1.0 INTRODUCTION E-RETAILING Online retailing (also known as B2C or business-to-consumer e-commerce) is basically a Web-enabled interface between your company and your target consumer for selling products and services on the Web with the facility of online payment. Online retailing is the most famous and challenging innovation for the retail industry since the last two decades. It offers a new kind of distribution channel and unique options of collecting customer data and analysing buying patterns
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Assignment 1. There are five logistics/supply chain stories in the video. Suggest an appropriate title that you would give to each story. (10 marks) FarEastFlora- “Delivering love to the one’s we love” Transporting the animals- “Sizing up the Sheep” WLNA- “Keeping it cool on this Sunny Island” NTUC supply chain- “Right product‚ right quantity‚ at the right time!” Keppel Logistics- “The life and benefits of logisticians” 2. What type of logistics does each story belong to? (10 marks)
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“Wheel of Retailing” Continues‚ as Wal-Mart Starts to Move Upstream SCDigest editorial staff Anyone who took a college course on Retailing may be familiar with the age of old concept of the “Wheel of Retailing” – the consistent cycle of retailers gaining a foothold into a market through productivity and low prices‚ only over time to lose some of that edge and begin to move upstream in terms of product mix and customers‚ only to later face more competitive problems as the newest round
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References: Bowersox‚ Donald J.‚ Closs‚ David J. & Cooper‚ M.Bixby : “Supply Chain Logistics Management”‚ The MCGraw-Hill Companies‚Inc. ‚ 2nd ed. 2007. Bowersox‚ Donald J.‚ Closs‚ David J. and Theodore P.Stank‚ 21 st Century Logistics: Making Supply Chain Integration a Reality ‚ Oak Brook‚ IL; Council of Logistics Management‚ 1999. Copacino‚ William C. “Supply chain management: The basics and beyond”‚ CRC Press LLC‚ 1997. Schroeder‚ Roger G. : “Operations
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Final exam logistics 1.) Ikea case: (the 3 main topics) a. Competition between suppliers The structure of Ikeas logistic creates a high competition between their suppliers. It is because Ikea is subdivided into (many) Trading Areas‚ which compete for the commissions the headquarters of Ikea (Ikea of Sweden) gives. Each Trading Area tries to find the best thus cheapest solution for producing and delivering a product‚ so each of them negotiate with their suppliers and make an offer to the headquater
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environment are: 1. Technological 2. Economical 3. Demographic 4. Legal & Political 5. Socio- Cultural CYCLICAL THEORY: Where change follows a pattern and phases can have definite identifiable attributes associated with them. THE WHEEL OF RETAILING: Mature RetailerTop heavy Vulnerability Phase Conservative Declining ROI Innovative RetailerEntry Phase Low status and Price Minimum service Poor facilities Limited product offering Traditional RetailerElaborate facilities Higher rent More locations
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MSOR/OPMT/MKMR 475: Supply Chain Logistics (Fall 2013) (Homework #6) Due: November 20th‚ 2014 This is a group assignment. Each group need to submit one (hard copy) of the report in class on November 20th. Problem 1 (20 Points): Two plants are to serve three market points through one or two warehouses. Volume flowing either to or from each point‚ and the associated transportation rates and location are given as follows: Point No Point i X-coordinate Y-coordinate Volume Vi (cwt.) Transportation
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BMGT 372 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CASE 2 QUESTIONS AND POINT VALUES ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION FOR SSI The following questions are intended to guide your analysis‚ but please be sure to adhere to the strategic and technical guidelines regarding formatting (see the example memo provided for you). The point values for each question are also provided‚ to make clear how the case will be graded. The case is worth 10 points total‚ or 10% of the final grade for the
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Report on International Logistics I. Introduction This report focuses on. the type of inventory decisions that ZK would have to make. the factors the company would take into account when choosing its transport methods. how the company would take into account customer needs when deciding on warehousing facilities. II. Findings 1. The type of inventory decision that ZK would have to make Inventory control is the supervision of supply‚ storage and accessibility of items in order
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people enjoy shopping‚ especially during the holidays. Others‚ however‚ hate standing in long lines. Nonstore retailers‚ such as online retailing‚ direct-response retailing‚ direct selling‚ and vending‚ are now offering just as many shopping opportunities as retail stores. In some cases‚ they offer so much more. Online retailing‚ also known as “e-tailing‚” online retailing has grown nearly 25% per year for most of the early 2000s. Even though growth slowed to 1.6% in 2009 due to the recession‚ it bounced
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