Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Lisa Powelson Chattahoochee Technical College Abstract Building a sustainable supply chain requires a holistic approach that includes the company as well as their suppliers and their suppliers‚ suppliers – downstream and upstream. To ensure goals and objectives are achieved‚ sustainabilty must be a part of strategy‚ applying measurement metrics solidifies executive level sponsorship. Sustainable supply chains are typically viewed from a 3BL (3 bottom line)
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ENG4088M SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SEMESTER 1‚ 2010-2011 COURSEWORK TOPIC: ANALYSE AN EXISTING SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIY IN A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION AND SUGGEST THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PRACTISES OR MODIFICATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. CASE STUDY: COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this report is to suggest the implementation of new practices and also to modify current practises to improve the performance of the supply chain in the
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1. Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved. The stages in a supply chain are normally the supplier‚ the manufacturer‚ the distributor‚ the retailer‚ and finally the customer. The first stage of the supply chain is the supplier. Initially‚ the supplier provides the material necessary for the production of the soda can to the manufacturer‚ who had previously passed an order for the material
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trends of supply chain management in the pharmaceutical industry. Basically supply chain management touches every function of the business such as: marketing‚ sourcing‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ inventory management‚ information technology‚ and customer relations. The main purpose of supply chain is to satisfy customer needs and to generate business profits‚ but for pharmaceutical industry supply chain management is way more complex than that. The key drivers for a pharmaceutical supply chain excellence
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Information Systems in Supply Chain Management ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Chao Hsuan‚ Liu (41845491) ABSTRACT Information systems (IS) for the supply chain management have become critical tools for synchronizing information among the customers and suppliers of a supply chain (McLaren et al.‚ 2004). Moreover‚ the supply chain concept has become a concern because of global competition and increasing customer demand. Thus
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Key Supply Chain Issues The economic collapse has had at least one affirmative impact: It forced corporations to take a concentrated check at their supply chain‚ inquire some of their suppositions‚ and pluck out key incompetences. In a paradigm‚ unplanned decisions to source cheap-price products from states with the smallest labor cost since they may no longer make sense when the long-term amplifies in haulage rates‚ risks of interruption‚ and weeks of inventory in the pipeline are factored into
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the relationship between supply chain vulnerability and supply chain risk and its effect on firm performance by means of a survey. With the emergence of a fierce competitive business environment‚ supply chain risk management has become a primary focus for companies across all domains and industries. With series of catastrophes and disasters‚ along with a firm’s new age strategies like outsourcing and globalization of market‚ have put a severe strain on the supply chain on these firms. Hence it becomes
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Publication Date: 12 November 2010 ID Number: G00208603 Case Study for Supply Chain Leaders: Dell ’s Transformative Journey Through Supply Chain Segmentation Matthew Davis Faced with ever-changing customer needs‚ product commoditization‚ unique global requirements and new‚ low-cost competitors‚ Dell embarked on a three-year journey to segment its supply chain response capabilities. The company designed its supply chains based on a mix of cost optimization‚ delivery speed and product choices
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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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highly competitive situation in order to survive; Supply Chain Management (SCM) becoming the main topic for improving efficiency and satisfy customer’s need. The supply chain of a company consists of different departments‚ ranging from procurement of materials to customer service. Supply chain management means transforming a company’s “supply chain” into an optimally efficient‚ customer-satisfying process‚ where the effectively of the whole supply chain is more important than the effectiveness of each
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