Tutorial 8 Sourcing & Purchasing Decisions Part A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One advantage of outsourcing is that it: a. gives the company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing?
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Daily routine/Stress. A life in your day. How good are you at managing your time? I’ m the typical representative of present young generation‚ doing my best to combine daily routine staff‚ like household chores‚ with university studies and leisure. My tight schedule never allows me to procrastinate and put off doing necessary and important daily tasks. So I try to manage my time and not just go with the flow. At roughly 06.45 a. m. my alarm clock buzzes‚ it literally blasts me into awareness
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smi8239X_ch01_001-026.qxd 2/27/07 11:22 PM Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 1.1 WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT? Fierce competition in today’s global markets‚ the introduction of products with shorter life cycles‚ and the heightened expectations of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in‚ and focus attention on‚ their supply chains. This‚ together with continuing advances in communications and transportation technologies (e.g.‚ mobile communication‚
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Deutsche Bank Markets Research Asia Taiwan Technology Hardware & Equipment Industry Greater China Smartphone Date 28 May 2014 Industry Update Birdy Lu‚ CFA Xiaomi‚ Xiaomi killers and impact on the supply chain Research Analyst (+886) 2 2192 2822 birdy.lu@db.com Xiaomi‚ Xiaomi killers and beneficiaries The huge success of Xiaomi smartphones (especially Hongmi Note) has led all tier-one Chinese smartphone vendors to launch similar “high-spec mid-price” devices
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***Please elaborate something about the organisation. How are the products bought‚ manufactured and then distributed? A. SUPPLY CHAIN FRAMEWORK 1. What are the different types of inventory used by your organization? a. Movement inventories b. Buffer inventories c. Anticipation inventories d. Decoupling inventories e. Cycle inventories 2. What is the reorder level of your inventory? 3. Which framework of SCM do you follow? a. Basic SCM b. Extended SCM c. Ultimate
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1. How would you boil down Kent’s analytic doctrine in understandable terms for policymakers? Kent explains in the document “Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relation” that there needs to be a relationship between the analyst and the policymaker. The policy-maker will criticize the analyst work to ensure that the evidence has been evaluated‚ the recommendations are not vague or biased and that alternative explanation and projections have been considered. He sums up the job of the analyst by stating
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buoyant in the society. 2) Washington statement “Cast down your bucket where you are”. Meant that the
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Case Study: Global Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing Assignment 1 Due: October 13‚ 2013 at 11:59pm Marks: 20 Sounds like a supply chain problem Metrovox is a German electronics manufacturer that designs‚ develops and manufactures a range of products for the entertainment and home electronics sector. Management has recently focused on two related products‚ Bugabyte and Terabyte Lite. The Bugabyte is a video and audio player with a flash drive. The company has invested heavily in
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Important Articles About Supply Chain A Primer on Sourcing and Procurement in an Integrated Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Review introduces a new series called “Back to Basics.” It’s a look into how excellence in the core logistics and supply chain activities leads to overall business success. The articles in this seven-part series are written by educators from the University of Tennessee. Pictured: Wendy L. Tate‚ Assistant Professor of Logistics‚ Department of Marketing and Logistics
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TMA 1 DB123 You and your money. Part A a) In the 2000 column the cells add up to 100% because the sample of the survey is the total of people participating on the survey. b) For the year of 1998 the total adds up to 99% the reason for this it could be because the enquired population didn’t have the same number used an the following years. c) The total of the percentage of children living in families with at least 2 children are of 74% ‚ including the 58% of children living with married/cohabitating
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