to available products‚ irrespective of its disposition within the supply chain‚ to fast and free shipping‚ L.L.Bean is a standout amongst its peers (“#3 Google”‚ 2015). L.L.Bean’s recognition is no coincidence‚ as the company has worked tirelessly to build upon their purpose as defined by Lean Leonwood Bean a century before. Reputable software vendors fill the supply chain management software market‚ ready to sell COTS supply chain management solutions to retailers and manufacturers. Despite the
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com/0960-0035.htm IJPDLM 37‚8 594 Postponement: an evolving supply chain concept Christopher A. Boone‚ Christopher W. Craighead and Joe B. Hanna Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ Alabama‚ USA Received January 2006 Revised July 2007 Accepted July 2007 Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess and document the progress of postponement research‚ identify current gaps‚ and provide direction for future research efforts. Design/methodology/approach – Postponement literature
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Case #2: The Supply Chain Management of Samsung Electronics Introduction Samsung Electronics is a global leading company in the electronics industry. It applies and organizes its supply chain activities to create resilience toward highly volatile market and generate competitive advantages against its peers. The Supply Chain Management of Samsung includes the sequence of its organizations’ facilities‚ functions and activities that are involved in producing and delivering product or service.
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turbulent markets‚ supply chain vulnerability has become an issue of significance for many companies. As supply chains become more complex as a result of global sourcing and the continued trend to ‘leaning-down’‚ supply chain risk increases. The challenge to business today is to manage and mitigate that risk through creating more resilient supply chains. Supply chain managers strive to achieve the ideals of fully integrated efficient and effective supply chains‚ capable of creating
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Designing a Malaria Intervention Supply Chain: A Case Study Directions: Read the following background information on malaria interventions in Africa which has been excerpted from (Cataldi et al. 2009). Then‚ answer the questions at the end of the document prior to our in-class discussion. 1. Introduction Malaria is a vector-borne disease transmitted by infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Though this crippling disease is both preventable and curable‚ 300 to 500 million cases are reported each year‚ resulting
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McDonald’s Corporation: Managing a sustainable supply chain Food safety should always be the top priority. Minimizing cost is important since it is McDonald’s profits that allow them the flexibility to focus on making a more sustainable supply chain. Sustainability helps build consumer trust and brand loyalty there is an economic insensitive for MD to try and be as sustainable as possible with its supply chain. However do to the nature of their purchasing it is within their best interest to make
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How green supply chains will affect and drive the design of next generation logistics and supply chains? Due to the deterioration of global environment‚ increasing concerns of the overall condition of the natural environment have brought the attention on environmental conservation. As Purchasing Magazine (Atkinson‚ 2002) reported that “the most significant factor affecting supply‚ demand‚ pricing‚ and availability of solvents is the environmental issue”. As a result‚ for manufacturers‚ there is
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Summary: The case discusses about the operation of the world’s largest convenience store chain Seven-Eleven in Japan‚ and the way it became Japan’s top leading super market chain. Seven–Eleven started its operation in Japan in November 1973 under an area licensing agreement between Ito-Yokado Co.‚ Ltd.‚ and The Southland Corporation. With more than 15‚500 stores worldwide‚ Seven-Eleven Japan Co.‚ Ltd (SEJ) franchises 6‚900 stores in Japan and most of the remaining stores located in North America
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1.1 Introduction Supply chain management‚ is the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective & efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development‚ sourcing‚ production‚ and logistics‚ as well as the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. Figure 1
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Before analyzing Wal-Mart ’s corporate strategy‚ it is important to decide what business it is in. For example‚ if Wal-Mart is in the business of selling consumer goods such as TV ’s‚ sheets‚ clothes‚ etc then it is pursuing a concentric strategy by entering the food business. However‚ this changes depending on how you analyze what business Wal-Mart is in. Wal-Mart is in the business of selling everything customers need in their everyday lives. This includes the consumer goods listed above as
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