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 a faster service could be achieved on a lower cost by removing the margin that the distributors enjoyed. Aforesaid reasons seem to be correct keeping the customers in perspective. But supply chain consists of various components including suppliers‚ manufacturers ‚logistics
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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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PACIFIC MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY | Case 6 | | Submitted to | Samy AhmedFaculty Member: MKT 445Sales Management | Submitted by | Medhad Nasser Chowdhury082735530Section : 01 | 3/24/2013 | Case Background Pacific Medical Supply Company was a prominent supplier in the southern California region. They used to supply medical instruments and all other itineraries using a distribution channel consisting of sales commission based Sales force. Jim Shine‚ the owner of Pacific Medical‚ started
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Wong Tze Siang. 22972668. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY By 2015‚ Pacific Grove (hereafter referred as "PG") will reach a 55% ratio of interest/bearing debt to total assets and their equity multiplier will be 2.77 which is consistent with Peterson’s expectation. I must be noted that over the next 4 years‚ PG’s interest coverage is forecasted to increase suggesting that they will gradually be building up more earnings to cover its debt payment which is a good sign for the banks. Dilution of shares seems have
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Kuan-Chung (Bill) Wu HPM540: Professor Kamke HPM540: Case Study 3: Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare 1. What is your assessment of the Performance Management system developed at Intermountain Healthcare? - The Performance Management (PM) system developed by Intermountain has become a model for many healthcare organizations. Intermountain’s PM system includes the following elements: 1) Identifying six most important performance criteria‚ 2) Developing goals for different
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their role in the Pacific Alliance and how this affects their association with the United States of America and the Asia Pacific. In the recent past there has been a turn towards building strong ties with countries that cover the Asia Pacific that enhances wealth
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Agility and Risk Management at Pacific Life: Optimizing Business Unit Autonomy Case summary Intro * Pacific Life (PL) holds its culture as central to 139 years in business. * 5 strengths: (a) Risk management; (b) Customer service culture (both distributor and customer levels); (c) Team orientation (different expertise combined); (d) Continuity of operations and company identity; and (e) Integrity (providing value to clients). * Need to balance business unit
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The Liberty Medical Group (A) 1. Prepare a brief situational analysis of LMF for Dr. Townsend‚ identifying at least 3 internal issues and 3 external issue/competitive issues that are affecting LMF. Liberty Medical Foundation‚ which includes Liberty Medical Group (LMG) and Liberty Medical Plan (LMP)‚ is a physician-centered‚ group-practiced health maintenance organization. Liberty was one of the first organizations to embrace “evidence-based” medicine‚ whereby an effort was made to identify best
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Journal of Supply Chain management and other Business issues BASF Case Study Challenges in Supply Chain Management Thomas Schuster‚ Daan Cramer‚ Niek Nigg‚ Bart van Gorp‚ Myrthe Jansen‚ Alla Lashmanova‚ under the supervision of Dr. Peter Bollen University College Maastricht Business Press‚ Universiteit Maastricht Zwingelput 4‚ 6220 MD Maastricht Abstract. This paper primarily discusses and analyzes theories and implications of supply chain management. A case study of the German chemical company
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JAKKS Pacific (JAKK)‚ a Malibu‚ Calif.-based toymaker‚ has hit a rough patch in recent year. After hitting a multi-year low last October‚ the stock rebounded to $9 price levels in April this year. But‚ then‚ lost most of its gains after the company reported a soft bottom line improvement in the second quarter. // Insert JAKK1.png Notwithstanding those who might think the bearish trend in the stock would continue‚ below I highlight the reasons why investors should look to buy the stock at current
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