...Supply Chain Management Definition, Introduction and Fundamental Concepts * Definition A supply chain is a global network used to deliver products and services from raw material to customers through an engineered flow of information, physical distribution and cash. 3 entities 4 flows , to connect A basic supply chain Is formed of a supplier a producer and the customer , connected with four basic flows : 1- The flow of physical material and services from supplier to the producer to transform them into consumable products for distribution to the final customer 2- The flow of cash back to the raw material supplier; 3- the flow of information back and forth along the chain ; 4- and the reverse flow of product for repair, or disposal A supplier / a vendor /a seller may provide :- * raw material s * services * Energy * Components A producer receives the material , supplies services to turn them into consumable products or services such as : * Products(airplanes, cars, furniture,..) * Power (electric, fuel ,..) * Professional services(guided tours, engineering services,..) * Government Services(educational , health care,..) A producer deliver the finished product to a customer that receives its final customer and consumers * There are three main types of Supply Chain Strategies :- a- Stable – appropriate for chains that use efficient execution with efficient cost & time performance and do not require real...
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...Reflection on Handfield and Nichols In the text Introduction to Supply Chain Management Robert Handfield and Ernest Nichols Jr. focused on a range of topic surrounding and encompassing the understanding of supply chain management. In relation to supply chain management, the authors placed a huge emphasis on explaining the changes in supply chain management over time; more specifically its improvements. As identified in the reading, the cause for the improvements in supply chain management had everything to do with the inclusion of information technology systems in the interworking’s of the supply chain. For this reflection paper, the students and I were charged with reading the first four chapters of the text. These four chapters focused on the understanding of supply chain management, the use of information technology systems in supply chain management, managing the flow of materials within the supply chain, and managing the relationships within the supply chain. Primarily, Handfield and Nichols related their information on supply chain management and its recent advances to manufacturing settings and workplaces. Nonetheless, they did mention that all organizations regardless of size or sector have a use for supply chain management. “All organizations are part of one or more supply chains” (Handfield & Nichols, 1998; pg. 5). For the past year I have been working within the non-profit sector of Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to beginning this course and embarking on...
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...Introduction to Supply Chain Management * Supply Chain Management: A set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, in order to minimize system-wide costs while satisfying service level requirements. * Takes into consideration every facility that has an impact on cost and plays a role in making the product conform to customer requirements * Be efficient and cost-effective across the entire system * Supply chain strategies cannot be determined in isolation. They are directly affected by another chain that most organizations have, the development chain – includes the set of activities with new product introduction * It is challenging to design and operate a supply chain so that total system-wide costs are minimized, and system-wide service levels are maintained. * Uncertainty and risk are inherent in every supply chain * The development and supply chains intersect at the production point (HP was one of the first firms to recognize this intersection) * What makes finding the best system-wide, or globally optimal, integrated solution so difficult? * The supply chain is a complex network (Ex: National Semiconductor) * Different facilities in the supply chain frequently have different, conflicting objectives. * The supply chain is a dynamic system that...
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...STUDENT NAME: Mohannad Awni Karaja Student ID: 8703 Introduction to SCM: It resulted from growth pressures of globalization and increasing the novelty and the evolution of the client (the waves improve business) and that in recent decades starting administration objectives and results through monitoring the overall quality and total quality management and business re-engineering and knowledge management and finally the Department of Administration supply chains E. As a result of the foregoing, the management of the supply chain for those in charge of operation and contractors and suppliers has become more difficult to convince them to work with certainty. Supply chain management has become an important phenomenon because of the...
