The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0957-4093.htm IJLM 22,3 Retail supply chain management: key priorities and practices Wesley S. Randall Department of Marketing and Logistics, College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA 390 Brian J. Gibson and C. Clifford Defee Department of Supply Chain Management, College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA, and Brent D. Williams Department of
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TUIPS BV case Question 1. Added as attachment on page 5 of the document Question 2. Project Layout, because Tuips produces machines on request of the customers. They assembly the machine on one central point in the factory. All the parts for assembly are arranged before the final assembly of the product. That is why we thought it is a project layout. Question 3. The CODP that Tuips is using is make-to-order and assemble-to-order. They produce different basic products out of raw
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(CSCMP) defines logistics as the process of planning, implementing, and controlling procedures for the efficient and effective transportation and storage of goods including services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements. This definition includes inbound, outbound, internal, and external movements. Inbound Logistics It is important for companies to have total visibility of their inbound logistics function.
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initially used in wholesaling and retailing to denote the integration of logistics and physical distribution functions with the goal of reducing delivery lead times. Manufacturers and service providers have used the same term to describe integration and partnership efforts with first- and second- tier suppliers to reduce cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated purchasing strategy, integrated logistics, supplier integration, value chain management, supply base management
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Reverse Logistics Case study comparison between an electronic and a fashion organization Master’s thesis within Logistics Author: Martin Creutz Fredrik Larsson Tutor: Jönköping Beverley Waugh May 2012 Master’s Thesis in Logistics Title: Author: Tutor: Date: Subject terms: Reverse Logistics Case study comparison between an electronic and a fashion organization Martin Creutz & Fredrik Larsson Beverley Waugh 2012-05-14 Reverse logistics, drivers and barriers, reverse flow, electronic industry, fashion
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Your Postgraduate Programme Learning Goals At the end of your programme of study you will have achieved the following goals: * Goal One: Be independent, reflective critical thinkers * Goal Two: Be culturally and ethically aware * Goal Three: Have developed leadership and management capability * Goal Four: Have developed and applied knowledge of international business and management theory * Goal Five: Have developed a range of research skills and project capabilities
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Volume 38 Number 1 February 2007 Journal compilation C C 2007, The Author 2007, Decision Sciences Institute Decision Sciences Research in China: Current Status, Opportunities, and Propositions for Research in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, and Quality Management∗ Xiande Zhao Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantin, NT Hong Kong, e-mail: Xiande@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk Barbara B. Flynn† Kelley School of Business, Indiana
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chains. Nevertheless, we went ahead with the project, which ultimately proved successful. Thanks to the efforts of a logistics task-force team that Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş. (MBT) formed to tackle that challenge, the plant was able to meet its goal. The team achieved success by aligning all logistics operations with production operations through a project called “Hosdere 2010—New Logistics Concept.” This project applied a concept that can best be described as “evidence-based supply chain practice” (EBSCP)
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Table of content 1. introduction 2 2. Finding 3 3. Discussion 3 3.1 Location decision in humanitarian supply chain 3 3.1.3 numerical analysis 6 3.2 Sustainable humanitarian supply chain 6 3.2.1 Social aspect 6 3.2.2 Economical aspect 7 3.2.3 environmental aspect 8 4. Conclusion 9 Executive summary This report, at first draws a map to show the Food and Agriculture Organization’s(FAO) supply chain. Then, through utilizing the evidences
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strategy case. The first issue is a critical analysis of the global express transportation and logistics industry. The second issue discusses about the mergers and acquisitions in transportation and logistics industry. The final issue is a critical review of the performance of FedEx in the events leading to the January 2000 reorganisation. In the first section, the global express transportation and logistics industry is an attractive sector based on the fundamentals of the sector given in the five
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