...Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: | SCM 5830 – Supply Chain Management | Submitted to: | Dr. Ryan Atkins | Submitted by: | Fancy Fieffe | | | | Date of Submission: | March 11, 2015 | Title of Assignment: | Nestle: Coffee- the Supply Chain | | | CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student's Signature: Fancy Fieffe ***************************************************************** Instructor's Grade on Assignment: Instructor's Comment Executive Summary Nestle is one of the largest and leading international coffee and nutritional products corporation with a core mission to provide quality nutritional food options "Good Food, Good Life” to its consumers. Nestle supply chain system is impressive, but due to its wide range of supply chain links, they are subjected to some vulnerabilities such as quality assurance of its suppliers which can have serious repercussions for the company and its brand. In order to reduce its risks, the company launched a sustainability campaign by creating shared values to mirror its triple bottom line core concepts and values...
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...Homework Assignment 3, Kranworth Chair Corporation Case Study-Pratistha Das TO: Kevin Wentworth, CEO, Kranworth Chair Corporation FROM: Das Consulting Associates DATE: September 11, 2015 RE: Effectiveness of Decentralization of organizational structure in Kranworth Chair Corporation, Evaluation of its new performance measurement and incentive system and analysis of decentralization of R&D Kranworth Chair Corporation (KCC) was co-founded by Weston Krantz and Kevin Wentworth in 1987. In early years, KCC specialized in a broad line of high quality and fashionable portable, folding chairs, which were branded as various models of Fold-it! Brand and were sold exclusively to distributors. Over the years, KCC diversified its product range and produced chairs of various sizes, models, designs, chairs with various add-on features, of different prices and even of different materials. KCC also introduced some related products like ottomans, tripods, cots and stadium seats. It employed screen-printing artists and seamstresses to customize certain products. It kept track of its Stock Keeping Units. To boost sales volume KCC invested in advertising, added other distribution channels and tied up with major retail chains like Walmart, target, K-Mart, etc. in order to lower labor costs, KCC moved its manufacturing facilities to Mexico and China, except for some customizing and assembling facilities in Denver...
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...BEIHANG UNIVERSITY 北京航空航天大学 SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 经济管理学院 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 “Supply Chain Management of Wal-Mart” Professor: ZHAO QUIHONG Student: NGUYEN HAI YEN - LS 1508256 VU THI THU HIEN - LS 1508226 GANTA. MURALI - LS 1508233 NGUYEN KHANH LINH - LS 1508230 NGUYEN THI THU HIEN - LS 1508257 INTRODUCTION Wal - mart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Ark. It is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. Almost everything can be found in Wal-Mart stores and it has everything a homemaker can ever think of. It is arguably the largest retail chain that deals with millions of product ranging from furnitures, clothes, groceries, books, movies, electronic, jewelries, baby products and much more. In the 1960s through the 1970s, companies realized strong engineering, design, and manufacturing functions were strong market strategy keys to create and capture customer loyalty. As the demand for new products rose in the 1980s, these market requirements were to increase their flexibility and responsiveness to adapt existing products and processes or to develop new ones in order to meet customer needs. As manufacturing improved in the 1990s, managers began noticing material and service inputs involving suppliers and their major impact on an organization‘s ability to meet customer needs. As a result of these changes, organizations...
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...Unit 7 Assignment Question 1-3 The first question in this assignment is something that we rarely think about when dealing with marketing of a product. The question is that we must explain our communication objectives and the communication channels Arimount will use to influence our target audience. The purpose of promotion for an business be required to run through previous pronouncements to facilitate were made that connected to the objective advertisement, trade name location as fit as the advertising curriculum. The marketing target and point of the business, concerning to a item for consumption is unambiguous announcement assignment correlated in sequence congregate to achieve the promotion echelon that requirements to be talented concerning a exact addressees for a definite era of occasion. Arimount desires to employ marketing and deal promotional combine for exchange a few words its goods to its clientele. The corporation be supposed to also bring into play by enticement advertising to endorse its goods in the highly developed intensity. The lavishness supplies are seen as uncommon and in short supply and its expenditure is energy by coming together of common forces and commerce feature. It is in addition well-known that sumptuousness possessions present a reduced amount of elasticity in situation the charge and consequently could do with to be advertised at elevated fee to a slot sector. Scrutinize that extravagance merchandise are made to order adaptation of support...
