chain to a single layer supply chain. d) single layer supply chain to a multiple layer supply chain. e) spoke like Ans: b Section Ref 1-1 Difficulty: Moderate 2. An office supply broker combines orders from fifteen small offices into a single order‚ which results in a much lower price for each of the small offices due to volume discounts. This is an example of the _______________ EC business model. a) dynamic brokering b) group purchasing c) reverse auctions d) discount purchasing
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Dakota Office Products Background • Regional distributor of office supplies to institutions sand commercial businesses • Comprehensive product line • Excellent reputation • Several distribution centers Process • Old: • After customer orders received‚ orders were accumulated within the warehouses and prepared for shipment • Used commercial truckers to deliver • New Option: • “Desk Top Deliveries” • Delivered products directly to locations • Small fleet of trucks • 2% upcharge on products Pricing
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QUESTION 1 a) Seasonal demand can be consumer interest in purchasing particular products only during a specific period within the calendar year. For example‚ Christmas trees‚ most fruits‚ school books and uniforms‚ TVs‚ cards and tourism sector among others are subject to seasonal demand. There are certain problems that are associated with this kind of seasonal demand they include; Over stocking is one of the problems of this kind of demand. Seasonal demand poses problems for businesses because
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Fig: Architecture of data warehouse Operations Conceiving data as a cube with hierarchical dimensions leads to conceptually straightforward operations to facilitate analysis. Aligning the data content with a familiar visualization enhances analyst learning and productivity.[5] The user-initiated process of navigating by calling for page displays interactively‚ through the specification of slices via rotations and drill down/up is sometimes called "slice and dice". Common operations
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Warehouse Management case study From the perspective of modern logistics systems‚ storage is an important part of logistics is the logistics system‚ distribution center‚ hoping for effective logistics warehouse here‚ scientific management and control‚ so that the logistics system more smoothly‚ more reasonable to run. In this paper‚ the importance of starting from the warehouse‚ combining theory and practice‚ through an enterprise storage and logistics activities in the "space" and "cargo space"
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Demand Versus Supply The Unites States economy shapes so many multifaceted interactions amidst health care employment‚ costs‚ health care coverage‚ as well as economic access to health outcomes and health care. In this paper‚ the student will select a service‚ such as health information technology‚ and discuss the effects on consumer demand on health information technology versus the economic variables of cost‚ access‚ and supply. In addition‚ the student will support her perspective and rationale
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Processing i. (90% of warehouse personnel expense + Cost of Items)/cartons ii. (.9*2‚400‚000+35‚000‚000)/80‚000= $464.5/carton c. DOP i. (10% of warehouse personnel expense + delivery truck expense)/ DOPs ii. (.1*2‚400‚000+200‚000)/2‚000= $220/carton d. Handling i. (warehouse expenses + freight)/ orders ii. (2‚000‚000+450‚000)/24‚000= $102.08/order 3. Using your answer to #2‚ calculate the profitability for Customers A and B. Customer Cost A B Units Cost Units Cost Order Entry $
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Stock Case: Dow 30 Case How do you create a diversified stock portfolio? Introduction Our goal was to create an optimal diversified portfolio consisting of the Dow Jones Index. We used the modern portfolio theory which maximizes expected portfolio return for the amount of risk taken by taking the stock weights in to consideration. Our group consisted of risk averse investors; therefore we diversified our portfolio with all 30 Dow Jones stocks because we wanted to achieve an acceptable return
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“The Bells” and “The Raven” English 1 Mr. McDermott 6/7/2010 “The Bells” and “The Raven” “The Bells” and “The Raven” are both poems by Edgar Allen Poe. They are two of the best poems I have ever read. Poe was one of the best poets in his fans eyes. He put hard work and dedication into all of his poems. Edgar liked to use historic words in poems. In the poem “The Raven” the bird was on the window representing something but you don’t know what it is. The poem “The Bells” made me
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need a warehouse? Roles and Functions of Warehouse The role of warehouse is important for the trade. Traders‚ carriers‚ retailers‚ exporters‚ manufacturers and wholesalers need warehouse because of the different functions of warehouse. Warehousing really useful for them. 1. Seasonal Production Some products like agricultural products and fruits are harvested on certain season. Manufacturers need to bridging the time gap between production and consumption of goods. So‚ they need the warehouse for
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