...a neighbourhood upmarket specialty food store with the excellent domestic and imported fares. The company currently has three locations in the San Diego metropolitan area, La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas. The stores consist of about roughly 8,000 square feet of retail space in the most stylish of shopping centers. Their selection includes the finest cheese, wine, fresh produce, pastry products, meats, seafood, and condiments. By stating the primary reasons of the organization’s existence, this paper will analyze the reason for the type of organizational structure, identify and explain the steps of the collaboration process, provide an example of the use of lateral and vertical collaboration, and identify the key stakeholders and the collaborative interactions among them in order to achieve success. Organization’s Existence Kudler Fine Foods states that it is its mission to provide their customers the finest in selected foodstuffs, wines, and related needs in an unparallel consumer environment (Apollo Group, Inc, 2009). After reviewing the company’s mission statement, it appears that the primary reason for the existence of Kudler Fine Foods is to offer a place for its customers to shop that has all the finest choices of food related items from all over the world in one convenient location. According to the company’s strategic marketing goals, it has a plan in place to increase revenue for the business and to lower the production costs as well. The last goal could possibly pose...
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...Thank you Ptlm Oliver! I’m excited to hear if you receive the grant. Please let me know if there is anything that the Woonsocket Health Equity Zone (HEZ) collaborative can do to support any pedestrian safety initiative or funding opportunity that the WPD is doing. Come either in Sept/Oct the collaborative will be launching the Healthy Environments workgroup in Woonsocket, which has a primary focus on pedestrian safety and walkability. I would love to schedule a time with you, Patrick and if possible the Captain to discuss what the HEZ initiative is and how a partnership with the WPD will be key as we move forward in building and supporting a safe Woonsocket. The Farmers Market is located on Clinton St in the grassy area on the corner of Clinton...
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...Discuss the concepts of centralized vs. decentralized purchasing authority, identify their relative advantages and disadvantages, and provide examples of when each may be appropriate. Centralized purchasing authority relies on one person to make decisions and direct the company. Sometimes in small businesses this is used because the owner is typically responsible for the operations of the company. The person held accountable in centralized authority structures is held accountable by the top management for proper performance of the purchasing activities. Often in smaller businesses this is necessary to attain a high operating efficiency and to maximize profits. The power of decision making is in just a few positions and there is typically little input from other positions. In large organizations this can be a good tactic if there is little segmentation among the business. In decentralized structures there are several people making decisions and running operations. In decentralized styles there is a team of people and different levels in the business. With having a larger team making decisions employees are usually empowered to make business decisions. Centralized authority can create extreme efficiency for a business. Usually the owner of the business can develop a mission and vision and set specific objectives for the managers to follow to achieve the desired goals. There is potentially a reduction of potential duplication of effort and the ability to leverage...
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...Working Group Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Efficient Consumer Response Asia Pacific (ECR AP) is an independent joint trade and industry body, which is co-chaired by representatives from the retail sector and the manufacturing sector. It promotes the use of Efficient Consumer Response techniques in Fast Moving Consumer Good (FMCG) retailing to remove unnecessary costs from the supply chain and make the sector, as a whole, more responsive to consumer demand. For more information please contact: ECR AP follows the Consumer Goods Forum focusing around five strategic priorities – Emerging Trends, Sustainability, Safety & Health, Operational Excellence and Knowledge Sharing & People Development Under operational excellence, one of the initiatives is the OSA working group which is a collaboration between members, Accenture, Unilever and Diageo. For more information please contact: Ivett Katalin Nagy, Executive Director, ECR Asia Pacific ivett@ecr-all.org Alfons Van-Woerkom Alfons.Van-Woerkom@unilever.com Unilever With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Blue Band, Pureit and Suave. Diageo Diageo is the world’s...
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...White Paper Food Service and Data Synchronization Sponsored by June 2006 Acknowledgements The International Food Distributors Association (IFDA) and GS1 US™ would like to thank the EFR/GS1 US Committee for their work on this paper. Additionally, the following participants of the committee were critical to the development of this document. Data Synchronization Committee Mark Barnekow Todd Brindley Allan Eklund Jodi Miller Pam Tann Lela Tripp Janet Zlokovich Amphire ConAgra Foods United Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC Land O’ Lakes, Inc. SYSCO, Inc Tyson Foods, Inc Answers Systems, Inc IFDA is a Washington, D.C. based trade organization representing foodservice distributors throughout the U.S., Canada, and internationally. IFDA’s 130+ members include broadline, systems, and specialty foodservice distributors that supply food and related products to restaurants, institutions, and other food away from home foodservice operations. IFDA members operate more than 550 facilities, and sell more than $75 billion in food and related products to the fastest growing sector in the food industry. GS1 US is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the adoption and implementation of standards-based, global supply chain solutions. GS1 US-based solutions, including business processes, GS1 Business Message Standards using Extensible Markup Language (XML), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the bar code identification standards of the GS1 System, formerly the EAN...
