ILLUSTRATIVE REAL WORLD CASES REAL WORLD CASE 1: HOW DELL IS MANAGING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/2519/2580469/images/Realworldcase1.html The Problem Michael Dell started his business as a student from his university dorm by using a mail-order approach to selling PCs. This changed the manner in which PCs were sold. The customer did not have to come to a store to buy a computer‚ and Dell was able to customize the computer to the specifications of the customer. The
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TOOL KIT Is Yours a Learning Organization? Using this assessment tool‚ companies can pinpoint areas where they need to foster knowledge sharing‚ idea development‚ learning from mistakes‚ and holistic thinking. by David A. Garvin‚ Amy C. Edmondson‚ and Francesca Gino L Daniel Chang EADERS MAY THINK that getting their organizations to learn is only a matter of articulating a clear vision‚ giving employees the right incentives‚ and providing lots of training. This assumption is not merely
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Chapter 9: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 21) From your reading of the Cannondale case study‚ the firm implemented new information systems in order to achieve which of the main six business objectives? A) customer and supplier intimacy B) survival C) competitive advantage D) operational excellence Answer: D Explanation: A) B) C) D) 22) Which of the following
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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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One ~ Operations and Productivity • POLCA (plan‚ organize‚ lead‚ control‚ achieve) • Suppliers → Inputs → Process → Outputs → Consumers (SIPOC) • 3 functions to create goods and service: o Marketing o Production/operations o Finance/accounting • Why Study OM? o Learn how people organize themselves for productive enterprise o Learn how goods/services are produced o Understand what operations managers do o OM is a costly part of an organization • Productivity= Units produced or outputs)/inputs(labor
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Supply Chain Responsiveness and Efficiency – Complementing or Contradicting Each Other? Dennis Minnich1 Frank H. Maier2 International University in Germany Campus 1 76646 Bruchsal‚ Germany Phone +49 7251 700-341 Fax +49 7251 700-350 e-mail dennis.minnich@i-u.de Abstract Balancing responsiveness to market requirements with overall efficiency is an important issue in supply chain design and management. The objective of the system dynamics model introduced in this paper is to capture generic structures
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CHAPTER TWO Discussion Questions 1. How would you characterize the competitive strategy of a high-end department store chain such as Nordstrom? What are the key customer needs that Nordstrom aims to fill? The Nordstrom web site states the following. Over the years‚ the Nordstrom family of employees built a thriving business on the principles of quality‚ value‚ selection‚ and service. Today‚ Nordstrom is one of the nation’s leading fashion retailers‚ offering a wide variety of high-quality
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Supply Chain Risk Management Introduction Supply Chain Risk Management is the concept of trying to foresee disruptions to timely supply of goods or services required by the organisation and creating systems to mitigate these at the lowest possible cost to the organisation and by so doing ensure that there will be continuity in the normal operations of the business. Supply chain risks have the potential to cripple a business’ operations and can have long and short term effects which may be difficult
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Course: Supply Chain Management (SCM) Assignment One – Singular Unit Supply Chain Management Subject HOW DELL IS MANAGING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN Writer Bassam Badran IV Date of delivery 10-10-2012 Due date (submittal) 10-11-2012 Grade 20% References Compiled from several articles in Business Week (1997 through 2001); cio.com (2001); dell.com‚ accessed March 27‚ 2003; Hagel (2002). 1. Principals and Reasons In this project you would understand the concept of managing the supply chain in Dell
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4-3 Short Paper: The Boeing Company A supply chain is a series of integrated processes within and across a company that produce a product or service to meet the demands of a consumer (Krajewski‚ et. al.‚ 2013). Every company has a specific supply chain design and this design is implemented to meet the company’s competitive priorities. Supply chain management refers to the coordination of the company’s processes with those of customers and suppliers to match the flow of services‚ materials‚ and
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