Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain Sunil Chopra Kellogg School of Management‚ Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Road‚ Evanston‚ IL 60208‚ U.S.A Tel: 1-847-491-8169; Fax: 1-847-467-1220; e-mail:s-chopra@kellogg.northwestern.edu Abstract This paper describes a framework for designing the distribution network in a supply chain. Various factors influencing the choice of distribution network are described. We then discuss different choices of distribution networks and their
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1.1 Introduction Supply chain management‚ is the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective & efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development‚ sourcing‚ production‚ and logistics‚ as well as the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. Figure 1
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KEL030 SUNIL CHOPRA AND CANAN SAVASKAN Weight Solutions Clinic: Bariatric Surgery Center “Tell me Mike‚ how do you expect me to face Mr. Spitzer‚ who has already waited ten weeks for an answer from his insurance company‚ and tell him that the earliest we can operate on him is in three months’ time? You know that he is struggling to make this drastic commitment‚ and we are just making life more difficult for him‚” Dr. Crawler said to his head surgeon. “We urgently need to do something about
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Executive summary About the project Within a short span of time‚ the use of cosmetics by Indian consumers has increased significantly with more and more women and men taking greater interest in personal grooming‚ increasing disposable incomes‚ changing life styles‚ influence of satellite television and greater product choice and availability. This cosmetics and personal care industry has been growing at an average rate of 20 per cent for the last few years. The growing Indian cosmetics market offers
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CBI‟s REPORT ON CRICKET MATCH FIXING AND RELATED MALPRACTICES http://cbi.nic.in/match1.htm SECTION-I GENERAL (a) GENESIS: In response to the request from Ministry of Sports regarding an inquiry into match fixing and related malpractices in Indian Cricket‚ vide DO No. F-23-8/2000-SP.III from Shri N.N. Khanna‚ Secretary‚ Ministry of Culture‚ Youth Affairs and Sports‚ CBI registered a Preliminary Enquiry No. 2/S/2000 on 2.5.2000. The scope of the PE is broadly limited to the letter of Shri N
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OF ENGINEERING Guided by: Submitted by: Dr. Siddheshwar Chopra Sandeep Singh Assistant Professor Physics A12405212014 ASET CSE-3A Amity University‚ Uttar Pradesh Acknowledgement I have taken efforts in this term paper. However‚ it would not have been possible without the kind support of many individuals. A special gratitude I give to our Term paper guide Dr. Siddheshwar Chopra‚ whose contribution in stimulating suggestions and encouragement‚ helped
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------------------------------------------------- Plot/Summary Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan)‚ Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) and Ranchhordas Shyamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan) are three students who share a room in the residence of the fictional Imperial College of Engineering (ICE). Farhan is studying engineering to pursue his father’s wishes‚ over his own passion for wildlife photography. Raju is studying to get his family out of poverty. On the other hand‚ Ranchho studies for his simple passion
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Marketing Management MBA CLASS: 132 Assignment Given By: Chopra‚ Anurag MBA 132 Student ID: 20141347 Email ID:anu_chopra_86@yahoo.co.in Assignment Submitted To: Reinhard Hunerberg Word Count: 1547 Executive Summary This whole assignment was all about Fonterra New Zealand Company which dealt with all kind of milk products. And in this assignment I had discussed about history‚ origin‚ role of marketing‚ segmentation and target groups of Fonterra. And also
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FREEMARK ABEEY WINERY Case Memo “I de “ I declare that the material contained in this assignment is the end result of my own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography to ALL sources‚ be they printed‚ electronic or personal” Abhishek Mishra Student No-14203717 MSc. in Supply Chain management FREEMARK ABBEY CASE SOLUTION Executive summary The Case analysis will provide with a deep analysis
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The environmental impact of changing logistics structures Brewer‚ Peter C.; Speh‚ Thomas W (2001): Adapting the balanced scorecard to supply chain management Bullinger H-J‚ K€hner M‚ van Hoof A (2002): Analysing supply chain performance using a u Chopra S‚ Meindl P (2004): Supply chain management. Strategy‚ planning‚ and operation. 2nd edition Christopher M (2005): Logistics and supply chain management. Creating value-adding networks. 3rd edition. Horlow: Financial Times/Prentice Hall Emmett S‚ Sood
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