The use of 3rd party logistics firms and outsourcing supply chain strategies Introduction For the last couple of decades the interest in logistics alliances and third party logistics (3PL) has been growing in academics and industries. The common viewpoint is to consider 3PL as outsourcing of logistics activities. The aim of this paper is to take a complementary perspective by looking at 3PL as an insourcing of resources. It means the shipper gets access to the providers’ resources. Matthias
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Lesson 3.6: Acquisition Logistics: Supportability Planning Support Elements Every Acquisition program‚ regardless of size‚ must plan for 10 logistics support elements: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Maintenance Planning Manpower and Personnel Supply Support Training and Training Devices Support Equipment Packaging‚ Handling‚ Storage‚ and Transportation Facilities Computer Resource Support Technical Data Design Interface Maintenance Planning The purpose of maintenance planning is to ensure that
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effectively than Dell. These words from Michael Dell point out more than anything else how the Dell Company managed to advance to the worldwide number one in the computer industry. From a little company founded by an undergraduate student at the University of Texas‚ Dell Inc.‚ headquartered in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ has developed into a huge corporation with more than 55‚200 employees today and an annual turnover of nearly $50 billion. This paper focus mainly to analyze how the Dell company performs
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achieved such a great balance and insight as Dell Computers did . Dell ’s award-winning customer service ‚ industry-leading growth and consistently strong financial performance differentiate the company from competitors for the following reason : price for Performance - with the industry ’s most efficient procurement ‚ manufacturing and distribution process ‚ Dell offers its customers powerful ‚ richly configured systems at competitive prices . Simultaneously ‚ Dell Computers introduces the latest relevant
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I thank my school---Singapore Institute of Materials Management‚ I’m fortunate I can enter this school. He takes me enter new sector about logistics‚ make me deeply interest to logistics. Secondary‚ I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to lectures who led me into the world of translation. I am also greatly indebted to the lectures at the logistics: Mr. Romeo N.Dumaguing‚ Mr. Dickson Lee‚ Mr. Max Mew‚ Mr. Henry Leong‚ Mr. Goh SK‚ Mr.`Yong SC who have instructed and helped me a lot in the
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SOME SUCCESS STORIES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Adriano O. Solis‚ Ph.D. Academic Advisor‚ NAPM El Paso Wal-Mart Stores Perhaps one of the most commonly cited success stories in supply chain management (SCM) is that of Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ which reported total sales of $191.329 billion and a net income of $6.295 billion during the fiscal year ended January 31‚ 2001 (see www.walmartstores.com). These figures represent a 15.9% growth in total sales and a 17.1% increase in net income over
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may impact Dell Computer Corporation ’s marketing decisions‚ how technology impacts Dell ’s marketing decisions‚ and we will also take a look at the importance of social responsibility and ethics as related to Dell ’s marketing ventures. Dell Computer Corporation is the world ’s leading direct computer systems company. From the company ’s very modest start in 1984 to the present day‚ Dell has had many different environmental factors to work with and overcome. Like most companies‚ Dell must consider
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2‚ 2008 Outsourcing Distribution to a Third Party Logistics Provider Relying Upon Cost Savings Criteria B. Hirkó Department of Logistics and Forwarding‚ Széchenyi István University H-9026‚ Győr‚ Egyetem tér 1. Hungary e-mail: hirko@sze.hu Abstract: Outsourcing logistics areas is widely regarded for the last decades as a useful approach to reducing costs and gaining competitive advantage. Thus‚ the strategy of employing third-party logistics (3PL) providers’ services has attracted growing interest
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Case #4. Evaluate Vendor Support Web Sites Select three or more support Web sites from among the following hardware vendors: - Apple (www.apple.com/support/hardware) - Dell (support.dell.com) - Gateway (support.gateway.com/support/default.asp) - Hewlett-Packard (www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html) - Lenovo (consumersupport.lenovo.com) - Sony (esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl) - Toshiba (www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp) You may substitute other hardware
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1996 profit margin of 5.1% remains constant‚ profits will fund $405 million of the additional assets. Dell would require additional funding of $315 million. 1996 Profit Margin: Net profit/sales = 272 000 000 / 5 296 000 000 = 5.136% 2) The second liability assumption is that liabilities remain at 1996 sales ratios. With this assumption‚ Dell has excess capital of $217 million. This is consistent with the adjusted sustainable growth calculations
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