Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 1. Risk Management in Humanitarian Relief Operations 2. Commercial Supply chain and Humanitarian Supply Chain – A Comparative Study 4. Case Study 1. The Yogyakarta Earthquake – Humanitarian Relief Operations through IFRC’s Decentralized Supply Chain. 5. Areas to focus for Future Research 1. Sourcing and Supplier Management 2. Performance Management 3. Transportation‚ Model
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Supply Chain Strategies Integrated Supply Chain Management BUS631 Matthew Keogh This paper shall discuss the concept of supply chain strategies of Hewlett-Packard organization. Strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) supply chain planning‚ analysis‚ and modeling system. “Hewlett-Packard ’s strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) team refined an approach using true optimization coupled with scenario analysis‚ selectively focused on the most
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Supply Chain Concept Introduction In today ’s competitive business environment many firms face the arduous mission of managing their supply chain. In an effort to gain competitive advantage‚ firms must make key decision involving logistics and operations management to move products and service across the supply chain. The materialization and attractiveness of the Internet has made supply chain management more attainable for business enterprises. Research shows that Internet-derived technology
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* Supply Chain Management In IBM: * Early 1990’s: decentralized geographic and functional departments * Mid-late 1990’s: Distribution and logistics functions centralized into a global organization with world-wide responsibility * Early 2000’s: merger of Customer Fulfillment‚ Procurement‚ Manufacturing‚ and Global Logistics/Distribution functions into a new global Integrated Supply Chain function * Result: cost savings of $5.6B in 2002 and $7B in 2003 * A Case study
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goals of Starbucks’ coffee bean supply chain as being a customer focused organization The primary goals of the coffee bean supply chain will be to provide total customer satisfaction by ensuring the coffee is available in all varieties‚ at reasonably affordable prices‚ and the coffee meets and exceeds customers’ expectations‚ along with providing the unique experience (as described above)‚ while keeping costs possibly low throughout the whole chain from supplier(s) to end customer(s).
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environment SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A supply chain is the process of moving goods from the customer order through the raw materials stage. All organizations have supply chains of varying degrees‚ depending upon the size of the organization and the type of product manufactured. These networks obtain supplies and components‚ change these materials into finished products and then distribute them to the customer. Managing the chains of events in this process is what is known as supply chain management. Effective
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Question 1 1.1 As the world’s largest retailer with net sales of almost $419 billion for the fiscal year 2011‚ Wal-Mart is considered a “best-in-class” company for its supply chain management practices. These practices are a key competitive advantage that have enabled Wal-Mart to achieve leadership in the retail industry through a focus on increasing operational efficiency and on customer needs Wal-Mart’s corporate website calls “logistics” and “distribution” the heart of its operation‚ one that
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Sony’s reduction in supply chain Recently a piece of news which has hit the business circles and is being discussed very much is that Sony is going to reduce 75% of supply chain. Sony will now be relying on 250 of its 1000 current suppliers as a part of short term temporary strategy. Sony is choosing these 250 partners for key products such as digital cameras‚ smart phones etc. (Bloomberg Business Week‚ 2014) The news is being discussed in the business circles heavily. Some are criticizing Sony
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Value chain management and value creation Student Name‚ Class University Michael Porter described Value chain as the activities which a firm carries out in order to come up with a quality product that meets the consumer’s needs. Such activities include‚ research and development‚ product design‚ production of the product‚ marketing and selling the finished product to potential customers‚ distribution management and customer service which may include after sale services
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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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