Olena Marchenko Costco Wholesale Operations and Supply Management OMIS 357 (Fall’09) Agenda • • • • • • • Background and Business Model Processes and Queues Management Supply Chain Strategy Quality Control Inventory Management Recommendations Q&A Background • • • • Headquartered in Issaquah‚ WA 550 warehouses in 40 states Present in 6 countries outside US $71B revenue in 2008 1993: merged with PriceClub: PriceCostco (206 locations) 1998: Costco.com 1999: Costco wholesale 2009:
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Abstract Procurement plays an important role in the supply chain management and good procurement management can shorten the production cycle‚ improve the production efficiency‚ reduce inventory and strengthen the emergency ability to the market. Nowadays‚ procurement management has captured the attention of many high-level executives while it is always overlooked by many small-sized businesses. This research paper will show either similarities or differences or both with the purchase situations
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are a large number of E-procurement tools that could be distinguished in the marketplace (de Boer et al.‚ 2001). Some of them are already well developed and highly accepted in the marketplace; nonetheless‚ there are numerous E-procurement tools that are immature and require further development (Wang‚ 2006). For the purpose for this paper‚ we aim to focus on the E-procurement tools that are widely accepted in the government and private sectors. The four most common E-procurement tools being used consist
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Case Discussion – Assignment Questions Case (2): Costco Wholesale in 2008 1. What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? Costco is a membership warehouse business. It allows corporations and consumers the opportunity to buy memberships to the warehouse club. The membership allows members to buy a range of selective items‚ many times in bulk. These items consist of H&B‚ food‚ household items‚ electronics and many other item categories
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IBM was able to reduce its procurement costs by sending purchase orders‚ receiving invoices and paying suppliers by using the World Wide Web as its transaction processing network. Much of the savings came from eliminating intermediaries—IBM was able to eliminate intermediaries because the Internet allowed IBM to work with multiple tiers of suppliers simultaneously. 2. The speed and ease of using the Internet allowed IBM to form partnerships with small suppliers even though many of these
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Ethics are vitally important‚ particularly in the contingency environment because of the cultural differences. The need to maintain high ethical standards and procurement integrity is always important for DoD contracting officers. However‚ this requirement can be even more challenging in a deployed environment where the expectations and business habits of the suppliers with whom you will be dealing may be affected by varying cultural‚ political‚ and economic conditions. The pressures to meet mission
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internal business is extremely important as it helps in the strategy development process which has a direct influence on business success. Environmental Scan Value creation and building is an essential part of any strategy directed at obtaining and sustaining competitive advantages against any company’s rivals. Strategic business planning must focus upon financial record keeping and the modifications required managing the process‚ also being aware of the actions and status of external sources is imperative
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We all know Costco as the mega-store that carries products of all sorts‚ has a cheap food court‚ and provides a diverse amount of services to their customers. Costco even offers their own line of products‚ Kirkland‚ which offers even lower prices compared to their complete store inventory. These attractive features and amenities has increased an overall membership‚ which in turn increases a volume of foot traffic throughout every square-inch of their warehouse. Due to a high demand‚ the problem of
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Use the information in Figures 3.4‚ 3.5‚ 3.6‚ 3.7‚ and 3.8 (and the related chapter discussions on pp. 57-70) to do complete five-force analysis of competition in the North American wholesale club industry. 2. Do all three warehouse club rivals—Costco‚ Sam’s‚ and BJ’s Wholesale—have highly similar strategies? What differences in their strategies are apparent? Does one rival have a better strategy than the others? Does one rival have a somewhat weaker strategy than the other two? 3. Which of the
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Costco Case Paper Blessed Mensah UMUC Introduction Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded by James Sinegal and Jeffrey Brotman in September of 1983 (Thompson‚ 2008 p. c-32). Costco is one of the largest retail stores in the wholesale industry. Costco mission is to offer their customers low prices on both private and limited selection of nationally branded products in a wide range of merchandise categories. Businesses
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