SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Homework #1 (Due – April 18‚ 2013) Electronic Submission MS Word MSc ECOM/ICOM assignment submission system File name: hw1 and your HKU ID (e.g. hw1_1234567) Please limit the answer to 1 page for each (sub)question (60%) Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain (Textbook‚ pp.179-187) 1. a) Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics costs than L6? What are some of the costs that are incurred in L5 but not
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Master’s degree thesis LOG950 Logistics Warehouse improvement with Lean 5S - A case study of Ulstein Verft AS Iva Gergova Number of pages including this page: 86 Molde‚ 21.11.2010 1 Publication agreement Title: Warehouse Improvement with Lean 5S - A Case Study of Ulstein Verft AS Author(s): Iva Gergova Subject code: LOG 950 ECTS credits: 30 Year: 2010 Supervisor: Associated Professor Bjørn Guvåg Agreement on electronic publication of master thesis Author(s) have copyright
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McDonald’s Supply Chain Supply chain management‚ or SCM‚ is concerned with managing the inputs of goods or services for final users from acquiring the raw materials through the end of the product’s useful life. The inputs of goods or services include a wide variety of activities not only in a single department in a company but also from different departments and outside the company; they are cross-functional activities that contain increasingly complex networks supply chains in the business
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Finance/accounting • Why Study OM? o Learn how people organize themselves for productive enterprise o Learn how goods/services are produced o Understand what operations managers do o OM is a costly part of an organization • Productivity= Units produced or outputs)/inputs(labor‚ materials‚ energy‚ capital‚ misc) • % Change= New-Old/Old x 100% • Productivity increases are dependent on: o Labor (10%) o Capital (38%) o Management (52%) • New Challenges in OM o Global focus o Supply-chain partnering
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What is the right supply chain for your product ? A question was asked by Marshall L. Fisher in his article on the topic. The article also titled‚ “What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product ?”‚ was published in March-April 1997 in the Harvard Business Review. The question was raised due to various improvements on supply chain has been done‚ but still it’s performance has never been worse. In some cases‚ costs have soar to unprecedented levels. It seems‚ new ideas and technology implemented
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logistics management? b. State the six rights in an effective logistics management system. Logistics is defined as process of planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling the efficient flow and storage of goods‚ services‚ and related information from point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose conforming to customer requirement‚ which also includes the inbound‚ outbound‚ internal‚ and external movements and return of materials for environmental purposes. Logistics Management is the governance
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utility? (pg 3) 5. What is the systems approach? (pg 9) 6. What is physical distribution? (pg 10) CH 5 7. What year did the supply chain management concept emerge? (pg 79) 8. What is the supply chain definition? (pg 79) 9. What are the three main supply chain models? (pg 80) 10. What traits should contemporary supply chain have? (pg 83) 11. What is the definition of a partnership? (pg 84) 12. What is a fourth party logistics (4PL) provider? (pg 88)
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ginning‚ and yarn spinning‚ to production of fabrics‚ garments‚ and accessories‚ and all the way to retailing. In addition‚ despite operating in a traditional industry‚ Esquel implemented a series of supporting IT (Information Technology) and supply chain management applications to improve operational efficiencies. Under Marjorie Yang’s leadership‚ a strong corporate culture has been established‚ with uncompromising emphasis on ethical business practices‚ creativity‚ and continual improvement. Finally
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Introduction/Background of the study With 33 per cent overall in the organized sector‚ holding a 38 % market share in decorative paints Asian Paints (AP) is the market leader in the Indian paint industry. The annual sales turnover exceeds INR 1‚300 Crore‚ marginally ahead of all the competitors in the industry. AP’s market leadership in the decorative paints segments can be grasped correctly when we take note of the relative position of the various players in the industry. The nearest competitor
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ECCO A/S – Global Value Chain Management Issues: * ECCO’s supply chain with production and assembly across the world driving long lead times. * Raw material residing in Europe yet tanneries located in the Netherlands‚ Thailand‚ & Indonesia. * Production and market expansion in China. Impacts: * ECCO’s supply chain has a supply chain that has their production & assembly sites established in countries far away from their distribution/retailer divisions. This could cause Inventory
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