Case 9 Eastern Waves‚ Inc. Summary Mr. Patton‚ vice-president of purchasing for Code C‚ Inc.‚ is concerned about a price increase from a Malaysian supplier. Last summer Code C was celebrating a 60 percent cost reduction based on replacing their major specialty steel supplier with Eastern Waves‚ in Kuantan‚ Malaysia. Eastern Waves is a small steel manufacturing company in Malaysia. It has several plants in Malaysia and China and produces various downstream steel products such as angle steel
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Subject – Supply Chain Management Semester - III Case - 1 John Deere and Complex Parts‚ Inc. On Friday‚ November 22‚ 2000‚ Blake Roberts‚ Hayley Marie‚ Stan Ealdns‚ and John Pearson‚ members of one of John Deere’s supplier evaluation teams‚ were discussing the performance of Complex Parts. It had provided questionable service to John Deere’s Moline unit over the past year‚ and they were wondering if this merited giving Complex Parts’ business to a different supplier. They needed
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Letter of Transmittal Dated: 2nd May‚ 2012 Mohammad Anwar Hossain Assistant Professor‚ Department of Marketing‚ University of Dhaka Subject: Submission of Term Paper. Dear Sir‚ It gave us an immense pleasure in presenting this assignment‚ which was assigned to us as a term paper of Business Logistics (413) course. In this paper‚ we have tried our level best to carry out all the requirements of a term paper. We consider ourselves very
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Summary – Strategic Supply Chain Management Content Introduction and Course Organization (140917) “Students will learn how to develop supply chain strategies and supply chain networks based on firms’ competitive strategies and marketing priorities." Assigned Reading – Dressing for the Weather‚ Top Supply Chain challenges motivate action Manufacturing firms increasingly use their supply chains to outperform competitors and to gain market share -> notable on the top management agenda. In the end
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of Dell supply chain management Liu Xingrui 920514-7482 tml10xlu@student.hig.se Xiao Ziye 920801-6619 tml10zxo@student.hig.se Peng Yunyi 930204-9128 tml10ypg@student.hig.se Liu Siqi 921026-9628 tml10slu@student.hig.se Date Summary Dell’s supply chain is typical paragon among the computer manufacturing industry. The advantage of supply chain lead to a rather strong marketing performance for dell than it ever had been. This paper takes an overview of Dell’s supply chain and strategies
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SOME SUCCESS STORIES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Adriano O. Solis‚ Ph.D. Academic Advisor‚ NAPM El Paso Wal-Mart Stores Perhaps one of the most commonly cited success stories in supply chain management (SCM) is that of Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ which reported total sales of $191.329 billion and a net income of $6.295 billion during the fiscal year ended January 31‚ 2001 (see www.walmartstores.com). These figures represent a 15.9% growth in total sales and a 17.1% increase in net income over
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INTRODUCTION Every company has their own supply chain in order to sort or produce goods. However‚ the company needs to manage supply chain to maximize its highest benefits. By having effective supply chain management‚ the company can ensure that the right product or service will be available at the time to the right place and at the right price (Kamal 2007). Amazon is one of the companies that have best supply chain practices in order to respond high level of responsiveness for the customers
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Question 1. Discuss the statement “Time is equal to money” within the context of supply chain management for both manufacturing and retail organisations. There is no such thing as constant. Everything in this world evolves‚ even strategic performance measures. An organisation must be open to the idea that some measures changes over time. Organisations must research on different approaches to be at par with the changes on the systems. Business organisations today particularly the manufacturing and
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Global Supply Chain Global Supply Chain Moderator: Panelists: Janice H. Hammond‚ Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing‚ Director of Faculty Planning William K.L. Fung‚ Group Managing Director‚ Li & Fung Ltd. Willy C. Shih‚ Professor of Management Practice‚ Technology and Operations Management Unit Marjorie M.T. Yang‚ Chairman‚ Esquel Group matter how large the order. But it then took The Limited three weeks to get the items from their distribution center to their stores. Mr. Fung
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produced by the company‚ which is priced at a competitive rate to attract lower and middle sized veterinarians. The production of Omnivue involves the use of plastics and chemical reagents supplied by two major suppliers‚ GenieTech and Elsinore. The management of Bergerac is planning to take control over its suppliers to reduce the production fluctuation and overhead costs of the firm. There are three strategic alternatives for the company to implement its future plans. It can opt for forward integration
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