Right to the core | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management Page 1 of 9 The purchasing and supply website Right to the core 27 May 2010 | Richard Brass Tyrannical‚ secretive - and a huge success. Richard Brass investigates how Apple devised the ultimate supply chain In each of the past two years‚ AMR Research has named Apple’s supply chain the best in the world. Its operation‚ the supply chain consultancy says‚ marks “an epic shift away from the 20th-century production-efficiency mentality
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for examination 1. Which of the following statements is correct? A. Recent trends such as lean manufacturing and offshoring decrease the level of risk in the supply chain. B. Accurate forecasting techniques solve most supply chain problems. C. Many retailers observe that inventory levels fluctuate considerably across a supply chain. D. In general‚ the total inventory costs are higher than the total transportation costs in the overall logistics costs for a country. 2. There can be many reasons
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smi8239X_ch01_001-026.qxd 2/27/07 11:22 PM Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 1.1 WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT? Fierce competition in today’s global markets‚ the introduction of products with shorter life cycles‚ and the heightened expectations of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in‚ and focus attention on‚ their supply chains. This‚ together with continuing advances in communications and transportation technologies (e.g.‚ mobile communication‚
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SUPPLY CHAIN UPPLY HAIN MANAGEMENT ANAGEMENT Report produced for the EC funded project INNOREGIO: dissemination of innovation and knowledge management techniques Sotiris Zigiaris‚ MSc‚ BPR engineer by BPR HELLAS SA J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 0 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1 Contents 1 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.2 Description What is the Supply Chain Management (SCM) What is the importance of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Today Supply Chain Management Tomorrow
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CASE: GS-49 DATE 04/14/06 EVOLUTION OF THE XBOX SUPPLY CHAIN With the first generation of Xbox‚ our ambition was to change the way people think about video games. Starting today with Xbox 360‚ our ambition is to transform the way people play games and have fun. 1 —Robbie Bach‚ President of the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division In November 2005‚ Microsoft prepared to launch its next-generation video game console‚ the Xbox 360. A global release was scheduled‚ beginning on November
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The history of Honda Honda is one of the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturers and of the leaders in the automakers industry. It was founded in 1948 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa. It’s headquarter is in Tokyo‚ Japan and it serves worldwide. Honda has 492 subsidiaries and affiliates accounted under its equity. The company develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets a wide range of products such as: automobiles‚ motorcycles‚ scooters‚ ATV’s‚ electrical generators‚ water pumps‚ lawn and garden equipments
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Supply Chain Management A good practice guide for the post-16 skills sector from the sector for the sector Foreword This guide is designed to help providers minimise the risk within supply chains‚ ensuring that they offer high-quality provision that is responsive to the needs of local communities‚ learners and employers. I have always promoted the positive aspect of our sector’s willingness to share good practice and our ability to continue to learn from each other. This guide uses this
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LINKS Supply Chain Management Fundamentals Simulation Revised July 2010 Randall G. Chapman‚ PhD 2 LINKS Supply Chain Management Fundamentals Simulation Table of Contents Chapters 1/2: Introduction and Perspective ................................................................. 3 Chapter 3: Product Development Decisions................................................................. 7 Chapter 4: Procurement Decisions ...............................................................
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Supply Chain Strategies Integrated Supply Chain Management BUS631 Matthew Keogh This paper shall discuss the concept of supply chain strategies of Hewlett-Packard organization. Strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) supply chain planning‚ analysis‚ and modeling system. “Hewlett-Packard ’s strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) team refined an approach using true optimization coupled with scenario analysis‚ selectively focused on the most
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* Supply Chain Management In IBM: * Early 1990’s: decentralized geographic and functional departments * Mid-late 1990’s: Distribution and logistics functions centralized into a global organization with world-wide responsibility * Early 2000’s: merger of Customer Fulfillment‚ Procurement‚ Manufacturing‚ and Global Logistics/Distribution functions into a new global Integrated Supply Chain function * Result: cost savings of $5.6B in 2002 and $7B in 2003 * A Case study
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