Supply Chain Management Topic 1 * What is it? * All parties and functions involved‚ directly or indirectly in fulfilling a customer request. * Manufacturers‚ suppliers‚ forwarders‚ warehouse operators‚ wholesalers and retailers. * Movement of information and funds. * Goal * Maximize the value of the product. * Reduce time * Make more profit. * Value * The difference between the turnover (price) and the cost of the product. * Its
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Introduction According to Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat‚ supply chain management has become a source of competitive advantage and profit in a flat world. He has quoted Wal-Mart’s ability of moving 2.3 billion general merchandise cartons a year down its supply chain into its stores as an example of creating value. Global supply chains that draw parts and producers from every corner of the world‚ from the best producers at the lowest price‚ are the way how to beat
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brands‚ however some of their steps from the “supplier of raw materials to the end-customer” in this case these steps are designing‚ manufacturing‚ distribution and retailing not always same. “All stages in chain must include consideration of the final customer; moreover each operation in chain should be satisfying its own customer.” Benetton First was Benetton‚ created by Luciano Benetton during the time‚ when knitted clothes were expensive in or handmade by old people in boring colours. Once when
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Asia region. It is important that the power plant operates with minimal disruptions‚ and therefore having spare parts inventories are very important. The severity of the disruptions depends on which component fails. Hence‚ the different spare parts can be divided in 3 categories: 1. Very critical parts: failure will result in turbine shut down and failure to start 2. Medium critical parts: failure will not immediately result in turbine shutdown but will deteriorate the power generation quickly
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MOIT-301 Under supervision of Dr Nezar Sami By: Norhan Fekry Dalia Amr Adham Hosny Menna Ibrahim Tag- El Din Table of Contents I. What is “Supply Chain”? 3 II. What is “Supply Chain management”? 3 III. ISCM (Integrated SCM) IMPLEMENTATION STEPS 4 IV. Implementing Supply Chain Management ( Failure reasons and success factors) 5 V. The five key dimensions of supply chain managementthrough the implementation procedure that
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AMUL SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL BACK END TO FRONT END FARMERS CHILLING PLANTS MILK PROCESSING UNION & WAREHOUSES MILK SOLD TO VILLAGE AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS VILLAGE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES (WITH CHILLING UNITS) LOCAL RESTAURANTS/OTHER MILK RELATED BUSINESSES VILLAGE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES (WITH OUT CHILLING UNITS) UPSTREAM NETWORK SERVICES VETERINARY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL FEED FACTORY MILK CAN PRODUCERS AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY RURAL MANAGEMENT CONSUMERS CONSUMERS HOME DELIVERY CONTRACTORS
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relationship with the Flextronics? Expectations: a. Saving cost by outsourcing to low-cost countries: Prior to outsourcing‚ LEGO owned and operated production plants mainly in relatively high labor-cost countries‚ such as the United States‚ Switzerland and the South Korea. The main reason for this is that LEGO built plants close to its main markets to save transportation cost. But LEGO finally realized that the reduced labor cost in some labor-intensive countries outweighed the reduced transportation cost
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“Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain” * Who are the various stakeholders for Xbox that formed the Microsoft ecosystem while developing the supply chain business strategy for Xbox? * What were the challenges faced by Xbox when it first launched Xbox? * How did this compare to the launch of Xbox 360? * Did they consider any changes in the supply chain? Essay: Xbox Stakeholders Microsoft’s Xbox project was started by a group of gamers in 1999 so that they can also develop a gaming
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some serious changes. The main reason for this development is the increasing CO2 emissions all over the world. In this case organizations play an important role. And that’s where green supply chain management comes into play. My question is: What can companies do to reduce the carbon footprints of their supply chains? The first issue is the problem of less than truckload shipments. So consolidating it into full truckloads would be a cheaper and greener solution. To advance truckload delivery
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refer to the implementation of Internet technologies within a corporate organization‚ rather than an external connection to the global Internet. Knowledge sharing among an organization is often effective‚ throughout the use of an intranet. An intranet is a modern‚ easy and effective way of reaching all the staff. Using an intranet as a means of knowledge sharing insures all employees know about important information that would be available to them at any given point in time. The use and training of employees
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