empirical study is to investigate the relationship between supply chain vulnerability and supply chain risk and its effect on firm performance by means of a survey. With the emergence of a fierce competitive business environment‚ supply chain risk management has become a primary focus for companies across all domains and industries. With series of catastrophes and disasters‚ along with a firm’s new age strategies like outsourcing and globalization of market‚ have put a severe strain on the supply chain
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SWOT ANALYSIS ON FedEx Corporation - November 30th‚ 2010 FedEx Corporation ‚ originally known as FDX Corporation‚ is a logistics services company‚ based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis‚ Tennessee.[1] The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company’s original air division‚ Federal Express‚ which was used from 1973 until 2000. FedEx Corporation is a Delaware corporation‚ incorporated October 2‚ 1997.[2] FDX Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the
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Question 1: There were several interrelated issues that Cisco’s supply chain faced. Inaccurate Demand Forecasts Firstly‚ the demand forecast accuracy on which decisions were based was low. Customers at the time were placing the same order with several suppliers and closing the deal with the supplier that delivered the order first. As noted in the Cisco Systems Case Study‚ due to this practice‚ an order for 10‚000 routers simulated demand for 30‚000 machines. Cisco’s sales force failed
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IMC or Integrated Marketing Campaign is an approach to achieve marketing campaign through coordinated tools of promotional methods. It recognizes the value of a comprehensive plan that evaluates the variety roles of communication such as public relation‚ personal selling and sales promotion and combines them to make a clear maximum communication impact. In this report‚ we are required to develop the main strategic areas of integrated marketing communication plan for the company. We have to choose
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for scrap tire management; based on the description of the key technologies in a tire supply chain. The main actors and technologies in a tire supply chain are described. India have no legislation for the disposal of used tires as of now‚ but very soon the need will arise for such legislation. Also‚ dumping of used tires from other developing nations is a major issue. In the wake of these issue a proper supply chain for the scrap tire management is developed‚ which will have economic as well as environmental
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Winter Project Dec’ 2012 A Literature review on Risk in Supply Chain [pic] Under the Guidance of: Submitted by: Prof. P.K. Jha Sandeep Singh Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Management M.Tech 1st year IIT Kharagpur 12IM60R03 Risk in supply chain 1. What is Risk? Risk can be broadly defined as a chance of danger‚ damage‚ loss‚ injury or any other undesired consequences. A more scientific definition of risk was provided
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disposable income per capita (in dollars) and the retail prices for chicken‚ pork‚ and beef (in cents). A research firm specializing in agricultural economics has recruited you. Your first assignment is to assist one of the principals in the firm with a study for a chicken franchise on the price elasticities for various meat products. (1.1) Plot chicken consumption vs. chicken price and calculate the correlation coefficient between these two variables. Describe the relationship. Does it make economic
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Contents CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION……………………………......1 1. Background Information………………………...……………………........1 1. Green supply chain management……..……………………………….2 2. The textile and garment industry in kenya……………………...….....2 1. Statement of the Problem…...…………………………...…………………3 3. Research Objectives…………………………………………...……………..4 4. Significance of the Study…………………………………...………………..4 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW .………..…………...5 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY…………..10 1. Research
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that a company may experience with a global supply chain. Introduction Businesses and supply chains have become substantiality global over the last decade. Between 1995 and 2007‚ the number of transnational companies has more than doubled from 38‚000 to 79‚000 and foreign subsidiaries have nearly tripled‚ from 265‚000 to 790‚000. (Ref: IBM report “the smarter supply chain of the future”) In addition to spreading geographically‚ supply chains now involve more companies. Nearly 80% of executives
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3 on Supply Chain Management http://www.supplychainbrain.com/archives/10.02.TaylorMade.htm?adcode=5 Read the TaylorMade case study till “Enabled by IT” Identify challenges and pain points in the current process of TaylorMade 1) TaylorMade was struggling in an industry with near-zero growth. Any improvement in sales had to come at the expense of its competition‚ which was more agile and efficient. 2) TaylorMade‚ meanwhile‚ had one of the most sluggish supply chains around. Total supply-chain reaction
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