Supply Chain Management Arun Biswal* Abstract: Supply Chain Management (SCM) is backbone of any organizations. It is the combination of art and science that goes into improving the way a company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. Supply chains are difficult to put together but once they are in place‚ it looks just right. The depth of supply chain increases as organizations explore various dimensions of business. There are many options
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Links in supply chain Name: Course: Tutor: Date: A supply chain involves all the parties working together both directly and indirectly in order to satisfy the consumer’s expectations. The process of chain supply does not only include manufacturers and suppliers; it also involves other parties right from the raw material source‚ transporters‚ warehouses‚ retailers and customers. The current business environments within which corporates operate is highly unpredictable; therefore‚ organizations have
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Control of sourcing Strategy Action Result Strategy Streamline the Front End of Supply Chain Streamlining is the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain—cutting out the middleman. Instead of going through traditional distribution models‚ which have various intermediate (such as a distributor‚ wholesaler‚ broker or agent) companies may now deal with every customer type directly. One notable benefit is a drop in the cost of servicing customers directly. Consequently‚ you will increase
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increased at an average 30% per year over the last three years‚ with net benefits over sales of close to 12% in the same period. In this paper we examine Zara’ production and distribution systems‚ looking for clues to its mass-customization capabilities. We argue that the key to Zara’ success is its Supply Chain (network and flows) approach. The production network is made of a tightly integrated net of product specialized factories‚ intensive in capital and run under Toyota’s principles‚ and a secondary
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umbrella called Supply Chain Management (SCM)‚ more specifically inside Logistics. SCM is based on four mayor strategic decision areas; location‚ production‚ inventory and transportation (distribution) (Intro to supply CM). A Transportation and distribution strategy is key in the value chain for global companies and is a fundamental part of the logistics process as part of the global supply chain models (Chopra and Meindl‚ 2007: 54; Vidal. 1997). The concepts of logistics and supply chain management are
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Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 19‚435 stores in 58 countries‚ including 12‚781 in the United States‚ 1‚241 in Canada‚ 1‚062 in Japan‚ 976 in Great Britain and 645 in China. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee‚ espresso-based hot drinks‚ other hot and cold drinks‚ coffee beans‚ salads‚ hot and cold sandwiches and panini‚ pastries‚ snacks‚ and items
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its operations. The resolution has gained considerable backing and Amazon says it will address the request. At the heart of Amazon’s operations rests its supply chain‚ complicated by the volume of transactions and associated companies and individuals selling on its website. Managing and disclosing sustainability issues in Amazon’s supply chain will be a difficult task. While that may require an organizational shift‚ Amazon can leverage the success it had with reinventing the customer experience
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effective? 1. (40%) Bullwhip a) (10%) Why bullwhip occurs in a supply chain? b) (15%) Does that contradict with the risk pooling in terms of variability? Explain. c) (15%) Can the bullwhip be alleviated if the number of levels for the supply chain is reduced (e.g. eliminate the distributors)? If so‚ why don’t we just keep the supply chain as flat as possible (i.e. reduce the number of the levels required in the supply chain as much as possible)? 2. (60%) Case: “The Great Inventory Correction”
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Apple Inc’s supply chain Apple Inc is the company that create a great innovation product development such as ipod ‚ iphone ‚ ipad ‚ Macbook . Apple’s products have been accepted about modern design‚ high quality and technology. Behind the success‚ Apple has a best supply chain management. The beginning of their supply chain start with the research and development product to make sure that can be making and have special things to surprise their customer. The products produce from a various sources
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smi8239X_ch01_001-026.qxd 2/27/07 11:22 PM Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 1.1 WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT? Fierce competition in today’s global markets‚ the introduction of products with shorter life cycles‚ and the heightened expectations of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in‚ and focus attention on‚ their supply chains. This‚ together with continuing advances in communications and transportation technologies (e.g.‚ mobile communication‚
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