to failure is as long as 1 year but they are very expensive. Each part can cost at least $100‚000. Hence the parts are very costly to hold as inventory. The firm is looking for a supply chain solution that can meet its needs. (a) What is the competitive strategy if you want to service this firm? (b) What supply chain infrastructure and flows do you think would be appropriate to service this customer? You will need to justify your recommendation. (You can surf the internet to get some ideas.
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ZARA: Responsive‚ High-Speed‚ Affordable Fashion 1.What is Zara’s value proposition? How does it differ from its competitors? Zara’s value proposition is ‘low-cost but high fashion’ together with the opportunity of having a new piece of 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
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Choose an organization delivering goods and/or services globally. Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain. Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems. Write a 4–5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change: • Addresses the importance of quality management and measurement
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INTEGRATING THE SUPPLY CHAIN Case Study - Friedland Timbers co. Johann Klassen is the Managing Director of Friedland Timbers co. which makes specialised wood products for the construction industry. He has recently been worried by late deliveries to some important customers. The industry is very competitive‚ and Johann knows that customers will go to other suppliers if he cannot guarantee deliveries. The marketing manager is particularly upset because he has worked with these customers for a
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faster than the competition will improve a company’s competitive position. To remain competitive‚ companies must seek new solutions to important Supply Chain Management issues such as modal analysis‚ supply chain management‚ load planning‚ route planning and distribution network design. Companies must face corporate challenges that impact Supply Chain Management such as reengineering globalisation and outsourcing. Why is it so important for companies to get products to their customers quickly
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Introduction This case discusses the unique supply chain management practices of Spanish garments retailer Zara‚ which enabled it to gain competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the world. Zara’s vertically integrated supply chain system enabled the company to place the latest designs in any store across the world within a period of two to three weeks. The company produced garments as per the latest trends in a limited quantity. Zara introduced 12‚000 designs every year‚ with new
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http://www.slideshare.net/himadrisingha/barilla-spa-a-case-on-supply-chain-integration http://www.scribd.com/doc/22320494/Barilla-SpA http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~liush/MOIT/Barilla%20Case%20Study.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/7325445/Barilla-SpA-Case-Solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgBY5wn0aE The Barilla SpA (Harvard Case) Qian Wang Tsai-Lan Huang Xiaoqing Ge February 2‚ 2000 Summary The JITD initiative at Barrila drew a lot of internal and external objections which
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1. The success of Galanz is mainly the result of adopting different competitive strategy and operations strategy under different internal and external situation. From the perspective of competitive strategy‚ first Mr. Liang took the overall cost leadership strategy. As he well understood the competitive edge of his company was offering cheap labor and cheap land‚ he offered a very low price to the customers. By doing that‚ Galanz beat the competitors away as they could not make big profit and
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than ever‚ supply chain management plays a key role for organizational success for those that aim to expand their market reach around the globe. This paper discusses perhaps one of the most excellent organizations when it comes to supply chain management. Zara is known around the world as one of the most successful provider of fashion products. This paper presents a description of supply chain management including its elements and components. The different stages of Zara’s supply chain and their contributions
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Table of contents 1 Key figures about Zara 1 2 Exogenous factors during Zara’s foundation and globalization 2 3 The method of Zara 2 4 Bibliography 4 Key figures about Zara Zara‚ main subsidiary of the La Coruna (Spain) based Inditex Group Inc.‚ was founded in 1975 and has become world’s largest clothing retailer in 2008 (Clark & Keeley‚ 2008). On the way to the top of the global retail industry it passed some decisive events that transformed the formerly founded pyjama and dressing
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