iDesigning and Managing the Supply Chain David Simchi-Levi Philip Kaminsky Edith Simchi-Levi Solutions for Discussion Questions1 Kerem B¨lb¨l u u 1 We would like to thank Shiming Deng for his valuable contributions to the preparation of this manual. Chapter 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Discussion Questions Question 1 Pick any car model manufactured by a domestic auto maker. For example‚ consider the 2002 Ford Thunderbird. a. The supply chain for a car typically includes
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Zara’s Secret to Success In comparison to its competitors‚ Zara’s supply chain is quite unconventional. Instead of focusing on competitive product prices and advertising Zara has developed a super integrated supply chain paralleled by few (1). This supply chain allows it to rapidly respond to market demand and have extensive control over its design and production process (1). Inditex‚ the clothing company that owns Zara is extremely vertically integrated. It is comprised of over 100 design‚ manufacturing
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Variable | Capabilities | Valuable? | Rare? | Difficult to Imitate? | Transferability? | Marketing Strategy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supply Chain Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Internalizing Sales Force | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Printing | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Selling | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Question 1 : Apply the VRIO Framework of Harlequin in series romance fiction The primary issue facing Harlequin is
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QUESTION 1 Is supply chain management for real or is it just another fad? Does the answer to this question depend on how a company pursues SCM? ANSWER 1 Supply chain management is for real. This is because it is used frequently in today’s materials management environment. SCM is generally associated with advanced information technologies‚ rapid and responsive logistics service‚ effective supplier management‚ and increasingly with customer relationship management. Most materials
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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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INTRODUCTION (Hindustan Unilever Limited) Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India’s largest consumer goods company based in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra. It is owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% majority stake in HUL. Its products include foods‚ beverages‚ cleaning agents and personal care products. HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers‚ Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co
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Supply Chain Management Mahindra & Mahindra has a separate logistics chain‚ Mahindra Logistics Limited (MLL)‚ for all it subsidiaries among which Auto Industry forms a large part of the supply chain business. It remains an area of considerable focus for Mahindra Logistics because of the challenges faced by auto manufacturers‚ suppliers and distributors. Automotive Logistics With integrated logistics operations across the country the solutions provided by Mahindra can be broadly classified
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Organization Details 4 2 Vision‚Mission‚Philosophy 5 3 Plant Locations 6 4 Product Line 7 5 Competitors 15 6 Raw Material Required 16 7 Manufacturing Process 17 8 Promotion Strategy 23 9 Distribution Details 24 10 Customer Detail 26 11 Supply Chain Management 27 12 References 30 Organization Detail Name: Nirma Limited‚ Inception of Nirma Nirma is one of the most recognizable Indian brands. Its story is a classic example of the success of Indian entrepreneurship in the face
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info@cambridgetraining.com Website: www.cambridgecollege.co.uk LOGISTICS‚ SUPPLY CHAIN & TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM The Cambridge International College Publication on ‘Logistics‚ Supply Chain and Transport Management’ by Ronald H Ballou will be sent to you by registered airmail post as an integral component of the Program Introduction This Publication is concerned with the vital subject of business logistics and supply chain management‚ an area that can be essential to a firm’s competitive
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September 25‚ 2011 MGT301-CE Case 1 Business Textbook Supply Chain 1. 20.4 2. Some may think that the only customers of textbooks are the students but that is not the case. There are a variety of customers that buy the textbook before it even reaches the student‚ someone has to decide what textbook the students are going to be using for which particular course. Business school curricula is changing and therefore their textbooks needs are changing‚ they want textbooks that cover a
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