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...the company wants to improve customer responsiveness and save cost simultaneously, then the company needs to improve customer value by efficient and effective operations throughout the supply chain pipeline by using supply chain principle. Supply chain principle is to share information in entire supply chain operations and sharing rewards and risks based on collaborative relationship and trust. To meet customer’s demand and expectation, we can use supply chain tools. Based on the company information, company operation globally, therefore, I think company can outsource. In order to compete in a global market place, outsourcing to others who can perform them as well or better at lower total cost of ownership allows companies to shift fixed costs to variable costs, which make them more agile. Moreover, for a company staying at the leading position of supply chain visibility, company should relay on third parties to afford to stay ahead competitors in supply chain visibility. However, when company decides to outsource to low cost country, company should aware some challenges such as to identify capable suppliers, protect intellectual property, understand compliance of import/export issues, overcome culture and language barriers, and guarantee security of product in transit. Another supply chain tool can help company to reach its goal is supplier relationship management (SRM) which is a philosophy of mutual respect and cooperation between a company and its supplying firms, manifested...
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...Introduction OF COMPANY: The brand name "Amul," is derived from the Sanskrit word "Amoolya," (significance Precious) was proposed by a quality control master in Anand.), shaped in 1946, in India. It is a brand name managed by an apex cooperative association, Gujarat Co-agent Milk Marketing Federation ltd. (GCMMF), which today is together possessed by approximately 2.8 million milk producers in Gujarat, India. Amul is situated in Anand, Gujarat and is best known for its achievement in the dairy cooperative. It is one of the best illustrations of co-agent accomplishment in the creating economy. "Any individual who has seen the dairy cooperatives in the state of Gujarat, particularly the highly successful one known as AMUL, will regularly ponder what blend of impacts and motivating forces is required to reproduce such a model a thousand times over in creating districts everywhere. The Amul Pattern has established itself as a remarkably suitable model for country development. Amul has impelled the White Revolution of India, which has made India the largest maker of milk and milk items in the world. It is likewise the world's biggest vegan cheddar brand. Amul is the biggest sustenance mark in India and world's Largest Pouched Milk Brand with a yearly turnover of US $1050million (2006-07). At present Unions are aiming to produce 2.8 million producer parts with milk accumulation normal of 10.16 million liters per day. Amul started with only one plant in Anand and 2 village cooperative...
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...MGMT 472 Homework assignment 2 1. According to the text, key ingredients for developing successful supply partnerships include all of the following EXCEPT: a. Personal relationships b. Individualized objectives c. Mutual benefits and needs d. Performance metrics 2. The combination of the purchase price of a good and additional costs incurred before or after product delivery can be referred to as: a. Total cost of acquisition b. Total cost of ownership c. Purchase requisition cost d. Total procurement cost 3. Benefits of implementing an effective supplier certification program include all or the following EXCEPT: a. Building long-term relationships b. Reducing time spent on incoming inspections c. Increasing supplier base d. Recognizing excellence 4. A company using a weighted-criteria evaluation system has established these 5 categories and the appropriate weight in parentheses: Quality (0.30) Responsiveness (0.20) Delivery (0.20) Cost (0.20) Technology (0.10) Company X received the following ratings in each of the five categories: Quality(90), Responsiveness(80), Delivery(80), Cost(90), Technology(90). What is their total score? a. 87.0 b. 85.5 c. 86.0 d. 84.0 5. SRM software should be capable of: a. Automating transactional processes b. Making information flow between partners more visible c. Integration of the supply chain making it possible to monitor multiple departments and processes both internally and externally d. All of these 1 Data Set E1 Period 1 2 3 4 5...
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...An Introduction To Supply Chain Management Commerce Essay The term supply chain management was first coined by a U.S. industry consultant in the early 1980s. However, the concept of a supply chain in management was of great importance long before, in the early 20th century. Supply chain management is the word coined for the effective management of all the partners and the information disseminated between them. Take an example of Dell computers, Micheal Dell cant built his business just by selling the computers to the customers, but he need to see the complex problems of the customers and solve these problems through just in time manufacturing of the product, then how to minimize the wastage in the production then to evaluate what customers are doing and how they can make their production efficiently (NYT 2010), as the manufacturer cannot sell the product at the higher prices than the competitors are selling but through effective management you can actually reduce the cost, so concisely he need to be a master of supply chain management. Before supply chain management there was effective inventory control system exist but due to some pit falls like; no supply chain metrics, inadequate definition of customer service, , organizational barriers, inaccurate delivery status data, simplistic inventory stocking policies, inefficient information systems, ignoring the impact of uncertainties, and an incomplete view of the supply chain (Teigen 1997). There is a need for another system...
