Introduction In recent years the importance of logistics activities has increased exponentially. Macro environmental factors such as Globalisation and Technologies have contribute to higher the level of customer expectation and at the same time they are putting an ever-increasing pressure to managers in order to lower costs and improve quality and utility to their products so as to achieve a competitive advantage in the market place. Furthermore‚ thanks to the fall of boundaries in the global market
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Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Logistics and transportation Name: Mei Jin Student No. 2011954440 1 Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Background Founded in 1906 in Guangzhou by Victor Fung ’s grandfather‚ Li & Fung was the first Chinese-owned export trading company in China at that time. From the traditional export trade companies to large modern multinational supply
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Logistic Management Assignment 1 1- Did it surprise you that logistics can be such an important component in a country’s economic system? Why or why not No‚ it does not surprise me ‚ especially after having deep understanding about the Logistics role on controlling the flow of the product in any economic system‚ and helps all the functional areas in any Supply chain to synergize together to reach the goal (effective ) and reach the maximum utilization (efficient) to decrease waste and cost‚ thus
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How green supply chains will affect and drive the design of next generation logistics and supply chains? Due to the deterioration of global environment‚ increasing concerns of the overall condition of the natural environment have brought the attention on environmental conservation. As Purchasing Magazine (Atkinson‚ 2002) reported that “the most significant factor affecting supply‚ demand‚ pricing‚ and availability of solvents is the environmental issue”. As a result‚ for manufacturers‚ there is
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high standard requirement for the parts‚ limited numbers of suppliers and highly unpredictable demand on the parts. The case will be about how Cathay Pacific manage its spare parts supply chain‚ from procurement‚ inventory management‚ repair management to logistic management in order to reduce the cost and maintain the efficiency. Question 1: What are the supply chain management issues for spare parts operations that Robert and Paul need to consider for their recommendation proposal? The aim o
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to use supply management as a tool in analysing the global sourcing processes and activities within two successful leading textile companies: Zara and Hennes and Mauritz (H&M). To describe their logistics and supply chain processes in order to understand how these two companies can add a good value to its customers‚ to its stakeholders and to its suppliers. Pressure for companies to create and deliver value to customers manifests itself in every stage of
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Tablet of Contents The Beginning of Walmart Logistic………………………………………………………… 3 Magic of the stripes………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Walmart’s Cross Docking……………………………………………………………………….. 5 Downfall of Barcode System…………………………………………………………………… 6 Power to the RIFD………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Walmart’s RFID Influence in China………………………………………………………….. 9 The Chinese RFID investment…………………………………………………………………. 10 Chinese market potential………………………………………………………………………… 11 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………
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with annual sales of approximately $ 1.7 billion. Customers would provide Sedgman with specification for special cut steel tubing and metal sheets. Sedgman out sourced there warehousing and transport operation to a third party by the name of Fehr Logistic Company. Isaak Theissen; the Director of Material Management was concerned about the large amount of raw material inventory. * The reason for outsourcing warehousing and transportation was to save money * The cost of holding this
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Sudan"‚ International Journal of Logistics Management‚ vol. 17‚ no. 2‚ pp. 187-212. Cachon‚ G.‚ Terwiesch‚ C.‚ 2006. Matching Supply with Demand. McGraw-Hill‚ New York. Charles‚ A.‚Gatignon‚A.‚VanWassenhove‚L.‚2009.TheYogyakarta earthquake: IFRC’s first experiences with the decentralized supplychain‚ INSEAD case study No.5590. Chopra‚ S.‚Meindl‚P.‚2001.Supply Chain Management. Prentice-Hall‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ. Cuckow‚J.‚2006.The effect of the IFRC regional logistics concept on the efficiency of
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results in last years‚ reason way a radically revamp of our operations is required. In order to implement the new strategy regarding the franchise for easy internet cafe we qualified 4 offers from UPS‚ Excel Globalserve and Ingram for 3rd party logistics. My analysis took in consideration the following factors: total cost per store‚ ownership of goods‚ experience and expertise in supply chain for all 4 competitors‚ cost reduction and our core competency. All the 4 offers are described in the next
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