and descriptive methods in analyzing the data generated. Through the study‚ we find out that supply chain faces a lot of challenges such as uncertainty in operations‚ inadequate or in some cases complete absence of technological input‚ effect of bullwhip arising from various fluctuations in demand and supply‚ poor benchmarking leading to improper supply chain monitoring etcetera‚ all these
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BBIM602 Enterprise STRATEGY Revision Session‚ 5 April 2013. WRITTEN EXAM GUIDELINES: The exam is scheduled to take place on Tuesday‚ 14 May 2013‚ 14-16.30. (Please check with the WBS Registry for any changes to exam schedule). * The written exam will account for 40% of the final mark. * The exam is closed book. * It consists of four questions each carrying 25 marks * all questions must be answered * question 1 relates to a small case study provided in the
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Supply chain behaviour A fundamental question in supply chain management is: ‘How should supply chains be managed when operations compete in different ways in different markets?’ One answer‚ proposed by Professor Marshall Fisher of Wharton Business School‚ is to organize the supply chains serving those individual markets in different ways. He points out that many companies have seemingly similar products which‚ in fact‚ compete in different ways. Shoe manufacturers may produce classics which change
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Executive Summary In 1987‚ Brando Vitali‚ then Barilla’s director of logistics‚ had proposed an alternative approach to order fulfillment. Vitali envisioned an approach that would radically change the way in which logistics organization managed product delivery by introduction of Just In Time Distribution (JITD) system. The JITD system is designed to mitigate Barilla’s high stock rates‚ fluctuating demands by distributors and stock outs. As the incumbent logistics director‚ -Giorgio Maggiali
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Student name: Nemr MAROUNI IPM – 2011 1- Muda (無駄) is a traditional Japanese term for an activity that is wasteful and doesn’t add value or is unproductive‚ etymologically none (無)+ trivia or un-useful (駄) in practice or others. It is also a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) and is one of the three types of waste (Muda‚ Mura‚ Muri) that it identifies. Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Toyota merely picked up these three words beginning with the prefix
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good relations among all the partners in the supply chain. Barilla made its mark in the world by taking a commodity and selling it in a very different way. They now need to apply this innovative thinking again and use the JITD system and reduce the bullwhip effect in its supply chain. Issue Identification Barilla SpA is a large‚ vertically integrated Italian pasta manufacturer and in 1990‚ was the largest pasta manufacturer in the world‚ making 35% of all pasta sold in Italy and 22% of all pasta
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Michael Porter-- http://www.fastcompany.com/42485/michael-porters-big-ideas “What is the Right Supply Chain for your Product?” http://www.computingscience.nl/docs/vakken/scm/Fisher.pdf “The Bullwhip Effect”‚ http://www.quickmba.com/ops/bullwhip-effect/‚ http://www.mbaskool.com/business-articles/operations/7669-the-bullwhip-effect-in-supply-chain.html “25th Annual State of Logistics Report”‚ Rosalyn Wilson‚ CSCMP‚ Jun14(Hand-out) “Root Cause Analysis for Beginners” https://servicelink.pinnacol.com/pinn
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clothes at her home. She is wondering where her husband‚ Sykes is since he has her horse and working equipment. She feels something like a snake fall around her shoulders and screams‚ only to look up and see her husband standing over her with the bullwhip he uses to ride the horses. Delia is angry because her husband purposelly made it look like a snake. He does not seem concerned with her feelings and yells at her because she has white people’s clothes in the house‚ something which he’s told her
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1|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Dell ’s Direct Business Model Presented by Riti Behal – FT 14459 Gagan Dawar – FT 14221 Vaibhav Agarwal – FT 14276 Great Lakes Institute of Management‚ Chennai Riti Behal‚ Gagan Dawar‚ Vaibhav Agarwal 2|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Describe the “Direct Business Model” The direct model has become the backbone of our company and the greatest tool in its growth. – Michael Dell. Dell ’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain
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CIS 8060 Case Brief Grade Assessment Group Number/Name: The A-team Student Names: Paul Tran‚ Sukumar Pant‚ Vaibhav Choudhary Criteria Score and Comments Identifying Problems & Issues [15 points] • Use of case facts to diagnose core problems and issues • Effectiveness in framing the problem & issues Analysis of Issues [50 points] • Meaningful criteria identified for the analysis of problems and issues • Effective use of case data • Application of concepts and theories • Insightful
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