INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – BSB20123-7 Written Examination Stimulus Material Case Study – IKEA About IKEA Since its 1943 founding in Sweden‚ IKEA has offered home furnishings and accessories of good design and function at low prices so the majority of the people can afford them. IKEA’s vision is to: “Create a better everyday life for the many people” Its business idea is "To offer a wide range of well designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people
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The oil and natural gas sector comprises of exploration and production of crude oil‚ natural gas‚ refining and marketing of the petroleum products‚ which are classified as upstream‚ downstream and midstream. Industrial Research on India - Oil & Gas Sector July 2012‚ BIM Trichy Arjun Venugopal‚ Divakaran‚ Revathy Prasad‚ Sreejesh N‚ Vincent Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Government of India Domestic Production Natural Gas (52.22 bcm) Petroleum (37.7 MMT) Imports Natural Gas (13
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percentage Large Enterprises 30% Public 27% Small & medium business 24% Consumers 19% Table 2.1 – Dell Inc’s marketing segments The product portfolio of Dell consists of selling Servers‚ Networking‚ Storage‚ Outsourced services‚ Project Management‚ Support & deployment services‚ Infrastructure‚ Cloud‚ Security services‚ Applications‚ Business Process services‚ Client devices: notebooks‚ workstations‚ tablets‚ smartphones‚ and desktop PCs For the purpose of the case study‚ the focus will
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New-Old/Old x 100% • Productivity increases are dependent on: o Labor (10%) o Capital (38%) o Management (52%) • New Challenges in OM o Global focus o Supply-chain partnering o Sustainability o Rapid Product development o Mass customization o Just-in-time performance o Empowered employees Chapter 2~ Strategy in a Global Environment • Why change international operations? o Improve supply chain o Reduce costs o Improve operations o Understand markets o Improve products o Attract and
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Theories of supply chain management Essay by Pancu Dana “Supply Chain Management is the integration of key businesses processes from end user through original suppliers that provides products‚ services and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders.” ( Lambert-Cooper 2000‚ 66 ) A general definition of the supply chain management (SCM) includes all suppliers‚ production capabilities‚ distribution centers ‚ warehouses‚ customers‚ raw materials‚ stock with semi-finished products
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3 on Supply Chain Management http://www.supplychainbrain.com/archives/10.02.TaylorMade.htm?adcode=5 Read the TaylorMade case study till “Enabled by IT” Identify challenges and pain points in the current process of TaylorMade 1) TaylorMade was struggling in an industry with near-zero growth. Any improvement in sales had to come at the expense of its competition‚ which was more agile and efficient. 2) TaylorMade‚ meanwhile‚ had one of the most sluggish supply chains around. Total supply-chain reaction
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modules. Answer: B Explanation: A) B) C) D) 24) Enterprise software is built around thousands of predefined business processes that reflect A) the firm’s organization. B) industry goals. C) best practices. D) cutting edge workflow analyses. Answer: C Explanation: A) B) C) D) 25) Which of the following is not true about enterprise systems? A) Enterprise systems help firms respond rapidly to customer requests
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Running head: Amazon.com Supply Chain Project Amazon.com Supply Chain Project Jarrel Nightingale JNightingale2@CapellaUniversity.edu Capella University BUS3004: Supply Chain Management Professor Dr. Robert Goldwasser December 10‚ 2012 Amazon.com Supply Chain Project Introduction In today’s society‚ Online Shopping and the industry of e-commerce has become very popular and mainstream. Many individuals have integrated online shopping into their normal routine and have
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Dell’s Supply Chain Management The term supply chain management (SCM) was initially used in wholesaling and retailing to denote the integration of logistics and physical distribution functions with the goal of reducing delivery lead times. Manufacturers and service providers have used the same term to describe integration and partnership efforts with first- and second- tier suppliers to reduce cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated purchasing strategy
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founded in 1933 with the sole intent of producing the world’s best 35mm camera. By the 1960s‚ the company began to explore the imaging technologies industry and started developing business machines such as printers and calculators. In 1967‚ the management slogan "cameras in the right hand‚ business machines in the left" was unveiled and in 1969 the company changed its name from Canon Camera Co.‚ Inc. to Canon Inc. (Canon Inc.‚ 2013) This was a turning point for Canon; it began to spread geographically
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