theory development and testing. It draws on the literature on case research in a number of disciplines and uses examples drawn from operations management research. It provides guidelines and a roadmap for operations management researchers wishing to design‚ develop and conduct case-based research. Case research in operations management 195 Introduction Case research has consistently been one of the most powerful research methods in operations management‚ particularly in the development of new
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Executive Summary Unichema was a subsidiary of Unilever. It produced over half a million tons of oleochemicals yearly for customers worldwide. The oleochemical products produced by Unichema had a large application area-in polymers‚ cosmetics‚ rubber‚ textiles‚ leather‚ paper and lubricants. Customer demands and market pressures were forcing Unichema to become more competitive and more responsive to customer requirement such as lower prices‚ shorter lead times on deliveries‚ precise timing for deliveries
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Starbucks Supply chain; Challenges & opportunities Introduction: Starbuck is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with over 1600 stores in 50 countries. The efficiency of the supply chain management is one of the keys of the success of this company‚ yet some issues has been emerging due essentially to a rapid growth during the last years. So what are those issues‚ and what are the alternatives solution and opportunities. Issues: • The supply process is a complicated
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share of 57.9% in 2008. For many years‚ the market was dominated by players like VIP and Aristocrat. Then‚ Samsonite came in ~7-10 years ago‚ followed by American Tourister and Delsey. A few years ago‚ Witco India‚ a specialty multi brand retail chain of luggage‚ bags‚ and travel accessories‚ tapped the Indian market. Witco currently has 12 outlets in Chennai‚ Bengaluru‚ Kochi‚ and Calicut and aims to be India’s leading retailer in travel requisites in the premium segment. It offers internationally
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The Triple-A Supply Chain Key ideas from the Harvard Business Review article By Hau L. Lee The Idea in Brief The holy grails of supply chain management are high speed and low cost--or are they? Though necessary‚ they aren’t sufficient to give companies a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals. Consider these disturbing statistics: Though U.S. supply chains became significantly faster and cheaper between 1980 and 2000‚ product markdowns owing to excess inventory jumped from 10% to 30% of total
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Overall Inventory Turns Annual cost of goods sold (company info) average total inventory (12) 2. Raw Materials Inventory Turns (manufacturing companies only) Annual cost of raw materials purchased (3) average raw material inventory (13) 3. Work-in-Process Inventory Turns (manufacturing companies only) (Annual cost of raw materials purchased (3) + Annual cost of conversion (4)) average work in process inventory (14) 4. Finished Goods Inventory Turns Annual cost of goods sold (company info)
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Green Supply Chain Management‚ Marketing Tool or Revolution? Françoise van den Broek Published on the occasion of the inaugural speech related to the lectureship Logistics & Sustainability Green Supply Chain Management‚ Marketing Tool or Revolution? Françoise van den Broek Published on the occasion of the inaugural speech related to the lectureship Logistics & Sustainability F.N. van den Broek-Serlé‚ MSc‚ CEMS MIM‚ MTL Breda | Zoetermeer‚ the Netherlands‚ January 2010 This
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supptychaia and explain the impacr of supply chain decisionson the success a firm. of 2’ rdentify the three key supply chain decision phases aud explaiu 3. Describe the cycle and pusb/pull views of a supply chain. the siguificance of eachone. 4. Classifythe supply chain macro processes a in firm. this chapter‚ we provide a conceptual understanding of what a supply chail is and {n l-the various issues that need to be ionsidergd when plunning‚ or operating {iisoi"g‚ a supply chain.’we discuss
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Discussion Question 6.3 The internal value chain is set of activities that transforms the organization inputs into outputs which are supply chain management‚ operations‚ distribution‚ marketing and sales‚ and after-sales service (Rothaermel‚ 2017). A cost- leadership strategy creates the same or similar value for customers by delivering products and services at a lower cost than its competitors (Rothaermel‚ 2017). A cost leadership example would be Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart strategy is to provide a higher
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Topic 7: 1. How does a raw material’s status as pure‚ weight-losing‚ or weight-gaining influence the facility location decision? P178 Pure materials that lose no weight in processing‚ the processing point can be located anywhere between production and consumer. Weight-losing products‚ processing plant should be near their source in order to avoid the payment of unnecessary transportation charges. As weight-gaining (gain weight during processing)‚ the processing point should be close to the
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