12 1. The Supply Chain It will be recalled that the supply chain is a concept that was covered at some length during lecture one. What we shall do here is to offer only a basic overview of the concept‚ to refresh the memory. Supply chain management has been defined by members of ‘The International Centre for Competitive Excellence’ in 1994 as: “Supply chain management is the integration of business processes from end-user through original suppliers that provide products‚ services and information
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ase Study: Boom and Bust in Telecommunications In 1997 Michael O’Dell‚ the chief scientist at World-Com‚ which owned the largest network of “Internet backbone” fiber optic cable in the world‚ stated that data traffic over the Internet was doubling every hundred days. This implied a growth rate of over 1‚000 percent a year. O’Dell went on to day that there was not enough fiber optic capacity to go around‚ and that “demand will far outstrip supply for the foreseeable future.” Electrified by this
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Industrial Engineering and Management Science - TU/e (2008) Student identity number 0577763 in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Operations Management and Logistics Supervisors: Dr. T. van Woensel‚ TU/e‚ OPAC Prof. Dr. A.G. De Kok‚ TU/e‚ OPAC M. Van Veen MSc‚ FloraHolland‚ Concern Logistiek TUE. School of Industrial Engineering. Series Master Theses Operations Management and Logistics Subject headings: operations research‚ logistics‚ transport 2
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that can change in response to the competition and changing environment. In other words‚ they will be flexible. Therefore‚ today’s organisation stand in sharp contrast to the typical bureaucratic organisations that have many vertical levels of management and where control is sought
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Case 1 Integrated Logistics Overview This case finds Tom Lippert‚ sales representative for DuPont Engineering Polymers (DEP)‚ in a situation common to today’s competitive sales environment. His company‚ as a supplier to a major manufacturer (GARD)‚ is faced with changing times. GARD is in the midst of a “changing of the guard” as Mr. Lippert’s long-time contact‚ Mike O’Leary‚ retires. O’Leary’s successor‚ Richard Binish‚ brings a new set of supplier expectations to the fore of GARD’s
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HALAL LOGISTIC Definition Halal logistics is the process of managing the material flow and information flow throughout the supply chain in accordance to a Halal standard. Halal is used to describe anything permissible under Islamic law‚ in contrast to haram‚ that which is forbidden. This covers aspects such as behaviour‚ speech‚ dress‚ conduct‚ manner‚ and dietary laws. CHARACTERISTIC OF HALAL LOGISTIC Halal
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proliferation of information technologies (IT) and the internet technologies have provided impetus and challenges to the logistics. New technologies present new means to manage the flow of information. IT as a productivity tool can be utilized to both increase the capability and decrease the cost at the same time. It has been widely accepted that firms can achieve competitive advantage by cost reduction or differentiation with the proper implementation of IT. Enabled by IT the logistics has become a source
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Germany had made many advances in their technology pertaining to rockets. They created a V-1 rocket and a V-2 rocket. The V-1 rocket was an automatic aircraft that was created by Robert Lussar and Fritz Gosslau. The aircraft had an autopilot function that would enable it to fly towards
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Academy of Management Learning & Education‚ 2009‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 3‚ 324 –336. ........................................................................................................................................................................ New Developments in Technology Management Education: Background Issues‚ Program Initiatives‚ and a Research Agenda PHILLIP H. PHAN The Johns Hopkins University DONALD S. SIEGEL University at Albany‚ SUNY MIKE WRIGHT Nottingham University Business School
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‘within arm reach’ as per Greg Javor‚ Vce President of Global Logistics for Starbucks Coffee Company (1). The relationships were leveraged to the key levels between the partners and allowed OHL to react quickly and in a more effective way to a changing and Starbucks strategy. Also‚ the improved communication helped to introduce more innovation into the business and now Starbucks and OHL use voice picking technologies‚ finger scanning technology and introduced the EDI labeling in their warehousing system
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