Hwang I S 300 Viro Automotive Company Case 1. Describe the supply chain of Viro Automotive Company Viro Automotive Company’s supply chain is currently based on the pull system model; they manufacture and distribute the cars only after they have been ordered by their customers‚ rather than by forecasting demand (push system). After having received the orders from their customers‚ Viro then sends the orders to their own suppliers‚ or members of the supply chain. In this case‚ the main client is the President
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Case Study #1 – Randall Corp. 1. What is the relationship between financial soundness and supplier performance? Quality of product produced and shipped can become weaker when suppliers experience financial issues stemming from contractual performance. This happens primarily when flawed products are shipped to meet present currency requirements. Because of the fact that management is highly interested in cash flow‚ deliveries start to get behind schedule. Late deliveries or bad quality product
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UPS Supply Chain Solutions SM case study Hitachi Hitachi GST Streamlines Global Distribution Network Hitachi‚ Ltd. is a leading global electronics company headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan. In 2003‚ the company founded Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) by combining its storage technology business with IBM’s Storage Technology Division (STD). As the two businesses merged‚ Hitachi GST chose UPS Supply Chain Solutions to implement a global distribution system. Global Storage Technologies
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McDonald’s Corporation: Managing a sustainable supply chain Food safety should always be the top priority. Minimizing cost is important since it is McDonald’s profits that allow them the flexibility to focus on making a more sustainable supply chain. Sustainability helps build consumer trust and brand loyalty there is an economic insensitive for MD to try and be as sustainable as possible with its supply chain. However do to the nature of their purchasing it is within their best interest to make
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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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A Case Study on Dakota Office Supply Case: Dakota Office Products 1. Background Information Dakota Office Products (DOP) is a regional office supply company with a strong reputation for customer service and quality supplies. Additionally‚ DOP is unafraid to adopt new services such as its desk top deliver option which delivers smaller orders directly to individual sites as well as its traditional commercial freight delivery. DOP has also introduced and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
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Case: Clearfield Cheese Company What are three problems that Clearfield Cheese Company is facing? At least one problem should address transportation. (Hint: you can use any of your business studies to address the problems) If their inventory levels are high‚ it means the cost of holding inventory it’s going to go up. The reason the inventory levels are high could be that the transit time is too high and they have to retain more safety stock to not run out of stock. They have a problem with
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Possible Test Questions Sessions 1-9 * What is a supply chain? The interconnected businesses that convert raw materials into consumer products via the transfer of materials‚ information and cash. * Draw a hypothetical milk supply chain * What is supply chain management? The management of upstream and downstream suppliers working together to create high value products for consumers as efficiently as possible to the benefit of the whole supply chain. It operates on three different levels‚
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1. A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? Some of the ways that a convenience store chain can response are: * Focusing in the total cost of the supporting a chain‚ that includes all the elements of cost that go into a purchase like order quantities‚ deliveries‚ warehousing‚ support systems
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how to develop a competitive supply chain in order to response to the speed of the customer changes in clothing industry. Literatures review – The key success factors of the clothing industry are explained. Also the supply chain concepts related to the industry are developed (Agility‚ Quick Response and Lean) Analysis of Zara’s supply chain – The supply chain network of the company is analysed and each stage of the network is developed in details to see how the supply concepts are applied or not
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