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    e-Business and Supply Chain Management: An Overview and Framework1 Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management special issue on e-Business and Supply Chain Management M. Eric Johnson Center for Digital Strategies Tuck School of Business Administration Dartmouth College Hanover‚ NH 03755 www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/digitalstrategies m.eric.johnson@dartmouth.edu phone: 603-646-0526; fax: 603-646-1308 Seungjin Whang Global Supply Chain Management Forum Graduate School of Business Stanford

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    essay format‚ explain how the need for firms to recognize supply chain management as a philosophy and a source of competitive advantage has led to significant changes in the purchasing role amongst public and private sector organisations. INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental questions facing modern organisations is how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage (Rumelt et al 1994) within an increasingly fast moving environment. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is critical element of model business

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    Logistics and supply chain management are not new ideas. From the building of the pyramids to the relief of hunger in Africa‚ the principles underpinning the effective flow of materials and information to meet the requirements of customers have altered little. Throughout the history of mankind wars have been won and lost through logistics strengths and capabilities – or the lack of them. It has been argued that the defeat of the British in the American War of Independence can largely be attributed

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    1. Cisco Systems went from a “push” to a “pull” approach to its supply chain after the dot-com debacle. How are these two approaches different? Does it depend on the state of the economy which one should be used? Why? Before the dot-com debacle Cisco Systems used “push” approach – a lot of inventory was made‚ and it was based on best-guess forecasts. This approach was not bad when economy was strong and there was huge demand and there was no need to predict precisely the inventory. When during the

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    Logistics and Supply Chain Management Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle La Rochelle‚ October/November 2012 Prof. Dr. Thomas Liebetruth Learning Objectives Realizing some applications of logistics principles in the “real world” Understanding the necessity and the challenges of Supply Chain Management Know different approaches how to model a Supply Chain Structure and localize the problems of Supply Chain Management Master (some of) the basic management and planning techniques in a Supply Chain context

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    OVERVIEW OF FMCG SECTOR IN INDIA A Supply Chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the function of procurement of materials transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products and the distribution of these finished products to customers. It is the process used by the companies to ensure that their supply chain is efficient and cost effective. It also basically a collection steps which a company follows to transform raw materials into finished

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    A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers with what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. - What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? - What are some risks in each case? Answer: A supply chain could accurate its responsiveness if it is able to improve in these criteria: - Respond to wide ranges of quantities demanded - Meet short lead times - Handle a large variety of products - Build highly innovative

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    SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Homework #1 (Due – April 18‚ 2013) Electronic Submission  MS Word  MSc ECOM/ICOM assignment submission system  File name: hw1 and your HKU ID (e.g. hw1_1234567)  Please limit the answer to 1 page for each (sub)question (60%) Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain (Textbook‚ pp.179-187) 1. a) Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics costs than L6? What are some of the costs that are incurred in L5 but not

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    Zara’s supply chain case study Contents Declaration: 1 Introduction 3 SCM tools and techniques 4 Advanced concepts and Future trends of SCM 6 Linking theoritical concepts and real life SCM 9 ZARA gaining competitive advantage using SCM 10 Managing global supply chain 12 Bibliography / References 12 Introduction The aim of this case study is to analyze how ZARA has achieved its success through various business strategies. In particular‚ we will focus on supply chain management the

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    Supply Chain Management of J C Penney in perspective of APL Logistics Ltd. 1.0. Introduction Internship report is a mandatory requirement of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree of BRAC University. This report has been designed to portray my on the job internship with APL Logistics from the period of January to April‚ 2007. Being a Customer Service Representative of APL Logistics Limited‚ I had the opportunity to get attached with the supply chain or logistics management department

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