Essays 91 - 120
organizations different opportunities. The organization examines its portfolio of sources, distribution points, and locations of a...
that companies that had implemented such a process "had an order-cycle and an inventory days of supply that were 50 percent lower ...
and other flavors, and water (Coca-Cola, 2008). Suppliers are those companies that provide the ingredients for the concentrate syr...
to point B (Griffin, 2007). Things have changed during the past decade at the AMC, however - there was a time during...
is why Toyota adopted just-in-time (JIT) supply chain management many, many years ago. JIT is about having the right raw materials...
2005). Especially important when it comes to embracing and implementing a TQM (or Six-Sigma Quality System or ISO 9000 or any othe...
outcomes of standards are "to streamline interaction throughout a supply chain, to speed up transactions, and to reduce inventory ...
This 5-page paper examines how well Porter's cluster theory works with supply chain management. Bibliography lists 3 sources....
offer and be able to identify the best ways of managing a global supply chain so that the barriers are worth overcoming. To con...
Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology for eliminating defects in any process. The concept of Lean Six Sigma comes from hybridizin...
more focused approach the firm is able to benefit for fewer overheads and a simpler system. By effective outsourcing the supply ch...
a new area initiates "automatic" supply chain activities that will ensure that the end customer (the soldier) has the supplies and...
nalyzes Wal-Mart's supply chain, and how it can be improved through better collaboration with vendors. There are 9 sources listed ...
efficacy. For instance, through the use of embedded RFID chips, supply chain management can be handled in a much more straightforw...
where it would head off to another distribution center, and from there, to its destination. The major intermodal function, inciden...
the Bass Strait. The firm was becoming increasingly diversified, and investments were being made in a range of different areas, in...
The risks associated with procurement start with increases to the price of the inputs that are purchased which have not been expec...
In this paper, the writer is being asked to take on the role of an employee in a hospital that is interested in tapping into Chine...
been asked to provide some of the main issues that are involved with supply chain management and some of the new learning that has...
chain becomes so important. What was once considered mainly logistics (i.e., getting the raw materials in to make a product, then ...
years, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 underlined the fact that back-ups and recovery processes were necessary to prot...
Examines Apple Inc.'s global supply chain for its iPhone. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 4-page paper....
chips into products or shipping pallets. In particular, the development of the Intelligent Global Pooling System, or IGPS, has ena...
of tracking data for the deliveries. This could potentially increase efficiency as well as allow the firm to benefit from increase...
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to retailer, to consumer (Supply Chain Management, 2005). According to some sources, the standard supply chain has five components...
The writer looks at Wal-Mart's supply chain, examining the different components and the way that they work together to provide the...
Discusses supply chain issues including performance metrics and ecommerce from bricks-and-mortar. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...
this is Wal-Marts relationship with Procter & Gamble, which went from an adversarial one into a cooperative one. These two compani...
example the transportation to get the product in and out of the firm which include transport, labor, power and water needed in the...