1. What should be the basis of Operations Planning (Long term-2 yrs planning and short term- one month planning)? Long term Planning The basis of the operations planning should be as follows: To decide the structure of supply chain In-house function‚ production‚ location and warehouse Modes of transportation to be used Short term Planning Demand pattern‚ orders from the retailers‚ current market conditions‚ trending items‚ transportation routes and inventory stocks Short term planning
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The Sport Obermeyer case is mainly about the production and manufacturing process of a skiwear product. Sport Obermeyer is a high-end fashion skiwear design and manufacturing company located in Aspen‚ Colorado. It sells the products through department stores and ski shops. The company has a global supply network; however‚ most of its products are outsourced through the operations in Hong Kong and China which is a joint venture between Obermeyer and its Hong Kong partner. This case describes the information
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3. How should Obermeyer management think (both short-term and long-term) about sourcing in Hong Kong versus China? Long Term From a quality standpoint‚ production in Hong Kong would be ideal considering the repair rate in China is five to ten times greater than it is in Hong Kong. Although the costs of repair are relatively low‚ Obermeyer is a high quality apparel company‚ and its customers in all likelihood want durable products. Not only would this keep customers happy in the short term‚ but
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Zara’s supply chain case study Contents Declaration: 1 Introduction 3 SCM tools and techniques 4 Advanced concepts and Future trends of SCM 6 Linking theoritical concepts and real life SCM 9 ZARA gaining competitive advantage using SCM 10 Managing global supply chain 12 Bibliography / References 12 Introduction The aim of this case study is to analyze how ZARA has achieved its success through various business strategies. In particular‚ we will focus on supply chain management the
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Comparison of Zara and Benetton Supply Chains REPORT Master Supply Chain and Purchasing Management (MSCP) Date 11.02.2010 Outline I. Supply Chain strategy 3 II. Supply Chain structure 5 III. Supply Chain processes 6 IV. Supply Chain management practices 7 V. Supply Chain performance 8 VI. Strengths and weaknesses 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 I. Supply Chain strategy The purpose of this report is to compare the supply chains of Zara and Benetton‚ two global players of
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Introduction Zara is a fashion retailer established in 1975 by the Spanish group Inditex founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. Inditex runs over more than 5400 stores worldwide and owns brands other than Zara such as Massimo Dutti‚ Breshka‚ Oysho‚ Pull and Bear and Stradivarius. Inditex headquarters
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QUESTION 1 As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. ANSWER ZARA’S SUPPLY CHAIN Description Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in
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Sport Obermeyer Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd was created around 1947 by Klaus Obermeyer. While teaching at an Aspen Ski School‚ Klaus noticed a difference between the clothing that his students wore and the clothing skiers wore in his native Germany. Although Klaus started out by traveling to Germany to find high-performance skiwear that was suitable for his students‚ he designed his own line of skiwear and ski equipment products and that was how Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd was introduced. Sport Obermeyer
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Sport Obermeyer | October 4 BUAD 6600 | SCMers Meagan Frances AyersJames FranksEmelie HallJean-Hubert Trahan | Instructor: Sachin Modi | Objective/Scope The purpose of this article is to determine how many units of each style Sport Obermeyer should produce during its initial phase of production (November through March) and during its second phase of production (March through October). Factors that need to be considered in this decision are the risk associated with each style‚ from where
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Study Write-up #3 SPORT OBERMEYER‚ LTD. Sport Obermeyer is a high-end fashion skiwear design and merchandising company headquartered in Aspen‚ Colorado that sells its products through U.S. department stores and ski shops. Although the company has a global supply network‚ most of its critical outerwear products are sourced through the Hong Kong-based company Obersport‚ a joint venture between Sport Obermeyer and a Hong Kong partner. Obersport‚ in turn‚ manages supply and production operations
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