retailer. It was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden. As of October 2010‚ the chain has 313 stores in 38 countries‚ most of them in Europe‚ North America‚ Asia and Australia. The word IKEA was an acronym of his name and address: Ingvar Kamprad and Elmtaryd‚ Agunnaryd--the name of his farm and the name of the village it was located within. IKEA’s Business Model: IKEA’s competitive advantage is its business model which strives on continuous improvement‚ best prices‚ quality products
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INTRODUCTION A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials‚ transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products‚ and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations‚ although the complexity of the chain may vary greatly from industry to industry and firm to firm. Supply chain management‚ then‚ is the active management of supply chain
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Supply Chain Management of McDonalds McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving more than 58 million customers daily.[4] In addition to its signature restaurant chain‚ McDonald’s Corporation held a minority interest in Pret A Manger until 2008‚ was a major investor in the Chipotle Mexican Grill until 2006‚[5] and owned the restaurant chain Boston Market until 2007. A McDonald’s restaurant is operated by either a franchisee‚ an affiliate
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Question Chapter 4 (4-2)What is an opportunity cost rate? How is this rate used in discounted cash flow analysis‚ and where is it shown on a time line? Is this opportunity rate a single number that is used to evaluate all potential investment? The rate of return you would earn on an alternative investment of small risk if you don’t invest in the security under consideration. An opportunity cost is the difference in return between an investment that has chosen for investment and one that is inevitably
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In Supply Chain Management (SCM) SUBMITEED BY: vaibhav kumar srivastav TABLE OF CONTENTS SI NO. TOPIC PAGE NO (1) Meaning and Introduction 1 (2) Tour of Developments in supply 2
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1. Zara is a Spanish clothing retailer which has 1700 stores in all over 78 countries. 2. Zara has continually maintained its mission to provide fast‚ affordable‚ and fashionable items. 3. Zara’s supply chain has undergone tremendous changes in order to sustain its competitive advantage in today’s market. 4. Zara holds 6 days worth of inventory‚ while H&M holds 52 days‚ and Spanish retailer Cortefiel holds 94 days of inventory. 5. Launched approximately 11‚000 new items per year
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[pic] SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF TOYOTA MOTORS INTRODUCTION [pic] Toyota Motor Corporation Founded 1937 Founder Kiichiro Toyoda Headquarters Toyota City‚ Japan; Industry Automotive‚ Robotics Financial services and Biotechnology Products Economy/mainstream/luxury vehicles Revenue USD $203.26 billion (2009) Employees 316‚121 MISSION OF SUPPLY CHAIN Minimizing supply chain costs while keeping a reasonable service level customer
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OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Vol. 2‚ No. 3‚ September 2009‚ pp. 167-171 ISSN 1979-3561|EISSN 1979-3871 167 Managing Supply Chain Complexity in a Tea Manufacturing Company I Nyoman Pujawan* Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology‚ Kampus ITS Sukolilo‚ Surabaya 60111 Indonesia E-mail: pujawan@ie.its.ac.id Mahendrawathi Er Department of Information Systems‚ Faculty of Information Technology‚ Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology‚ Kampus
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ECONOMIC SCENE The Opportunity Cost of Economics Education By ROBERT H. FRANK Published: September 1‚ 2005 SHORTLY after I began teaching‚ more than 30 years ago‚ three friends in different cities independently sent me the same New Yorker cartoon depicting a woman introducing a man to a friend at a party. "Mary‚ I’d like you to meet Marty Thorndecker‚" she began. "He’s an economist‚ but he’s really very nice." Forum: The Economy Cartoons are data. That people find them amusing usually
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Formation and Planning ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ha Son Tung SUBMISSION DEADLINE 16:00‚ 22 November 2010 I‚ __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment. ________________________________ _________________________ Signature
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