..."Customer-Facing Supply Chain Practices -- The Impact of Demand and Distribution Management on Supply Chain Success." Journal of Operations Management 30.4 (2012): 269-81. Print. Research Classification: The authors of this research performed an empirical based study and outlined three objectives to their study: 1. …to provide empirical evidence of whether or not demand management (DeM) does indeed have such a substantial positive impact on supply chain performance; 2. …the simultaneous evaluation of the impact of customer-facing SCM practices related to both DeM and distribution management (DiM); 3. …the analysis of a potentially existing relationship between DeM and DiM, (p270 et al. 1-3). To meet the objectives of their study, the authors “identif[ied] relevant practices to DeM and DiM” through literature reviews and expert interviews, and from here, the authors created a conceptual model and utilized the partial least squares to test their hypothesis, (p269 -70). Statement of Problem: This journal article aims to examine the “relative impact of relative practices associated with demand and distribution management,” (p 269). Defined by the authors as “…the ability of a company to understand customer demand and requirements and balance them against the capabilities of the supply chain,” demand management (DeM) is becoming more and more popular in the operations management field; however, DeM has not been comprehensively analyzed in terms of supply chain performance....
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...WHITE PAPER The Synchronized Distribution Supply Chain: Best Practices in Warehouse Management About Motorola’s Mobile Supply Chain Solutions Every day, companies all over the world count on Motorola mobility solutions to keep their supply chain operations at peak productivity and profitability. When it comes to supply chain optimization, Motorola’s end-to-end supply chain mobility solutions offer the expertise gained through successful proven deployments in many of the world’s largest enterprises, a comprehensive and proven enterprises class product portfolio — including wireless infrastructure for seamless ‘inside outside’ mobility, integrated voice and data devices and bestin-class applications through a world-class partner network — and a complete portfolio of services designed to help you get and keep your mobility solution up and running to ensure peak performance and maximum value. For more information on how Motorola mobility solutions can streamline your supply chain, please visit motorola.com/supplychainmobility or access our global contact directory at motorola.com/enterprise/contactus Executive summary The warehouse is at the center of your business, a key area through which nearly everything in your business must pass — from packages in a parcel post environment to raw materials and finished goods in a manufacturing plant to a wealth of products in a distribution center. When mobility is extended throughout your warehouse, a new level of efficiency, accuracy...
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...basically takes care of time and place utilities. Basically, it helps companies gain competitive advantage. Supply chain management is the process to examine everything from needs identification through the actual use and disposal of purchased materials and services while maximizing the value of ‘Rupees’ spent. SCM is the management of all key business processes across members of supply chain. The primary objective of any supply chain is “CYCLE TIME REDUCTION”. The main objective of this assignment is to provide a platform of understanding the supply chain and the business strategies to interact with various agencies those who are involve in distribution and Supply Chain Management. The topic for the assignment : “Comparative study of Distribution & Supply Chain Management in manufacturing as well as service sectors” Expectations from the students (for evaluation) Your assignments are to be in the following format: 1. Give sufficient information in details about this topic . 2. What are the main objectives of your study? 3. What are the current scenario prevailing in connection to your topic? 4. What all information you have collected related to your topic? 5. What is the analysis of your study? 6. Finally what is the outcome after analysis? 7. By this study what is your contribution to improve the present scenario of supply chain management. 8. How organization will be benefited if they follow your views or your model 9. What is your suggestion...
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...2 Value Chain Management The theoretical background is defined around the central term value chain. Chapter 2 presents research concepts to manage the value chain structured by their area of specialization either on supply, demand or values. Secondly, within an integrated framework, the results of the specialized disciplines are combined with the objective to manage sales and supply by values and volume. Value chain management is defined and positioned with respect to other authors’ definitions. A value chain management framework is established with a strategy process on the strategic level, a planning process on the tactical level and operations processes on the operational level. These management levels are detailed and interfaces between the levels are defined. Since the considered problem is a planning problem, the framework serves for structuring planning requirements as well as the model development in the following chapters. 2.1 Value Chain Value chain as a term was created by Porter (1985), pp. 33-40. A value chain “disaggregates a firm into its strategically relevant activities in order to understand the behavior of costs and the existing and potential sources of differentiation”. Porter’s value chain consists of a “set of activities that are performed to design, produce and market, deliver and support its product”. Porter distinguishes between • primary activities: inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, service in the core value...
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...Supply Chain Management Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT DIMCO Supply Chain Management at Durham International Manufacturing Company (DIMCO) Revenia J. Smith Strayer University SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT DIMCO Abstract (not required) SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT DIMCO 1. Discuss the Current Supply Chain System at DIMCO In order to manufacture its product line, DIMCO uses approximately 1,350 raw materials and/or components purchased from approximately 375 different suppliers worldwide. At present, DIMCO ships finished products to a central warehouse that supplies 10 regional distribution centers (RDC) which are composed of six domestic and four foreign RDC’s. The RDC’s supply 120 local distributors. The local distributors supply 350 retailers. DIMCO does not use supply chain management program for manufacturing its worldwide product line of various consumer electronic items ranging from humidifiers to massagers. The CEO, Lucille Jenkins believes that implementing supply chain management would be profitable, and that DIMCO, having integrated its internal processes, is ready to integrate the suppliers or the distributions. Therein, lays the question of which to integrate first-the suppliers or the distributors. There exists a need and desire for including DIMCO’s suppliers and distributors into the supply chain system by implementing an efficient supply management system that will not alienate those suppliers and distributors. Lucille...
