ASSIGNMENT 1 FOR DLM 1/8/2012 1. For each of the three scenarios below‚ categorize the demand for bulk-breaking‚ spatial convenience‚ waiting/delivery time‚ and assortment/variety as "High‚" "Medium‚" or "Low." In each case‚ explain your answers. a. A woman in an emerging-market country of Southeast Asia wishes to buy some cosmetics for herself. She has never done so before‚ and is not entirely sure of on what occasions she will wear the cosmetics. She does not live near a big city
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Inventory Management of a Fast Fashion Fast-Fashion Retail Network Felipe Caro UCLA Anderson School of Management fcaro@anderson.ucla.edu 2012 KUMPEM FORUM ANNUAL RETAIL CONFERENCE Koç University May 18‚ 2012 University‚ 18 Caro: “Inventory Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network” Industry-Academia Collaboration • Felipe Caro‚ UCLA Anderson • Jé é i G lli Jérémie Gallien‚ London Business S h l L d B i School • Miguel Díaz‚ Zara CFO • Javier García‚ Zara • José Manuel Corredoira‚ Zara
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MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND LOGISTICS 2011 Unit Title : International Trade Policy & Practice Unit number : MTL 504 Assignment number : 2 Submission date : 16th October 2011 Student declaration I certify that the attached assignment is my own work. Material drawn from other sources has been acknowledged according to unit-specific requirements for referencing. …………. ………16th October 2011 …. Name/Signature of
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Knowledge Management | | Knowledge management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify‚ create‚ represent‚ distribute‚ and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge‚ either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice. An established discipline since 1991 KM includes courses taught in the fields of business administration‚ information systems‚ management‚ and library
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STUDY OF PROFITABILITY OF A LOGISTICS COMPANY USING ECONOMETRICS TOOLS Executive summary This study examines the impact of three factors‚ namely Sales‚ Fixed assets and Interest paid on the profitability of a logistics company. Econometric tool of multiple linear regression model was used for analyzing the impact of above factors on profitability of a major logistics company GATI Limited. Based on the financial data of last 10 years 2000-2009 the regression analysis has revealed that profitability
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THE FUNDAMENTAL OF LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY Xi-Er Dang Abstract This paper provides a basic but fundamental understanding of logistic primarily based on the book of “Logistics Management and Strategy” by Harrison and van Hoek. It will guide you through from the basic definition and concepts to the different supply chain strategies that exist‚ as well as providing a perception on the future logistic development. Explanation of principal terms like logistic‚ supply chain management and
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Abstract/Introduction : Logistics is the one important function in business today. No marketing‚ manufacturing or project execution can succeed without logistics support. ’Logistics ’ is the management of the flow of resources‚ not only goods‚ between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics is one of the main functions within a company. The main targets of logistics can be divided into performance related and
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expenses are often contained within general inbound or outbound freight budgets‚ and are not singled out as separate line items. The entire process of ordering premium freight has been revolutionized‚ however‚ by the emergence of third-party logistics companies. These companies are unbiased in their choice of carriers‚ using performance data to make their selections. TNT Express is one of the premium freight providers. They added the values in their service‚ such as providing information during
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Plaza‚ the Logistics park of Zaragoza Case Analysis Supply Chain Network Diagram The supply chain flow and the respective lead times Option 1 Option 2 Average Cycle Time(Days) Rotterdam Zaragoza Average Time to reach the port 29 24 Time spent at port 1.5 1.5 Time from warehouse to customer 0.5 1.5 Total average lead time(days) 31 27 The average time to reach the port was averaged for each option 1 from the data given Demand‚ Inventory and Safety Stock Option
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Department of Global Business and Transportation An An Introduction to Logistics and the Supply Chain Abstract Abstract Oft times I have found that students come into a course1 that assumes they have knowledge of logistics and the supply chain‚ but‚ in fact‚ lack that knowledge. This note helps to provide a bridge to those students and improve their chances of successfully completing the course. Applicable to the Following Courses TMGT 7200 MIS in Transportation TMGT 8510 System Design
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