Test Questions Sessions 1-9 * What is a supply chain? The interconnected businesses that convert raw materials into consumer products via the transfer of materials‚ information and cash. * Draw a hypothetical milk supply chain * What is supply chain management? The management of upstream and downstream suppliers working together to create high value products for consumers as efficiently as possible to the benefit of the whole supply chain. It operates on three different levels‚ Strategic
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1) Question: Due to the fast growth of the business and lack of visibility of supply and demand‚ Clock Enterprises is facing significant customer service issues and the company is beginning to have frequent “out of stock” situations. Although Clock Enterprises model is “The Customer is King”‚ their current customer service as measured by case fill‚ is running at 85% compared to the best in class benchmark of 98.5%. What are your recommendations to resolve this issue? Answer: Customer service
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without passing on the benefits to Seth Dhaniram? In my opinion it was not ethical on JOSH’s part to eliminate the distributors from the chain without passing the benefits to Seth Dhaniram. The main diplomatic reason which could have been explained by JOSH to make the decision of removing the distributors may be: * Increasing the efficiency of the supply chain in terms of the time that is taken by the product to reach the customers by removing one intermediate. * From customer’s point of view
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1.1 Introduction Supply chain management‚ is the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective & efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development‚ sourcing‚ production‚ and logistics‚ as well as the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. Figure 1
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Darden is known to have four major types of their supply chain for all of their canned food‚ sea food‚ small ware and also fresh foods which are of great help to the company. Darden usually distributes small ware directly which is of great advantage to them since it helps them to lower down the cost that they incur while they ship small items like plates napkins because they usually have a similar manufacturing area. It also helps the company in aligning all their main restaurants together. This
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Resilient Supply Chain Introduction In the recent years many disasters and catastrophic events such as hurricane Mitch‚ tsunamis‚ SARS‚ terrorist attacks and earthquakes have shown that we live in world with increasing uncertainty. These events can cause major disruptions in the supply chain. Although similar events have occurred‚ since the terrorist attacks of September 11 of 2001 the firms began to reassess the benefits of commonly accepted strategies for sourcing‚ transportation‚ demand
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Case #2: The Supply Chain Management of Samsung Electronics Introduction Samsung Electronics is a global leading company in the electronics industry. It applies and organizes its supply chain activities to create resilience toward highly volatile market and generate competitive advantages against its peers. The Supply Chain Management of Samsung includes the sequence of its organizations’ facilities‚ functions and activities that are involved in producing and delivering product or service.
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2. (60%) Case: “The Great Inventory Correction” (please refer to textbook pp. 204-207). a) How has Altera modified its strategy? Why? b) Do you think Altera’s new strategy will be successful? What are some advantages and disadvantages of the new strategy? c) How do you anticipate Altera’s customers will react to this new strategy? What are advantages and disadvantages for Altera’s customers? d) What information does Flextronics have that its clients do not? Why? How can Flextronics leverage
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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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1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 1. Risk Management in Humanitarian Relief Operations 2. Commercial Supply chain and Humanitarian Supply Chain – A Comparative Study 4. Case Study 1. The Yogyakarta Earthquake – Humanitarian Relief Operations through IFRC’s Decentralized Supply Chain. 5. Areas to focus for Future Research 1. Sourcing and Supplier Management 2. Performance Management 3. Transportation‚ Model
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