Q4. How can accountability be better managed in long‚ global supply chains? Accountability “Accountability traditionally meant writing favourable terms into a contract‚ monitoring vendor performance and then working with the supplier to uphold its obligations” (www.ey.com) While these terms are very important‚ leading organisations have found that in the supply chain‚ every sector needs to be addressed and accountability must be incorporated into every level‚ from supplier to customer. Negotiating
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Introduction Supply chain management is the process that an organization uses to "improve the way the company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers (www.supply-chain.org 2006)." There are five basics components of a supply chain management system-plan‚ source‚ make‚ deliver‚ and return. Planning is the "strategy for managing all the resources that go toward meeting customer demand for the product or service (www.supply-chain.org 2006)." The source
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What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product? by Marshall L. Fisher Harvard Business Review Reprint 97205 Harvard Business Review MARCH-APRIL 1997 Reprint Number ARIE DE GEUS THE LIVING COMPANY 97203 WALTER KUEMMERLE DEVELOPING GLOBAL NETWORKS BUILDING EFFECTIVE R&D CAPABILITIES ABROAD 97206 KASRA FERDOWS MAKING THE MOST OF FOREIGN FACTORIES 97204 GEORGE S. DAY STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVING A SHAKEOUT 97202 MARSHALL L. FISHER WHAT IS THE HIGH SUPPLY CHAIN FOR YOUR PRODUCT
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Supply Chain & Operations Management College internship Program COURSE SYLLABUS Intern Syllabus Supply Chain & Operations Management College Internship Program Supervisor: Erik Dunlap‚ PhD Erik.Dunlap@ccbcc.com W: 980-321-3330 C: 980-428-2920 5001 Chesapeake Dr.‚ Charlotte‚ NC 28216 Internship Description The Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) Supply Chain & Operations Management (SCOM) College Internship Program is a unique opportunity for college students to garner handson
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Supply Chain Responsiveness and Efficiency – Complementing or Contradicting Each Other? Dennis Minnich1 Frank H. Maier2 International University in Germany Campus 1 76646 Bruchsal‚ Germany Phone +49 7251 700-341 Fax +49 7251 700-350 e-mail dennis.minnich@i-u.de Abstract Balancing responsiveness to market requirements with overall efficiency is an important issue in supply chain design and management. The objective of the system dynamics model introduced in this paper is to capture generic structures
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standards and emerge as supplier of choice for global companies. These changes would have a significant impact on the automotive supply chain. Clearly the need of the hour is for various players to identify key challenges facing the industry and develop strategies to help mitigate these. The objective of this report is to analyze the key advancements in automotive supply chain and the unique practices followed by major players in India. Finally balanced scorecard framework would be used to build the
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Research 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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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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allowed the company to grow aggressively and expand into 9 different countries as early as 1920. Coca-Cola’s “System” is a very unique approach to supply chain and distribution management. The company leveraged the success of its bottler systems to expand throughout the world quickly and with limited penetration issues. Coca-Cola’s supply chain includes partnerships with over 275 bottlers worldwide. This system allows them to operate globally but think locally. Coke generally manufactures and
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of best practices in supply chain strategies‚ with a focus on demand forecasting and collaborating information. Supply chain management is an area of importance. This paper is based on a survey of a large number of publications on supply chain management (books‚ conference papers and journal articles) for context and an industry expert interview. This literature review analyses the case study of a Taiwanese semi-conductor company‚ Tekcon to show its best practice supply chain strategy. The key objective
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