in the wholesale prices. The proposed revenue sharing contract has more flexibility than price protection‚ in that the optimal revenue sharing ratio can be settled reasonably through negotiation between the retailer and wholesaler. Key words: Supply Chain Management‚ Channel Coordination‚ Revenue sharing contract‚ Two-period newsboy problem. 1. Introduction The life cycles of technology-based products are rapidly becoming shorter through continuous technological innovation. For example‚ Korean
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furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users. Pull Strategies – when a manufacturer uses advertising
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January 2006 The 11 Greatest Supply Chain Disasters Introduction Many of us rightly take pride in the growing recognition role of supply chain both within companies and in the public markets. An increasing number of companies cite supply chain initiatives and prowess in annual reports and meetings with financial analysts. But of course the opposite effect must then also occur – supply chain snafus are increasingly cited by CEOs and CFOs to explain poor financial performance. Which
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Case Study: Global Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing Assignment 1 Due: October 13‚ 2013 at 11:59pm Marks: 20 Sounds like a supply chain problem Metrovox is a German electronics manufacturer that designs‚ develops and manufactures a range of products for the entertainment and home electronics sector. Management has recently focused on two related products‚ Bugabyte and Terabyte Lite. The Bugabyte is a video and audio player with a flash drive. The company has invested heavily in
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| | | | [STRATEGY OF ZARA & BURBERRY] | | TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….1 STRATEGIES……………………………………………………………………..1 CONCLUSION: COMPARISON ZARA VS BURBERRY…………….4 REFERENCES.……………………………………………………………………5 Introduction ABOUT ZARA… Zara started operations in Spain in 1975‚ and now operates in 74 countries worldwide. Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies and it is owned by INDITEX‚ one of the world’s largest distribution
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Initial idea: Offer affordable sports equipment for children Products: − Used (second-hand) products − Surplus equipment from manufacturers and retailers Current situation (December 2007): − Demand has been growing steadily over the last years − The products are distributed to the U.S. customers through a single (and small) warehouse in St. Louis − The warehouse is leased on a year-to-year basis − The current network design‚ in particular the distribution network and warehouse
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The Topic of interest in this essay is “Supply Chain” Definition: A supply chain is a network of suppliers‚ manufacturer and distributors which helps in transformation of raw materials into valuable products and delivering them to the customers at right price‚ right place and right time. The concept of supply chain applies not only to the physical products but also to services. In the case of services‚ suppliers become service supporter‚ manufacturer becomes service creator and the distributors
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3.2 Supply chain industry A company’s supply chain is its central nervous system for how it creates and distributes a product. The industry is made up of the key players who participate in this process‚ including manufacturers‚ wholesalers or distributors‚ retailers and transportation companies. There are three main areas of a company’s supply chain. They include: (Refer to the Picture below) * Procurement or the “buying” process. This includes the purchasing of the raw materials needed to
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it affects operation managers understand their customers and translate their customers’ needs into performance objectives. "In turn‚ the performance objectives (and especially the relative importance of each one) influence the overall operations strategy of the business". (Slack et al.‚ 2010‚) The reason is that managers can based on performance objectives to do decision because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This essay will describe the Toyota Motor Corporation performance
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