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...Functional Area Interrelationships Marcus Jackson University of Tennessee BUS/475 March 05, 2010 Professor Jenkins Functional Area Interrelationships Kudler Fine Foods states that they are “Shopping the world for the finest food” (Kudler Foods, n.d.). Current food items offered by Kudler include bakery items, meat, seafood, produce, wine, cheese, and dairy. To be successful the organization incorporates mission, vision, collaboration, and stakeholder ideas. For this paper the team analyzed Kudler Fine Foods and the primary reasons for the company’s existence, the organizational structure, the collaborative process, lateral collaboration, vertical collaboration, and the key stakeholders in achieving organizational goals. Primary Reasons for Kudlers’ Existence Kudler Fine Foods is a forerunner in the restaurant business with creating and serving first-class foods. Kudlers’ business foundation is serving consumers exceptional foods, cheeses, and wine. The objective for Kudler Fine Foods is to contribute elegant foods and wines to clientele in a superior environment. Kudler Fine Foods has three different locations, La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas. The three stores are in elegant neighborhoods, which is an enjoyed by customers. Each store is roughly 16,000 square feet that providing a wholesome environment to consumers. Kudler Fine Foods...
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...happening by providing constant, consistent validation that the supply chain strategy directly correlates with the corporate strategy. The council can also help to remove barriers to success that exist within the organization. Every company has such barriers—usually individuals or organizations that don't see or accept the value that a well-managed supply chain provides. By addressing these barriers, members of the council help to ensure that the supply chain organization is given the opportunity to perform up to its potential. When it is clear that the executive leadership is fully embracing the supply chain organization, it is likely that key business-unit stakeholders will be more willing to work with and support supply chain efforts and initiatives. Finally, the council provides an effective forum for cross-functional communication. An active governing council creates an opportunity for business unit leaders to provide the supply chain management leadership with information regarding future strategies and projects. Properly align and staff the supply chain organization Another...
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...HELPING TATA DOCOMO WITH THEIR PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE Client: Tata DOCOMO • Industry: Telecommunications Tata Teleservices (TTSL) provides telecommunications services to about 85 million clients in thousands of towns and villages across India. Among its services are mobile and wireline telephone (under the Tata Indicom brand), fixed wireless phones (Walky), public telephone booths, and Internet access (Photon). Founded in 1996, TTSL is a subsidiary of the conglomerate Tata Group. It also provides wireless phone service through a joint venture with Japan-based NTT Docomo. Tata Teleservices Limited launched 3G services for the first time in India, under the brand name Tata DOCOMO. With 3G, Tata DOCOMO redefined the face of telecom in India. Overview Need: Tata Docomo realized that they were losing out due to cumbersome supplier registration and bidding processes. They wanted to automate their business processes and streamline their procurement activities. They had to collaborate better with their 500 suppliers and enable better transparency. Solution: Bristlecone implemented SAP SRM and helped leverage supplier registration, supplier evaluation, bidding and auctioning process, supplier collaboration and SRM analytics. Benefit: Bristlecone helped revamp the procurement processes and automated bidding & auctioning. With the solution, they were able to shift from transactional purchasing to strategic purchasing. Suppliers were provided with better transparency enabling...
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...A RESEARCH PROPOSAL OF COLLABORATIVE BUYER - SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS AND JUST IN TIME (JIT STRATEGY) STRATEGY A CASE STUDY OF CROWN BEVERAGES LIMITED UGANDA BY SATURDAY BONAVENTURE 09/U/8578/PLE/PE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE IN AWARD PARTIAL OF A FULFILMENT BACHELORS OF DEGREE THE IN REQUIREMENT PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Collaborative buyer - supplier relationships and JIT strategy 09/U/8578/PLE/PE CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This chapter introduces the background of the study, problem statement, objectives of the study i.e. the main objective and the specific objectives, research questions, scope of the study and the significance of the study. 1.1 Background to the study In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to buyer-supplier relationships and just in time strategy in general. Views of buyer-supplier relationships have evolved from the old school of the 1980s, where buyers and suppliers were viewed as part of a zero-sum game, to the more collaborationist outlook of the 1990s, which claimed that buyers and suppliers could cooperate to the benefit of both, to the more network-oriented view of the 2000s, where buyers and suppliers are parts of organic business ecosystems. Today these relationships have become “strategic” and the process of relationships development is accelerated as firms strive to create relationships to achieve their goals. In this stressful environment of relationships...
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...upstream to downstream activities. While supply chains have existed ever since businesses have been organized to bring products and services to customers, the notion of their competitive advantage, and consequently supply chain management (SCM), is a relatively recent thinking in management literature. Although research interests in and the importance of SCM are growing, scholarly materials remain scattered and disjointed, and no research has been directed towards a systematic identification of the core initiatives and constructs involved in SCM. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop a research framework that improves understanding of SCM and stimulates and facilitates researchers to undertake both theoretical and empirical investigation on the critical constructs of SCM, and the exploration of their impacts on supply chain performance. To this end, we analyse over 400 articles and synthesize the large, fragmented body of work dispersed across many disciplines such as purchasing and supply, logistics and transportation, marketing, organizational dynamics, information management, strategic management, and operations management literature. 1. Introduction The popularity of the supply chain concept has been stimulated from many directions including the quality revolution (Dale et al. 1994), notions of materials management and integrated logistics (Carter and Price 1993), a growing interest in industrial markets and networks (Ford...
