Executive Summary Unichema was a subsidiary of Unilever. It produced over half a million tons of oleochemicals yearly for customers worldwide. The oleochemical products produced by Unichema had a large application area-in polymers‚ cosmetics‚ rubber‚ textiles‚ leather‚ paper and lubricants. Customer demands and market pressures were forcing Unichema to become more competitive and more responsive to customer requirement such as lower prices‚ shorter lead times on deliveries‚ precise timing for deliveries
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requires transporters and shippers to make efforts to protect the environment in their logistics activities. Fujitsu‚ which has been active in green logistics for some time‚ is expanding environmental load reduction activities across the entire supply chain‚ setting a tough industry-leading target of reducing transport-related CO 2 emissions by 30% from fiscal 2000 levels by the end of fiscal 2010. This paper introduces Fujitsu activities toward this goal with a focus on “reducing CO 2 emissions
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Supply Chain Management Network Design and Facility Location Classical Theories von Thunen Agricultural activity occurs in a “limitless plain of equal fertility” with a city in the middle Theorized that: City price = origin price + transport costs Transport costs = f {weight & distance} As a result Products having high weight/value ratio should be produced near the city (see next slide) Other Contributions Land values decrease as move from city More intense land utilization near
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approach * emphasis on dividing the project into manageable and controllable stages * Flexibility that can be applied at a level appropriate to the project. Figure 1: The knowledge areas and processes of the Project Management Institute ’s Guide to PMBOK PMBOK PMBOK is an acronym for Project Management Body of Knowledge. It is a collection of project management material provided by the Project Management Institute (PMI)‚ a nonprofit‚ international project management organization
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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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Exercise: 1 Objectives: 1. View and record data from sample MM‚ 2) Create new MM for finished and semi-finished part‚ and raw materials. Deliverables: 1) Record observed data where requested‚ 2) Screen captures where requested‚ 3) record configuration data (Task 4‚ step 10)‚ and 4) answers to discussion questions. Task 1 – View sample MM and collect data. 1. In the Display Material T-F101 (Finished Product) screen view and record the following data: EMBED YOUR DATA INTO THE DELIVERABLE DOCUMENT
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ZARA"Compare and Contrast the approaches taken by H&M‚ Benetton and Zara to managing their supply chains". Design Brand | Method | H & M | Mainly in-house designers who design garments to a price point to produce designer garments at a reasonable price. Pattern designers are an important part of the process due to all garments being manufactured by third parties. | Zara | Separate the design into three market segments‚ Women’s‚ Men’s and Children’s lines. Each segment has it’s
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Darden Restaurants owns all of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants‚ which amounts to over 1‚700 food establishments. Olive Garden specializes in serving Italian food and Red Lobster serves mainly seafood and fish. They actually own four other chains located throughout the United States‚ such as: The Capital Grille‚ Bahama Breeze‚ Longhorn Steakhouse‚ and Seasons 52 .To keep themselves successful the company needs to outsource work when the opportunity strikes to reduce their overall labor
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Standard Air Conditioning Agreement HVACR 01-9405 The Standard Air Conditioning Maintenance Agreement provides basic coverage for the parts of your air conditioning system that need frequent service. This agreement also includes a pre-season inspection to ensure peak performance of your system. Please refer to the following list for specific parts coverage under your agreement. Low Pressure Switch Running Capacitor High Pressure Control Starting Capacitor Metering Device Condenser Motor Condenser
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International Journal of Operations & Production Management‚ Vol. 19 No. 2‚ pp. 139-56. Hyer‚ N.L. and Brown‚ K. (1999)‚ ``The discipline of real cells’’‚ Journal of Operations Management‚ Vol. 17‚ pp. 557-74. Hyer‚ N.L.‚ Brown‚ K.A. and Zimmerman‚ S. (1999b)‚ ``A socio-technical systems approach to cell design: case study and analysis’’‚ Journal of Operations Management‚ Vol. 17‚ pp. 179-203. Jick‚ T.D. (1979)‚ ``Mixing qualitative and quantitative methods: triangulation in action’’‚ Administrative
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