Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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Company background The Scotts Company started selling hardware and seeds in Marysville‚ Ohio in 1868. It specializes in seeds‚ fertilizers‚ peat‚ potting soils and other organic materials. By 1995‚ Scotts was the world’s #1 marketer of lawn and garden products. European operations were launched in 1993‚ with HQ in Lyon‚ France‚ and additional five European businesses acquired in UK‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria and Benelux. Symptoms and problems The main symptom and concern is that Scotts’
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Case Write-up Week 1 1. Supply Chain 2. Who are the various customers for textbooks? What do these customers want in terms of goods and services related to textbooks? From the publisher’s point of view‚ who is the critical customer? The various customers are professors‚ students‚ bookstores‚ schools‚ and online retailers. The customers want “on demand” accessibility‚ flexibility‚ and more content in the textbooks. The professors are the critical customer because they directly impact the
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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OBJECTIVES 3 IV. SCENARIOS 3 Question 1 5 Question 2 7 Question 3 10 Question 4 12 Question 5 13 Question 6 14 Question 7 16 V. CONCLUSION 18 Bibliography 19 INTRODUCTION The case is about manufacturing company‚ Hospital Supply‚ Inc.‚ that produced hydraulic hoists for the local market. The hydraulic hoist is useful to the hospital for moving bedridden patients. Most of sales made to local hospitals. Significant to activity of sales and production
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Southeastern University In this case‚ we are focusing on Southeastern University‚ one of the largest universities in the state‚ and its purchasing department. There was recently an issue with a purchase made‚ because the transaction not gone through the correct procedures a purchase must follow. The purchasing process begins with a purchase request being submitted to the purchasing department‚ where a clerk stamps and checks it. The policy was to solicit at least two written quotations for purchases
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SAN FRANCISCO Fwanyanga W. Mate & Ibrahim Akinola SAN FRANCISCO Fwanyanga W. Mate & Ibrahim Akinola San Francisco is one of North America’s most vibrant and robust cities. Located on the west coast of the United States of America‚ and only about a six to seven hour flight from Calgary‚ San Francisco is well-known for its great climate‚ lively culture‚ and outstanding world-renowned landmarks. With the above in mind‚ there are two basic reasons of why one should visit San
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DATE : May 13‚ 2013 SUBJECT : Analysis of Marine Supply Financial Ratios and Suggestions for Improvements Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to work with your company. As requested‚ we have evaluated your company’s performance based on the existing financial results. Our analysis is based on financial ratios calculated from your provided financial statements. a. Liquidity According to the current ratio‚ it indicates that the company is still doing well in comparison to the industry average
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San Vitale Description of Building The Basilica of San Vitale has long been considered the sister to Hagia Sergios and Bakchos basilicas in Constantinople. But the plan and elevation differs from the Hagia Sergios and Backchos. Ambulatory and gallery zones were not vaulted. As a Result greater emphasis is given to the core‚ the center baldachins‚ and the chancel – “the parts of the building where the mosaic decoration‚ the richly veined marbled revetment of the piers‚ and the most elaborate capitals
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Supply Chain Management of Ford Motor Company As the second-largest automobile company in the world‚ Ford Motor Company represents a $164 billion multinational business empire. Known primarily as a manufacturer of automobiles‚ Ford also operates Ford Credit‚ which generates more than $3 billion in income‚ and owns The Hertz Corporation‚ the largest automobile rental company in the world. The company manufactures vehicles under the names Ford‚ Lincoln‚ Mercury‚ Jaguar‚ Volvo‚ Land Rover‚ and Aston
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