Looking Good; LG Electronics India Discusses its Supply Chain Strategy By Jayashree Kini-Mendes Feature | 257 days ago | LG Electronics India believes in reaching products to people on-demand. Somebody impressed the market with a sense of enterprise‚ depth of vision‚ efficiency of service and the durability of products. Jayashree Mendes meets the Vice-President (Head – SCM) of LG Electronics India‚ KK Kaul‚ the man behind this movement. He has been working with the company since LG India set
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ndex 1. What has caused the so-called Inventory/Service "Crisis"? 1 2. What are the important "drivers" of safety stock? 2 3. Recommend quantitative target inventory levels for the six European options‚ assuming a weekly periodic review replenishment. 4 4. Assuming a 20% gross margin for each printer‚ sea transportation costs of $1 per printer and air transportation costs of $10 per printer (air shipment lead-time is three days)‚ evaluate the various alternatives available to Brent Cartier
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CASE: GS-49 DATE 04/14/06 EVOLUTION OF THE XBOX SUPPLY CHAIN With the first generation of Xbox‚ our ambition was to change the way people think about video games. Starting today with Xbox 360‚ our ambition is to transform the way people play games and have fun. 1 —Robbie Bach‚ President of the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division In November 2005‚ Microsoft prepared to launch its next-generation video game console‚ the Xbox 360. A global release was scheduled‚ beginning on November
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abuses in their supply chains yesterday as a Guardian investigation revealed that 40 Bulgarians found by the authorities to be illegally employed and exploited by a gangmaster in Cornwall were picking and packing vegetables destined for Tesco and Morrisons. The Bulgarians said they were forced to "live like pigs on scraps"‚ scavenging vegetables from the fields when their Latvian gangmaster withheld their pay for 34 days. They were sent to work through a subcontracting chain at Southern England
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FINAL Assignment Supply Chain Management of NIKE Inc. Table of Contents 1- Company Overview 2- Raw Material (i) Amazon BIOME Leather Sourcing Policy (ii) NIKE Animal Skin Policy (iii) NIKE MSI (Materials Sustainability Index) (iv) How Scores are calculated in NIKE MSI 3- Competitive Advantage with respect to raw material Sustainability 4- Waste 5- Suppliers 6- Supplier Practices with respect to sustainability (i) RSL Program (ii) NIKE Water Program (iii) NIKE Energy
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Kapur 2012PGP097 Vineet Jain 2012PGP061 IRCTC-CATERING SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS AND SUGGESTIONS FINAL REPORT Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 The Mission of IRCTC 3 The Business activities of IRCTC includes 3 OBJECTIVES OF CATERING POLICY 4 DESIRED SERVICE OFFERING 4 SERVICE QUALITY DIMENSIONS 4 MAJOR QUALITY INITIATEVES BY IRCTC 5 IRCTC CATERING PROFILE 5 Food products catered by IRCTC: 6 THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF IRCTC CATERING SERVICE 7 CURRENT STATUS AND CAPACITY OF
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· EVA Manufacturing flow management. 1. Increasing sales: Obtain repeat business Increase product availability Provide desired product features for example‚ better manufacturing flow mgt can result in higher sales and healthier margins through consistent availability of products that meet customers’ specific needs. 2. Reduce cost of good sold: reduce direct labor and materials
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designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks‚ appliances and home accessories. The company is the world ’s largest furniture 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
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The Coffee Supply Chain In the past 60 years the export of coffee has changed dramatically. In postwar Brazil coffee was about 90% of all exports‚ today coffee only makes up 10% of all exports. (Reference 1) Yet‚ coffee will always be a very important and influential export for Brazil and many of the neighboring countries. Brazil and neighboring countries make up part of what is known as the coffee belt. (Image Link) (Image Link) In the past 60 years the percentage of coffee as an export for
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Table of Content 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 SAINSBURY SUPERMARKET AN OVERVIEW 3 3.0 OPERATIONS OF SAINSBURY 3 3.1 FACILITIES 3 3.2 PROCESS 4 3.3 LAYOUT AND FLOW 4 3.4 INPUT 5 3.5 TRANSFORMATION PROCESS 5 3.6 OUTPUT 5 4.0 SAINSBURY’S VARIETY‚ VARIATION‚ VISIBILITY‚ AND VOLUME CHARACTERISTICS 5 5.0 BENEFIT OF PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE TO THE OPERATION 6 5.1 COST 6 5.2 DEPENDABILITY 6 5.3 FLEXIBILITY 6 5.4 QUALITY 6 5.5 SPEED 7 6.0 WHAT QUALITY MEANS TO SAINSBURY 7 7.0 THE EFFECT OF OPERATIONS CHARACTERISTICS
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