SYLLABUS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN & MARKETING 33:799:470:1 Time: Thursdays 6:40pm –9:30 NB‚ TIL‚ 209 Course Descripton This course is focused on teaching you the fundamentals and concepts of Business Intelligence in Supply Chain & Marketing. It will help you to understand what business intelligence (BI) and big data are‚ what drives the adoption of BI by leading companies‚ what its components are and what the technical and organizational issues are that most affect BI’s success.
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DAVID BANJO MGT 4199 1. Identify and evaluate the strategies that Wal-Mart has historically pursued to create and sustain a competitive advantage. Answer: Wal-Mart’s pursuit and ability to sustain a competitive advantage has allowed the company to make use of many strategies. One of the strategies that Wal-Mart has made use of is the Expansion strategy. The company realized that building a new store will allow for increase market share value. The company opened new locations in the community
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 25 Raising the Bar The supply chain TOP BY DEBRA HOFMAN AND STAN ARONOW‚ GARTNER‚ INC. The 2012 ranking of supply chain leaders from Gartner includes a broad mix of global companies—a few new to the list‚ but most having recorded multiple appearances. These leaders share certain characteristics that drive day-to-day performance while solidifying the foundation for future growth. Their standout performance is raising the supply chain leadership bar for companies
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Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved. The stages in a supply chain are normally the supplier‚ the manufacturer‚ the distributor‚ the retailer‚ and finally the customer. The first stage of the supply chain is the supplier. Initially‚ the supplier provides the material necessary for the production of the soda can to the manufacturer‚ who had previously passed an order for the material. When
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SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT Scope and definition of the assignment problem Methodology Introduction Why are supply chains becaming vulnerabiles? Definition of risk Supply risk dimensions Perception of supply risk Supply chain risk management 8.1. How to avoid 6 management pitfalls Conclusions Bibliography 1. SCOPE AND DEFINITION OF THE ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the supply risk management in the field of strategic purchasing. Starting giving
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Business Services White Paper Supply Chain Risk Management: A Delicate Balancing Act A multi-faceted view on managing risk in a globally integrated enterprise Risk Management IBM Global Business Services Page Table of Contents Risk and Consequence: Tales from the Industry Supply Chain Risk Categories Disruptive Events‚ Uncertainty and Impact Models and Methods for Supply Chain Risk Management Example of Risk Management for IBM’s Product Supply Chains An Approach for Measuring the
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ginning‚ and yarn spinning‚ to production of fabrics‚ garments‚ and accessories‚ and all the way to retailing. In addition‚ despite operating in a traditional industry‚ Esquel implemented a series of supporting IT (Information Technology) and supply chain management applications to improve operational efficiencies. Under Marjorie Yang’s leadership‚ a strong corporate culture has been established‚ with uncompromising emphasis on ethical business practices‚ creativity‚ and continual improvement. Finally
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is all about successful supply chain partnership elaborated by authors Douglas Lambert and Michael Knemeyer‚ they cited the processes between Wendy’s International and Tyson Foods to analyze faulty and precise managing of supply chain partnerships. Supply chain involves the network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers‚ effective management of the supply chain focus on valuable supply chain partnership‚ that if taken
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innovative strategies that will achieve and sustain a competitive edge. The philosophy of strategic supply chain management (SCM) has been appraised as a means of beating and sustaining the market share in manufacturing Industry (Chan et al‚ 2003). Construction Industry is multidisciplinary and involves unique projects. Could this be the reason why Construction has not been performing satisfactorily as decried by Egan in1998? The interfaces between differing supply chains within the organization are commonly
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that a company may experience with a global supply chain. Introduction Businesses and supply chains have become substantiality global over the last decade. Between 1995 and 2007‚ the number of transnational companies has more than doubled from 38‚000 to 79‚000 and foreign subsidiaries have nearly tripled‚ from 265‚000 to 790‚000. (Ref: IBM report “the smarter supply chain of the future”) In addition to spreading geographically‚ supply chains now involve more companies. Nearly 80% of executives
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