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...I. Executive Summary A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL, or sometimes TPL) is a firm that provides service to its customers of outsourced (or “third party”) logistics services for part, or all of their supply chain management functions. Third party logistics providers typically specialize in integrated operation, warehousing and transportation services that can be scaled and customized to customers’ needs based on market conditions and the demands and delivery service requirements for their products and materials. 3PL is defined as “a firm that provides multiple logistics services for use by customers. Preferably, these services are integrated, or bundled together, by the provider. Among the services 3PLs provide are transportation, warehousing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding.“ Metro Combined Logistics Solutions Inc. is a third party provider of several companies here in the Philippines; one of them is the Johnson and Johnson Philippines Inc. Metro Combined is the third party provider for the management of the raw and packaging materials warehouse for the said company. Our group had our internship in the said warehouse wherein we were assigned to do several warehousing tasks. We were under the supervision of Mr. Engelbert Ranjo, the Assistant General Manager for Metro Combined and Operations Manager for the Johnson and Johnson account. During our internship we have observed that Johnson and Johnson is incurring a lot...
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...Salas-Amaro 20 October 2013 Croc’s Operational Case Study Introduction In examining, the case study on Crocs; it displays an overview of the company’s objectives in operations to include the supply chain. This examination reveals the success behind how the company thrives in times when others are unable. Part of Crocs leading objectives and primary function is to reinvent the supply chain to provide less shortages and increase awareness and customer satisfaction. This paper will outline a brief overview of company history, Crocs two primary core competencies and in which manner do they exploit them; continued evaluation will cover vertical integration, acquisition, or product extension growth. Further discussion consists of company production and inventory as well, as how margins affect their decisions. History and a Foundation for Core Competencies Lyndon Hanson, Scott Seamans, and George Boedecker created Crocs, INC. in 2002 out of Boulder Colorado. The idea came from a trip taken by the three, where one of them had purchase a pair made from a company out of Canada. The decision to start a business selling the shoes was realized after they leased a warehouse in Florida; when sales took off, they contacted Ronald Synder a college friend who which was employed for Flextronics (electronics manufacture) in an executive position. The addition of Snyder was positive as he helped invent their supply chain strategy (Schroeder, Goldstein & Rungtusanatham, 2011). In...
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...Thinking, viewed 5 September 2012, http://youtu.be/pEIXE9DI9e4.) System thinking is useful to global supply chains because it is an approach to problem solving, by viewing “problems” as parts of an overall system, rather than reacting to specific part, outcomes or events and potentially contributing to further development of unintended consequences. System thinking is not one thing but a set of habits or practices within a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system can be best understood in the context of relationships with each other and with other systems, rather than in isolation.() The company that this analysis will focus on is Coca Cola company, in particular it will focus of the challenges they face in globalisation, industry specific challenges, some risk and failure points, system thinking and the product life cycle. The coca cola enterprise is a globalised company with an iconic brand name that is known around the world. It is a global business with “17 manufacturing facilities spread out around the world, it produces 11 million bottles and cans per year and employs over 13,500 employees”.(http://cokecce.com) The risk associated with globalisation can be broken down in four sections. Supply, demand, operational and security risks. (metzgar ) states “Supply risk which is the distribution of outcomes related to adverse events in inbound supply that effect the ability of the focal firm to meet customer demand ( in terms of both quantity and...
