SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS IN THAILAND Abstract Supply chain and Logistics management has become an emergent strategy for a developing country‚ like Thailand‚ in this new economy. Low labour cost – as a competitive advantage factor - is no longer sufficient for surviving under this high pressure and competitive economy. However‚ at the time that the concept plays a key role in Thailand industry and a number of researches have been conducted‚ all the knowledge in the field are still not effectively
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the relationship between supply chain vulnerability and supply chain risk and its effect on firm performance by means of a survey. With the emergence of a fierce competitive business environment‚ supply chain risk management has become a primary focus for companies across all domains and industries. With series of catastrophes and disasters‚ along with a firm’s new age strategies like outsourcing and globalization of market‚ have put a severe strain on the supply chain on these firms. Hence it becomes
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The Deloitte Swiss Watch Industry Study 2014 Changing times Foreword Welcome to the third Deloitte Watch Industry Study. Building on the success of the last two editions‚ more than 50 senior industry executives participated in this year’s study through an online survey or personal interview. The study highlights the views of watch company executives on the key challenges and opportunities facing the Swiss watch industry. 15 09 14 Geneva SMI DAX FTSE 2 missed calls 3 new messages +0.62 +0.21 -1
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with customers is key to forecasting. These advantages are crucial to the success of auto business. …. 3) What challenges does Ford face that are not also faced by Dell? How should Ford deal with these challenges? As the nature of auto industry‚ Ford had some historical legacies which pose challenges to move to direct business model. First‚ it is the process complexity – Ford’s supplier network had many more layers and many more companies while Dell had just a handful of suppliers. To worst
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of this sector. This research will focus on effective supply chain management and its affect on the profitability of Garments Industry. Here the profitability of Textile Industry depends on the volume trade‚ productivity and proper use of resources. The sustainability of the long standing growth of this sector in this bizarre situation is crucial for the economic growth of the country. That is why‚ an evaluation of the effective supply chain management to get more profitability from this sector.
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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being placed on business on every industry‚ such as to provide products and services quicker‚ with greater added value‚ to the correct location‚ with no relevant inventory position‚ etc. However‚ customers are more sophisticated by wanting more quality‚ design‚ innovation‚ choice‚ convenience and service‚ and they want to spend less money‚ effort‚ time and risk. Hence‚ every business has to deal with highly competitive situation in order to survive; Supply Chain Management (SCM) becoming the main
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Publication Date: 12 November 2010 ID Number: G00208603 Case Study for Supply Chain Leaders: Dell ’s Transformative Journey Through Supply Chain Segmentation Matthew Davis Faced with ever-changing customer needs‚ product commoditization‚ unique global requirements and new‚ low-cost competitors‚ Dell embarked on a three-year journey to segment its supply chain response capabilities. The company designed its supply chains based on a mix of cost optimization‚ delivery speed and product choices
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In Supply Chain Management (SCM) SUBMITEED BY: vaibhav kumar srivastav TABLE OF CONTENTS SI NO. TOPIC PAGE NO (1) Meaning and Introduction 1 (2) Tour of Developments in supply 2
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The reading on sustainable supply chain management (Ram Nidumolu‚ C.K. Prahalad‚ and M.R. Rangaswami‚ 2009; B. Ageron‚ A. Gunasekaran‚ A. Spalanzani‚ 2012) shows that the sustainable business development has received a great deal of attention from governments and both profit and non-for-profit organizations to environmental‚ social and corporate responsibility. It is vital for companies to take seriously thinking about manufacturing and service sustainability‚ and underscore the importance of sustainability
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