New-Old/Old x 100% • Productivity increases are dependent on: o Labor (10%) o Capital (38%) o Management (52%) • New Challenges in OM o Global focus o Supply-chain partnering o Sustainability o Rapid Product development o Mass customization o Just-in-time performance o Empowered employees Chapter 2~ Strategy in a Global Environment • Why change international operations? o Improve supply chain o Reduce costs o Improve operations o Understand markets o Improve products o Attract and
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Introduction Supply chains have expanded rapidly over the decades‚ with the aim to increase productivity‚ lower costs and fulfill demands in emerging markets. The increasing complexity in a supply chain hinders visibility and consequently reduces one’s control over the process. Cases of disruption such as the ones faced by Ericsson and Enron‚ have shown that a risk event occurring at one point of the supply chain can greatly affect other members‚ when the disruption is not properly controlled. Supply chain
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INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – BSB20123-7 Written Examination Stimulus Material Case Study – IKEA About IKEA Since its 1943 founding in Sweden‚ IKEA has offered home furnishings and accessories of good design and function at low prices so the majority of the people can afford them. IKEA’s vision is to: “Create a better everyday life for the many people” Its business idea is "To offer a wide range of well designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people
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What is the right supply chain for your product ? A question was asked by Marshall L. Fisher in his article on the topic. The article also titled‚ “What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product ?”‚ was published in March-April 1997 in the Harvard Business Review. The question was raised due to various improvements on supply chain has been done‚ but still it’s performance has never been worse. In some cases‚ costs have soar to unprecedented levels. It seems‚ new ideas and technology implemented
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Because of lack of communications among different facilities and disorganization in terms of supply chain processes optimization‚ transportation and logistics minimizations‚ Diebold integrates a new SCM system into the overall operational processes to generate savings. Here is a quote from Diebold Director of Global Logistics on the challenges that the company was facing "we lacked a transportation management system‚" He acknowledges." Sure‚ I could tell you how much I paid a transportation provider
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RMIT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY VIETNAM Introduction to Logistic and Supply Chain Management Individual Case Study NAME: Tran Thi Kim Mai ID Number: s3231137 LECTURE: JAMIE CALBETO-Group 10 Bachelor of Commerce Program ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE Your assessment will not be accepted unless all fields below are completed Subject Code: OMGT2085 Subject Name: Introduction to Logistics & Supply Chain Management Location where you study: RMIT Vietnam – SGS Title of Assignment:
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Zara Case Analysis Operations Management MBM1110 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Outstanding Operational strategies .......................................................................................
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Dabur tackles the secondary supply chain In 2001‚ Dabur decided to tackle its extended supply chain of over 30 factories‚ six key warehouses‚ and 52 stocking points distributing over 1‚000 SKUs to 10‚000 stockists countrywide. The company needed a system to accurately control distribution and sales forecasting to reduce inventory in the pipeline. Dabur went ahead and built a system using Visual Basic and ASP with SQL Server 2000 as the database. It decided not to use a packaged SCM solution due
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The case study of 3PL: FedEx Supply Chain Solution Sharon Kuo Silver Lu RA7951021 RA7951055 Jon Dickerson RA6967118 Content Introduction_3PL Current 3PL market A case: FedEx Supply Chain Solution Introduction and express service Logistics Distribution Centre Operations Integrated Information Technology Introduction _3PL Definition Relationship between a shipper and third party with customized offerings Encompasses a broader number of service functions by a long-term and mutually beneficial
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