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This essay will describe the Toyota Motor Corporation performance around five-performance objective: quality‚ speed‚ dependability‚ flexibility and cost. Then following discussion of how Toyota uses techniques in operation management to achieve the five objectives. Based on analysis‚ some suggestions for this firm will shows in the conclusion. FIVE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES IN TOYOTA As most successful car manufacturer in the world‚
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY – KANIKA GUPTA EPGDIM 2011-13 SUPPLY CHAIN OF HINDUSTAN PENCILS Hindustan Pencils Limited is the largest primary school stationary manufacturing company in India. They were established in 1958 & have mastered the art of making high quality stationary products. With the latest machinery set up‚ today our state of the art manufacturing units daily produce 5.6 million pencils‚1.2 million sharpeners‚ 2.3 million erasers
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