Sustainable supply chain management across the UK private sector Helen Walker Cardiff Business School‚ Cardiff University‚ Cardiff‚ UK‚ and Neil Jones Alliance Boots‚ Nottingham‚ UK Abstract Purpose – Increasingly‚ private sector companies are aiming to buy and supply products and services in a sustainable way‚ termed “sustainable supply chain management” (sustainable SCM)‚ using purchasing and supply to reduce negative impacts on the environment‚ economy and society. There is often a gap
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cited in business and management literature as being ‘visionary’‚ ‘exemplar’‚ ‘innovative’ and ‘cutting edge’‚ Hewlett-Packard has long been recognized as possessing a successful organizational culture. However‚ what the founders could not account for was the changing global economic climate and the ever-present need to adapt their original business model to ensure the company relevance as a leader in the technology sector. As the long-established cultures within Hewlett-Packard were being challenged
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Merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Mergers‚ Acquisitions and Restructuring Introduction Throughout 1999 and 2000 in the midst of an increasingly competitive business environment‚ Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors and executive management evaluated numerous alternatives for business growth to protected the company’s viability. Although HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) dominated its market segment‚ the company did not rank among the top three among competitors in personal computers‚
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are continually improving their mix of management and organizational practices aiming at proliferating in daily operations‚ while maintaining a competitive edge. These organizations embrace incessant improvement following the realization that the long-term success of these organizations depends on competencies in adopting theory-based best practices in the practice of management. In other terms‚ organizational success depends on how well management best practices‚ theories of sustaining performance
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Hewlett-Packard Case Study Hewlett-Packard (HP) can attribute much of their success to their initiation of the DeskJet printer in 1988. In 1990‚ even with success of increased sales‚ concerns had arisen over growing inventory levels in the European distribution centers. This concern was raised due to the fact that they inventory had “tracked sales growth closely” (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilano‚ 2005‚ p. 625). In the HP cast study‚ the Supply Chain shows the DeskJet product is manufactured prior
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------------------------------------------------- Supply chain management Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers (Harland‚ 1996).[1] Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of raw materials‚ work-in-process inventory‚ and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption (supply chain). Another definition is provided by the APICS Dictionary
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Introduction According to Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat‚ supply chain management has become a source of competitive advantage and profit in a flat world. He has quoted Wal-Mart’s ability of moving 2.3 billion general merchandise cartons a year down its supply chain into its stores as an example of creating value. Global supply chains that draw parts and producers from every corner of the world‚ from the best producers at the lowest price‚ are the way how to beat
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shipment lead-time is three days)‚ evaluate the various alternatives available to Brent Cartier to address the inventory and service problem. 6 5. Bibliography 8 1. What has caused the so-called Inventory/Service "Crisis"? In 1990’s‚ Hewlett-Packard faced several problems with inventory levels for the Deskjet Printer product line. This printer was produced in Vancouver’s facility and from there was shipped to a distribution center. HP has three distribution centers (DC)‚ in North America
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William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in 1945. In the early stages‚ HP has been technologically more advanced than its competitors or the market leader. HP’s earliest product was audio oscillator and technology has been HP’s major focus‚ which can be seen from its various products. Shortly‚ the company began to manufacture a broad range of products for electronic industry as well as agriculture sector. The flexible HP 3000 computers made strong sales but none of the several models
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Hewlett-Packard HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto‚ California‚ USA that provides products‚ technologies‚ softwares‚ solutions and services to consumers‚ small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises‚ including customers in the government‚ health and education sectors. It specializes in developing and manufacturing computing‚ data storage‚ and networking hardware‚ designing software and delivering services. Major product
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