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
Premium Sustainability Supply chain management Tourism
failure: strategic or tactical Nike the world leader in sports apparel manufacturer with a market share of 32 percent and market cap at $20billion decided to implement i2 demand planning engine to manage its supply chain at a cost of $400million. It was supposed to help Nike with its supply chain and to reduce the lead time for the manufacturing of sneakers from nine months down to six. The i2 system worked on the principle of using the data from the previous sales figures and predicting the productions
Premium Supply chain management Supply and demand
“The Evolution of Supply Chain Management in Retail Sector of Tesco and Analytical Study for the Period of 2005-2011” Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Introduction Supply chain as a whole can be seen as the flow of water in a river: organizations located closer to the original source of supply are described as being ’upstream ’‚ while those located closer to the end customer are ’downstream ’. The flow of the whole river is being concerned. In other words‚ supply chain is a network‚ which
Premium Supply chain management Management
Supply Chain Paper Michael Mariano University of Phoenix EBUS/400 Bert Hoff November 20‚ 2006 Through the years‚ brick and mortar buildings seemed to have been the most effective way of having a successful business. Today‚ with the creation of the internet many businesses now have the opportunity to reach millions of customers and other businesses worldwide. The internet
Premium Marketing Supply chain management Management
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
Premium Supply chain management
As a part of Riordan’s new total systems process design‚ it is imperative that we examine our present stable supply chain process for the manufacturing of electric fans at our plant located in Hangzhou‚ China. The current supplies available for retail and wholesale purchase in the China plant consist of electric fan motors‚ fan parts made from plastic polymers‚ and assembled fan units. The motors are purchased from a local Chinese company as completely assemble unit and are stoked for purchase (University
Premium Electric motor Supply chain management China
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
Premium Supply chain management Supply chain
Managing supply chain relationships on volatile markets from a risk sharing perspective Course: Supply Chain Management Introduction 2 Supply Chain Management as a Network 3 The appearance of the network 3 Managing the Supply Chain 4 Improve the profitability by improving the supply chain 4 Relationships within Supply Chain Management 5 The value/risk model 6 Managing Different Types of Risks 6 The Triple-A Supply Chain 9 Agility 9 Adaptability 10
Premium Supply chain management Supply chain
NAMES and NUMBERS of students in the group (2 Students): 1. El-Iraki‚ Youssef (10448517) 2. Badr‚ Noureldin (10445226) MODULE CODE : MBM5204 MODULE NAME : Logistics‚ Supply Chains‚ Systems and Methods Lecturer : Professor Dongping Song DEADLINE : 11th February 2013 WORD COUNT : 1‚657 By submitting this piece of assessment the group confirms that
Premium Computer simulation Simulation Supply chain management
Introduction Supply chain management‚ which involves inventory management‚ cost reduction‚ transportation‚ configure the distribution network‚ strategies development for product distribution‚ aims to improve the efficient and effective in the production activities. With better improvement in managing the current resources to operate profitability‚ and to minimize the inventory costs and reach the demands from market. Through the upstream and downstream linkages‚ different products and service which
Premium Supply chain management Inventory Supply chain