Mark Cronin MBA 600 – Production & Operations Management Final Project Report - June 2‚ 2003 Supply-Chain Management Executive Summary – By adopting five new proposed initiatives‚ the L.L.Bean Factory Store Division can provide brand appropriate product to customers and it can also improve its in-stock position and inventory turns while reducing costs in the Supply-Chain and management of corporate inventory. If we leverage a Special Purchase strategy and negotiate
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for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements Logistics is responsible for the movement and storage of materials as they move through the supply chain. Depending on the circumstances‚ many other activities can be included in logistics. Sometimes an organization might include sales forecasting‚ production scheduling‚ customer service management‚ overseas liaison‚ third party operations‚ and so on. If you follow some materials moving through an organization‚ you can see that the following activities
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ACKNOELEDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and deep gratitude to all those people who extended their whole hearted co-operation and have helped me in completing this project successfully. First of all‚ I would like to thank Mr. S. K Bhatia‚ Dy. Manager (HRD)‚ for giving me an opportunity to do my training in this prestigious organization. I’d also like to express my sincere gratitude towards Mr. V.K. Arora (Asstt. General Manager‚ Plant Maintenance) ‚Mr. S. Prabhakar
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Work Designs for The HILTON Group of Hotels & the LALIT Group of Hotels. INTRODUCTION The base of the analysis was to compare and contrast the traditional and modern work approach of organisations. After hours of brainstorming sessions‚ the group decided to compare the universally acclaimed Hilton group of hotels to one of the India’s best ‚ Lalit group of hotels. The task was to relate which group of hotels adheres to which of the above mentioned work designs and to conclude
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Supply Chain Management Case Study Report: Sport Obermeyer Q #1. Where would you place production? Although the article argues that they intended to place about half of its all production to China‚ I would personally shift more than half of its production toward Hong Kong if you are talking about the current market. I’m not quite sure if it’s about population of skiers/snowborders‚ but apprently a number of ski resorts went out of business in the past decade and we are faced with the
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT BOSE CORPORATION Bose Corporation‚ headquartered in Framingham‚ Massachusetts‚ offers an excellent example of integrated supply chain management. Bose‚ a producer of audio premium speakers used in automobiles‚ high-fidelity systems‚ and consumer and commercial broadcasting systems‚ was founded in 1964 by Dr. Bose of MIT. Bose currently maintains plants in Massachusetts and Michigan as well as Canada‚ Mexico‚ and Ireland. Its purchasing organization‚ while decentralized
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Honda Motor Company Ltd. How does Mr. Honda’s history with suppliers relate to Honda’s current supply management strategy? Honda’s current supply management strategy is consistent with Mr. Honda’s history. There three factors about Honda’s supply management strategy‚ focus on local market‚ emphasis on competition and reliable suppliers. According to the Honda’s export strategy of “Honda and U.S. – Japan Automotive Trade”(1997)‚ it is clearly that Honda focuses on regional markets which contributes
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Barilla –Supply Chain Inventory Management Barilla TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 ISSUES IDENTIFICATION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 3 ALTERNATIVES AND/OR OPTIONS 3 RECOMMENDATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: 3-4 Executive Summary: In an attempt to control inventory swings‚ reduce costs‚ and improve sales we have introduced the JITD initiative. This initiative has been a failure
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| Q1. How to improve the purchasing process? Answer: ) Following are some of the best practices that are being followed by some supply chain managers‚ regarding their purchasing process; Improve your vendor relationships: o Avoid cozy or adversarial relationships with suppliers. Ball tickets and free lunches are great as long as your supplier is bringing great
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Potential competitive advantages generated for MIFA in the Supply Chain design 1. it is possible to widely supervise and control production quality‚ from the inspection of ingoing shipments of the parts to the ongoing quality check at the individual stages of the production process directly at the Sangerhausen plant 2. Better control over own supply chain 3. MIFA can quickly respond to the changes of the customers` needs designing new frame types directly in the paint shop‚ which is located at
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