The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1751-1348.htm A study of resource dependency: the coal supply strategy of the Japanese steel mills – 1960-2010 Bradley Bowden Griffith Business School‚ Griffith University‚ Brisbane‚ Australia‚ and A study of resource dependency 73 Andrea Insch School of Business‚ University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Abstract Purpose – The development of the Pacific seaborne coal trade since 1960 has been
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plastic fan parts‚ and other products in relations to plastics. The company had an expansion in 2000‚ when operations were opened in China. At that time‚ the entire fan manufacturing operation was in China. The following paper will discuss Riordan’s supply chain design applicable to manufacturing its electric fans Riordan’s Manufacturing Strategy Riordan manufacturing strategy is a combination of both chase and level. When the company produces enough goods to match the demand for goods‚ it applies the
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Q1. Consider the supply chain involved when a customer purchases a book at a bookstore. Identify the cycles in this supply chain and the location of the push/pull boundary. When a customer purchases a book from the book store‚ a complete supply chain cycle which involves procurement‚ manufacturing‚ distribution‚ replenishment and customer delivery takes place. The different supply chain cycles are quite separated in this case because each cycle occurs at the interface between two successive stages
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1. Decision support systems and business intelligence The repaid changing and increasingly complex business environment drive companies to operate innovatedly. However‚ these situations require the company to make more important decisions that need a substantial amount of data‚ information and knowledge.Norfolk southern has set an expample by taking advantage of data warehousing technologies to support decision making and gain success. This kind of computerized support used by Norfolk southern
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SCM Books Logistics & supply chain management / Martin Christopher. Christopher‚ Martin. Harlow‚ England ; New York : Financial Times Prentice Hall‚ 2011. 4th ed. Operations and supply chain management / F. Robert Jacobs‚ Richard B. Chase ; contributor‚ Rhonda R. Lummus. Jacobs‚ F. Robert. New York : McGraw-Hill Irwin‚ c2011. 13th ed.‚ global ed. Construction purchasing & supply chain management / W.C. Benton‚ Jr.‚ Linda F. McHenry. Benton‚ W. C.‚ 1948- New York : McGraw-Hill‚ c2010
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Apple Inc’s supply chain Apple Inc is the company that create a great innovation product development such as ipod ‚ iphone ‚ ipad ‚ Macbook . Apple’s products have been accepted about modern design‚ high quality and technology. Behind the success‚ Apple has a best supply chain management. The beginning of their supply chain start with the research and development product to make sure that can be making and have special things to surprise their customer. The products produce from a various sources
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Study Guide MIS 691 Midterm Chapter 2 2.2 Entity: One theme or topic; something of importance to a user that needs to be represented in a database. In the entity-relationship model‚ entities are restricted to things that can be represented by a single table. An example of this is in the EMPLOYEE table; data about the entity (the employee) is in the table rows and data about the entity’s attributes are in the rows. 2.3 List the characteristics a table must have to be a relation: *
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The history of Honda Honda is one of the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturers and of the leaders in the automakers industry. It was founded in 1948 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa. It’s headquarter is in Tokyo‚ Japan and it serves worldwide. Honda has 492 subsidiaries and affiliates accounted under its equity. The company develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets a wide range of products such as: automobiles‚ motorcycles‚ scooters‚ ATV’s‚ electrical generators‚ water pumps‚ lawn and garden equipments
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completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in Zara’s production system is cutting of fabric. The design is
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its mission to provide fast‚ affordable‚ and fashionable items. 3. Zara’s supply chain has undergone tremendous changes in order to sustain its competitive advantage in today’s market. 4. Zara holds 6 days worth of inventory‚ while H&M holds 52 days‚ and Spanish retailer Cortefiel holds 94 days of inventory. 5. Launched approximately 11‚000 new items per year‚ compared to 2‚000 - 4‚000 for H&M and Gap. 6. Quick input and output response with a Short product life cycles to reduce
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