India’s Cold Chain Industry Page 1 of 7 Country: India’s Cold Chain Industry Renie Subin August 2011 Summary India is an agricultural-based economy. More than 52 percent of India’s land is cultivable‚ compared to the global average of 11 percent. Each year‚ India produces 63.5 million tons of fruits and 125.89 million tons of vegetables. India is also the largest producer of milk (105 million metric tons per year). India produces 6.5 million tons of meat and poultry‚ as well as 6.1 million
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H&M’s value chain: The value chain‚ made by Michael Porter‚ is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology development‚ procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic‚ operations‚ outbound logistic‚ marketing and sales‚ service). (Johnson et al. 2011‚ p.97-99) Support activities: * Firm infrastructure: H&M is present in 44 markets in the
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Fall 11 The Food Industry MGT 440 Research paper about the supply chain management in the food industry Alexane COLOMBET 08 Automne Sources 1 – “The cold chain and its logistics” DR. Jean Paul Rodrigue http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch5en/appl5en/ch5a5en.html 2- “Inventory control”‚ Columbus IT http://www.columbusit.com/citp-hq---food/food/inventory-control.aspx 3- “How to Manage food inventory” http://www.ehow.com/how_6511166_manage-food-inventory
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Primary Value-Adding Activities for Canon Part 1 (Person C) As we can see from the complete value chain above‚ the primary value adding activities consist of inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ marketing and sales and service. For the purposes of this analysis‚ the value chain for Canon’s digital cameras will be isolated from other company divisions for analysis. Inbound Logistics Most of Canon’s manufacturing subsidiaries related to the production of their cameras are located
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Definition: By exploiting its core competencies‚ a competitive firm creates value for its customers. Value is measured by a products performance characteristics and by its attributes for which customers are willing to pay. Companies with a competitive advantage offer value to customers that is superior to the value competitors can provide. Value is created by innovatively bundling and leveraging resources and capabilities. A value chain analysis provides information relative to primary (inbound/outbound
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management. The company is actively involved in environment protection and product design to assure consistent quality and optimize the cost for its customers. This project is a study of value chain analysis of ACL and to find how ACL is creating value for its customer and understanding of its Supply chain management system to know where ACL stands in compare to other cement companies. The project is completed using Questionnaire for the Interview and observation of the company SCM system
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387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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PROJECT PROPOSAL Rationale Construction Industry is a complex‚ dynamic and multidisciplinary organization that is characterized by uncertainty and very innovative due to the uniqueness of its products. The industry faces a lot of pressure in the areas of improved processes that will encourage efficiency in the project success criteria. This assures its Clients of a timely delivery of a project on budget and to the required quality and standard. (Latham‚ 1994)‚ in his report‚ ‘Rethinking Construction’
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Value Chain Analysis To determine where Apple developed distinctive capabilities‚ Porter’s generic value chainmodel provides a systematic framework for identifying Apple’s utilization of resources. Primaryactivities for Apple include Technology and Product Design‚ Production‚ Sales and Marketing‚Customer Service‚ and Legal Services. Technology and Product Design Apple was the first platform to run an electronic spreadsheet in VisiCalc on the Apple II Plus and the first to establish a “digital
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boeing 777 Value Chain Analysis Examining the value creating potential of primary activities of Boeing 777 1) Inbound operation a) Materials New‚ lightweight‚ cost-effective structural materials are used in several 777 applications. (Referred to Appendix 1) Beginning in early 1994‚ The Boeing Company initiated a process improvement activity called Define and Control Airplane Configuration/Manufacturing Resource Management (DCAC/MRM). This "breakthrough" initiative will improve the processes
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