Tutorial 8 Sourcing & Purchasing Decisions Part A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One advantage of outsourcing is that it: a. gives the company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing?
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1. Amazon.com‚ Peapod‚ Dell‚ and many furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users.
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KFC Company Overview KFC Corporation (KFC‚ founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville‚ Kentucky in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment‚ termed a concept[2] of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off fromPepsiCo as Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. KFC primarily sells chicken pieces‚ wraps‚ salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken‚ KFC also offers a line of grilled and roasted
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identify how the value of product and services are delivered by its employees to customer to generate customer satisfaction and loyalty which ultimately impact the profitability and growth. The Authors use diagram to determine the service-profit chain relationship with each other. Starting from the right to left customer loyalty is the important factor to maximize the profitability and growth. A satisfied loyal customer can bring fruitful benefits to the organization in terms of repeated purchases
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issn=19369735&issue=v2i1-4&article=28_getmom Week 2 1. Chopra & Meindl Chapters4‚ 10 2. Fisher‚ M. L. (1997). What is the right supply chain for your product? Harvard Business Review‚ 75(2)‚ 105-116. http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=9705150574&site=ehost-live 3. Lee‚ H. L. (2004). The triple-a supply chain. Harvard Business Review‚ 82(10)‚ 102-112. http://ezproxy.libraries.wright.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost
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Initial idea: Offer affordable sports equipment for children Products: − Used (second-hand) products − Surplus equipment from manufacturers and retailers Current situation (December 2007): − Demand has been growing steadily over the last years − The products are distributed to the U.S. customers through a single (and small) warehouse in St. Louis − The warehouse is leased on a year-to-year basis − The current network design‚ in particular the distribution network and warehouse
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they bring about. Luckily‚ before one can resort to the use of antibiotics that can also have side effects on the body‚ there are six components that must be established‚ and can be interrupted‚ before an infection can occur. That is what we call the chain of infection. The six components include a pathogen‚ a reservoir of infection‚ a portal of exit‚ a mode of transmission‚ a portal of entry and finally‚ a susceptible host. For an infection to occur‚ the most important factor would be the pathogen
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December 10‚ 2010 Microbiology Chain of Infection Link 1: The Organism (10 pts) Scientific name: Infectious mononucleosis Common name of disease: mono; also‚ the kissing disease Characteristics: [bacteria/virus/parasite‚ toxins‚ anaerobe/aerobe‚ etc] Mononucleosis is a lymphatic system disease‚ usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (first cultured by Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr). A similar condition is often caused by the
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Mechanical Engineering CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR RYOWO (HOLDING) COMPANY‚ LIMITED Uniaxial Tensile Test on SMC Panels by Dr. P.C. Tse (Associate Professor‚ BSc‚ MSc‚ PhD‚ MHKIE‚ CEng) Department of Mechanical Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Date: 19 April 2006 1 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Mechanical Engineering Contents (A) Summary (B) Uniaxial Tensile Test and Fibre Mass Fraction Measurement
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INTRODUCTION The operation plays key role in firms because it affects operation managers understand their customers and translate their customers’ needs into performance objectives. "In turn‚ the performance objectives (and especially the relative importance of each one) influence the overall operations strategy of the business". (Slack et al.‚ 2010‚) The reason is that managers can based on performance objectives to do decision because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This
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