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...Centennial College School Of Business Assignment # 3 FedEx Corporation MGMT 704 (Sec 101) Management and Leadership FedEx Corporation FedEx Corporation is a global courier service provider company based in Memphis, Tennessee. FedEx offers its businesses and customers operating globally with a wide prospective of transportation services, logistics and supply-chain solutions and e-commerce. FedEx mission statement states that they will strive to gain huge returns for their shareholders by offering exceptional transportation services and other business solutions. They endeavor to develop and maintain a mutually gratifying relationship with their employees, suppliers and customers. FedEx is consistently ranked among the top companies of the world and have a strong foothold in transportation industry. FedEx Corporation is committed to constant improvement to match the predefined standards and regulations in terms of consistency and accuracy of thoughts and analysis. FedEx focuses on creating a prototype organization which is similar to the quality management. They have created a management system under which every employee is tasked with innovation and new challenges at their day-to-day activity. But one team exclusively works on experimenting and developing future game-changing prospects. FedEx have setup their own institute of technology where they take on a detailed research on science, business and transportation industry at University of Memphis. This facility...
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...The concept followed by Flower Country USA at the time was a great concept. The distribution needs followed a supply chain model that would prove effective. Distinguishing a hub for the flowers to pass through, while working with suppliers and shippers to develop lower cost – high quality flowers, helped the company’s concept and model grow to substantial revenue potential. The in-store experience created a perceived value to its customers; embedding to them that not only is this company a great place to buy flowers, but it’s also an enjoyable shopping experience that will keep shoppers coming back time after time. The perceived value and supply chain are integral parts to this business model that helped it succeed. It was clearly thought out, and the reason I believe it to be a great business model. Playing to Win Assignment #1 1) I believe there are many broad conditions in Figure 1.1 in Playing to Win that are useful for firms to be successful and to formulate and execute a strategy framework. Start-up and small business may already know their winning aspirations and may need to focus more on the, where do they play and how do they win questions. A pizzeria shop start-up already knows their winning aspirations; make pizzas that can be picked up or delivered and make a profit. But many where-do-they-play questions must follow. Do I produce quantity over quantity as the likes of Little Caesars, or do I focus on making the best dough and sauce and use the freshest ingredients...
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...ACCT 463/CCMA523 WINTER 2015 ASSIGNMENT 1 KRANWORTH CHAIR CORPORATION Company Overview Kranworth Chair Corporation (KCC) was incorporated in 1987 by Weston Krantsz and Kevin Wentworth. KCC is a manufacturing company, and the name of the Company is associated with FOLD-IT! brand that includes production of high-quality and fashionable portable, folding chairs and related products. The main manufacturing line was concentrate to produce (i) folding chairs (produced at several price points) and related products (tripod stools, ottomans, costs, and stadium seats) in Mexico and China manufacturing facility and (ii) custom-designed products in the Denver location. The main KCC’s customers were: • Major retail chains (Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target) that provided highest sales volumes but with lower gross margin; • Other retail chains (e.g. sporting goods); • Corporations for custom-design products orders. From the begging of activity KCC was a Company that had little competition and high margin rate. However, since 1999 the Company faces some cash and business issues related to the new loan, the new competitors on the market and the worldwide recession. At that point of time Kevin realized that in order to keep the business in good shape new changes should be done . This changes are to solve the main strategic issues the company faces, which include: eroding profit margin, fierce completion, inventory in more than a thousand types of products and parts and rather tight...
