SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Homework #1 (Due – April 18‚ 2013) Electronic Submission MS Word MSc ECOM/ICOM assignment submission system File name: hw1 and your HKU ID (e.g. hw1_1234567) Please limit the answer to 1 page for each (sub)question (60%) Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain (Textbook‚ pp.179-187) 1. a) Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics costs than L6? What are some of the costs that are incurred in L5 but not
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Definition of E-Procurement E-Procurement is the term used to describe electronic methods of conducting business transactions. The ’e’ in e--procurement stands for electronic. E-procurement can be used in every stage of the process. It can begin with the actual sale coming through to the purchaser and end with the customer’s invoice and payment. E-Procurement is more than just a system for making purchases online. A properly implemented system can connect companies and their business processes
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Biyani’s Think Tank Concept based notes E-Commerce BBA Part-III BSc‚MSc-IT Lecturer Deptt. of Information Technology Biyani Girls College‚ Jaipur Deepika Kumari For more details: - http://www.gurukpo.com 2 Published By: Think Tanks Biyani Group of Colleges Concept & Copyright : ©Biyani Shikshan Samiti Sector-3‚ Vidhyadhar Nagar‚ Jaipur-302 023 (Rajasthan) Ph. : 0141-2338371‚ 2338591-95 l Fax : 0141-2338007 E-mail : acad@biyanicolleges.org Website : www.biyanithinktank
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First of all‚ Godiva.com wants to increase their sales‚ by using an online sales which at first they starts the click and mortar e-business Click-and-mortar organizations conduct e-commerce activities‚ but do their primary business in the physical 1- Identify the B2B and B2C transactions B2B- Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web Or Business-To-Business‚ a transaction that occurs between two companies‚ As opposed to a transaction involving a consumer
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to E-Business & E-Commerce Chapter 1: Framework for ECommerce Topics Covered Objectives How big is E-Business? What is E-Commerce? What is E-Business? How does E-Business differ from ECommerce? E-Commerce Framework Summary Further reading 2 April 25‚ 2012 Objectives Describe briefly the past‚ present and future of e-business Describe e-commerce Provide an example Provide an example Describe e-business Differentiate between e-commerce
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organization. The process of managing stock‚ warehouse inventory‚ and freight transportation is at the heart of logistics. Logistics is the management and coordination of moving inventory from its origination to its ultimate destination. The goal of a logistics team is to find a way to do this process in the most streamlined‚ cost efficient method possible. The overall High costs in the logistics industry though are a cause for concern as they hinder the ability of organisations to provide maximum efficiency
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E-marketing: Int. mrkting has been described as achieving marketing objectives thru applying digital tech. E-marketing focuses on how the internet can be used to achieve the process: identifying: how can the int be used for mrkting research to find out cust. Need and wants Anticipating: the demand for digital service is key to governing the resource allocation to e-bus. Satisfying: a key issue for e-marketing is how to achieve cust. Satifaction thru electronic channel SOSTAC approach Situation: where
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MGMT328: Logistics Management Assessment 2: Individual Research Report Is the term ‘Green Logistics’ an oxymoron? Is the term ‘Green Logistics’ an oxymoron? An oxymoron is a term in which contradictory words appear in conjunction with one another such as bitter sweet or a deafening silence. In an attempt to answer this question we must first define what the term ‘Green Logistics’ means. When the term is broken down into its composite parts ‘logistics’ is simply defined by Murphy and Wood (2011)
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Electronic Business E-business (electronic business)‚ derived from such terms as "e-mail" and "e-commerce‚" is the conduct of business on the Internet‚ not only buying and selling but also servicing customers and collaborating with business partners. One of the first to use the term was IBM‚ when‚ in October‚ 1997‚ it launched a thematic campaign built around the term. Today‚ major corporations are rethinking their businesses in terms of the Internet and its new culture and capabilities. Companies
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her students to go to the Logistics Companies in Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) to make a research of their profiles. It was like a “thunder and lightning in the middle of a sunny day that strikes us.” At first we thought that it is only one of her jokes but we later realized that she’s serious when she told us that we really need to complete the activity as a final requirement in her subject and to make us know and distinguish different Freight Forwarding and Logistics Companies regarding their
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