Case Study #3: A Pain in the (Supply) Chain Highlights This case is about the bullwhip effect and supply chain coordination Read “A pain in the (supply) chain” in the course pack and the supply chain integration (bullwhip effect) chapter in the textbook. To meet the target of 9% sales growth‚ Exceso Corporation (the manufacturer) starts an aggressive promotion (sharp discount in the price) to its retailers‚ despite the obvious downside of doing so. Please read the case carefully and
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was destined for a U.S. company. Technology has been a major force in the change of the marketplace. Social media has become an increasing role in business organizations and eventually will influence supply chains because they have a strong impact on the customers demand. The new CEO of SAB‚ Susan Weber‚ will have to embrace the new technology and keep up with it because it will be key to success. A good technique to organizational consolidation is collaborating. Companies can make easy changes without
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Supply chain PNJ PNJ import the raw material resource from different countries as Italia ‚ USA.... and create initial production of basic components. Company will manufacture new products and continue to providing for distributers . Customers will buy products at retailers of PNJ 1.Cadre’s Supply Chain Execution Software brings together several aspects and does everything with a single program. It allows the user to control just about everything at the same time‚ in real-time;
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Bay Company Adds Further Efficiencies From Supply Chain TORONTO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/27/2004 -- Hudson’s Bay Company (Hbc) (TSX: HBC) continues with its commitment to use technology to drive operational efficiencies in all aspects of its organization. The Company successfully completed an automation drive with 140 of its Direct to Store suppliers‚ to effectively eliminate the handling and processing of 450‚000 manual transactions annually. The majority of Hbc’s 2‚000 vendor-strong supply chain
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Supply chain sustainability is the management of the environmental‚ social‚ and economic impacts‚ and the encouragement of good governance practices‚ throughout the the lifecycle of goods and services. In layman’s terms‚ supply chain sustainability is what companies use in order to have a positive impact on the world by the use of good business practices. Businesses must understand that they are part of a large system and that they need to do their part to minimize cost (ie. natural resources)
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DLSCM/NRB/3384/13 Course: Supply Chain Management 10/31/2013 Table of Contents Introduction Supply chain is a system of organizations‚ people‚ activities‚ information‚ and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer (Anna‚ 2006). It is also defined as a set of linkages providing goods and services to end users and to intermediate customers (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply‚ 2009). It is a complex dynamic supply and demand network which is
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Publication Date: 12 November 2010 ID Number: G00208603 Case Study for Supply Chain Leaders: Dell ’s Transformative Journey Through Supply Chain Segmentation Matthew Davis Faced with ever-changing customer needs‚ product commoditization‚ unique global requirements and new‚ low-cost competitors‚ Dell embarked on a three-year journey to segment its supply chain response capabilities. The company designed its supply chains based on a mix of cost optimization‚ delivery speed and product choices
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Chapter 10 Supply chain Strategy Review and Discussion Questions 1. What recent changes have caused supply chain management to gain importance? 2. With so much productive capacity and room for expansion in the United States‚ why would a company based in the United States choose to purchase items from foreign firm? Discuss the pros and cons. The use of foreign firms can provide a U.S. firm more alternatives in selecting a supplier. The pros are more choices‚ potentially reduced
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QUESTION 1 Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistic costs than L6? In L5‚ the chassis (without motherboard installed) are shipped to the US first and followed by the motherboards being airfreight to the US as shown in Figure 6-4. This indicates a higher logistic cost from airfreight if motherboard is not manufactured in time to be shipped (via ocean) from China to US where motherboard is in need to be assembled with the empty chassis to satisfy surge demand. At the same time‚ if
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Toyota’s supply chain network (complexity of global SC) 5. Under your point of view‚ which are the reasons behind Toyota’s recalls? 6. Describe the communication actions Toyota undertook for dealing with the recall’s crisis Analysis questions: 1. Crisis management. How do you assess the way Toyota managed the recalls crisis? Under your point of view‚ which reasons are behind Toyota’s first approach to the recall’s crisis? 2. How can Toyota come back to their quality principles while managing a complex
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