13 Lean and agile supply chain Introduction With the real-time access to the Internet and search engines like Google and with the increased global competition‚ customers have more power than ever before. They demand innovative product features‚ greater speed‚ more product variety‚ dependable performance and quality at a best in class and at a competitive price. Furthermore‚ today’s discerning consumers expect fulfilment of demand almost instantly. The risk attached to traditional forecast
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MANAGING QUALITY IN A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN To appear in: Euro Asia Journal of Management (EAJM)‚ July 2002 Author: Affiliation: Adress: Prof. Peter Neergaard Copenhagen Business School CBS Solbjerg Plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark +45 38 15 24 04 pn.om@cbs.dk Telephone: E-mail: MANAGIN QUALITY IN A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ABSTRACT Based on literature in corporate citizenship‚ quality is defined as related to the product itself as well as to the environmental and social impact of
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States‚ Automek was on a lookout for global low-cost source. During its search it came across Agile in India and sent its technical team to assess this potential supplier. The team was satisfied with the facility and approved it as its supplier of motors to Automek. As Agile’s quality and delivery performance was good. In 2002 Automek awarded a business for a new product which was not in Agile’s existing product portfolio. A team was deputed to work with Agile to setup the manufacturing line to produce
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turbulent markets‚ supply chain vulnerability has become an issue of significance for many companies. As supply chains become more complex as a result of global sourcing and the continued trend to ‘leaning-down’‚ supply chain risk increases. The challenge to business today is to manage and mitigate that risk through creating more resilient supply chains. Supply chain managers strive to achieve the ideals of fully integrated efficient and effective supply chains‚ capable of creating
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| Lean and Agile Supply Chain Strategies | Seminar in Business Economics | | 30-03-2012 | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Subject 2 Purpose 3 Problem Formulation 3 Definition of Concepts 4 Theory and Methodology 5 Limitations 6 Structure 6 Exploratory Analysis 7 Lean Supply Chain: Toyota Motor Corporation 7 Agile Supply Chain: Dell 9 Comparison of the Two Strategies 10 Leagile Supply Chain: Hennes & Mauritz 12 Discussion 15 Summary and Conclusion 17 List
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Supply Chain Management in the Textiles and Clothing Industry: Case of Four UK based Companies Introduction Textiles and apparel is a major sector for both the industrialised and the lesser developed economies‚ contributing both to wealth generation and employment. The sector represents a key part of employment in Europe‚ and world-wide‚ and in Europe alone employs in excess of two million people. Turnover for 2000 was Euro 198 billion. The European industry sector is dominated by large numbers of
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volatile marketplace. Leagile is the combination of the lean and agile paradigms within a total supply chain strategy by positioning the decoupling point so as to best suit the need for responding to a volatile demand downstream yet providing level scheduling upstream from the marketplace. The decoupling point separates the part of the organisation (supply chain) oriented towards customer orders from the part of the organisation (supply chain) based on planning. In this report‚ I attempt to prepare the
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Agile Electric: Quality Issues in a Global Supply Chain Question#1: If OEM decides to make a complete recall‚ the associated costs would be charged to the tiered suppliers; especially a higher potion on Automek and then Agile. Automek takes the risks on Agile‚ the manufacturer has no previous experience on producing this critical part‚ with the major purpose of reducing the cost. Moreover‚ it was the Automek’s responsibility to carefully audit the qualification and capability of the lower tiered
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Global Supply Chain Global Supply Chain Moderator: Panelists: Janice H. Hammond‚ Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing‚ Director of Faculty Planning William K.L. Fung‚ Group Managing Director‚ Li & Fung Ltd. Willy C. Shih‚ Professor of Management Practice‚ Technology and Operations Management Unit Marjorie M.T. Yang‚ Chairman‚ Esquel Group matter how large the order. But it then took The Limited three weeks to get the items from their distribution center to their stores. Mr. Fung
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Level 6 Global Supply Chain Presentation Briefing Notes Some General Points of Guidance You do not need to conduct in depth analysis using the equations we have looked at in supply chain planning or in global supply chain design You can consider the different variables which are used in these equations‚ which impact on supply chain planning and network design Part of the task is to manage the level of content in the time period you have. In your future careers you will be asked to present on
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