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...continue exploring and participating in new lines of beverages, extending existing product lines and effectively advertising and marketing products. Secondly its strategic acquisitions by entering into agreements to acquire companies, expanding bottled water strategy through innovations and selective acquisitions to maximize profitability across market territories. Coca cola is also strengthening its selling capabilities and go to market strategies, including pre sale, conventional selling and hybrid router in order to get closer to its clients. Implementing selective packaging strategies designed to increase consumer demand for our products and to build a strong returnable base. Coca cola is also committing to building a multi-cultural, collaborative team, from top to bottom and broadening geographic footprint through organic growth and strategic joint venture, mergers and acquisitions. 2.2 Competitive Advantage of Coca Cola Company Market leadership: It has a variety of beverages in the world, with operations in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and the Philippines. Business partnerships: The Coca-Cola Company has developed more advanced joint business models to continue exploring and participating in new lines of beverages, extending existing product lines and effectively advertising and marketing their products.....
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...ABSTRACT E-commerce made Supply Chain Management (SCM) technically viable and unleashed the practice of SCM. The Kenya Sugar Industry and particularly Sony Sugar Industry, due to its own characteristics, have not utilised E-commerce for Supply Chain Management as widely as it could have. The purpose of this exploratory study is to increase the understanding of the determinants for adoption of E-commerce in SCM within Kenya and its apparent industry of this study. The study will also aim at testing the value of supply chain structure and company strategies in explaining E-commerce adoption. Questionnaires, mail and email surveys will be conducted to collect the data. Simple interviews and regressions will be used to achieve the objectives and answer the questions generated. The results of this study will be used to confirm whether the literature that perceives E-commerce characteristics and Sony Sugar’s characteristics influence the E-commerce adoption level although not every factors of these two groups will be expected to do so. The study will also show that one of the factors in supply chain structure, E-procurement, is significantly related to the e-commerce adoption level. Key words: E-commerce, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Kenya Sugar Industry, Sony Sugar Industry. LIST OF FIGURES 1. FIGURE 1 Supply chain model in E-Commerce environment 2. FIGURE 2 the E-Procurement Process 3. FIGURE 3 The Independent and the Dependent...
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...Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies Second Edition Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies Second Edition David Frederick Ross CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2011 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4398-3753-5 (Ebook-PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval...
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...experience in the oil and gas industry in a variety of different roles and positions with industry companies, including 10 years with Baker Hughes in Houston. Before joining Energistics, Clark was Senior Vice President of cc-hubwoo/Trade-Ranger, the world’s largest electronic marketplace for indirect goods, whose members include many major oil and gas operating companies such as Shell, Total, Statoil, and ConocoPhillips. Additionally, Clark has been active in many global ebusiness standards development efforts and is immediate past-chair of the Petroleum Industry Data eXchange, the e-commerce subcommittee of the American Petroleum Institute. Clark’s experience has included oil and gas production-facility design and project management, purchasing management, business process re-engineering, new product development, data and information standards development, and e-business strategy and development. He earned BS and MBA degrees from Texas universities and he holds professional certification in new product development from the Product Development and Management Association. Talent & Technology » 15 S tandardization of data and information exchange is one of the most problematic, yet potentially highest value, issues facing the upstream oil and gas industry. Given the industry’s current strong market position, it has never been in a better position to take advantage of open standards adoption and deployment to enhance the industry’s key business drivers: » Reserves...
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...Aligning Sourcing and procurement strategy to corporate strategy/strategic supplier selection analysis, Collaboration methods and mechanisms INTRODUCTION Organizations are operating in an environment characterized by continuous economic, social, natural and political disruptions to their sources of supplies and services/ consumers and markets. To survive in this turbulent and highly competitive market place, these organizations must continually monitor their competitive positions alongside their internally controllable functional strategies to ensure they are proactively aligned with the overall corporate strategy. To succeed therefore in this fact evolving global competitive business environment, an innovative business concept Supply Chain Management was introduced to help align the functional strategies with the overall business strategies and suppliers. During World War I and II, the success of a firm was not dependent on what it could sell, since the market was almost unlimited. Instead, the ability to obtain from suppliers the raw materials, suppliers and services needed to keep the factories and mines operating was the key determinant of organizational success. Consequently, attention was given to organization policies, strategies and procedures of the supply chain functions which resulted to activities termed logistics, souring, procurement, material management. By the open of 1970’s, organizations faced two most challenging problems: an international shortage of almost...
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