International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.1‚ Issue.2‚ pp-747-751 ISSN: 2249-6645 IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Prof. Himanshu S. Moharana1‚ Dr. J.S. Murty2‚ Dr. S. K. Senapati3‚ Prof. K. Khuntia1 1 (Raajdhani Engineering College‚ Bhubaneswar‚ Odisha) India 2 (Ex-Head‚ Design‚ RRL‚ Bhubaneswar‚ Odisha) India 3 (Professor‚ Dept. of Mech. Engg.‚ IGIT‚ Sarang‚ Odisha) India ABSTRACT In order to survive and beat the
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Wal-Mart’s supply chain Management practices Logistics I Denise Melendez 1163688 Carlos Nava 1162897 30/06/10 Case solution: 1- Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistic system adopted by Wal-Mart adopted by Wal-Mart. We have listed the key points of the distribution system and logistics system
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Supply Chain Management of J C Penney in perspective of APL Logistics Ltd. 1.0. Introduction Internship report is a mandatory requirement of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree of BRAC University. This report has been designed to portray my on the job internship with APL Logistics from the period of January to April‚ 2007. Being a Customer Service Representative of APL Logistics Limited‚ I had the opportunity to get attached with the supply chain or logistics management department
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allowed the company to grow aggressively and expand into 9 different countries as early as 1920. Coca-Cola’s “System” is a very unique approach to supply chain and distribution management. The company leveraged the success of its bottler systems to expand throughout the world quickly and with limited penetration issues. Coca-Cola’s supply chain includes partnerships with over 275 bottlers worldwide. This system allows them to operate globally but think locally. Coke generally manufactures and
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of best practices in supply chain strategies‚ with a focus on demand forecasting and collaborating information. Supply chain management is an area of importance. This paper is based on a survey of a large number of publications on supply chain management (books‚ conference papers and journal articles) for context and an industry expert interview. This literature review analyses the case study of a Taiwanese semi-conductor company‚ Tekcon to show its best practice supply chain strategy. The key objective
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Information Systems in Supply Chain Management ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Chao Hsuan‚ Liu (41845491) ABSTRACT Information systems (IS) for the supply chain management have become critical tools for synchronizing information among the customers and suppliers of a supply chain (McLaren et al.‚ 2004). Moreover‚ the supply chain concept has become a concern because of global competition and increasing customer demand. Thus
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Supply Chain Class Module 2‚ Lesson 3 Question #1 Develop a small group consensus on the impact (increases‚ decreases‚ no effect) of the Bullwhip Effect on two of the following six supply chain performance measures: manufacturing cost‚ inventory cost‚ replenishment lead time‚ transportation cost‚ shipping and receiving cost‚ level of product availability profitability. One of the two measures that your team chooses must be inventory cost. For inventory costs‚ be certain to be specific
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Fall 11 The Food Industry MGT 440 Research paper about the supply chain management in the food industry Alexane COLOMBET 08 Automne Sources 1 – “The cold chain and its logistics” DR. Jean Paul Rodrigue http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch5en/appl5en/ch5a5en.html 2- “Inventory control”‚ Columbus IT http://www.columbusit.com/citp-hq---food/food/inventory-control.aspx 3- “How to Manage food inventory” http://www.ehow.com/how_6511166_manage-food-inventory
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1. Introduction Purpose of this assignment is to analyse the case study of the Dell Inc‚ relating to the seven questions asked on the case study. Objective of the case study analysis is to get a deeper understanding of the Global production‚ outsourcing and logistics. 2. Company overview Dell is a global information technology company that offers its customers a broad range of solutions and services delivered directly by Dell and through other distribution channels. Their focused is to provide
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3 key Supply Chain Metrics Selecting the Key Metrics Selecting the key metrics to measure performance a long the supply chain can be crucial‚ as clear connections have to be made between the metrics and the business goals in order for the business to achieve the results they are looking for and also to achieve growth within the market place. Management should identify the key performance indicators they need to focus on‚ measuring these indicators can help them in reaching the company’s goals
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