Essays 91 - 120
Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology for eliminating defects in any process. The concept of Lean Six Sigma comes from hybridizin...
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. ...
nalyzes Wal-Mart's supply chain, and how it can be improved through better collaboration with vendors. There are 9 sources listed ...
experts intuition, based on industry and customer preferences and previous performance data (About.com, 2008). Time series forecas...
All of that, however, is starting to change. Since the middle of the 20th century, the era of catalogue ordering has come about, i...
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...
organizations different opportunities. The organization examines its portfolio of sources, distribution points, and locations of a...
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...
advantage of any constraints in place. The forth involves the alignment of all the processes with the decision was made at stage t...
(Vorst, Dijk and Beulens, 2001, p. 74). Innovative products usually have larger profit margins, but the demand for such goods is ...
outcomes of standards are "to streamline interaction throughout a supply chain, to speed up transactions, and to reduce inventory ...
2005). Especially important when it comes to embracing and implementing a TQM (or Six-Sigma Quality System or ISO 9000 or any othe...
a global leader and indicates the way that the firm creates strong brands to appeal to the consumers. Likewise Gillette, a firm ac...
offer and be able to identify the best ways of managing a global supply chain so that the barriers are worth overcoming. To con...
a new area initiates "automatic" supply chain activities that will ensure that the end customer (the soldier) has the supplies and...
more focused approach the firm is able to benefit for fewer overheads and a simpler system. By effective outsourcing the supply ch...
This 5-page paper examines how well Porter's cluster theory works with supply chain management. Bibliography lists 3 sources....
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....
In five pages this paper examines the corporate benefits of supply chain management and also discusses startup costs and possibl...
such as using just in time inventory management may add value as it creates lower costs and increases profits. Value may be added ...
for 2000. