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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The effects of stigma on controlling HIV and AIDS This essay aims to explain the social ideologies of prejudice and stigmatisation towards individuals infected with HIV/AIDS. It will discuss the issues surrounding the control of the HIV/AIDS disease and examine differential theories to explain the implementations of social discources on those who fear stigmatisation‚ due to their condition. HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice‚ negative attitudes‚ abuse‚ ‘people and objects
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There are a lot of activities to enjoy around us. We are able to divide two type of activities such as indoor activities and outdoor activities. Some people like outdoor activities such as a baseball‚ football. Others like indoor activities such as volleyball‚ table tennis. In case of indoor activities‚ regardless of weather‚ people want to play sports‚ they can enjoy them. However‚ I prefer playing outdoor activities. There are two reasons why I think so. First‚ outdoor activities help people to be
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REVERSE LOGISTICS: CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACED BY THE MAJOR RETAIL PLAYERS IN THE UK. INTRODUCTION: “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground‚ for out of it you were taken; For dust you are‚ And to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19. Effective and efficient management of product returns is an intriguing practical and research question. Growing green concerns and advancement of reverse logistics (RL) concepts and practices make it all the more relevant
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND RISK MANAGEMENT Global supply chain enables companies to expand beyond their domestic markets and expand globally .International supply chain could be viewed as an extension of the domestic supply chain if managed well .There are several forces which determines the success of international supply chain. Global market forces involves pressures and opportunities created by the foreign companies and customers .Overseas business sometimes is a defensive mechanism
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costs‚ KLF would like to consider an alternative distribution strategy in which the five regional warehouses are replaced with a single‚ central warehouse that will be in charge of all customer orders. Part A: Describe how you would design a new logistics network consisting of only a single warehouse. Part B: Provide an outline of such an analysis; what are the main steps? Part C: Specifically‚ what data would you need? Part D: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the newly suggested
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is the largest agency within the Department of Defense’s (DoD) with more than 26‚000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world (Defense Logistics Agency). DLA‚ Provides support as well as technical and logistic services to the Army‚ Air Force‚ Navy‚ Marine Corps and several federal agencies. A large number of DLA’s employees are culturally‚ racially‚ and ethnically diversified. However‚ inequities at the DoD with regard to race and ethnicity still occur
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issues with the distributors and the way they managed business since they used smaller dealers as a bridge so they can sell the product instead by giving better choices to the final costumer. Logistics channels handle the physical flow of goods or service. Is the problem discussed in Handy Andy’s logistics channel? Why or why not? Not really‚ because the factory distributors are the ones that need to provide the goods to the final costumer in any case and few complaints regarding to this aspect
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Jenkins’ Ear was the first case that the Royal Navy attempted to provide the overseas naval base with naval stores from North America directly. Therefore‚ her voyage and the views concerned with the Astrea explicate that the navy’s view about the naval logistics in the 1730s and 1740s and how the navy exploited naval stores production in Colonial America resulting from the naval stores policy in the eighteenth century. The construction and the repair of much number of ships required large quantities of
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chain activities Main activities: a. Investment activities‚ such as receiving‚ storage and configuration and other related activities; b. Production operation‚ forthcoming input into the end product of related activities; c. Productive activities‚ such as finished goods transportation‚ storage‚ customer contact‚ order processing‚ etc. d. Sales activities to let customers understand and buying of goods‚ such as advertising‚ promotion‚ marketing agency costs‚ etc; e. Service activities‚ including
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