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...Quality Assignment 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report is the assignment of Quality Management that has been undertaken under the academic requirement of gaining an understanding of the relevance of quality management to the framework of engineering projects of the module ME5014, Project Engineering and Management. The majority of an engineer’s work is involved with the creation of projects. Designing and supervising and managing engineering projects requires expertise in quality rather than any other aspects. It is also necessary for engineers to know how to manage quality of the work involved with the project Quality management is the act of overseeing all activities and tasks needed to maintain a desired level of excellence. This includes creating and implementing quality planning and assurance, as well as quality control and quality improvement. 1 Quality Assignment 2.0 Q1 In relation to ISO 9000: 2000 Quality Management System, a) What is a process? A set of interrelated or interacting activities that transforms inputs into outputs. Processes are interconnected because Inputs to a process are generally outputs of other processes. Processes in an organization are generally planned and carried out under controlled conditions to add value. An effective process is one that realizes planned activities and achieves planned results. b) What are the 8 principles governing ISO 9000:2000 family of standards? 1. Customer Focus Organisations...
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...learning, planning and controlling | | |activities that are supporting operational and strategic needs. It also supports continuous learning and improvement activities and | | |serves as a linkage between strategy and execution of that strategy. | |Learning outcomes |At the end of this course, students are able to: | | |Compare and explain about costs and the best ways to make better decisions in the selection of products, price and investments. [C4] | | |Prepare and produce a budget, understand chain processes and apply the said techniques. [P4] | | |Utilise strategic costing, understand and implement ways to review inventory and quality, and...
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...learning, planning and controlling | | |activities that are supporting operational and strategic needs. It also supports continuous learning and improvement activities and | | |serves as a linkage between strategy and execution of that strategy. | |Learning outcomes |At the end of this course, students are able to: | | |Compare and explain about costs and the best ways to make better decisions in the selection of products, price and investments. [C4] | | |Prepare and produce a budget, understand chain processes and apply the said techniques. [P4] | | |Utilise strategic costing, understand and implement ways to review inventory and quality, and...
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...Assignment 2: Challenges in the Global Business Environment Courtney N Carpenter Business and Society Professor Pamela Payne-Powell Strayer University August 30, 2015 Challenges in the Global Business Environment This paper summarizes Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct and responsibility information. This paper describes Apple position on empowering workers, labor and human rights, health and safety, the environment and accountability related to Supplier Code of Conduct. Apple believes in making complex things simple and designs new products that enrich people’s lives. The company is one of the biggest supply chains in the world. Apple products such as iPhones, iPads, and Mac Books contribute to more than a million people lives in the world and employ the company and their hundreds of manufacturing partners. Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct is one of the toughest in the electronics industry and the company’s made it even stronger through 633 audits at multiple levels of supply chains and trained more than 1.5 million suppliers on their rights (Apple Inc, 2015). Apple believes that each supplier or worker has the right to safe and ethical working conditions, so the company is audit deep into their supply chain and maintain their suppliers’ accountability to the strictest industry standards. Apple is committed to providing educational opportunities for workers by providing them educational resources in their supply chain. The company provides training to workers on their...
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...[pic] Wal-Mart: Where did all the small businesses go? Rasha Burara Anela Sehovic Bader Al-Askari Matt Meikle Problem statement The purpose of this assignment is to analyze Wal-Mart and find out their strength, weaknesses, threats and opportunities. We will identify the company’s issues by looking at internal and external factors that influences the corporation. In the analyzing part we have made an SWOT analysis to identify Wal-Mart’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to get better overview of the company. In general we can say that Wal-Mart’s strength is their ability to recognize what their customer needs are by offering low prices on all their products. We have also made Porte’s five forces which help us to analyze the external factors and the position of the company. Furthermore, we have looked on the ethical aspects that Wal-Mart is facing. • Problem 1 – How could Wal-Mart avoid shutting down small town, family owned businesses when they move into an area? • Problem 2 – How can Wal-Mart avoid losing American suppliers to foreign country suppliers? History Wal-Mart Stores (Wal-Mart) was established in 1962 when Sam Walton, who had operated stores in Arkansas and Missouri, decided to open a discount store. The company went public and was traded over the counter in 1970, before being listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart diversified into grocery (Wal-Mart Supercenters), international...
