Mattel – Case Study “The Chinese-Made Toy Recalls at Mattel Inc.” PAPER submitted at the IMC Fachhochschule Krems (University of Applied Sciences) Master Programme International Business and Export Management by Matthias EBNER Stefan RAFFERSEDER Jaroslav SIVY Course: Strategic Purchase and Global Sourcing Lecturer: DI Rainer DAUBECK Submitted on: 04.12.2012 TABLE OF CONTENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .......................................................................
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that are not faced by Dell? How should Ford deal with these challenges? 3. If you are Teri Takai‚ what would you recommend to senior executives? Tow what degree should Ford emulate Dell’s business model? Herman Miller: Innovation by Design? (Supply Chain Strategy) 1. What are the main elements of Herman Miller’s history‚ design philospophy‚ and corporate values? How have they influenced the company’s success? 2. What led Miller SQA to develop a new business model to serve its market? What is
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Agri-Supply Chain Management To Stimulate Cross-Border Trade in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies Jan van Roekel‚ Director‚ Agri Chain Competence center Sabine Willems‚ Agri Chain Competence center Dave M. Boselie‚ Wageningen UR – Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) ‘s-Hertogenbosch‚ 19 August 2002 World Bank PaperCross-Border Agri Supply Chain Management Table of Contents Summary .............................................................................
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Chapter 1_The Concepts of Supply Chain Management 1 The Concepts of Supply Chain Management Content 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Definition of a Supply Chain 1.3 Decision Phases in a Supply Chain 1.4 Process View of a Supply Chain 1.5 The Importance of Supply Chain Flows 1.6 Tutorial Questions Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: • • • • • • • 1.1 Describe a supply chain and define supply chain management. Define the different organizations that
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Chapter 2 Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope True/False 1. A company’s competitive strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its products and services. Answer: Difficulty: Easy 2. The value chain emphasizes the close relationship between all the functional strategies within a company. Answer: Difficulty: Moderate 3. A company’s product development strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its
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The purpose of the Supply Chain Operations Audit is to help you find the answer to this crucial question. The Audit is divided into five main sections: Strategy‚ Organisation‚ Process‚ Information and Performance. The Supply Chain Audit Part 1 – Strategy Objective: To determine if the enterprise has a clear strategy tuned to business expectations and focused on profitably servicing customer requirements. Scope: How the enterprise’s supply chain strategy reflects its business goals and external
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Q1. What is the virtual supply chain? Virtual supply chain (VSC)‚ which has been actively implemented by Amazon.com‚ is a supply chain integrating several different businesses in the sequence of delivering a product or service to the final customer. Since online retailers themselves do not manufacture any product‚ the cooperation with actual manufacturers is very important for customer service. It makes suppliers‚ manufacturers‚ distributors and warehousing agents of different tiers work as one
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IT@Intel White Paper Intel IT IT Best Practices Supply Chain and IT Business Transformation January 2012 Transforming Intel’s Supply Chain to Meet Market Challenges Executive Overview Intel IT has helped to increase supply chain responsiveness and productivity while reducing process cycle time and inventory levels. To support an efficient and responsive supply chain‚ Intel IT works closely with many teams throughout Intel to formulate a strategy that integrates IT solutions across all
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Mattel toy recall Discussion Questions 1. How could Mattel have allowed these problems to happen? Aside from simply not using Chinese suppliers‚ could Mattel have avoided the toy quality/safety problems to begin with? Explain your answers. 2. Were Mattel’s responses to the toy recalls appropriate? Why or why not? 3. As supply chain trading partners‚ what responsibilities do Mattel and Early Light have towards one another? Should Mattel continue to use Early Light as a supplier-partner
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“The Evolution of Supply Chain Management in Retail Sector of Tesco and Analytical Study for the Period of 2005-2011” Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Introduction Supply chain as a whole can be seen as the flow of water in a river: organizations located closer to the original source of supply are described as being ’upstream ’‚ while those located closer to the end customer are ’downstream ’. The flow of the whole river is being concerned. In other words‚ supply chain is a network‚ which
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