In 2005‚ Phillip (Phil) Landgraf faced several glaring problems in the financial performance of his company‚ BioPharma‚ Inc. The firm had experienced a steep decline in profits and very high costs at its plants in Germany and Japan. Landgraf‚ the company ’s president for worldwide operations‚ knew that demand for the company ’s products was stable across the globe. As a result‚ the surplus capacity in his global production network looked like a luxury he could no longer afford. Any improvement in
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#1. In 2009‚ BioPharma Inc. experienced a significant decline in profits with high costs of production around the world. Due to a stable demand with little room for increased profitability‚ cutting costs was a top priority for the coming year. Changing and adapting BioPharma’s global production network was thus a priority in order to be successful and eliminate wasteful surplus. BioPharma should have used their production network differently in 2009 in order to be as efficient as possible
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Isaac Walker BioPharma‚ Inc. case study October 20‚ 2011 A. Set 1 Questions: 1. Discuss the financial status of BioPharma‚ Inc. in 2009 As of 2009‚ BioPharma is looking to reduce costs across the board. Profits have been steeply declining while production costs are high‚ especially at its German and Japanese facilities. With exception of India‚ demand is expected to remain relatively stable for the short-term future‚ so BioPharma can no longer afford its costly surplus capacity
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CHAPTER SIX BioPharma Case Questions 1. How should BioPharma have used its production network in 2009? Should any of the plants have been idled? What is the annual cost of your proposal‚ including import duties? This solution was obtained using the tables displayed below. Note that Germany and Japan produced none of the Relax product and that side of their plants has been idled. The annual cost of this solution is: $24.85 Total Transportation Cost (millions) $1‚268.31 Total Production
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Executive Summary In this executive summary‚ i will introduce the ideas and details of Apple Inc’s supply chain in its current state. We will examine Apple’s strategy of being consumer based and evaluate the current state of business and some of the partnerships it has formed to remain one of the dominating forces in this industry. This report will cover a brief overview of the company‚ its current assortment of products it offers‚ future opportunities and threats that Apple may face‚ its current
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CASE 14-2: TRIGO EXPORT CO.‚ LTD. The pricing of products for export sale is covered here‚ with logistics practices and costs having considerable influence. Question 1: Ziola’s export packaging materials consisted of at least 40% recycled contents. Should this be mentioned in the quotation given to the potential Brazilian buyer? It would not hurt in case somebody reviewing the bid happened also to be interested in environmental protection. However‚ note that they are buying tractors to use in
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and goods is that‚ the services requires more professional knowledge and experience to evaluate its performance. The goods has a fixed standard which can be measured. Services as a people’s business is more complicated to analyze‚ particularly for supply department. Furthermore‚ for evaluating and improving the final purpose which is increasing the customer value‚ letting different function departments to do their experts will also make it easy to get feedback and improve their effective and efficiency
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Case Study 1 BioPharma‚ Inc. 1. How should BioPharma have used its production network in 2009? Should any of the plants have been idled? What is the annual cost of your proposal‚ including import duties? It produces and sells its same kind of products in both of chemicals for any parts of the world. If its plants in one country are not enough products‚ it would move products from other countries to add the number of products that are sold in this country. Plants of Relax in Germany and Japan
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Subject – Supply Chain Management Semester - III Case - 1 John Deere and Complex Parts‚ Inc. On Friday‚ November 22‚ 2000‚ Blake Roberts‚ Hayley Marie‚ Stan Ealdns‚ and John Pearson‚ members of one of John Deere’s supplier evaluation teams‚ were discussing the performance of Complex Parts. It had provided questionable service to John Deere’s Moline unit over the past year‚ and they were wondering if this merited giving Complex Parts’ business to a different supplier. They needed
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UPS Supply Chain Solutions SM case study Hitachi Hitachi GST Streamlines Global Distribution Network Hitachi‚ Ltd. is a leading global electronics company headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan. In 2003‚ the company founded Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) by combining its storage technology business with IBM’s Storage Technology Division (STD). As the two businesses merged‚ Hitachi GST chose UPS Supply Chain Solutions to implement a global distribution system. Global Storage Technologies
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