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...MGMT90026 Supply Chain Management Group Assignment Dr. Vikram Bhakoo Class: Tuesday 6:15-9:15 MGMT90026 Supply Chain Management Group Assignment Dr. Vikram Bhakoo Class: Tuesday 6:15-9:15 By: Widad Alharthi 822694 Di Cao Wasinee Phornnarit Yang Chan By: Widad Alharthi 822694 Di Cao Wasinee Phornnarit Yang Chan Table of Contents Introduction: 2 1. Supply Chain Management Practices 4 1.1 Walmart 4 1.1.1 Strategic allignemnt 4 1.1.2 procurement and distribution 5 1.1.3 Logistic and distribution management 5 1.1.4 Inventory management 6 1.2 Amazon 8 2. Strategic Alliances 9 2.1 Walmart 9 2.2 Amazon 10 3. Technologies employed in the SC Network 11 3.1 Walmart 11 3.2 amazon 13 4. Challenges and risks 14 4.1 Walmart 14 4.2 Amazon 15 5. Comparison of sustainable strategies in Supply Chains 16 conclusion 17 References: 18 Appendices: 19 Section A: 19 Section B: 19 Section C: 20 Introduction: Executive summary: This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current supply chain strategies employed by two leading retail corporates, Walmart and Amazon. The report draws attention to the following aspects; supply chain management practices, strategic alliances, Information Technology, challenges and risks,finally sustainability in the supply chain. Method of the analysis includes reviewing a collection academic journals from different databases, analysing company’s...
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...TEAM CASE ANALYSIS OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT 1. Problem Statement and Objectives Implementation of Wal-Mart’s supply chain and success in India (in partnership with Bharati) What is the significance of the problem in terms of strategic marketing to the firm? * Cold chains [distribution chains for perishable items], warehousing and logistics infrastructure issues to be faced by Wal-Mart in India. * Competition by Indian small-scale retailers: Cultural differences in Indian retail way and the wall-mart way, while unorganized small-scale retailers in India build a long lasting relationship with their customer, Wall-Mart’s relationship is mainly transactional. * Lack of skilled employees, inadequate quality control and a variation in policy regimes across different states in India is a significant challenge Wal-mart would have to face. 2. Situation Analysis Core competence of Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart, due to its efficient logistic system and the ability to capitalize on every cost saving opportunity has provided them with a competitive edge over their competitors. The core competence of Wal-Mart is providing low priced products due to its excellent supply chain management including the following 3 sub points: * Procurement and distribution: Minimizing reducing purchasing cost through procuring directly from the manufacturers and eliminating the intermediaries. Further, with strategically located warehouses at different geographical locations...
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...meets: Wednesday, January 7 Room: Anderson Complex, Cornell Hall, D-307 Course Description New products are the lifeblood of any corporation and the cornerstone of any economy. Without expanding the product portfolio, any modern corporation can quickly succumb to competition and lose significant market share, or even be totally dis-intermediated. This phenomenon has been intensified with the advancements in digital economy. The innovation process has been significantly altered as a result of the impact of digital economy across all industries and markets. While most companies recognize the need for new products, not all such new products that are introduced to the market are successful. And even a smaller percentage can stand the test of time and reach significant market share or achieve resilient popularity. Innovation is one of the key drivers of making new products. We will examine the process of innovation and new product development and discuss the associated paradigms and success factors (through the case and class discussions). This course is designed to help students deepen their understanding of new product innovation, development, and management. In the course the student will assume the role of a product developer or a product manager focused on developing a –new- concept into a new product (for a start-up or a mature corporation). This product developer/ manager identifies, develops, and commercializes a new product according to the material presented...
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