Control of sourcing Strategy Action Result Strategy Streamline the Front End of Supply Chain Streamlining is the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain—cutting out the middleman. Instead of going through traditional distribution models‚ which have various intermediate (such as a distributor‚ wholesaler‚ broker or agent) companies may now deal with every customer type directly. One notable benefit is a drop in the cost of servicing customers directly. Consequently‚ you will increase
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The Benetton supply chain One of the best known examples of how an organization can use its supply chain to achieve a competitive advantage is the Benetton Group. Founded by the Benetton family in the 1960s‚ the company is now one of the largest garment retailers‚ with stores which bear its name located in almost all parts of the world. Part of the reason for its success has been the way it has organized both the supply side and the demand side of its supply chain. Although Benetton does manufacture
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umbrella called Supply Chain Management (SCM)‚ more specifically inside Logistics. SCM is based on four mayor strategic decision areas; location‚ production‚ inventory and transportation (distribution) (Intro to supply CM). A Transportation and distribution strategy is key in the value chain for global companies and is a fundamental part of the logistics process as part of the global supply chain models (Chopra and Meindl‚ 2007: 54; Vidal. 1997). The concepts of logistics and supply chain management are
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Reverse flow Transportation flow Information flow Production/storage Logistic Process Figure: Logistic Framework The figure above shows the logistic process how it works from raw material to end user. Logistics is one of the main functions within a company. Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves
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NAMES and NUMBERS of students in the group (2 Students): 1. El-Iraki‚ Youssef (10448517) 2. Badr‚ Noureldin (10445226) MODULE CODE : MBM5204 MODULE NAME : Logistics‚ Supply Chains‚ Systems and Methods Lecturer : Professor Dongping Song DEADLINE : 11th February 2013 WORD COUNT : 1‚657 By submitting this piece of assessment the group confirms that
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Q1. What is the virtual supply chain? Virtual supply chain (VSC)‚ which has been actively implemented by Amazon.com‚ is a supply chain integrating several different businesses in the sequence of delivering a product or service to the final customer. Since online retailers themselves do not manufacture any product‚ the cooperation with actual manufacturers is very important for customer service. It makes suppliers‚ manufacturers‚ distributors and warehousing agents of different tiers work as one
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Zara is the flagship chain store of Inditex Group owned by Spanish tycoon Amancio Ortega. Zara is the most internationalized of Inditex’s chains. The group is headquartered in A Coruna‚ Spain‚ where the first Zara store opened in 1975. As of August 2009‚ there are more than 1‚500 Zara stores around the world. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared with a six-month industry average‚ and launches around 10‚000 new designs each year. Zara
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Supply Chain Management Introduction This paper identifies an existing supply chain management process within an organization. It describes the flow of materials to the organization‚ the organization ’s function‚ and the customer base that organization serves. The supply chain practice will be compared with other supply chain process. An analysis will be provided based on research and cost-benefit and the recommended changes. The paper has taken a supply chain process exists in the Minneapolis
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t Target’s Supply Chain Unit 2 Assignment John S. Gumbs Jr. GB570 Managing the Value Chain Professor: Priscilla G. Aaltonen‚ M.A.I.S.‚ Ph.D Kaplan University August 7‚ 2012 Target’s Supply Chain In the year1962 the Target Organization was established by George Dayton who categories the organization as a concession retailer within the townships of Roseville‚ Minnesota. A decade later after the organization established it footing within the industry‚ the small subsidiary developed into
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Supply Chain Structure The adidas Group has outsourced most of its production. We work with more than 1‚200 independent factories from around the world that manufacture our products in 63 countries. The most dominant sourcing locations are: China‚ India‚ Indonesia and Vietnam. Our supply chain is global and multi-layered‚ with many different types of business partners‚ some of who are directly contracted factories‚ and others who are not. In 2011‚ the top five countries per region by number of
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