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...Implementing a Supply Chain Management System Table of Contents Introduction 2 Subject of course project 3 Business problem statement 4 Name of the company 4 Brief description of proposed solution 5 Implementing cloud-based supply chain management system 5 Benefits of Cloud-Based supply chain management 7 Gaps in implementation of Cloud-based supply chain management 9 Audience 11 Conclusion 11 References 13 Introduction Supply chain management involves the overall management of storage and movement of goods and services. In the process, various networks, channels, and business are interconnected for successful of the products and services. Supply chain management incorporates the design, control, and monitoring activities with the aim of creating net value, synchronizing supply chain and measuring operations globally. Supply chain management entirely covers the areas of operation management, information technology, and logistics. Manufacturing and production companies, for instance, cannot achieve any significant success without incorporating an effective supply chain system due to the prevailing competition in the requires that requires them to deliver their products to the consumers at the right time (Mentzer et al., 2001). In order to meet the challenging market dynamics and the changing consumer needs, there is a need for various companies to implement both inbound and outbound process in their supply chain management system. The inbound system...
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...[pic]东北财经大学本科生论文形式课程考试 成绩评定单 (Essay Cover of Non-Paper Exam, DUFE) 论文题目(Title)Successful supply chain management of Wal-Mart 学生姓名(Student Name)Jasson 学 号(Student Number) 2013212082 专 业(Programme)Business Management年 级(Level) Sophomore 课程名称(Module Name) 课 程 号(Module Number) 论文成绩(Score) |论文评语：(Comments)—— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |任课教师签字： | |(Signature) ...
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...Operations Management Supply Chain Nathalia Gomez Kean University Abstract Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods. It includes the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. It is the streamlining of a business' supply-side activities to maximize customer value and to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Supply chain management represents an effort by suppliers to develop and implement supply chains that are as efficient and economical as possible. Supply chains cover everything from production, to product development, to the information systems needed to direct these undertakings. “Supply management can be viewed as both an emergent field of practice and an emerging academic domain. Supply chain management is ultimately about influencing behavior in particular directions and in particular ways. The underlying logics, drivers, enablers and barriers merit and require close attention.” (Storey,2006) Typically, Supply Chain Management will attempt to centrally control or link the production, shipment and distribution of a product. By managing the supply chain, companies are able to cut excess fat and provide products faster. This is done by keeping tighter control of internal inventories, internal production, distribution, sales and the inventories of the company's product purchasers. Supply Chain Management is based on the idea that nearly...
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...Penn State University Press Historical Perspective of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Discipline Author(s): R. Neil Southern Source: Transportation Journal, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 53-64 Published by: Penn State University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/transportationj.50.1.0053 Accessed: 08-10-2015 12:36 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Penn State University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Transportation Journal. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 111.68.99.23 on Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:36:12 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Historical Perspective of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Discipline R. Neil Southern Abstract The purpose of this article is to examine the evolution of the study of business logistics and supply chain management from the perspective of one who has participated firsthand in the discipline in industry and academic positions over the past...
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...Woolworths Supply Chain and Logistics Business Strategy This assignment is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the B.COM (HONS) IN TRANSPORT ECONOMICS Department of Business Management By BUSISIWE MNCUBE Student no: 920216064 At the UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG 13th March 2012 Tel: 084 312 4161 Table of Content 1. Abbreviations ........................................................3 2. Introduction ...........................................................4 3. Business focus areas ............................................5 4. Demand Management ..........................................5-6 5. Primary Distribution ...............................................6 6. Secondary Distribution ..........................................6 7. Inventory Management ..........................................7-8 8. Warehousing ..........................................................8-9 9. Packaging ...............................................................9 10. Material Handling ....................................................9-10 11. Information Technology ...........................................10 12. Reverse Logistics .....................................................10 13. Environmentally Sustainability ..................................11 14. Recommendation and Conclusion ............................12 15. Bibliography ................................................................
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...What is supply chain management? [ A German paper factory receives its daily supply of 75 tons of recyclable paperas its raw material In the 1980s, the term Supply Chain Management (SCM) was developed[5] to express the need to integrate the key business processes, from end user through original suppliers. Original suppliers being those that provide products, services and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders. The basic idea behind the SCM is that companies and corporations involve themselves in a supply chain by exchanging information regarding market fluctuations and production capabilities. If all relevant information is accessible to any relevant company, every company in the supply chain has the ability to help optimize the entire supply chain rather than sub optimize based on a local interest. This will lead to better planned overall production and distribution which can cut costs and give a more attractive final product leading to better sales and better overall results for the companies involved. Incorporating SCM successfully leads to a new kind of competition on the global market where competition is no longer of the company versus company form but rather takes on a supply chain versus supply chain form. Many electronics manufacturers ofGuangdong rely on supply of parts from numerous component shops in Guangzhou The primary objective of supply chain management is to fulfill customer demands through the most efficient use of resources...
