Summary of the case Otis Elevator was founded by Elisha Graves Otis‚ the inventor of the safety-brake elevator‚ in 1853. The main business of Otis was to design‚ manufacture‚ install and provide service for elevators and relevant products such as moving walkways and escalators. The market was very competitive in the elevator industry‚ and Otis investigated that customer cancelled maintenance agreements due to dissatisfaction for service quality rather than product quality. In order to increase
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Executive Summary Unichema was a subsidiary of Unilever. It produced over half a million tons of oleochemicals yearly for customers worldwide. The oleochemical products produced by Unichema had a large application area-in polymers‚ cosmetics‚ rubber‚ textiles‚ leather‚ paper and lubricants. Customer demands and market pressures were forcing Unichema to become more competitive and more responsive to customer requirement such as lower prices‚ shorter lead times on deliveries‚ precise timing for deliveries
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requires transporters and shippers to make efforts to protect the environment in their logistics activities. Fujitsu‚ which has been active in green logistics for some time‚ is expanding environmental load reduction activities across the entire supply chain‚ setting a tough industry-leading target of reducing transport-related CO 2 emissions by 30% from fiscal 2000 levels by the end of fiscal 2010. This paper introduces Fujitsu activities toward this goal with a focus on “reducing CO 2 emissions
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Supply Chain Management Network Design and Facility Location Classical Theories von Thunen Agricultural activity occurs in a “limitless plain of equal fertility” with a city in the middle Theorized that: City price = origin price + transport costs Transport costs = f {weight & distance} As a result Products having high weight/value ratio should be produced near the city (see next slide) Other Contributions Land values decrease as move from city More intense land utilization near
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Discuss And Illustrate The Economic Justification For Establishing A Warehouse Storage has always been an important aspect of economic development. For manufacturers‚ strategic warehousing offered a way to reduce holding or dwell time of materials and parts. On the outbound side of manufacturing‚ warehouses can be used to create product assortments for customer shipment. An important charge in warehousing is maximum flexibility. Ideally a warehouse will simultaneously provide economic and service
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Assignment Sheet for Case Study: Negotiation - Porto This case is written by the authors of your textbook‚ Purchasing and Supply Chain Management‚ but may have been edited for our use in this course. This is a TEAM assignment. Read and discuss this mini-case and answer the 5 questions at the end of the case. In this manner‚ you will develop a negotiation plan for the buyer. The very best way to approach this team case is to work on all aspects (each question) of this case together. If you
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Exercise: 1 Objectives: 1. View and record data from sample MM‚ 2) Create new MM for finished and semi-finished part‚ and raw materials. Deliverables: 1) Record observed data where requested‚ 2) Screen captures where requested‚ 3) record configuration data (Task 4‚ step 10)‚ and 4) answers to discussion questions. Task 1 – View sample MM and collect data. 1. In the Display Material T-F101 (Finished Product) screen view and record the following data: EMBED YOUR DATA INTO THE DELIVERABLE DOCUMENT
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ZARA"Compare and Contrast the approaches taken by H&M‚ Benetton and Zara to managing their supply chains". Design Brand | Method | H & M | Mainly in-house designers who design garments to a price point to produce designer garments at a reasonable price. Pattern designers are an important part of the process due to all garments being manufactured by third parties. | Zara | Separate the design into three market segments‚ Women’s‚ Men’s and Children’s lines. Each segment has it’s
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observations in the last 50 weeks‚ the weekly demand forecast is as follows: The owner needs to place an order for tomatoes for the next week. How many boxes should (s)he order to maximize the expected profit? 3. Wohl’s Discount Store sells toy race cars with a wholesale price of $5. The estimated annual demand ranges from 4‚225 to 5‚625 race cars. The fixed order cost is $50‚ whereas the annual
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Q4. How can accountability be better managed in long‚ global supply chains? Accountability “Accountability traditionally meant writing favourable terms into a contract‚ monitoring vendor performance and then working with the supplier to uphold its obligations” (www.ey.com) While these terms are very important‚ leading organisations have found that in the supply chain‚ every sector needs to be addressed and accountability must be incorporated into every level‚ from supplier to customer. Negotiating
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