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    sell and deliver goods and services to a first tier supplier. An automobile company could have a second tier supplier that would supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply them to the manufacturer. A real world example of a second-tier supplier is “Wisconsin Aluminium” which supplies aluminium fuel filter housing to Mechanical Devices Company. Mechanical Devices uses the fuel filter housing on an engine component

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    INTRODUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Supply Chain Management (SCM) is an essential part of every business. The supply chain of a company is its network consisting of all the companies’ suppliers‚ itself‚ and its customers. Without a successful SCM system‚ no matter how small a company might seem‚ a business cannot successfully operate. The supply chain encompasses every aspect of a business’s operations. It begins with raw materials‚ continues through production phases‚ creating finished goods

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    SAP Excellence Series Editors: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Dr. Peter Zencke SAP AG‚ Walldorf Gerhard F. Knolmayer‚ Peter Mertens Alexander Zeier and Jörg Thomas Dickersbach Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems Architecture and Planning Processes With 77 Figures and 11 Tables 123 Prof. Dr. Gerhard F. Knolmayer University of Bern Institute of Information Systems Engehaldenstrasse 8 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Dr. Alexander Zeier Deputy

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    abroad and exchange study services to both college and high school students. While AIFS’s revenues are denominated in American Dollars (USD)‚ most of their costs are in foreign currencies as Euros (EUR) and British Pounds (GBP). Consequently‚ foreign exchange hedging has a crucial importance for the company because it provides protection against different types of risk that derive from its activity. In order to reduce risk‚ the company is using two hedging derivatives: forward contracts and put

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    BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BSC LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Programme Overview The BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme offered by the School of Business at SIM University (UniSIM) aims to develop human capital and talent to meet the needs of the industry. This is the first undergraduate programme dedicated to the study of logistics and supply chain management to be offered by a Singapore university. Partnering with the Singapore

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    SCM 1020 (60028) Research and Case Studies In Supply Chain Management Learning Schedule Getting Started: o Make a reference note for contacting me at my Albany Tech e-mail address dpugh@albanytech.edu and at dpugh182@gmail.com. Please put both e-mail addresses on your correspondence(s). o An intranet café discussion area is located in the classroom for any questions or concerns that you would like to share with the class. o  In accordance with ATC‚ I do not accept any class work

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    short run analysis. b. The logistics/supply chain network transformation team(No Answer) 1. CORRECT: must be aware of the firm’s overall business and corporate strategies and the supply chain in which it participates. 2. is one of the most commonly used techniques. 3. on the movement and storage of product. 4. assumes that the raw materials sources and finished goods markets are fixed b. a weight to each previous period.(No Answer) 1. Customer service can be defined as 2. Which is not a mode

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    1. Amazon.com‚ Peapod‚ Dell‚ and many furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users.

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    optimal revenue sharing ratio is linearly increasing in the wholesale prices. The proposed revenue sharing contract has more flexibility than price protection‚ in that the optimal revenue sharing ratio can be settled reasonably through negotiation between the retailer and wholesaler. Key words: Supply Chain Management‚ Channel Coordination‚ Revenue sharing contract‚ Two-period newsboy problem. 1. Introduction The life cycles of technology-based products are rapidly becoming shorter through continuous

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    AFM 322 Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS 1. Case Synopsis Christopher Archer-Lock and Becky Tabaczynski both work for American Institute for Foreign Study (“AIFS”). Archer-Lock is the controller of AIFS and Tabaczynski is the CFO of AIFS’s high school travel division ACIS. AIFS a student exchange organization that organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. Founded in the U.S. in 1964‚ AIFS has annual revenues of close to $200 million and sent more than 50‚000 students

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