TITLE: CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Table of Content Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Effective Distribution Networks 4 Effective Network Design 5 Effective Global Supply Chain Networks 5 Planned Demand and Supply 7 Managed Uncertainty (Safety Inventories) 7 Optimal Product Availability 7 Designed and Planned Transportation
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The Topic of interest in this essay is “Supply Chain” Definition: A supply chain is a network of suppliers‚ manufacturer and distributors which helps in transformation of raw materials into valuable products and delivering them to the customers at right price‚ right place and right time. The concept of supply chain applies not only to the physical products but also to services. In the case of services‚ suppliers become service supporter‚ manufacturer becomes service creator and the distributors
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I) Give an example for each one of the four types of supply chain‚ and then determine which type your company is adopting. 1. Integrated Make to Stock In this model‚ supplier make products in advance of demand and holds them in finished goods inventory‚ satisfying demand from that inventory as orders come in. The customer has little direct involvement in deciding the product features. In this environment‚ suppliers manufacture the goods and sell from the finished goods inventory and so this strategy
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ARROW@DIT Articles School of Management 1-1-2010 (Le)agility in Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains Kirstin Scholten Dublin Institute of Technology‚ kirstinusa@yahoo.com Pamela Sharkey Scott Dublin Institute of Technology Brian Fynes Smurfit School of Business‚ University College Dublin Recommended Citation Scholten‚ K.‚ Sharkey Scott‚ P.‚ Fynes‚ B. Le)agility in humanitarian aid (NGO) supply International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Volume: 40 Issue: 8/9 2010
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When marketing‚ engineering‚ and operations simultaneously develop a process (cross -functional integration)‚ this approach is known as __________ ________________. A) sequential process B) traditional approach C) concurrent engineering D) both A and B E) none of the above Feedback: C is the correct answer. Unlike the traditional serial or sequential approach‚ concurrent engineering uses cross-functional integration for concurrent development of a product
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Rosenfield‚ D.B. (1985). Modern Logistics Management: Integrating Marketing‚ Manufacturing‚ and Physical Distribution. Published by John Wiley and Sons. Li‚ L. (2007). Supply Chain Management: Concepts‚ Techniques and Practices Enhancing the Value through Collaboration. Published by World Scientific. Lock‚ D. (1998). The Gower Handbook of Management (4th Edition). Published by Gower Publishing‚ Ltd. Stadtler‚ H. & Kilger‚ C. (2004). Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning: Concepts‚ Models
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...........................................................................................…………....3 Supply Chain Management Defined...................................................…………...........3-5 Dell’s Background………………………………………………………………………5-8 Dell’s Products .................................................................................................8-9 Supply Chain Dell Style (Situation Analysis)‚……………....................…….....10-11 Dell Weaknesses…….........................
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areas. The customer was divided through entity or locations‚ therefore‚ each segment could be better served with more efficient use of firm facilities. Formis (2008) added that Dell operate physical store in domestic market. It show indirect sales of chain store or service center operate in US. Refer to global market. The direct sales like website or phone are remarkable. (Source: Dell fiscal 2011 in review) 1.3 Major competitors&Market position(leader‚ niche) The belw table provided by Ann(2008)
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3.2 Supply chain industry A company’s supply chain is its central nervous system for how it creates and distributes a product. The industry is made up of the key players who participate in this process‚ including manufacturers‚ wholesalers or distributors‚ retailers and transportation companies. There are three main areas of a company’s supply chain. They include: (Refer to the Picture below) * Procurement or the “buying” process. This includes the purchasing of the raw materials needed to
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Different modes of transportation: * Water * Railroad * Pipeline * Airline What is the best mode of transporation? (Consider the following): * Noise‚ congestion‚ global warming‚ up- and downstream‚ air pollution‚ accidents * Speed‚ flexibility‚ safety Example: Germany in the 50’s (making coal/steel)‚ what would be the best mode of transportation? * Railroads What is the idea behind “Truckload”? * You need to utilize the cargo of a truck‚ in simple words fill it
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