discussion questions on Li & Fung. Summarize the strategic and operational challenges facing global managers illustrated in the selected text. At one time many of LI & Fung’s customers performed their own logistics and purchasing functions in-house. Now they outsource those functions to Li & Fung because they are experts in the supply chain management for its 350 or so customers‚ providing the convenience of one-stop shopping for raw material sourcing‚ production planning and management‚ quality assurance
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riony [pic] Li & Fung : Case Study Analysis Executive summary Aim This report aims to examine the Li & Fung business model and illustrate the challenges faced by the trading industry in the global market place. Factors Conclusions It is concluded that: Recommendations It is recommended that Li & Fung : Situation Analysis • Li&Fung achieves operating margins consistently around or above 3% and has become the largest trading company in Hong Kong. • In 1997 the
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The Case Study of Li & Fung – The Global Value Chain Configurator TITLE: THE CASE STUDY OF LI & FUNG LIMITED ABSTRACT: The case illustrates the business history and evolution of Li & Fung Limited‚ one of the Hong Kong’s oldest and largest trading companies. The case gives an overview of its evolution from a traditional trading company to a global export giant and a customers’ supply chain management giant. It discusses the company’s strategies to change its business models to the changing external
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Strategy Management (Case study 1: Li& Fung) SWOT Analysis Strength Opportunity Extensive network of suppliers (global reach supplier with SCM) Provision of value added service (customer centric structure) Entrepreneur corporate culture Low –end with hard goods Emerging Market Weakness Threaten Over dependence on US Market Vast supplier network makes it tough to maintain Increasing expense from acquisiton Continuing global economy downturn - Collapse of the American
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Kong‚ Li & Fung Limited’s extensive global sourcing network covers more than 80 offices in more than 40 economies around the world. The global trading company supplies high-volume‚ time-sensitive consumer goods. Particularly‚ garments make up a large part of its business which also covers the sourcing of hard goods such as fashion accessories‚ furnishings‚ gifts‚ handicrafts‚ home products‚ promotional merchandise‚ toys‚ sporting goods and travel goods. Li & Fung plays the role as a supply chain
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that involves dealing with many different stakeholders while making strategic alliances with suppliers of raw materials‚ manufacturers and transporters. A porters 5 forces analysis reveals that the suppliers in this industry (including those that supply raw materials and those that manufacture) are highly fragmented and are high in number. As a result no single supplier firm commands a dominant market share in their respective product markets. Trading companies not only have more negotiation power
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Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation‚ 2013 Bullwhip Effect Study in a Constrained Supply Chain Borut Buchmeistera‚*‚ Darko Friscicb‚ Iztok Palcica a University of Maribor‚ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Lab. for Production Management‚ Smetanova 17‚ SI – 2000‚ Maribor‚ Slovenia‚ EU b CIMOS TAM Ai‚ d.o.o.‚ Perhavceva 21‚ SI – 2000 Maribor‚ Slovenia‚ EU Abstract Well organized supply chains are one of the best ways to compete in today ’s marketplaces. For make-to-stock production
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SUPPLY CHAIN UPPLY HAIN MANAGEMENT ANAGEMENT Report produced for the EC funded project INNOREGIO: dissemination of innovation and knowledge management techniques Sotiris Zigiaris‚ MSc‚ BPR engineer by BPR HELLAS SA J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 0 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1 Contents 1 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.2 Description What is the Supply Chain Management (SCM) What is the importance of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Today Supply Chain Management Tomorrow
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for the management of material‚ facility‚ data and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complicated information‚ communication and control systems required in today’s business environment SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A supply chain is the process of moving goods from the customer order through the raw materials stage. All organizations have supply chains of varying degrees‚ depending upon the size of the organization and the type of product manufactured. These networks obtain supplies and components
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QUESTION 1 a. Define what is meant by Supply Chain Management b. Describe the five basic elements of supply chain a. Definition of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management refers to the management of the network of interconnected businesses involved of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Another definition also defines that supply chain as the flow and management of resources across the enterprise for the purpose of maintaining the business
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