Title: Sustainable Supply Chain Instructor: Surjit Rai Course: Mark 451 Date: July 12‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Supply Chain Management 4 Traditional vs. Sustainable 4 Competitive Advantage 5 Challenges Building Sustainable Supply Chain 5 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Executive Summary This report starts with the introduction of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) and the difference between traditional and sustainable supply chain management. It also explains
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Supply chain and operations management Name: transtechwriters@gmail.com or facebook - transtechwiters Course Professor’s name University name City‚ State Date of submission Executive summary Purpose The purpose of this executive summary is to provide an outlay of the entire paper. This executive summary provides a brief view of all the details which have been highlighted. Methodology The methodology applied for data collection is both primary and secondary methods
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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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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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The reading on sustainable supply chain management (Ram Nidumolu‚ C.K. Prahalad‚ and M.R. Rangaswami‚ 2009; B. Ageron‚ A. Gunasekaran‚ A. Spalanzani‚ 2012) shows that the sustainable business development has received a great deal of attention from governments and both profit and non-for-profit organizations to environmental‚ social and corporate responsibility. It is vital for companies to take seriously thinking about manufacturing and service sustainability‚ and underscore the importance of sustainability
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Purchasing and Supply in Project Management Advanced Project Procurement Purchasing and Supply in Project Management To ensure the quality of purchased capital equipment and services‚ rigorous standards and processes must be followed. There are important components and elements of purchasing that play a role in corporate and organizational strategy. A well-implemented supply management and purchasing strategy will result in greater profitability for a firm. Legal aspects
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of hi-tech supply chain managers are being tasked to manage risks to their supply chains in their increasingly competitive and innovative environments. This study proposes risk mitigation methodologies relevant to the hi-tech industry. The proposed risk methodologies are based on analysis of the supply-chain characteristics inherent to the hi-tech industry‚ vulnerabilities in the upstream and downstream hi-tech supply chain and successful steps taken by hi-tech firms in response to supply chain disruptions
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economic utility? (pg 3) 5. What is the systems approach? (pg 9) 6. What is physical distribution? (pg 10) CH 5 7. What year did the supply chain management concept emerge? (pg 79) 8. What is the supply chain definition? (pg 79) 9. What are the three main supply chain models? (pg 80) 10. What traits should contemporary supply chain have? (pg 83) 11. What is the definition of a partnership? (pg 84) 12. What is a fourth party logistics (4PL) provider? (pg 88)
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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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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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