known as Porter’s Five Forces of Competition. The macro environment is primarily concerned with major issues and upcoming changes in the environment. The analysis looks at five areas of interest‚ which are 1) Power of the Buyers; 2) Power of the Suppliers; 3) Threat of Substitute Products; 4) Threat of New Entrants; and 5) Intensity of Rivalry. Notice in the following diagram‚ how these interact and influence each other. MGMT 488 Chapter 3 – Macro Environment Page 2 POWER OF BUYERS STRONGER WHEN
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with the objective to control exposure to risk or reduce its negative impact on supply chain performance (Supply chain council Risk SIG‚ 2009). Potential disruptions can either occur within the supply chain (e.g. insufficient quality‚ unreliable suppliers‚ machine break-down‚ uncertain demand etc.) or outside the supply chain (e.g. flooding‚ terrorism‚ labor strikes‚ natural disasters‚ large variability in demand etc.). Management of risk includes the development of continuous strategies designed
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are a testimony to that. This is particularly the case for textiles where e.g. ’organic cotton ’ is increasingly perceived by consumers as attributes of quality. In the global economy many of the core activities of a company are outsourced to suppliers‚ often resulting in a long supply chain. Supply chain management becomes an important task for companies devoted to quality management. This is particularly evident for the textile industry. Companies in the West design and market their products
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products from a supplier. It contains a number of steps that take place whenever an order with a food company is placed which is tracked via documentation and receipts kept with the supplier. This is necessary so the supplier can keep track of their food products and how much money they take in and spend. If they didn’t have a cycle then the supplier may not even know what the orders are‚ as these orders are usually written or typed if they are not already when they are sent to the supplier. Things
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his buyers‚ Olivia Newcomb‚ in his office. They discussed her Heartland & Company cost reduction goals for bearing #B02326620. After the meeting Mr. Walsh began wondering if changes should be made to the way suppliers were being evaluated and how business should be allocated among suppliers performing at different levels. These were issues needing further consideration. Founded in 1875‚ Heartland & Company is one of the U.S.’s oldest industrial organizations. It manufactures agricultural and construction
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NAME: TAHIR M SULTAN UNIT: 4 (BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT) ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 1 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: THE CASE: MCDONALD LECTURER: Mr. Hamid Rahim SUBMISSION: 11-10-2011 1. LIST SOME STAKEHOLDERS OF MCDONALDS. CLASIFY THEM AS INTERNAL‚ CONNECTED AND EXTERNAL TYPES. Stakeholders can be defined as “individuals and groups who are affected by the activities of an organization. The most important stakeholders can be seen as those with most to lose from the organization’s actions‚ but this does
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Program 2005 © Copyright Jeffrey Liker 2/14/2005Lean Enterprise Excellence Building Page 1 Supplier Gap: Toyota vs Big-3 Supplier Improvement‚ 1990-96 Defects (parts per million) Sales/Direct Employee Inventories/Sales U.S. OEM (Chrysler‚ Ford‚ GM) -47% +1% -6% Toyota -84% +36% -35% Toyota Supplier Advantage‚ 1996 PPM Inventories Output/worker 35% -25% 10% Source: Jeff Dyer‚ based on 39 supplier plants serving Toyota + U.S. OEM © Copyright Jeffrey Liker 2/14/2005Lean Enterprise Excellence
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x Cost per kg. Total Cost FILATOI RIUNITI The Italian textile industry (a-b) COST OF PRODUCTION ($/Kg) Size Supplier Ambrosi Bresciani Castri De Blasi Estensi Filatoi R. Giuliani Extrafine 17.40 17.40 17.50 18.25 19.75 Fine 13.00 14.10 14.22 14.30 13.80 13.90 13.90 Medium 10.65 11.20 11.00 11.25 11.40 11.40 10.75 Coarse 9.60 9.45 9.50 9.60 9.60 8.90 9.40 Supplier Ambrosi Bresciani Castri De Blasi Estensi Filatoi R. Giuliani COST OF TRANSPORTATION ($/Kg) Size Extrafine 0.30 0.40 0
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reduce any risks associated with your sourcing decision. 2. This case provided the data necessary to perform a cursory supplier financial analysis. In reality‚ cross-functional sourcing teams must often obtain this data during their assessment of potential suppliers. Discuss possible sources of supplier financial information. What may impact a purchasers ability to obtain supplier financial data 3. A sourcing decision of the magnitude highlighted in this case requires a serious commitment of resources
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