SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT In today’s global market‚ managing supply chain becomes key factor for the successful business and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a key strategic factor for increasing organizational effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Inventory management is an important area and represents one of the most significant opportunities for cost savings in an industry. Inventory at different points of the supply chain has serious impact on the cost and performance. The scenario considered
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Portfolio of Evidence Case Study - Tshabalala & Sons Question 1 Supply Chain of Shabalala & Sons Suppliers Raw material - Gauteng Area Paper - KwaZulu Natal Manufacturer Tshabalala & Sons - Central Warehouse Midrand Distribution Centres Tsabalala & Sons Distribution Centre - Cape Town Tsabalala & Sons Distribution
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Can Numbers manage the Supply chain better? Let’s see. You are home after a long tiresome flight and now discovered that you got the wrong baggage from Airport. How do you feel? ; Or ever seen a situation during guest lecture‚ when the anchor has already welcomed the guest and the presenter is searching for the bouquet to greet him? ; Target of Supply chain management is reaching the right consumer at right time with right quality and addressing both Demand side & Supply side uncertainties. One
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questions as facility location and sizing | | | a. They support tactical planning efforts by allocating "fixed" logistics capacity | | | d. They store goods and move them | | | c. They initiate and control the movement of materials between supply chain partners | 1.5 points Question 2 1. ------------------------------------------------- In the San Diego distribution center (DC) information flow example‚ dealers not being notified automatically of order status would be classified as which
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Supply Chain Management 1.6 EXAMPLES OF SUPPLY CHAIN Oleh : Astrid Toleransia Helida G 1106153694 UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA DEPOK 2012 Gateway : A Direct Sales Manufacturer 1. Why did Gateway have multiple production facilities in the US ? Because Gateway has a strategy that avoid carrying any finished-good inventory at the retail stores and simply use the stores for customer to try the PCs and obtain help in deciding on the right configuration to purchase.
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT- ITS POLICY GUIDELINES IN ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL Arnold Palmer Hospital‚ one of the nation’s top hospitals dedicated to serving women and children‚ is a large business with over 2‚000 employees working in a 431-bed facility totaling 676‚000 square feet in Orlando‚ Florida. Like many other hospitals‚ and other companies‚ Arnold Palmer Hospital had been a long-time member of a large buying group‚ one servicing 900 members. But the group did have a few limitations. For example
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Supply Chain Management of McDonalds McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving more than 58 million customers daily.[4] In addition to its signature restaurant chain‚ McDonald’s Corporation held a minority interest in Pret A Manger until 2008‚ was a major investor in the Chipotle Mexican Grill until 2006‚[5] and owned the restaurant chain Boston Market until 2007. A McDonald’s restaurant is operated by either a franchisee‚ an affiliate
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effective? 1. (40%) Bullwhip a) (10%) Why bullwhip occurs in a supply chain? b) (15%) Does that contradict with the risk pooling in terms of variability? Explain. c) (15%) Can the bullwhip be alleviated if the number of levels for the supply chain is reduced (e.g. eliminate the distributors)? If so‚ why don’t we just keep the supply chain as flat as possible (i.e. reduce the number of the levels required in the supply chain as much as possible)? 2. (60%) Case: “The Great Inventory Correction”
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Supply Chain Management (SCM The average company spends nearly half of every dollar it earns on production needs—goods and services it needs from external suppliers to keep producing. A supply chain consists of all parties involved‚ directly or indirectly‚ in the procurement of a product or raw material. Supply chain management (SCM) involves the management of information flows between and among stages in a supply chain to maximize total supply chain effectiveness and profitability. In the past
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clothing considered as ‘unique’ -that won’t be in the shop for more than 2 or 3 weeks. On short‚ as well the title of this paper states: ‘Responsive‚ High speed‚ Affordable fashion’. Stores are managed as small business‚ vertical communication and supply chain‚ so each manager knows exactly the demand and specific request‚ model and colour. This is a way of increasing efficiency‚ loyalty and customers satisfaction. Unlike the competitors‚ Zara spends a low percent of its sales on advertising‚ but
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