Three Book Case Studies (Individual Basis) 15% “Take Home Test” (Individual Basis) 5% EOQ Mathematical Question (Individual Basis) 50% Final Exam (Individual Basis) Method On-line Course Week 1 (Chapter 1) Logistics and the Supply Chain Course Outline Economic Impacts of Logistics Logistics: What is it The Increased Importance of Logistics Activities in the Logistics Channel As your first step in getting started with this course‚ please
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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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requires transporters and shippers to make efforts to protect the environment in their logistics activities. Fujitsu‚ which has been active in green logistics for some time‚ is expanding environmental load reduction activities across the entire supply chain‚ setting a tough industry-leading target of reducing transport-related CO 2 emissions by 30% from fiscal 2000 levels by the end of fiscal 2010. This paper introduces Fujitsu activities toward this goal with a focus on “reducing CO 2 emissions
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their specific needs and the exact timing of these needs In addition‚ Unichema applies the Activity Based Costing analysis to segment its customer in order to gain the benefit of efficient information about customer. By using this approach‚ Unichema can take market advantage by better understanding various customers and providing respective products and services of each segment. All things considered‚ Unichema wanted to utilize its equipment as efficiently as possible in order to not only ensure
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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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and used in the private sector‚ both in the UK and internationally. The PRINCE2 method is in the public domain‚ and offers non-proprietarily best practice guidance on project management. The key features of PRINCE2 are: * focus on business justification * defined organization structure for the project management team * product-based planning approach * emphasis on dividing the project into manageable and controllable stages * Flexibility that can be applied at a level appropriate
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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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What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product? by Marshall L. Fisher Harvard Business Review Reprint 97205 Harvard Business Review MARCH-APRIL 1997 Reprint Number ARIE DE GEUS THE LIVING COMPANY 97203 WALTER KUEMMERLE DEVELOPING GLOBAL NETWORKS BUILDING EFFECTIVE R&D CAPABILITIES ABROAD 97206 KASRA FERDOWS MAKING THE MOST OF FOREIGN FACTORIES 97204 GEORGE S. DAY STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVING A SHAKEOUT 97202 MARSHALL L. FISHER WHAT IS THE HIGH SUPPLY CHAIN FOR YOUR PRODUCT
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management researchers have been calling for greater employment of field-based research methods (Lewis‚ 1998). Pure case research‚ that is research based on analysis of a limited number of cases to which‚ at best‚ only limited statistical analysis can be applied‚ is widely used in Europe but is less common in North American operations management (Drejer et al.‚ 1998). Pannirselvan et al. (1999) reported case study and field study research accounted for 4.94 per cent and 3.80 per cent respectively
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Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) (DSCM08/15) Purchasing Management Individual Assignment Done by Rachel Chan Soon Chee Submit to Lecturer: Max Ee by 20th May 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Part 1 Standardization of Containerization 1.Common type of container 2-4
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