globalization and localization of environmental problems. Multiple business operations are responsible for most of these problems. Hence‚ the need for green supply chain management arises. Basically‚ this type of supply chain management addresses the impact of the supply chain processes of a particular organization on the environment. Green supply chain management has been defined in a lot of ways but the simplest and most prominent one among all would be to define it as “the usage of environmentally inputs
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INTRODUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Supply Chain Management (SCM) is an essential part of every business. The supply chain of a company is its network consisting of all the companies’ suppliers‚ itself‚ and its customers. Without a successful SCM system‚ no matter how small a company might seem‚ a business cannot successfully operate. The supply chain encompasses every aspect of a business’s operations. It begins with raw materials‚ continues through production phases‚ creating finished goods
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TITLE: CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Table of Content Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Effective Distribution Networks 4 Effective Network Design 5 Effective Global Supply Chain Networks 5 Planned Demand and Supply 7 Managed Uncertainty (Safety Inventories) 7 Optimal Product Availability 7 Designed and Planned Transportation
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Global Supply Chain Design Case Study Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain 2012 Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain 1.) What supply chain changes did Microsoft make between the Xbox and the Xbox 360? What was the motivation for these changes? When Microsoft first entered the market with the release of the Xbox in 2001 it was a newcomer in the console business. The company had neither an established brand presence in this area‚ nor did it have a developed base of games and gamers in the
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Traditional View: Logistics in the Economy (1990‚ 1996) Supply Chain Management (3rd Edition) Chapter 1 Understanding the Supply Chain Freight Transportation Inventory Expense Administrative Expense Logistics Related Activity $352‚ $455 Billion $221‚ $311 Billion $27‚ $31 Billion 11%‚ 10.5% of GNP Source: Cass Logistics © 2007 Pearson Education 1-1 © 2007 Pearson Education 1-2 Traditional View: Logistics in the Manufacturing Firm Profit Logistics Cost Marketing Cost Manufacturing
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[pic]George W. Bush Childhood Story George W. Bush was born on July 6‚ 1946 in New Haven‚ Connecticut. His parents are George H. W. Bush Senior and Barbara Bush. George was raised in Houston‚ Texas. He had five siblings Neil‚ Jeb‚ Marvin‚ Dorothy‚ and Robin. Robin died from leukemia when she was three years old in 1953. George was also the oldest out of the kids in his family. George Bush went to school Kinkaid School‚ which is a private school‚ for Elementry and Middle School. Then
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Confirming Pages P A R T T H R E E Supply Chain Logistics Design One of the two primary responsibilities of a firm’s logistics management‚ as established in Chapters 1 and 2‚ is to participate in supply chain logistics design. Part 3 contains three chapters devoted to various logistics design issues. Chapter 12 establishes the global perspective of today’s business operations. Few firms enjoy the simplicity of conducting business within a single nation. The complexity of globalization
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Case Write-up Week 1 1. Supply Chain 2. Who are the various customers for textbooks? What do these customers want in terms of goods and services related to textbooks? From the publisher’s point of view‚ who is the critical customer? The various customers are professors‚ students‚ bookstores‚ schools‚ and online retailers. The customers want “on demand” accessibility‚ flexibility‚ and more content in the textbooks. The professors are the critical customer because they directly impact the
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------------------------------------------------- Historical developments in supply chain management Six major movements can be observed in the evolution of supply chain management studies: Creation‚ Integration‚ and Globalization (Movahedi et al.‚ 2009)‚ Specialization Phases One and Two‚ and SCM 2.0. 1. creation era The term supply chain management was first coined by a U.S. industry consultant in the early 1980s. However‚ the concept of a supply chain in management was of great importance long before‚ in the early 20th
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Faster response to changing business needs through end-to-end visibility into supply chain operations This implementation won the award for innovation by the US Supply Chain Council (SCC) SCC‚ a renowned global nonprofit organization‚ has established the supply chain world’s most widely accepted framework for evaluating and comparing supply chain activities and their performance - the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model. SITUATION Lack of consistent metrics‚ & reporting rules
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