1. Amazon.com‚ Peapod‚ Dell‚ and many furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users.
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0960-0035.htm IJPDLM 37‚8 594 Postponement: an evolving supply chain concept Christopher A. Boone‚ Christopher W. Craighead and Joe B. Hanna Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ Alabama‚ USA Received January 2006 Revised July 2007 Accepted July 2007 Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess and document the progress of postponement research‚ identify current gaps‚ and provide
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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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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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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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1. The success of Galanz is mainly the result of adopting different competitive strategy and operations strategy under different internal and external situation. From the perspective of competitive strategy‚ first Mr. Liang took the overall cost leadership strategy. As he well understood the competitive edge of his company was offering cheap labor and cheap land‚ he offered a very low price to the customers. By doing that‚ Galanz beat the competitors away as they could not make big profit and
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Enterprise Systems 3 Features of Enterprise Resource Planning 3 Features of Supply Chain Management 4 Features of Customer Relationship Management 5 Hewlett-Packard Overview 6 Current Situation of HP 6 How Enterprise Systems Facilitate Business Strategies of HP 8 Barriers on Implement of Enterprise Systems in HP and the Solutions 12 Conclusion 15 References 16 Enterprise System Support the Business Strategy of Hewlett-Packard Abstract Today’s managers rely too much on reliable information to
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Chapter 5: FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS AT HEWLETT-PACKARD Alternative work arrangements‚ which allow employees to have greater control of their time and how they fulfil their obligations‚ are associated with greater productivity and employee satisfaction. Employees who need to satisfy various specific needs and seek answers to the work-life issues are the people who are more likely to be motivated by alternative work arrangements. Among the common reasons is the recognition of the difficulties that
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Introduction According to Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat‚ supply chain management has become a source of competitive advantage and profit in a flat world. He has quoted Wal-Mart’s ability of moving 2.3 billion general merchandise cartons a year down its supply chain into its stores as an example of creating value. Global supply chains that draw parts and producers from every corner of the world‚ from the best producers at the lowest price‚ are the way how to beat
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HP DESKJET 1. HP is in an inventory crisis. What should it do? Qualitatively evaluate the options given in case A: (a) Build a new European factory‚ (b) Utilize air shipments for Europe (c) Do better forecasting (d) Reduce customer service by lowering fill rate (e) Keep more inventory. a) HP has 3 distribution centers. Those of Europe and Asia Pacific Distribution Centers are in an inventory crisis. Especially crisis is becoming deeper in European Distribution Center. Is it a solution
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