* Supply Chain Management In IBM: * Early 1990’s: decentralized geographic and functional departments * Mid-late 1990’s: Distribution and logistics functions centralized into a global organization with world-wide responsibility * Early 2000’s: merger of Customer Fulfillment‚ Procurement‚ Manufacturing‚ and Global Logistics/Distribution functions into a new global Integrated Supply Chain function * Result: cost savings of $5.6B in 2002 and $7B in 2003 * A Case study
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framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory Craig R. Carter and Dale S. Rogers University of Nevada‚ College of Business Administration‚ Reno‚ Nevada‚ USA Abstract Purpose – The authors perform a large-scale literature review and use conceptual theory building to introduce the concept of sustainability to the field of supply chain management and demonstrate the relationships among environmental‚ social‚ and economic performance within a supply chain management context
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Sony’s reduction in supply chain Recently a piece of news which has hit the business circles and is being discussed very much is that Sony is going to reduce 75% of supply chain. Sony will now be relying on 250 of its 1000 current suppliers as a part of short term temporary strategy. Sony is choosing these 250 partners for key products such as digital cameras‚ smart phones etc. (Bloomberg Business Week‚ 2014) The news is being discussed in the business circles heavily. Some are criticizing Sony
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Supply Chain Concept Introduction In today ’s competitive business environment many firms face the arduous mission of managing their supply chain. In an effort to gain competitive advantage‚ firms must make key decision involving logistics and operations management to move products and service across the supply chain. The materialization and attractiveness of the Internet has made supply chain management more attainable for business enterprises. Research shows that Internet-derived technology
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Supply Chain Supply change management is the control of resources‚ information‚ and capital. How an organization synchronizes and incorporates flow within and amongst other companies can be effective. In this text I will be discussing the supply change management systems in place at Intel Corporation. Intel Corporation continues to make great effort to improve their supply chain networks to make them more reactive to meet a certain standard level of standards. Intel Corporation utilizes
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Supply Chain Management Adel Abou Heneidy Learning objectives To develop understanding of the following key areas and their interrelationships: * Basic concepts of logistics and supply chain management * The strategic role of a supply chain * The key strategic drivers of supply chain performance * Analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis 2 Supply Chain Management Adel Abou Heneidy Highlights: • • • • • • • • Understanding the Supply Chain Supply Chain performance: achieving strategic
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT PANTALOON RETAIL INDIA LTD. (BIG BAZAAR) A PROJECT REPORT Under the guidance Of Dr. Nishikant Jha ______________________________ Submitted by Mr. Anil R Bambhania Roll No—510929526 ______________________________ in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree Of MBA IN [Finance] November’2010
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MASTER PAPER On IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR CHALLENGES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF SUPERSTORE FOR SINHA LTD Prepared For Ms. Rabeya Rahman Lecturer Department of Management Studies Jagannath University Dhaka. Prepared By MUHAMMAD ZAHID HOSSAIN SHIKDER Roll No # 085587 Section: B Department of Management Studies Academic Session: 2007-2008
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The purpose of the Supply Chain Operations Audit is to help you find the answer to this crucial question. The Audit is divided into five main sections: Strategy‚ Organisation‚ Process‚ Information and Performance. The Supply Chain Audit Part 1 – Strategy Objective: To determine if the enterprise has a clear strategy tuned to business expectations and focused on profitably servicing customer requirements. Scope: How the enterprise’s supply chain strategy reflects its business goals and external
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Environment Bus. Strat. Env. 17‚ 260–271 (2008) Published online 20 July 2006 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/bse.527 Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Tourism Xavier Font‚* Richard Tapper‚ Karen Schwartz and Marianna Kornilaki Leeds Metropolitan University‚ UK ABSTRACT Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination. Most research has
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