ILLUSTRATIVE REAL WORLD CASES REAL WORLD CASE 1: HOW DELL IS MANAGING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/2519/2580469/images/Realworldcase1.html The Problem Michael Dell started his business as a student from his university dorm by using a mail-order approach to selling PCs. This changed the manner in which PCs were sold. The customer did not have to come to a store to buy a computer‚ and Dell was able to customize the computer to the specifications of the customer. The
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Cameron Auto Parts Executive Summary Cameron Auto Parts was founded in 1965 in Canada by the Cameron family to seize opportunities created by the Auto Pact (APTA) of 1965 between the United States and Canada. The APTA allowed for tariff-free trade between the Big Three American automakers and parts suppliers and factories in both countries. The one caveat in the APTA to qualify for the zero-tariff trade was that companies must maintain assembly facilities on both sides of the border. Cameron
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CASE STUDY 4. TOYOTA Toyota case study questions: 1. How the corporate strategy of Toyota has evolved from the 30s up to 2010? 2. Describe the elements of the TPS system. Do you know any other “lean” firms? 3. Comment on Toyota’s focus on the customer. How this approach is related to quality? 4. Describe 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
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Financial 1. Who are the shareholders and what do they want? Ellen Bright‚ the new CEO‚ her job is to make DAP achieve 12% return on capital employed (ROCE) and a growth rate faster than the industry’s. She wants all of the DAP people to do three things: grow‚ become customer intimate‚ and must be operationally excellent‚ so that they can regain their high-quality position and grow their revenues and their contribution to the parent company. Joe‚ the new CFO‚ designed a simple economic model to pinpoint
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Case 2.4 Foreign Auto Shop Part 2 Tabatha Sipho MG688: Leadership and Influence Questions: 1. Describe Alan’s leadership style during the flood‚ and evaluate how appropriate it was for the leadership situation? During the flood Alan exhibited a Management by Exception-Active leadership style. This leadership type behavior “keeps people and processes in control” (Education‚ 2010)‚ by monitoring and controlling followers through forced compliance. This may not seem like the most effective way to lead
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The Engstrom Auto Mirror plant is a private-owned business that consists of over 200 workers in Richmond‚ Indiana. It is known for manufacturing trucks and automobile mirrors. The business started an incentive plan known as The Scanlon Plan in 1999‚ which allowed employees to earn bonuses. This was a fundamental to each person’s performance and paid rate of all work savings each month. After introducing the incentive plan‚ workers became motivated; as a result‚ it increased productivity‚ thus‚ saved
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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OBJECTIVES 3 IV. SCENARIOS 3 Question 1 5 Question 2 7 Question 3 10 Question 4 12 Question 5 13 Question 6 14 Question 7 16 V. CONCLUSION 18 Bibliography 19 INTRODUCTION The case is about manufacturing company‚ Hospital Supply‚ Inc.‚ that produced hydraulic hoists for the local market. The hydraulic hoist is useful to the hospital for moving bedridden patients. Most of sales made to local hospitals. Significant to activity of sales and production
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was born and brought up in Houston‚ Texas. Ours is a family of four with my parents‚ me and my younger brother. The schooling years of my life were toughest. I struggled a lot in my studies. The standardized procedure of education never interested me. I was an average student throughout my academic life. Extra-curricular activities like sports‚ drawing‚ crafts‚ etc. were my favorite things. I just remember that it was the second semester of 8th grade when I stood first in class. However‚ it didn’t
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Karla A. Caliba BSBA- FTM I-2 Psychological Autobiography Many times in our lives‚ we asked ourselves “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?”. Then again‚ some people asked us about our personality and it takes time for us to consider what we should respond because we view ourselves different from what they see. It is very difficult for us to judge ourselves the same way as we don’t want to hear any unfavorable criticisms
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