Q1. Consider the supply chain involved when a customer purchases a book at a bookstore. Identify the cycles in this supply chain and the location of the push/pull boundary. When a customer purchases a book from the book store‚ a complete supply chain cycle which involves procurement‚ manufacturing‚ distribution‚ replenishment and customer delivery takes place. The different supply chain cycles are quite separated in this case because each cycle occurs at the interface between two successive stages
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Supply Chain Management in Hospital: A Case Study Samuel Toba • Mary Tomasini • Y. Helio Yang San Diego State University‚ San Diego‚ CA It is a common misunderstanding that hospital purchasing is just a functional part of operations rather than a strategic means to achieve financial cost savings. The supply chain process is the essential link for all programs and services offered by a hospital‚ and hence any improvement in managing the supply chain can positively impact bottom line profitability
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Chapter 2 Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope True/False 1. A company’s competitive strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its products and services. Answer: Difficulty: Easy 2. The value chain emphasizes the close relationship between all the functional strategies within a company. Answer: Difficulty: Moderate 3. A company’s product development strategy defines the set of customer needs that it seeks to satisfy through its
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Louis Zecchino Case Study 1 I don’t feel that the fixed price contract agreed upon by Florida Retailing Company was the best way to procure ACME’s computer system. The reason for this is because with the agreement‚ 50% was being paid up front‚ where that could still probably be acceptable in a revised agreement‚ however‚ the other 50 % was being pad upon delivery. ACME received full payment without any guarantee that the computer system would be what as expected out of the system. This then hurt
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Chapter 1: Supply Chain Management: An Overview I. Forces of Change-Multiple forces of change are requiring organizations to be (a) nimble‚ & (b) responsive to their customers’ needs. 5 major forces are 1) Globalization. (Major issues to deal with include) More competition‚ More volatility/unpredictability in demand & supply‚ Shorter life cycles‚ Systems approach to “sourcing-to-delivery”‚ Potential “terrorism”/security. 2) Technology (primarily computing/info technology‚ Internet). Helped-Organizations
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Operation management is the management which is used for decisions‚ activities and responsibilities of operations managers. Operations Management is the systematic development and control of the processes that transform inputs into goods and services. Operations management contains those areas of management that are concerned with the quality‚ productivity and cost in the operations function as well as strategic planning for the organization. It includes not only manufacturing processes‚ but also
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1 How can postponement of product differentiation be used to improve supply chain profitability? Postponement‚ also known as "delayed differentiation‚" is a supply chain strategy that delays product differentiation at a point closer to the customer. This involves designing and developing standard or generic configurable products that can be customized quickly and inexpensively once actual consumer demand is known. Postponement also entails the implementation of specific inventory strategies to deploy
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and goods is that‚ the services requires more professional knowledge and experience to evaluate its performance. The goods has a fixed standard which can be measured. Services as a people’s business is more complicated to analyze‚ particularly for supply department. Furthermore‚ for evaluating and improving the final purpose which is increasing the customer value‚ letting different function departments to do their experts will also make it easy to get feedback and improve their effective and efficiency
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BACKGROUND The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan During March 1999‚ Brazilian Carlos Ghosn took over as the first non-Japanese Chief Operating Officer of Nissan‚ when Nissan had been incurring losses for seven of the prior eight years. Many of the industry analysts expected a culture clash between the French leadership style and his new Japanese employees. Analysts said‚ because the financial situation at Nissan had become critical so the decision to bring Ghosn in came at the worst possible
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ndex 1. What has caused the so-called Inventory/Service "Crisis"? 1 2. What are the important "drivers" of safety stock? 2 3. Recommend quantitative target inventory levels for the six European options‚ assuming a weekly periodic review replenishment. 4 4. Assuming a 20% gross margin for each printer‚ sea transportation costs of $1 per printer and air transportation costs of $10 per printer (air shipment lead-time is three days)‚ evaluate the various alternatives available to Brent Cartier
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