INTEGRATING THE SUPPLY CHAIN Case Study - Friedland Timbers co. Johann Klassen is the Managing Director of Friedland Timbers co. which makes specialised wood products for the construction industry. He has recently been worried by late deliveries to some important customers. The industry is very competitive‚ and Johann knows that customers will go to other suppliers if he cannot guarantee deliveries. The marketing manager is particularly upset because he has worked with these customers for a
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sell and deliver goods and services to a first tier supplier. An automobile company could have a second tier supplier that would supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply materials or parts to another company which would then supply them to the manufacturer. A real world example of a second-tier supplier is “Wisconsin Aluminium” which supplies aluminium fuel filter housing to Mechanical Devices Company. Mechanical Devices uses the fuel filter housing on an engine component
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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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Supply Chain Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry Dick Carlsson Södra Cell International AB‚ SE-351 89 Växjö‚ Sweden Sophie D’Amours FOR@C‚ CIRRELT‚ Université Laval‚ G1K 7P4‚ Québec‚ Canada Alain Martel FOR@C‚ CIRRELT‚ Université Laval‚ G1K 7P4‚ Québec‚ Canada Mikael Rönnqvist The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration‚ NO-5045 Bergen‚ Norway October 2006 Working Paper DT-2006-AM-3 Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks‚ Logistics and Transportation
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GAINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE USING EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1.0 Introduction Christopher (2005‚ p.5) describes supply chain management as follows: “The management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole” Until recently‚ supply chain management has been largely viewed as a necessary evil and the focus has been strictly on cost reductions. Today however‚ many are coming to the realization
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in the wholesale prices. The proposed revenue sharing contract has more flexibility than price protection‚ in that the optimal revenue sharing ratio can be settled reasonably through negotiation between the retailer and wholesaler. Key words: Supply Chain Management‚ Channel Coordination‚ Revenue sharing contract‚ Two-period newsboy problem. 1. Introduction The life cycles of technology-based products are rapidly becoming shorter through continuous technological innovation. For example‚ Korean
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http://www.slideshare.net/himadrisingha/barilla-spa-a-case-on-supply-chain-integration http://www.scribd.com/doc/22320494/Barilla-SpA http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~liush/MOIT/Barilla%20Case%20Study.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/7325445/Barilla-SpA-Case-Solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgBY5wn0aE The Barilla SpA (Harvard Case) Qian Wang Tsai-Lan Huang Xiaoqing Ge February 2‚ 2000 Summary The JITD initiative at Barrila drew a lot of internal and external objections which
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1. Amazon.com‚ Peapod‚ Dell‚ and many furniture manufacturers use push-pull supply chain strategies. Describe how each of these companies takes advantage of the risk-pooling concept. To better understand the strategies used by the three (3) companies and furniture manufacturers‚ the definition of Push or Pull is established below: Push Strategies – when the manufacturer uses its sales force and trade promotion money to induce intermediaries to carry‚ promote‚ and sell the product to end users.
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January 2006 The 11 Greatest Supply Chain Disasters Introduction Many of us rightly take pride in the growing recognition role of supply chain both within companies and in the public markets. An increasing number of companies cite supply chain initiatives and prowess in annual reports and meetings with financial analysts. But of course the opposite effect must then also occur – supply chain snafus are increasingly cited by CEOs and CFOs to explain poor financial performance. Which
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3.2 Supply chain industry A company’s supply chain is its central nervous system for how it creates and distributes a product. The industry is made up of the key players who participate in this process‚ including manufacturers‚ wholesalers or distributors‚ retailers and transportation companies. There are three main areas of a company’s supply chain. They include: (Refer to the Picture below) * Procurement or the “buying” process. This includes the purchasing of the raw materials needed to
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