13 Lean and agile supply chain Introduction With the real-time access to the Internet and search engines like Google and with the increased global competition‚ customers have more power than ever before. They demand innovative product features‚ greater speed‚ more product variety‚ dependable performance and quality at a best in class and at a competitive price. Furthermore‚ today’s discerning consumers expect fulfilment of demand almost instantly. The risk attached to traditional forecast
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IMSE2008 Operational Research Techniques Problem Set: Linear Programming Due: Monday‚ October 20‚ 2014 Please submit to the general office of the IMSE department (Ms Kate Lee HW8-17) on Oct 20 Late submission will be discounted by 20% on a daily basis Please e-mail me msong@hku.hk if you have any questions Problem 1. Work through the simplex method step by step to demonstrate that the following problem is unbounded. (5 marks) max 5x1 + x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 s.t. x1 – 2x2 + 4x3
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informs Vol. 34‚ No. 3‚ May–June 2004‚ pp. 191–205 issn 0092-2102 eissn 1526-551X 04 3403 0191 ® doi 10.1287/inte.1030.0068 © 2004 INFORMS Inventory Decisions in Dell’s Supply Chain Roman Kapuscinski University of Michigan Business School‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan 48109‚ roman.kapuscinski@umich.edu Rachel Q. Zhang Johnson Graduate School of Management‚ Cornell University‚ Ithaca‚ New York 14853‚ rqz2@cornell.edu Paul Carbonneau McKinsey & Company‚ 3 Landmark Square‚ Stamford
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The Supply Chain of the Next Decade ---A Study on the Context of Global Supply Chain [pic] National University of Singapore Industrial and System Engineering Group Leader: Zhang Juzheng Group Members: Gu Shimin
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Question #1: How might Dell use each of the five basic SCM components? Answer: Supply chain management has five basic components - Plan‚ Source‚ Make‚ Deliver and Return (Baltzan & Phillips‚ 2009‚ p.291). To run as a successful business Dell must always have an optimum performance in all those areas. Dell should always plan ahead. Because their policy is not to store raw materials or finished products they have to plan all possible disaster scenarios and must have contingency plan to ensure that
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture‚ a professional
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the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012 and world’s biggest private employer with 2.2 million associates worldwide. Wal-Mart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week. Wal-Mart operates under 69 different banners. Wal-Mart’s supply chain‚ a key enabler of its growth from its beginnings in rural Arkansas‚ has long considered by many to be a major source of competitive advantage for the company. In fact‚ when Wal-Mart was voted “Retailer of the Decade” in 1989‚ its distribution costs
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND Introduction Hospitality students who graduate today face many challenges when finding a job in today’s competitive job market. Graduates must meet the expectations of the prospective companies as well as recruiters’ expectations. If they are negative‚ it will take a lot of success to reverse the first impression which is marked by frustrated expectations‚ inability to find suitable and decent jobs‚ and inefficient job search. When investment
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explain the impacr of supply chain decisionson the success a firm. of 2’ rdentify the three key supply chain decision phases aud explaiu 3. Describe the cycle and pusb/pull views of a supply chain. the siguificance of eachone. 4. Classifythe supply chain macro processes a in firm. this chapter‚ we provide a conceptual understanding of what a supply chail is and {n l-the various issues that need to be ionsidergd when plunning‚ or operating {iisoi"g‚ a supply chain.’we discuss the significance
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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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