INTRODUCTION Office Supply Incorporated (OSI) is a company in crisis‚ with challenges in its cost structure and poor IT performance. Outsourcing to Technology Infrastructure Solutions (TIS) is an opportunity to both reduce costs and complexity for the firm‚ but first must consider whether outsourcing is a good strategic fit for OSI. Outsourcing is known as the practice of turning over responsibility of some or all of organizations information systems to a foreign firm in order to stay competitive
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In 2002‚ Gordon Harrison took over as director of supply management for Iona University‚ a small private university in Des Moines‚ Iowa. Upon his arrival‚ he discovered that the staff was spending too much time processing requisitions for office supplies. Consequently‚ he wanted to develop methods of increasing the effectiveness and the efficiency of handling the acquisition of office supplies for the university. The University Iona University offers both liberal arts education and professional
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largest full-service restaurant company in the world (Darden‚ 2012). Darden has found means of outsourcing certain aspects of the business to optimize their profits‚ through the use of supply-chain management strategies. On page 461 at the conclusion of the Outsourcing Offshore at Darden Video Case Study; in part 3 or Managing Operations Chapter 11‚ 4 Discussion Questions are posed. 1. What are some outsourcing opportunities in a restaurant? A variety of opportunities to outsource exist in a corporation
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File-It Supplies Inc‚ Present Situation Patsy Akaka is the marketing manager of File-It Supplies which is a file folder manufacturer that has been in business for 28 years. Other primary lines they are file markers‚ labels and indexing systems. On the other hand 40% of FIS´s file folder business is in specialized lines including oversized blue-print and engineer drawings for several high tech industries. Even though the company has a unique knowledge in the field‚ Patsy is facing a complicated
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------------------------------------------------- G R O U P C A S E 3: H O S P I T A L S U P P L Y‚ I N C Given Information: Hospital Supply‚ Inc.’s Normal Volume (in units per month) | 3‚000 | Regular Selling Price (per unit) | 4‚350 | Costs per Unit for Hydraulic Hoists | | | Unit Manufacturing Costs: | | | Variable Materials | 550 | | Variable Labor | 825 | | Variable Overhead | 420 | | Fixed Overhead
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OF OUTSOURCING IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT written by: Lauren Mercer MKTG 3130 – Final Term Paper TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Supply Chain Management and Outsourcing ………………………………………… 2 II. What is Outsourcing …………………………………………………………………. 2 III. Important Processes Related to Outsourcing..………………………………………. 3 IV. Advantages of Outsourcing …………………………………………………………. 4 V. Disadvantages of Outsourcing ………………………………………………………. 9 VI. Current Changes in Outsourcing …………………………………………………... 11 VII. Outsourcing Works
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Office Depot and OfficeMax have announced a merger‚ teaming up to fight industry big boy Staples and competition from general merchandise juggernauts Walmart and Amazon.The move will buy time‚ but it won’t save the office supply chains. Not Office Depot‚ not OfficeMax‚ not even Staples‚ which analysts are touting as the post-merger winner. These office retailers will all be destroyed unless they fundamentally change how they do business. The biggest threat is the fact that workplaces
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Executive Summary In this executive summary‚ i will introduce the ideas and details of Apple Inc’s supply chain in its current state. We will examine Apple’s strategy of being consumer based and evaluate the current state of business and some of the partnerships it has formed to remain one of the dominating forces in this industry. This report will cover a brief overview of the company‚ its current assortment of products it offers‚ future opportunities and threats that Apple may face‚ its current
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Case 06-12 Outsourcing Services‚ Inc. Outsourcing Services‚ Inc. (OSI)‚ a SEC registrant‚ provides a variety of EDP and payroll processing services to third parties. OSI recently has introduced a new service line to provide product help-line support services through customer service representatives (CSRs) who are employees of OSI. On January 1‚ 2004‚ OSI entered into a service contract with Company X. Pursuant to the terms of the contract‚ OSI’s CSRs will provide technical support for Company X’s
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In this Case Judy Allison is coming over to close a sale with Bill Taylor. Judy is a salesperson for cellular phones. She called the company first and dropped of a sample for the executives to try them out. The executives really liked them so they decided to order four cellular phones. Judy Allison‚ the salesperson promises to drop of the ordered phones tomorrow and the deal is almost closed. After talking about the great benefits of the cellular phones suddenly the conversation is going in a completely
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