warehouse in a logistical system reduces overall transportation cost by an amount greater than required investment and operational cost‚ then total cost will be reduced. When total cost reductions are achievable‚ the warehouse is economically justified. Four basic economic benefits are: Consolidation and Break-bulk‚ Sorting‚ Seasonal storage‚ and Reverse logistics. The economic benefits of consolidation and
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u NAME OF STUDENT Nguyễn Vĩnh Trà REGISTRATION NO. 1013105035 UNIT TITLE Unit 7: Business Strategy ASSIGNMENT TITLE Strategy Formation and Planning ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ha Son Tung SUBMISSION DEADLINE 16:00‚ 22 November 2010 I‚ __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment.
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standard deviation of 30. The store adopts a continuous review policy in which the order quantity equals the average demand for one month and the reorder point equals 43 boxes. The lead time for an order is one week‚ where each month contains exactly four weeks. a. What is the cycle service level for this product? (see appendix for the look-up tables of a standard normal distribution) b. What is the fill rate for this product? c. The drugstore wants to guarantee a cycle service level of 95% by adjusting
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McDonald’s Supply Chain Supply chain management‚ or SCM‚ is concerned with managing the inputs of goods or services for final users from acquiring the raw materials through the end of the product’s useful life. The inputs of goods or services include a wide variety of activities not only in a single department in a company but also from different departments and outside the company; they are cross-functional activities that contain increasingly complex networks supply chains in the business
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture‚ a professional
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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2) What advantages does Dell derive from virtual integration? How important are these advantages in the auto business? In terms of communication and coordination‚ vertical integration leads to efficient and effective collaboration between supplier and Dell‚ and between Dell and customer through the physical proximity‚ established patterns of communications‚ and greater willingness to cooperate with other members of the same group. Another rationale for vertical integration is real time responsiveness
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Wal-Mart’s supply chain Management practices Logistics I Denise Melendez 1163688 Carlos Nava 1162897 30/06/10 Case solution: 1- Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistic system adopted by Wal-Mart adopted by Wal-Mart. We have listed the key points of the distribution system and logistics system
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Executive Summary We have analyzed Coca-Cola India’s supply chain with respect to the following: • Inventory management • Quality management • Vendor management We have detailed out the practices and policies adopted in the company and highlighted noteworthy practices in this project. We have described recent trends in operations in the areas chosen. We also have identified a problem the company is facing‚ analyzed it and have suggested a solution for the same. Introduction
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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
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