Pre‐publication draft Operational Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Disruption Risk1 Brian Tomlin Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth‚ Hanover‚ NH 03755 Yimin Wang W.P. Carey School of Business‚ Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ AZ 85287 1. Introduction On June 16 2009‚ Genzyme Corporation announced that it had discovered the virus Vesivirus 2117 in one of the bioreactors at its plant in Allston‚ Massachusetts.2 While the virus strain is not thought to be harmful
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determine the most appropriate country for a “foreign direct investment (FDI)” of ABC Company. This report chooses from China and Japan as two alternative options for ABC Company’s FDI and analyzes the investment environment so as to understand the advantages and disadvantages of investing in the two countries. It also identifies the most suitable international strategy for entering the foreign market. ABC Company is a large British Manufacturer. Due to the economic downturn in Euro area after the
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SCM3006 Operations and Supply Chain Management Group Project Product: Baked Potato 1. Introduction 1.0 Introduce Baked Potato A baked potato is sometimes called a jacket potato in the United Kingdom. The baked potato has been popular in the UK and French for many years. In the mid-19th century‚ jacket potatoes were sold on the streets by hawkers during the autumn and winter months. In London‚ it was estimated that some 10 tons of baked potatoes were sold each day by this
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"A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials‚ transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products‚ and the distribution of these finished products to customers." Ganeshan and Harrison Supply chain provides a vital link between suppliers and customers. It involves meeting customers’ requirements in terms of time‚ quality and quantity. It helps to optimize design‚ planning‚ production‚ delivery of
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Dip Com (LM ) –SCM Tutorial 6 Text Book-Chapter Eight Discussion Questions 1. (1).Explain why lean production and Six Sigma are so important to successful supply chain management. Ans. Use of the term lean has begun to replace use of the term JIT‚ and is associated with the Toyota Production system. Lean is broader‚ although closely related to JIT‚ and describes a philosophy incorporating tools that seek to economically optimize time‚ human resources‚ assets‚ and productivity‚ while
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hw1 INTERNET QUESTIONS (Ch. 1 ) 1. Visit the Web sites of companies such as Wal-Mart‚ Dell‚ and Home Depot and see if you can find discussions of their supply chain management activities. List what you can find‚ in terms of purchasing/ supplier issues‚ transportation‚ ware-housing‚ purchased item quality‚ and customer service. 2. Go to a good Internet search engine such as Google and search on the term sup-ply chain management. How many hits did you get? Describe five of the Web sites found
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Zara has thrived by employing a vertical supply chain. This chain has developed a strategy that has led Zara to create a fashion empire. In 2008‚ Zara had over 1520 stores and produced €6‚8 billion in sales. The supply chain is depicted in figure 1. The chain starts at the headquarters were the designers produce nearly 30‚00 different designs per year. Typical competeitors produce about 2000-4000. Zara employs a quick response system (discussed later) in wich informnation about trends‚ store
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 25 Raising the Bar The supply chain TOP BY DEBRA HOFMAN AND STAN ARONOW‚ GARTNER‚ INC. The 2012 ranking of supply chain leaders from Gartner includes a broad mix of global companies—a few new to the list‚ but most having recorded multiple appearances. These leaders share certain characteristics that drive day-to-day performance while solidifying the foundation for future growth. Their standout performance is raising the supply chain leadership bar for companies
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7th Annual SEMATECH Symposium Japan Supply Chain Management in Electronics Industry IHS iSuppli Japan Akira Minamikawa aminamikawa@isuppli.co.jp Agenda Impact of earthquake What changed in the past 10 years? What changes in the next 10 years? iSuppli Corporation – 2 Copyright 2000-2009 iSuppli Corporation. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. Confidential – Patents Pending Supply Chain • Japanese have high market share in material market Components Electronics
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Coca-Cola is the world’s largest beverage company. They employee over 146‚000 employees offer over 3‚000 products worldwide and operate in over 200 countries. The company was founded in 1886 but it wasn’t until 1891 when an Atlanta business man secured the rights to the company that the vision of Coca-Cola was established and their expansion begun. In 1899 Coca-Cola’s first bottler relationship was established. This bottling relationship allowed the company to grow aggressively and expand into 9
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