Master’s degree thesis LOG950 Logistics Warehouse improvement with Lean 5S - A case study of Ulstein Verft AS Iva Gergova Number of pages including this page: 86 Molde‚ 21.11.2010 1 Publication agreement Title: Warehouse Improvement with Lean 5S - A Case Study of Ulstein Verft AS Author(s): Iva Gergova Subject code: LOG 950 ECTS credits: 30 Year: 2010 Supervisor: Associated Professor Bjørn Guvåg Agreement on electronic publication of master thesis Author(s) have copyright
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to failure is as long as 1 year but they are very expensive. Each part can cost at least $100‚000. Hence the parts are very costly to hold as inventory. The firm is looking for a supply chain solution that can meet its needs. (a) What is the competitive strategy if you want to service this firm? (b) What supply chain infrastructure and flows do you think would be appropriate to service this customer? You will need to justify your recommendation. (You can surf the internet to get some ideas.
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The Supply Chain of the Next Decade ---A Study on the Context of Global Supply Chain [pic] National University of Singapore Industrial and System Engineering Group Leader: Zhang Juzheng Group Members: Gu Shimin
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Initial idea: Offer affordable sports equipment for children Products: − Used (second-hand) products − Surplus equipment from manufacturers and retailers Current situation (December 2007): − Demand has been growing steadily over the last years − The products are distributed to the U.S. customers through a single (and small) warehouse in St. Louis − The warehouse is leased on a year-to-year basis − The current network design‚ in particular the distribution network and warehouse
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issn=19369735&issue=v2i1-4&article=28_getmom Week 2 1. Chopra & Meindl Chapters4‚ 10 2. Fisher‚ M. L. (1997). What is the right supply chain for your product? Harvard Business Review‚ 75(2)‚ 105-116. http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=9705150574&site=ehost-live 3. Lee‚ H. L. (2004). The triple-a supply chain. Harvard Business Review‚ 82(10)‚ 102-112. http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost
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INTRODUCTION The operation plays key role in firms because it affects operation managers understand their customers and translate their customers’ needs into performance objectives. "In turn‚ the performance objectives (and especially the relative importance of each one) influence the overall operations strategy of the business". (Slack et al.‚ 2010‚) The reason is that managers can based on performance objectives to do decision because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This
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Information Systems How FedEx Works : Enterprise Systems 1. List the business processes displayed in the video. A business process is a procedure that systematizes the organization and company policy in order to achieve some of the goals of the company. A procedure is a series of tasks to be imposed. A procedure generally meets the requirements that are not to be discussed by the operator who apply them. Thus it is a set of activities that are edited in chronological order to achieve
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K0901115 Ng Kong Yuan David M0901042 C O N T E N T S P A G E Question 1 3-9 Question 2 10-13 Question 1 14-16 References 17 Question 1 (a) Issue The case study evolves on Shaun‚ being the offeror‚ and three interested parties‚ being the offerees‚ on whether they have a valid contractual agreement for the purchase of the electric guitar that was advertised on the papers by Shaun. Firstly‚ there is a need
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INNOVATION 30 JAN 2012 FedEx Express W hen Fred Smith finished that valuable paper which finally got a “C” grade while he was studying at Yale University. An adventure of U.S. air cargo transportation– the story of FedEx Express was beginning. Since it was founding at 1971‚ FedEx Express choose a high-cost development way that was really uncommon at that time. After Smith established the “Super Hub” at Memphis International Airport‚ Tennessee in 1973‚ FedEx Express started overnight operations
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suppliers are developed and maintained c. the process is about developing and managing PSAs for suppliers d. it is the mirror image of customer service management The supplier relationship management teams provide input to each of the other supply chain management process teams that are affected by the customizations that have been made in the __________ . Select one: a. PSA b. production plan c. S&OP document d. marketing plan Supplier profitability reports can be constructed by
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