1 Components of Supply Chain Management (SCM) The main elements of a supply chain include purchasing‚ operations‚ distribution‚ and integration. The supply chain begins with purchasing. Purchasing managers or buyers are typically responsible for determining which products their company will sell‚ sourcing product suppliers and vendors‚ and procuring products from vendors at prices and terms that meets profitability goals. Supply chain operations focus on demand planning‚ forecasting‚ and inventory
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hw1 INTERNET QUESTIONS (Ch. 1 ) 1. Visit the Web sites of companies such as Wal-Mart‚ Dell‚ and Home Depot and see if you can find discussions of their supply chain management activities. List what you can find‚ in terms of purchasing/ supplier issues‚ transportation‚ ware-housing‚ purchased item quality‚ and customer service. 2. Go to a good Internet search engine such as Google and search on the term sup-ply chain management. How many hits did you get? Describe five of the Web sites found
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Tutorial 8 Sourcing & Purchasing Decisions Part A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One advantage of outsourcing is that it: a. gives the company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing?
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budgets and pro forma statements. Budgets are beneficial as a financial plan by listing all planned expenses and income. The purpose is to be able to forecast revenues and expenses and create a business model that operates effectively to make sure overhead can be paid. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Income Statement | | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Gross Profit | Revenues | 0 | 2‚073‚055 | 6‚888‚870 | 8‚280‚065 | - Rebates | 0 |
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Confirming Pages P A R T T H R E E Supply Chain Logistics Design One of the two primary responsibilities of a firm’s logistics management‚ as established in Chapters 1 and 2‚ is to participate in supply chain logistics design. Part 3 contains three chapters devoted to various logistics design issues. Chapter 12 establishes the global perspective of today’s business operations. Few firms enjoy the simplicity of conducting business within a single nation. The complexity of globalization
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Mississippi Georgia 175‚000 Texas Louisiana Florida Alaska Hawaii SportStuff.com contracted with UPS to handle all its outbound shipments 5 According to a 3-year forecast‚ demand will be growing by 0.8 per year (in total and in each region) Projection Zone 2007 × 1.80 2008 × 1.80 2009 × 1.80 2010 [units] [units] [units] [units] Northwest 320‚000 576‚000 1‚036‚800 1‚866‚240 Southwest 200‚000 360‚000 648‚000 1‚166
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Topic: business ethics Questions: 1. Discuss why ethics is important in business 2. Refute the businessman’s myth that “ethics has no place at all in business” 3. Explain the phrase “ethics is unwritten law written in the hearts of man” 4. What is your concept of reasonable profit? 5. What is your personal view on profit motive Coupon bond-short Subs.20 w/ page Minimum of 5 pages 1. Ethics concern an individual’s moral judgements about right and wrong. Decisions taken within an organisation
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|Module Number: MO0358 | |Strategic Supply Chain Management | |(Individual Project) |
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Supply Chain Management Chapter 15 Pricing and Revenue Management in the Supply Chain Lecturer: Wilmer Jorge © 2007 Pearson Education 15-1 Outline The Role of Revenue Management in the Supply Chain Revenue Management for Multiple Customer Segments Revenue Management for Perishable Assets Revenue Management for Seasonable Demand Revenue Management for Bulk and Spot Customers Using Revenue Management in Practice Summary of Learning Objectives © 2007 Pearson Education 15-2 The Role
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Master’s degree thesis LOG950 Logistics Warehouse improvement with Lean 5S - A case study of Ulstein Verft AS Iva Gergova Number of pages including this page: 86 Molde‚ 21.11.2010 1 Publication agreement Title: Warehouse Improvement with Lean 5S - A Case Study of Ulstein Verft AS Author(s): Iva Gergova Subject code: LOG 950 ECTS credits: 30 Year: 2010 Supervisor: Associated Professor Bjørn Guvåg Agreement on electronic publication of master thesis Author(s) have copyright
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