Overview of Information Technology tools for Supply Chain Management Prashant R.Nair‚ Vice-Chairman – Information Technology‚ Amrita University‚ Coimbatore‚ India; Venkitaswamy Raju‚ Director – Science and Engineering Programs‚ State University of New York at Farmingdale‚ USA and Anbudayashankar S P‚ Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering‚ Amrita University ABSTRACT Information Technology (IT) and its use in organizations and across the supply chain has become a determinant of competitive
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WEEK 1- BUS 280- WAL-MART 1)First‚ many skeptics claimed that Wla-mart’ business practices and culture could not be transferred internationally. It was very hard to decide which countries to target. They have had to take market share from established competitors. 2) In Latin America‚ Wal-Mart learnt local retailing from the local business owners. Latin America has growing populations ‚ so Wal-mart did took market share from established competitors. It pursued a very deliberate entry strategy
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Exploring the World Wide Web -Go to Wal-Mart’s web site www.walmart.com and read the information there about the company’s stance on the ethics of Global Outsourcing and the treatment of workers in countries abroad. Then search the Web for some recent stories about Wal-Mart’s global purchasing practices and reports on the enforcement of its code of conduct. I. “Brief” Summary of the exercise Wal-Mart was founded back in 1962 by Sam Walton who instilled values and the three basic beliefs that
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Sam Walton‚ Wal-Mart has grown to be the largest discount retail chain in the world. Wal-Mart currently has over 6‚500 thousand stores in 14 different countries‚ 1.8 million plus associates and nets sales this last quarter of over 85 billion dollars‚ an increase of 8.3 percent (walmart.com). The only other corporation larger than Wal-Mart to date is Exxon Mobile. So how does Wal-Mart keep their competitive advantage and sustain their position in discount retailing?Historically Wal-Mart main competitive
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1.13 Convergence – In the telecommunications industry‚ convergence refers to the integration of voice‚ internet‚ broadcasting‚ and other telephony servers into one mega-industry from their traditionally separate industries. Companies such as Telstra are an excellent example of this‚ as Telstra now offers an abundance of products such as‚ Fixed Phone‚ Mobile Phone‚ Dialup Internet‚ Broadband Internet‚ Wireless Internet‚ TV‚ Music‚ Tickets‚ and more. Incentives are given to “bundle” services with the
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1. AADF= 1000 n=20 years r= 3.0% Open in 2020 Cummulative traffic=AADF×365×1+rn-1r =1000×365×1+0.0320-10.03 =9.808 million commercial vehicles AADF=1000 Midterm year of 20 years start of 2020=2030 Vehicle Damage Factor (VDF) VDF=0.350.93t-0.260.92t+0.0821.03.9F1550 Base year-1992 F= AADF=1000 Value of t; t=2020+202-1992 t=38 years VDF=0.350.9338+0.082-0.260.9238+0.0821.03.910001550 VDF=2.4065-2.0960.4156 VDF=2.4065-0.8712 VDF=1.54 Design traffic=VDF×cummulative traffic =1
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PROJECT REPORT ON TECHNO – FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF DIESEL HYDROTREATMENT (DHDT) AND PURCHASE PROCUREMENT OF BONGAIGAON REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS LTD. (BRPL) At INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED Submitted in partial fulfillment of requirement of PGDM program of JIMS SUBMITTED BY: SHRUTI (FB10111) JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES‚ ROHINI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I‚ Shruti‚ student of batch 2010-12 at Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS)‚ Rohini‚ did my
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Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer and one of the most successful companies in the world that does not insulate them from future problems or new challenges. Each problem will need to be addressed by the company or else future growth may be affected. With the passing of the founder‚ Sam Walton‚ many people question the company’s ability to carry on Sam’s legacy that guided the company to success. The company has a reputation for being responsive to the customer and will surely need to continue
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Chapter 5: IT Infrastructure & Emerging Technologies I. Define IT infrastructure and identify its components. a. IT infrastructure= the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the firm’s specific information system applications. i. Includes investment in hardware‚ software‚ and services (such as consulting‚ education‚ & training) that are shared across the entire firm or business. ii. Provides the foundation for serving customers‚ working
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each year in June. But there is not only the headquarter of Richter in Hungary but different affiliates all over the world (e.g. Poland‚ India‚ Russia‚ Romania). Those affiliates have their own IT departments and IT directors. Major important infrastructure/IT decisions and decisions regarding the SAP modules have to be coordinated and discussed with Szücs and the head office in Hungary. If the affiliates develop a plan they have to present them like Szücs but to their respective CEOs. This structure
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