The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1751-1348.htm A study of resource dependency: the coal supply strategy of the Japanese steel mills – 1960-2010 Bradley Bowden Griffith Business School‚ Griffith University‚ Brisbane‚ Australia‚ and A study of resource dependency 73 Andrea Insch School of Business‚ University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Abstract Purpose – The development of the Pacific seaborne coal trade since 1960 has been
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A. Supply Chain Strategy To fully appreciate the recommendation for a supply chain strategy‚ it is necessary to know something about them. There are numerous strategies one can use for supply chain: Keiretsu‚ vertical integration‚ and virtual companies. These Three are by no means the only strategies‚ but ones which may be considered. First‚ the Keiretsu will be discussed. Keiretsu is a Japanese term to describe many companies that link together or around a central bank to do business. This link
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VIRTUAL SUPPLY CHAIN Amazon.com EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report will show the meaning of e-commerce and e-business and how they intertwined with each other as exchange is done. It will also identify the different types of e-commerce especially business- to- business and business-to-consumers. It will also aim to identify the policy used by Amazon.com in managing their
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CHALLENGES FOR LOGISTIC & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN SLOWDOWN A distinct feature of this economic slowdown is the direct degradation of consumer’s assets which has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. And consumers have responded by spending conservatively and concentrating on improving their savings. This new era of low spending and unpredictable consumer behaviour has rendered many demand-forecasting models inaccurate or even obsolete. Therefore‚ companies across the world are
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ON TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY DR CH. VENKATAIYA PRATIK CHATTERJEE ROLL: 1226112240 SECTION : B ABSTRACT Since 1980’s‚ the competition between enterprises has become the one between supply chains. Therefore‚ the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in supply chain system but not only in enterprise has become an exquisite premise
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Impact of Toyota Business System on Supply Chain Management: Flexible or Not? In the automotive industry‚ supply chains are extensive and include elements of producing based on several forecasting techniques. The amount of money invested is large and fixed. Key trend in the automotive industry is the increase of the variant numbers on individual models and standardization of components in the supply chain. This means that models can be adjusted to the individual tastes of customers and new models
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smi8239X_ch01_001-026.qxd 2/27/07 11:22 PM Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 1.1 WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT? Fierce competition in today’s global markets‚ the introduction of products with shorter life cycles‚ and the heightened expectations of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in‚ and focus attention on‚ their supply chains. This‚ together with continuing advances in communications and transportation technologies (e.g.‚ mobile communication‚
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Global Supply Chain Global Supply Chain Moderator: Panelists: Janice H. Hammond‚ Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing‚ Director of Faculty Planning William K.L. Fung‚ Group Managing Director‚ Li & Fung Ltd. Willy C. Shih‚ Professor of Management Practice‚ Technology and Operations Management Unit Marjorie M.T. Yang‚ Chairman‚ Esquel Group matter how large the order. But it then took The Limited three weeks to get the items from their distribution center to their stores. Mr. Fung
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A supply chain is the system of organizations‚ people‚ technology‚ activities‚ information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. In Supply Chain Demand planning is a critical business process that impacts Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies’ ability to manage their value chain business performance. Revenues‚ costs and asset utilization are all affected by the quality‚ timeliness and accuracy of demand planning. Cleaning History and Reason Code
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Case 9 Eastern Waves‚ Inc. Summary Mr. Patton‚ vice-president of purchasing for Code C‚ Inc.‚ is concerned about a price increase from a Malaysian supplier. Last summer Code C was celebrating a 60 percent cost reduction based on replacing their major specialty steel supplier with Eastern Waves‚ in Kuantan‚ Malaysia. Eastern Waves is a small steel manufacturing company in Malaysia. It has several plants in Malaysia and China and produces various downstream steel products such as angle steel
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