SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Homework #1 (Due – April 18‚ 2013) Electronic Submission MS Word MSc ECOM/ICOM assignment submission system File name: hw1 and your HKU ID (e.g. hw1_1234567) Please limit the answer to 1 page for each (sub)question (60%) Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain (Textbook‚ pp.179-187) 1. a) Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics costs than L6? What are some of the costs that are incurred in L5 but not
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Level 6 Global Supply Chain Presentation Briefing Notes Some General Points of Guidance You do not need to conduct in depth analysis using the equations we have looked at in supply chain planning or in global supply chain design You can consider the different variables which are used in these equations‚ which impact on supply chain planning and network design Part of the task is to manage the level of content in the time period you have. In your future careers you will be asked to present on
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Improved Supply Chain Network Supply chain management software provides complete‚ 360-degree visibility across the entire supply chain network. It allows users to monitor the status of all activities across all suppliers‚ production plants‚ storage facilities‚ and distribution centers. This enables more effective tracking and management of all related processes‚ from the ordering and acquisition of raw materials‚ to manufacturing and shipping of finished goods to customers or retail outlets. The
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McDonald’s Supply Chain Supply chain management‚ or SCM‚ is concerned with managing the inputs of goods or services for final users from acquiring the raw materials through the end of the product’s useful life. The inputs of goods or services include a wide variety of activities not only in a single department in a company but also from different departments and outside the company; they are cross-functional activities that contain increasingly complex networks supply chains in the business
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Term Paper On Amul’s Supply Chain Management Introduction AMUL is a dairy cooperative in the western India that has been primarily responsible‚ through its innovative practices‚ for India to become the world’s largest milk producer. The distinctive features of this paradigm involves managing a large decentralized network of suppliers and producers‚ simultaneous development of markets and suppliers‚ lean and efficient supply chain‚ and breakthrough leadership. Every day Amul collects 447
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Variable | Capabilities | Valuable? | Rare? | Difficult to Imitate? | Transferability? | Marketing Strategy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supply Chain Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Internalizing Sales Force | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Printing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Selling | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Question 1 : Apply the VRIO Framework of Harlequin in series romance fiction The primary issue facing Harlequin is
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Theories of supply chain management Essay by Pancu Dana “Supply Chain Management is the integration of key businesses processes from end user through original suppliers that provides products‚ services and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders.” ( Lambert-Cooper 2000‚ 66 ) A general definition of the supply chain management (SCM) includes all suppliers‚ production capabilities‚ distribution centers ‚ warehouses‚ customers‚ raw materials‚ stock with semi-finished products
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Dell’s Supply Chain Management The term supply chain management (SCM) was initially used in wholesaling and retailing to denote the integration of logistics and physical distribution functions with the goal of reducing delivery lead times. Manufacturers and service providers have used the same term to describe integration and partnership efforts with first- and second- tier suppliers to reduce cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated purchasing strategy
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Rehan Karowaliya 26 Feb‚2013 Walmart 1. Walmart has a brilliant Distribution System and Logistics Management that helps in maintaining the company’s performance in many ways. The Distribution System procures goods directly from the manufacture‚ eliminating the intermediaries. They negotiate with manufacturers and make sure that they are purchasing each and every product from them with lowest cost running in the market. This in turn creates long term relationship with vendors. Another efficient
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Int. J. Production Economics 85 (2003) 183–198 The strategic integration of agile and lean supply R. Strattona‚*‚ R.D.H. Warburtonb a School of Engineering‚ Nottingham Trent University‚ Burton St.‚ Nottingham NG1 4BU‚ UK b Griffin Manufacturing‚ Fall River‚ MA‚ USA Abstract Lean supply is closely associated with enabling flow and the elimination of wasteful variation within the supply chain. However‚ lean operations depend on level scheduling and the growing need to accommodate variety and
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