Why are water bottles harmful? Bottled water wastes fossil fuels to transport and produce. Bottled water production in the United States used the energy of 32 and 54 million barrels of oil to make and transport plastic water bottles in 2007. 80% of bottled water isn’t recycled. Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient way to transport water that is used Chemical and physical properties of plastic water bottles Chemical properties: combustible‚ soluble Physical properties: High
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Source for Tap vs Bottled water http://responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/blog/the-bottle-vs-tap-debate-revs-up?src=keyword_s=ggl_K=tap%20water_C=Responsibility_G=BottleVsTap_Water_M=b&K_CLICKID=32f700e1-f23a-6529-9a6d-00001206db72#fbid=OQta-fwSm5-&src=keyword_s http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/30/do-you-drink-bottled-water/ http://voices.yahoo.com/cokes-dasani-pepsis-aquafina-not-pure-spring-water-474872.html?cat=69 http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/water/factsheet/com/bottledwater
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b. WIP inventories(No Answer) 1. Information Management 2. transportation rate 3. CORRECT: are associated with manufacturing 4. short run analysis. b. The logistics/supply chain network transformation team(No Answer) 1. CORRECT: must be aware of the firm’s overall business and corporate strategies and the supply chain in which it participates. 2. is one of the most commonly used techniques. 3. on the movement and storage of product. 4. assumes that the raw materials sources and finished
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Bottled water vs. tap water Water is an essential part to human life. We as humans need around eight to twelve cups per day to make up for the fact that throughout normal functions such as breathing and sweating we lose an average of ten cups per day. To make sure that we are healthy and everything runs properly‚ we must make sure we drink the right amount of water (msnbc.com‚ 2004). The one question when thinking about water is what type of water will you drink? The biggest controversy is bottled
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It is no secret that bottled water costs more than tap water‚ but is it reasonable to state it costs 1‚000 times more? It is very difficult to give an exact number for the difference between the two‚ but 1‚000 to 2‚000 times more is a reasonable estimate. This is based on the fact that on average‚ a gallon of bottled water costs $1.22. Protesters against bottled water industries use the highest prices of water bottles they can find as a way to show a bigger contrast between the two‚ essentially
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Question #2-Define the supply chains for the following products from the first source of raw materials to the first customer. A) Big Mac‚ B) Gasoline‚ C) Automobile repair‚ D) A Text book. Supply chain‚ its management‚ performance measures and improvement approaches. As an extension of the systems point of view‚ the system dynamics inherent in the supply chain are illustrated and the coordination in the supply chain is emphasized. Five areas where measurement of supply chain performance should be
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Note: Solve ANY THREE case studies. CASE I A CASE OF ALPHA TELENET LIMITED Alpha Telecom Ltd.‚ a part of Alpha Group was established in 1976 by its visionary Chairman and Managing Director‚ A. S. Verma. The company started with manufacturing of Electronic Push Button Telephones (EPBT) and Cordless phones in 1985 in Allahabad. On July 7‚ 1995 Alpha Tele-Ventures Limited was incorporated. A mobile service called ’Web-Tel’
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SAP Excellence Series Editors: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Dr. Peter Zencke SAP AG‚ Walldorf Gerhard F. Knolmayer‚ Peter Mertens Alexander Zeier and Jörg Thomas Dickersbach Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems Architecture and Planning Processes With 77 Figures and 11 Tables 123 Prof. Dr. Gerhard F. Knolmayer University of Bern Institute of Information Systems Engehaldenstrasse 8 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Dr. Alexander Zeier Deputy
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BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BSC LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Programme Overview The BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme offered by the School of Business at SIM University (UniSIM) aims to develop human capital and talent to meet the needs of the industry. This is the first undergraduate programme dedicated to the study of logistics and supply chain management to be offered by a Singapore university. Partnering with the Singapore
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Faster response to changing business needs through end-to-end visibility into supply chain operations This implementation won the award for innovation by the US Supply Chain Council (SCC) SCC‚ a renowned global nonprofit organization‚ has established the supply chain world’s most widely accepted framework for evaluating and comparing supply chain activities and their performance - the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model. SITUATION Lack of consistent metrics‚ & reporting rules
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