designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks‚ appliances and home accessories. The company is the world ’s largest furniture retailer. It was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden. As of October 2010‚ the chain has 313 stores in 38 countries‚ most of them in Europe‚ North America‚ Asia and Australia. The word IKEA was an acronym of his name and address: Ingvar Kamprad and Elmtaryd‚ Agunnaryd--the name of his farm and the name of the village it was located
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Ahmad Umair Abid Shamaion Sammuel 851213-5552 851107-6138 820908-8353 Master Thesis 4FE02E‚ 15 hp ___________________________________________________________________________ School of Management & Economics Department of Logistics & Supply Chain Management Master Thesis Authors: Bilal‚ Umair & Shamaoun II Master Thesis III ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Working with this thesis has been a very interesting and educational experience. Since‚ we have applied our theoretical knowledge
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Table of Content 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 SAINSBURY SUPERMARKET AN OVERVIEW 3 3.0 OPERATIONS OF SAINSBURY 3 3.1 FACILITIES 3 3.2 PROCESS 4 3.3 LAYOUT AND FLOW 4 3.4 INPUT 5 3.5 TRANSFORMATION PROCESS 5 3.6 OUTPUT 5 4.0 SAINSBURY’S VARIETY‚ VARIATION‚ VISIBILITY‚ AND VOLUME CHARACTERISTICS 5 5.0 BENEFIT OF PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE TO THE OPERATION 6 5.1 COST 6 5.2 DEPENDABILITY 6 5.3 FLEXIBILITY 6 5.4 QUALITY 6 5.5 SPEED 7 6.0 WHAT QUALITY MEANS TO SAINSBURY 7 7.0 THE EFFECT OF OPERATIONS CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Zara is a Spanish clothing retailer which has 1700 stores in all over 78 countries. 2. Zara has continually maintained its mission to provide fast‚ affordable‚ and fashionable items. 3. Zara’s supply chain has undergone tremendous changes in order to sustain its competitive advantage in today’s market. 4. Zara holds 6 days worth of inventory‚ while H&M holds 52 days‚ and Spanish retailer Cortefiel holds 94 days of inventory. 5. Launched approximately 11‚000 new items per year
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are aware of the pending new technology and as a result‚ demand will decrease to zero on day 1460. Operations and Finance Jacobs’ distribution network consists of a single factory and a single warehouse‚ both in Calopeia. The warehouse only supplies air conditioner retrofit kit manufacturers‚ who are all in Calopeia. Jacobs produces its chemical in batches‚ loads the chemical into small plastic drums‚ and then transports the drums from the factory to the warehouse by truck. The warehouse sends
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Benefits of a Green Supply Chain “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” ~Albert Schweitzer Currently‚ our world is experiencing radical changes in the earth’s ecosystems due to man’s misuse and neglect. Human beings have disrupted the balance between the energy systems and all living species. Therefore‚ our entire global ecosystem is deeply flawed and unbalanced. Al Gore believes‚ “The emergent power and accelerating momentum
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electronic commerce company that was established by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in 2007 and now it is India’s largest online retailers with sales of 1 billion$ for year 2013-14. With a strong focus on customer service‚ it has developed an efficient supply chain which focuses on maximising customer satisfaction. The objective is to provide a memorable online shopping experience to their customers so that they come back again and again using innovative services like Cash on Delivery‚ a 30-day replacement
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Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) (DSCM08/15) Purchasing Management Individual Assignment Done by Rachel Chan Soon Chee Submit to Lecturer: Max Ee by 20th May 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Part 1 Standardization of Containerization 1.Common type of container 2-4
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Value Chain Vs. Supply Chain Value Chain versus Supply Chain Value chain is a systematic approach to examine the development of competitive advantage and it consists of a series of activities that create and build value. In addition‚ it categorizes the generic value-adding activities of an organisation. The supply Chain key areas of concerns are forecasting‚ purchasing‚ production planning‚ warehousing and distribution; In addition‚ manufacturing of the product and its distribution. Additionally
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Executive Summary Unichema was a subsidiary of Unilever. It produced over half a million tons of oleochemicals yearly for customers worldwide. The oleochemical products produced by Unichema had a large application area-in polymers‚ cosmetics‚ rubber‚ textiles‚ leather‚ paper and lubricants. Customer demands and market pressures were forcing Unichema to become more competitive and more responsive to customer requirement such as lower prices‚ shorter lead times on deliveries‚ precise timing for deliveries
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