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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DISCUSSION #1 What is supply chain? The exact definition can vary‚ but supply chain to me is the flow of raw materials to the delivery of the finished product. Depending on the department and company‚ supply chain should track material from the time an order is placed to the final destination of that product. Supply chain also involves the communication between suppliers‚ departments‚ and transportation. Why are companies finding the supply chain to be so valuable? Supply chain effects all departments
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A. Analyze whether a Keiretsu network‚ a virtual company‚ a vertical integration‚ or a different supply chain strategy should be adopted. A Keiretsu network is a network of businesses that own stakes in one another as a means of mutual security‚ especially in Japan‚ and usually including large manufacturers and their suppliers of raw materials and components. There are two types of keiretsu: vertical and horizontal. Vertical keiretsu illustrates the organization and relationships within a company
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failure: strategic or tactical Nike the world leader in sports apparel manufacturer with a market share of 32 percent and market cap at $20billion decided to implement i2 demand planning engine to manage its supply chain at a cost of $400million. It was supposed to help Nike with its supply chain and to reduce the lead time for the manufacturing of sneakers from nine months down to six. The i2 system worked on the principle of using the data from the previous sales figures and predicting the productions
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Environment Bus. Strat. Env. 17‚ 260–271 (2008) Published online 20 July 2006 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/bse.527 Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Tourism Xavier Font‚* Richard Tapper‚ Karen Schwartz and Marianna Kornilaki Leeds Metropolitan University‚ UK ABSTRACT Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination. Most research has
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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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PROOF CHAPTER 1 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS Contents Learning objectives 3 Role of logistics 4 Supply chains 8 Aims of logistics 14 Activities of logistics 18 Importance of logistics 22 Chapter review 28 Case study – Ace Dairies 29 Project – useful websites 30 Discussion questions 31 References 31 Further reading 32 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: • understand the broad role of logistics • see how logistics support the operations of an organisation
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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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“SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT” 1. GLOBAL COMPANY PROFILE: VOLKSWAGEN ’S RADICAL EXPERIMENT IN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT Volkswagen ’s major suppliers are assigned space in the VW plant‚ but supply their own components‚ supplies‚ and workers. Workers from various suppliers build the truck as it moves down the assembly line. Volkswagen personnel inspect. Volkswagen plant‚ however‚ VW is buying not only the materials but also labor and the related services. Suppliers are integrated tightly into
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Supply Chain relationships and Supply Chain dynamics are topics that are closely related to each other. A discussed in Russell and Taylor (pgs. 426-427)‚ the bullwhip effect is a prevalent dynamic in supply chain management. Methods to decrease the bullwhip effect include: increased information sharing and coordinated forecasting. As has been noted before‚ the clothing company Zara is a good example of a well-designed supply chain system. Zara has been able to successfully keep information flow
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