IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) e-ISSN: 2278-487X‚ p-ISSN: 2319-7668. Volume 9‚ Issue 3 (Mar. - Apr. 2013)‚ PP 79-84 www.iosrjournals.org Minimization of waste by applying value stream mapping in the supply chain of cement industry Abu Md. Saifuddoha1‚ Md. Ahasan Habib2‚ Sohana Yasmin Sumi3‚ Md. Jennurine4‚ Md. Saiful Islam5 1 (Student of IEM Department‚ KUET‚ Bangladesh) (Lecturer of IEM Department‚ KUET‚ Bangladesh) 3 (Student of IEM Department‚ KUET‚ Bangladesh)
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Right to the core | Official CIPS Magazine – Supply Management Page 1 of 9 The purchasing and supply website Right to the core 27 May 2010 | Richard Brass Tyrannical‚ secretive - and a huge success. Richard Brass investigates how Apple devised the ultimate supply chain In each of the past two years‚ AMR Research has named Apple’s supply chain the best in the world. Its operation‚ the supply chain consultancy says‚ marks “an epic shift away from the 20th-century production-efficiency mentality
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Xbox case: Lee‚ Hau; Hoyt David W. and Holloway‚ Chuck‚ “Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain” * Who are the various stakeholders for Xbox that formed the Microsoft ecosystem while developing the supply chain business strategy for Xbox? * What were the challenges faced by Xbox when it first launched Xbox? * How did this compare to the launch of Xbox 360? * Did they consider any changes in the supply chain? Essay: Xbox Stakeholders Microsoft’s Xbox project was started by a group
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designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks‚ appliances and home accessories. The company is the world ’s largest furniture retailer. It was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden. As of October 2010‚ the chain has 313 stores in 38 countries‚ most of them in Europe‚ North America‚ Asia and Australia. The word IKEA was an acronym of his name and address: Ingvar Kamprad and Elmtaryd‚ Agunnaryd--the name of his farm and the name of the village it was located
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Case Study #3: A Pain in the (Supply) Chain Highlights This case is about the bullwhip effect and supply chain coordination Read “A pain in the (supply) chain” in the course pack and the supply chain integration (bullwhip effect) chapter in the textbook. To meet the target of 9% sales growth‚ Exceso Corporation (the manufacturer) starts an aggressive promotion (sharp discount in the price) to its retailers‚ despite the obvious downside of doing so. Please read the case carefully and
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Supply Chain Management A good practice guide for the post-16 skills sector from the sector for the sector Foreword This guide is designed to help providers minimise the risk within supply chains‚ ensuring that they offer high-quality provision that is responsive to the needs of local communities‚ learners and employers. I have always promoted the positive aspect of our sector’s willingness to share good practice and our ability to continue to learn from each other. This guide uses this
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BARILLA SpA (A) SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – MODULE ONE Table of Content Contents Title Page 1 Table of Content 2 Executive Summary 3 Issue(s) Identification 4 Environmental And Root Cause Analysis 5 Recommendations 7 Implementation 8 Monitor and Control 9 Conclusion 9 Exhibits 10 Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚(A) is the largest producer of pasta in the world‚ making 35% of all pasta
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Looking Good; LG Electronics India Discusses its Supply Chain Strategy By Jayashree Kini-Mendes Feature | 257 days ago | LG Electronics India believes in reaching products to people on-demand. Somebody impressed the market with a sense of enterprise‚ depth of vision‚ efficiency of service and the durability of products. Jayashree Mendes meets the Vice-President (Head – SCM) of LG Electronics India‚ KK Kaul‚ the man behind this movement. He has been working with the company since LG India set
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global player in the industry of sports apparel and athlete endorsements because of many different factors that are outlined in the way they manage their company. By analyzing the business plan of Nike we can see how their supply chain is set up as is illustrated above. The supply chain is very important for the transfer of their goods from the supplier of raw materials to a manufacturer‚ then to a distributer‚ then to a retailer‚ to then be available for the customer. This process is optimally tweaked
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The Benetton supply chain One of the best known examples of how an organization can use its supply chain to achieve a competitive advantage is the Benetton Group. Founded by the Benetton family in the 1960s‚ the company is now one of the largest garment retailers‚ with stores which bear its name located in almost all parts of the world. Part of the reason for its success has been the way it has organized both the supply side and the demand side of its supply chain. Although Benetton does manufacture
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