Supply Chain Restructuring: Analysis of Avon’s success story Presented by Ajay P Appukuttan (3966744) Musaffar Ali Hajour Table of Contents Introduction3 Summary of Findings4 Background Information7 Critical Issues8 Detailed Recommendations9 Implementation & Evaluation10 Conclusion11 References12 INTRODUCTION The success story of Avon‚ the company for women and world’s leading direct seller for beauty products starts with a decentralized operation in 6 countries in 1980s
Premium Supply chain management
Supply Chain Responsiveness and Efficiency – Complementing or Contradicting Each Other? Dennis Minnich1 Frank H. Maier2 International University in Germany Campus 1 76646 Bruchsal‚ Germany Phone +49 7251 700-341 Fax +49 7251 700-350 e-mail dennis.minnich@i-u.de Abstract Balancing responsiveness to market requirements with overall efficiency is an important issue in supply chain design and management. The objective of the system dynamics model introduced in this paper is to capture generic structures
Premium Supply chain management Inventory Supply chain
T h e c u rren t is su e a n d fu ll te x t a rc h iv e o f th is jo u rn a l is a v a ila b le a t http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm CASE RESEARCH Case research in operations management Chris Voss‚ Nikos Tsikriktsis and Mark Frohlich London Business School‚ London‚ UK Keywords Operations management‚ Research‚ Methodology‚ Case studies Abstract This paper reviews the use of case study research in operations management for theory development and testing. It draws on the literature
Premium Scientific method Research Case study
of best practices in supply chain strategies‚ with a focus on demand forecasting and collaborating information. Supply chain management is an area of importance. This paper is based on a survey of a large number of publications on supply chain management (books‚ conference papers and journal articles) for context and an industry expert interview. This literature review analyses the case study of a Taiwanese semi-conductor company‚ Tekcon to show its best practice supply chain strategy. The key objective
Premium Supply chain management Supply chain Management
1. Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved. The stages in a supply chain are normally the supplier‚ the manufacturer‚ the distributor‚ the retailer‚ and finally the customer. The first stage of the supply chain is the supplier. Initially‚ the supplier provides the material necessary for the production of the soda can to the manufacturer‚ who had previously passed an order for the material
Premium Supply chain management
1. Describe the type of supply chain used by 7-Eleven. For example are they agile‚ adaptable‚ aligned? 7-Eleven is the largest operator and franchisor of convenience stores in the world‚ with more than 46‚000 outlets and currently selling 500 million litres of petrol‚ $500 million of merchandise and serving almost 80 million customers worldwide. With figures like this‚ you have to wonder how they did it? Aside from the fact that the store operates 24 hours a day‚ 365 days a year and hence adhere
Premium Convenience store Slurpee
What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product? by Marshall L. Fisher Harvard Business Review Reprint 97205 Harvard Business Review MARCH-APRIL 1997 Reprint Number ARIE DE GEUS THE LIVING COMPANY 97203 WALTER KUEMMERLE DEVELOPING GLOBAL NETWORKS BUILDING EFFECTIVE R&D CAPABILITIES ABROAD 97206 KASRA FERDOWS MAKING THE MOST OF FOREIGN FACTORIES 97204 GEORGE S. DAY STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVING A SHAKEOUT 97202 MARSHALL L. FISHER WHAT IS THE HIGH SUPPLY CHAIN FOR YOUR PRODUCT
Premium Supply chain management Inventory Supply and demand
3 on Supply Chain Management http://www.supplychainbrain.com/archives/10.02.TaylorMade.htm?adcode=5 Read the TaylorMade case study till “Enabled by IT” Identify challenges and pain points in the current process of TaylorMade 1) TaylorMade was struggling in an industry with near-zero growth. Any improvement in sales had to come at the expense of its competition‚ which was more agile and efficient. 2) TaylorMade‚ meanwhile‚ had one of the most sluggish supply chains around. Total supply-chain reaction
Premium Supply chain management Inventory Supply chain
INTRODUCTION A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials‚ transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products‚ and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations‚ although the complexity of the chain may vary greatly from industry to industry and firm to firm. Supply chain management‚ then‚ is the active management of supply chain
Premium Supply chain management Supply chain
PHStat2 Version 3.07 Readme PHStat2 is Windows software that assists you in learning the concepts of statistics while using Microsoft Excel. PHStat2 allows you to perform many common types of statistical analyses while using the familiar Microsoft Excel interface. The rest of this document is organized into sections that will assist you in setting up and using PHStat2. Note: In this document‚ the symbol è means “on the next submenu‚ select.” Table of Contents 1 PHStat2 Technical Requirements
Premium Microsoft Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel