As a writer‚ I know that I have strengths and weaknesses. In this short essay‚ the things I’ve found uncomplicated and the things I’ve always struggled with will be briefly discussed‚ as well as feedback I personally find helpful. I believe that my strengths are that when I am given a topic that sparks my interest‚ I enjoy researching and writing about said topic. It’s not hard for me to write about something I enjoy learning more about. If I am passionate about a certain topic‚ it shows in my
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INTM 543 PURCHASING IKEA SUPPLY CHAIN November 2012 1. INTRODUCTION Ikea is a Swedish international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture. It was founded in 1947 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad‚ who currently is one of the richest people in the world. He borrowed some money for his parents and create a small local furniture store‚ 65 years later Ikea is one of the leading home furnishing companies in the world with its vision to ‘’create a better
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Legal Model – judges make their decisions based on the case facts; laws and precedents‚ which are previous‚ court cases where judges can pull their reasoning. Strengths of this strategy would be that they use more facts instead of ideologies. Some weaknesses could be that since they interpret the constitution in the way they want‚ it may not always be the correct form of interpreting that law. Attitudinal model – Since Judges and justices serve for life and the only way they can be removed from
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The nature of the supply chain Learning Points Understand what a supply chain is Gain an appreciation of the behaviour of supply chains Understand some of the issues with highly dispersed supply chains Supply Chain Management concerns… The relationships and flows between different operations Links between value-adding upstream and downstream processes All issues concerning product / service delivery from raw materials to end user Purchasing / Procurement Physical
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Supply Chain Game Assignment In our first encounter with the “Beer Game” there was a deliberate lack of information flow throughout the supply chain. This inability to access and analyze previous data and forecasts left all participants in the supply chain in the dark as to the right amount of stock to keep on hand and the ability to predict future fluctuations in the demand. Without this data to rely on many decisions were made from a panic mentality rather than a logical one. Communication within
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[pic] SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF TOYOTA MOTORS INTRODUCTION [pic] Toyota Motor Corporation Founded 1937 Founder Kiichiro Toyoda Headquarters Toyota City‚ Japan; Industry Automotive‚ Robotics Financial services and Biotechnology Products Economy/mainstream/luxury vehicles Revenue USD $203.26 billion (2009) Employees 316‚121 MISSION OF SUPPLY CHAIN Minimizing supply chain costs while keeping a reasonable service level customer
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Several strengths the system offers are data being available in real time; the police work is performed in a more efficient manner‚ a by-product of streamlining resources and performing work more efficiently is that the cost of preventing crimes decreases. Another strength is that because the data is non-biased it helps eliminate any possibility of discrimination and doesn’t impugn upon any
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Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 19‚435 stores in 58 countries‚ including 12‚781 in the United States‚ 1‚241 in Canada‚ 1‚062 in Japan‚ 976 in Great Britain and 645 in China. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee‚ espresso-based hot drinks‚ other hot and cold drinks‚ coffee beans‚ salads‚ hot and cold sandwiches and panini‚ pastries‚ snacks‚ and items
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Strengths of P&G Weaknesses of P&G Customer understanding P&G invest twice as much in R&D than there closest competitor to identify opportunities for innovation and better serve and communicate with our consumers. There average annual reach is -Interacting with more than five million consumers in nearly 100 countries. -conducting over 20‚000 research studies - invest more than $400 million. Customer base changes Customer preferences and behaviours all effect P&G because the company is
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Kapur 2012PGP097 Vineet Jain 2012PGP061 IRCTC-CATERING SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS AND SUGGESTIONS FINAL REPORT Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 The Mission of IRCTC 3 The Business activities of IRCTC includes 3 OBJECTIVES OF CATERING POLICY 4 DESIRED SERVICE OFFERING 4 SERVICE QUALITY DIMENSIONS 4 MAJOR QUALITY INITIATEVES BY IRCTC 5 IRCTC CATERING PROFILE 5 Food products catered by IRCTC: 6 THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF IRCTC CATERING SERVICE 7 CURRENT STATUS AND CAPACITY OF
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