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...2010 Introduction Birds Eye is an international food processing industry. They specialize in a wide variety of fast-frozen foods such as vegetables, seafood, and meat. They were founded in 1973 by General Foods. The name Birds Eye was coined from its fast-freezing patent inventor, Clarence Birds Eye. Birds Eye is the industry pioneer of frozen food. Birds Eye dominated the frozen food market in the 1950's and 1960's. They accounted for over 60% of frozen food sales in the UK. They served exclusively to over 40,000 retail outlets and among other outlets served; they accounted for over 75% of their frozen food sales. Problem Summary Birds Eye was losing its market share and profitability during the 1970's and 1980's due to increased competition in the frozen foods market. In 1978 their market share of 60% declined to 29%. Private label competitors had gained over 21% of the frozen food market. The increase of stiff competition drove prices down and lowered profitability for Birds Eye. A huge factor in loss of profitability and market stronghold was their internal strategy. The company’s vertical integration strategy worked for in the beginning to initially strengthen their brand, but lost its performance during the 1970's and 1980's. Due to the rising costs of producing frozen foods in the 1970's, and increasing market competition, the company needed to shift to a more horizontal strategic approach. Analysis Value Chain Birds Eye value chain was the chain of activates...
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...Abstract The paper examines the key factors influencing the adoption of e-business technology by SMEs. To this end, the paper draws on a range of literatures on the diffusion of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), many of which have hitherto been treated as separate. The reasons for this are two-fold. First, e-business technologies are the latest in a line of new ICT technologies. When exploited successfully, ICTs have increased firm competitiveness either by raising the efficiency of internal communication and organisation and/or supply chain relationships, or by facilitating the development of new/improved products and services. Second, it is hypothesised that many of the factors affecting the successful adoption of new technologies are generic in nature. With regards to SMEs specifically, consideration of earlier research may assist us in identifying a set of enablers and barriers to e-business adoption. Hence, by explicitly acknowledging the context and prior history of research in the area, we are able to map out the dimensions of future theoretical and empirical research in e-business adoption by SMEs. In addition to drawing together factors identified by existing research, the paper highlights the implications of network externalities for the timing of technology investments and the returns that accrue to early and late adopters. It also draws attention to a number of problems associated with the analytical concept of ‘the SME’ when it...
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...Question: What risks and perils are present in global transportation? Discuss how exporters and importers can manage these risks. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Potential Threats and Risks of Global Transportation 3. Manage the Risks 4. Conclusion 5. Reference Introduction Thanks to globalization, lean processes, and the geographical concentration of production, among other factors, supply chain and transport networks are more efficient than ever before. This increasing sophistication and complexity, however, is accompanied by increasing risk. Major disruptions in the past five years—including the global financial crisis, the Yemen parcel bomb scare, flooding in Thailand, and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami—have illustrated the vulnerabilities of finely tuned, closely interconnected supply chain and transport networks. Although risks have increased, there are concerns about the ability of organizations to address this new risk profile. As the recent , New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risk, points out, most enterprises have logistics and transportation risk management protocols that can address localized disruptions. Greater supply chain risks outside the control of individual organizations, however, can have cascading and unintended consequences that no one organization can mitigate. While it’s important to be able to anticipate...
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...International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Volume 14, Issue 2, 2011 Agricultural Value Chains in Developing Countries A Framework for Analysis Jacques H. Trienekens Associate Professor, Wageningen University-Management Studies and Maastricht School of Management Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, The Netherlands Abstract The paper presents a framework for developing country value chain analysis made up of three components. The first consists of identifying major constraints for value chain upgrading: market access restrictions, weak infrastructures, lacking resources and institutional voids. In the second component three elements of a value chain are defined: value addition, horizontal and vertical chain-network structure and value chain governance mechanisms. Finally, upgrading options are defined in the area of value addition, including the search for markets, the value chain- network structure and the governance form of the chain. Part of this component is the identification of the most suitable partnerships for upgrading the value chain. The three components of the framework are derived from major theoretical streams on inter-company relationships and from the literature on developing country value chains. The framework is applied in a case example of a developing country value chain. Keywords: Developing country value chains, research framework, upgrading Corresponding author: Tel: + 31 317 484160 Email: Jacques.Trienekens@wur.nl 51 2011 International Food...
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