Res.J.Recent Sci. Review Paper An Overview of Green Supply Chain Management in India Nimawat Dheeraj1 and Namdev Vishal2‚ Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ Singhania University‚ Pacheri Bari‚ Jhunjhunu‚ Rajasthan‚ INDIA Government Engineering College Jhalawar‚ Rajasthan‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in (Received 19th March 2012‚ revised 27th March 2012‚ accepted 30th March 2012) Abstract The green supply chain management (GSCM) is a powerful way to differentiate a company
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“The Evolution of Supply Chain Management in Retail Sector of Tesco and Analytical Study for the Period of 2005-2011” Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Introduction Supply chain as a whole can be seen as the flow of water in a river: organizations located closer to the original source of supply are described as being ’upstream ’‚ while those located closer to the end customer are ’downstream ’. The flow of the whole river is being concerned. In other words‚ supply chain is a network‚ which
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THE “A” TEAM • • • • • • Benn Botsio Nana Agyeman-Prempeh Duku Plange Saeed Alhassan Saeed Muslim Alhassan Saeed Kofi Gyasi Antwi SUPPLY CHAIN “Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage”- Sam Walton SUPPLY CHAIN TIPS If you’re a supplier and you think nobody cares if you’re alive‚ try missing a couple of delivery dates. Why is it better to have a woman as the buyer? Because a male buyer will pay GHc2 for a GHc1 item
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Meeting global responsibilities by caring for communities 01_Introduction Successful businesses do more than simply provide goods and services for customers. They also make a real contribution to the communities in which they operate. Successful ethical enterprises: • create employment and job security • provide products that give consumers good value for money • contribute to creating a more caring and cared for community and hence a better world. Amway provides a good example of a business
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 7-11 JAPAN History 7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores‚ operating under Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd‚ which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan. Eleven‚ primarily operating as a franchise‚ is the world’s largest operator‚ franchisor and licensor of convenience stores‚ with more than 46‚000 outlets. Timeline 1973: York Seven Co.‚ Ltd.‚ established 1974: First store opened (Toyosu Store‚ Koto-ku and Tokyo) 1975: 24-hour
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A. Supply Chain Strategy To fully appreciate the recommendation for a supply chain strategy‚ it is necessary to know something about them. There are numerous strategies one can use for supply chain: Keiretsu‚ vertical integration‚ and virtual companies. These Three are by no means the only strategies‚ but ones which may be considered. First‚ the Keiretsu will be discussed. Keiretsu is a Japanese term to describe many companies that link together or around a central bank to do business. This link
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information should be judged according to five criteria: relevance‚ accuracy‚ timeliness‚ clarity‚ and visibility. Deficiencies in any of these areas will weaken the decisionmaking process. Ensuring the quality of information is critical for effective supply chain management. Unfortunately‚ the complexity of the task intimidates many companies into settling for inefficiencies and inaccuracies. As a result‚ decisions are based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that can be ambiguous‚ imprecise or even incorrect
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Introduction Supply chain management‚ which involves inventory management‚ cost reduction‚ transportation‚ configure the distribution network‚ strategies development for product distribution‚ aims to improve the efficient and effective in the production activities. With better improvement in managing the current resources to operate profitability‚ and to minimize the inventory costs and reach the demands from market. Through the upstream and downstream linkages‚ different products and service which
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Green and lean supply chain 1. Introduction Firms in the twenty-first century are grappling with a constantly changing world. Three supply chain trends in particular are converging to create an increasingly complex business environment: a move towards green initiatives‚ the utilization of lean processes‚ and globalization. The globalization of supply chains involves dimensions such as offshoring of production‚ inventories‚ suppliers and customers‚ and differences in economies‚ infrastructures
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Executive summary The e-Technology guide aims to analyse the practice of Green Supply Chain Management (GrSCM) adopted by different companies in the face of increasing impacts of business operations on environment. The guide will start with introducing the reasoning behind the decision of implementing GrSCM and discussing about GrSCM’s current and future development directions. More details regarding to the definition of GrSCM and in-depth analyses about its structure will be also elaborated. Besides
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