Solectron: From Contract Manufacturer to Global Supply Chain Integrator Brief Case Overview: In 1977‚ Solectron was founded in the wake of the solar energy boom‚ and primarily focused on making solar energy products. They soon began assembling printed circuit boards for other electronic firms. Solectron was located close to Silicon Valley and its electronic industry‚ so a number of clients were readily available for its manufacturing services. In the early 1980s‚ Solectron turned their efforts
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supported by this function. Reverse auctions to negotiate global hotel contracts A direct reversed auction open to all hotels is not the preferable approach to negotiate global hotel contracts. Traveling and lodging is a service used by most companies but it is not easy to forecast the upcoming demand on travel. In addition to volume
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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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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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clarity. Supply Chain Coordination Supply chain coordination issues have been of great interest to researchers for many years especially since 1990s there has been a surge in research in these topics (Burgess et al. 2006). Different perspectives has been proposed on SCC such as “the order‚ forecasting‚ procurement‚ and information sharing procedures among the members of the supply chain” (Therese M. Flaherty‚ 1996) and “SCC is concerned with managing dependencies between various supply chain members
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Discuss Somerset’s global supply chain. Somerset Furniture Company (SFC) was founded in 1957 in Randolph County‚ Virginia. Traditionally‚ SFC manufactured large‚ medium-priced‚ ornate residential home wood furniture such as bedroom cabinets and chests of draws‚ and dining and living room cabinets‚ tables‚ and chairs. Somerset prides itself on customer service. They believe that late deliveries to its customers would harm its credibility and result in loss of customers and excessive inventories.
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1. What value did Solectron provide to its customers? The values Solectron provided to its customers are: • Quality: This was evident in the fact that it was reinforced in all areas of their business. o They provided high quality products to their customers. o They were the first repeat winner of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. • Technology solutions‚ which provided technology building blocks that helped customers minimize time to market for new products • Rapid Feedback
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managed in long‚ global supply chains? Accountability “Accountability traditionally meant writing favourable terms into a contract‚ monitoring vendor performance and then working with the supplier to uphold its obligations” (www.ey.com) While these terms are very important‚ leading organisations have found that in the supply chain‚ every sector needs to be addressed and accountability must be incorporated into every level‚ from supplier to customer. Negotiating a good contract is only a small
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challenges that a company may experience with a global supply chain. Introduction Businesses and supply chains have become substantiality global over the last decade. Between 1995 and 2007‚ the number of transnational companies has more than doubled from 38‚000 to 79‚000 and foreign subsidiaries have nearly tripled‚ from 265‚000 to 790‚000. (Ref: IBM report “the smarter supply chain of the future”) In addition to spreading geographically‚ supply chains now involve more companies. Nearly 80% of
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Operational Risks in Global Supply Chain Project Thesis Submitted by Kashif Shabab Submitted to Professor Dr. Jan-Philipp Büchler Summer Semester 2011 / 2012 Table of contents 1 Introduction 6 2 Global Supply Chain 7 2.1 Supply chain management: schools of thought............................................................8 2.1.1 The functional chain awareness school……………
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