Supply Chain Management: Assignment K Line Ship management (KLSM) is a ship management company located in Singapore and involved in the technical management of a fleet of 30 container and tanker ships. It is a fully owned subsidiary company of K Line in Japan and all the ships managed by KLSM are owned by its parent company in Japan. Technical management activities include provision on crew members to man the ships‚ implementing and maintaining safety and quality management systems on board
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1. Given some of the problems with Sippican’s cost system‚ should executives abandon overhead assignment to product entirely and adopt a contribution margin approach? Why or why not? The overhead spending is greater than the direct labour costs or the direct material costs for all three product lines- Valves‚ Pumps and Flow Controllers (Exhibit 2). Overheads are simply charged at 185% constant for three diverse products. The fact that there is huge variance in the number of units produced per
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Question 2: Should Merloni replace its network of regional warehouses with transit points? if so‚ what contigency plans and support systems are necessary to support the new logistics network? if not‚ what changes‚ if any‚ would you recommend Merloni make to its distribution system? Answer 2: The company should go for selective Cross docking. Cross docking should be done for retail outlets which have had low inventory costs as well as low backlog cost in the past. It should also be done for comparatively
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the text conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a particular genre‚ and for what purpose? ! ! Known for his dislike of conventions and structure‚ the highly structured nature of a sonnet would‚ at first glance‚ appear to be unappealing to e e cummings. However‚ Cummings has struck the fine balance between maintaining traditional form and introducing radical reform. His sonnet ‘it may not always be so’ conforms to the conventional fourteen-line length‚ positioning of the volta and iambic
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of other companies‚ software development‚ the advent of the Internet‚ and more competition. 3. How can a small business like a local sandwich shop or bicycle shop benefit from supply chain management? All businesses including small ones can adopt SCM in piecemeal fashion to suit their needs. Small businesses can still develop supplier alliances‚ use the Internet to find supplies‚ and find ways to endear themselves to their customers 4. How do the firm’s customers benefit from supply chain management
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Global Sourcing Importance of global sourcing: Study by Aberdeen research showed that 37% of companies surveyed found global sourcing as very important for company success. Overall‚ statistics show we import source more than we export source. Canada is #1 trading partner‚ Venezuela has oil. Levels in the evolution towards global sourcing: Asked purchasing agents where they are now with global sourcing and then where they see themselves in the future. Level 1: Only domestic purchasing {Current
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Edward Deming Quality is “uniformity and dependability” Focus on SPC and statistical tools “14 Points” for management PDCA method‚ plan‚ do‚ check‚ act Joseph Juran Quality is “fitness for use” Pareto Principle Cost of Quality General management approach as well as statistics Kaizen: Japanese term for continuous improvement. A step-by-step improvement of business processes. DMAIC‚ define‚ measure‚ analysis‚ improve‚ control Shingo’s argument: SQC methods do not prevent defects Defects
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Birla Institute of Technology & Science‚ Pilani Distance Learning Programmes Division Second Semester 2008-2009 Comprehensive Examination (EC-2 Regular) Course No. Course Title Nature of Exam Weightage Duration Date of Exam Note: 1. 2. 3. 4. : QMJ ZG621 : SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT : Open Book : 60% : 3 Hours : 05/04/2009 (AN) No. of Pages =2 No. of Questions = 5 Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book. All parts of a question should be answered
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are various electronic commerce activities and mechanisms. E-Commerce Activities and Mechanisms include the following but not limited to: E-Market Place: It is an online market usually B2B where buyers and sellers exchange goods or services. EC transactions take place in the electronic equivalent of a mall called the electronic marketplace (e-marketplace). Electronic marketplaces utilize different tools (electronic shopping cart‚ e-catalog‚ fulfillment technologies‚ and checkout and payment
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opportunities for radically reducing the costs of designing‚ manufacturing‚ and selling goods and services. E-mango.com‚ a fruit emarketplace‚ must take advantage of these opportunities or find itself at a significant competitive disadvantage. Identify the disadvantages that confront E-mango.com if it does not leverage the competitive value of the Internet. Case study Considering that E-mango.com is an online store and it also has a small store outlet which provides all kinds of fruits.
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