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...product sold by Jack was Tesco Tea – before the company was called Tesco. The name comes from the initials of TE Stockwell, who was a partner in the firm of tea suppliers, and CO from Jack’s surname. 1929: Jack Cohen opens his first Tesco store in North London. 1960: Tesco takes over a chain of 212 stores in the North of England. 1961: Tesco Leicester enters the Guinness Book of Records as the largest store in Europe. 1994: The first Tesco Express opens. Tesco becomes the first retailer to offer customers a service commitment at the checkouts through “One in Front”. 1995: Tesco becomes the market-leading food retailer, enters Hungary and launches Clubcard. Tesco enters Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1996, Taiwan and Thailand in 1998, Malaysia in 2002, Turkey and Japan in 2003. 2000: tesco.com is launched. 2004: Tesco enters China and launches own-brand Fair-trade range. 2005: Tesco exits the Taiwanese market in an asset swap deal with Carrefour involving stores and operations in the Czech Republic. 2 The present: Tesco plc. Founded in 1919 in London, Tesco plc is a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. With revenues of £67 billion (2011), it is the largest British retailer by both global sales and domestic market share, with profits exceeding £3 billion. With almost 500,000 Employees (2011) and over 5000 stores Tesco is currently the second largest global retailer. Originally specialising...
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...INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT With the fall of East European Socialist-Bloc and opening up of the Asian markets, the trade barriers began falling during the 1980’s and continued throughout the 1990’s. This development lead to organizations having a supply chain, that criss-crossed the whole globe. The proliferation of trade agreements has thus changed the global business scenarios. The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM) is now not only a problem of integrated logistics (as a process) but also demands that the supply chain management (SCM) must look into the ramifications of these arrangements on the cost of transportation (including tariffs or duties) of products within a trade zone and outside it, besides, developing logistics strategies. The field has thus developed in the last few years for bridging the gap between demand and supply vis-à-vis efficiency and cost trade-offs. The SCM now not only involves the “management of logistic function”, as was done in the past (to achieve internal efficiency of operations) but, includes the management and co-ordination of activities, upstream and downstream linkage(s) in the supply chain. The integrated supply chain management, in particular include : Planning and Managing supply and demand; Warehouse Management; Optimal Inventory control; Transportation and Distribution, Delivery and customer’s delight following the basic principles of supply chain management viz. working together;...
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...INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT R.K. Gupta* and Pravin Chandra** ABSTRACT With the fall of East European Socialist-Bloc and opening up of the Asian markets, the trade barriers began falling during the 1980’s and continued throughout the 1990’s. This development lead to organizations having a supply chain, that criss-crossed the whole globe. The proliferation of trade agreements has thus changed the global business scenarios. The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM) is now not only a problem of integrated logistics (as a process) but also demands that the supply chain management (SCM) must look into the ramifications of these arrangements on the cost of transportation (including tariffs or duties) of products within a trade zone and outside it, besides, developing logistics strategies. The field has thus developed in the last few years for bridging the gap between demand and supply vis-à-vis efficiency and cost trade-offs. The SCM now not only involves the “management of logistic function”, as was done in the past (to achieve internal efficiency of operations) but, includes the management and co-ordination of activities, upstream and downstream linkage(s) in the supply chain. The integrated supply chain management, in particular include : Planning and Managing supply and demand; Warehouse Management; Optimal Inventory control; Transportation and Distribution, Delivery and customer’s delight following the basic principles of supply chain management...
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...INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT R.K. Gupta* and Pravin Chandra** ABSTRACT With the fall of East European Socialist-Bloc and opening up of the Asian markets, the trade barriers began falling during the 1980’s and continued throughout the 1990’s. This development lead to organizations having a supply chain, that criss-crossed the whole globe. The proliferation of trade agreements has thus changed the global business scenarios. The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM) is now not only a problem of integrated logistics (as a process) but also demands that the supply chain management (SCM) must look into the ramifications of these arrangements on the cost of transportation (including tariffs or duties) of products within a trade zone and outside it, besides, developing logistics strategies. The field has thus developed in the last few years for bridging the gap between demand and supply vis-à-vis efficiency and cost trade-offs. The SCM now not only involves the “management of logistic function”, as was done in the past (to achieve internal efficiency of operations) but, includes the management and co-ordination of activities, upstream and downstream linkage(s) in the supply chain. The integrated supply chain management, in particular include : Planning and Managing supply and demand; Warehouse Management; Optimal Inventory control; Transportation and Distribution, Delivery and customer’s delight following the basic principles of supply chain management...
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