SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Homework #1 (Due – April 18‚ 2013) Electronic Submission MS Word MSc ECOM/ICOM assignment submission system File name: hw1 and your HKU ID (e.g. hw1_1234567) Please limit the answer to 1 page for each (sub)question (60%) Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain (Textbook‚ pp.179-187) 1. a) Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics costs than L6? What are some of the costs that are incurred in L5 but not
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Level 6 Global Supply Chain Presentation Briefing Notes Some General Points of Guidance You do not need to conduct in depth analysis using the equations we have looked at in supply chain planning or in global supply chain design You can consider the different variables which are used in these equations‚ which impact on supply chain planning and network design Part of the task is to manage the level of content in the time period you have. In your future careers you will be asked to present on
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Improved Supply Chain Network Supply chain management software provides complete‚ 360-degree visibility across the entire supply chain network. It allows users to monitor the status of all activities across all suppliers‚ production plants‚ storage facilities‚ and distribution centers. This enables more effective tracking and management of all related processes‚ from the ordering and acquisition of raw materials‚ to manufacturing and shipping of finished goods to customers or retail outlets. The
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bureaucratic bottlenecks and excessive subsidizing‚ the supply of crude oil has excessively collapsed. the importance of oil in any given economy cannot be overemphasized as illustrated or effective captured in the words of Dr. Trevor‚ Byer while
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efficient distribution and transmission network. High voltage gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is ideal for such applications. The range of application of SF₆ Gas Insulated Switchgear extends from voltage ratings of 72.5 kV up to 800 kV with breaking currents of up to 63 kA‚ and in special cases up to 80 kA. Both small transformer substations and large load- centre substations can be designed with GIS technology. The distinctive advantages of SF₆ Gas Insulated Switchgear are: compact‚ low weight‚ high reliability
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Fracking for Natural Gas In today’s global fight for the growing demand of energy and promotion of saving energy‚ fracking has become very controversial. The dangers to our society and health are at the forefront in conducting safer practices. To obtain the natural gas‚ fracking or hydraulic fracking must be conducted. Hoffman (2015) explained‚ “Hydrofracking is a controversial oil and gas extraction technique developed in the late 1940s to gain access to fossil energy deposits previously inaccessible
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McDonald’s Supply Chain Supply chain management‚ or SCM‚ is concerned with managing the inputs of goods or services for final users from acquiring the raw materials through the end of the product’s useful life. The inputs of goods or services include a wide variety of activities not only in a single department in a company but also from different departments and outside the company; they are cross-functional activities that contain increasingly complex networks supply chains in the business
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Term Paper On Amul’s Supply Chain Management Introduction AMUL is a dairy cooperative in the western India that has been primarily responsible‚ through its innovative practices‚ for India to become the world’s largest milk producer. The distinctive features of this paradigm involves managing a large decentralized network of suppliers and producers‚ simultaneous development of markets and suppliers‚ lean and efficient supply chain‚ and breakthrough leadership. Every day Amul collects 447
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Variable | Capabilities | Valuable? | Rare? | Difficult to Imitate? | Transferability? | Marketing Strategy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supply Chain Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Internalizing Sales Force | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Printing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Selling | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Question 1 : Apply the VRIO Framework of Harlequin in series romance fiction The primary issue facing Harlequin is
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF ANALYSIS OF UK OIL AND GAS SECTOR 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 UK OIL SECTOR OVERVIEW The oil and gas industry is a large Industry and contributes a critical role in driving the global economy (Sam’s et. al.‚ 2006).The upstream section of the Industry is involved with the first stage of exploration and production‚ the midstream section involves the transportation of crude through pipelines‚ ships e.t.c to the refineries. The downstream is involved with refining and process of the
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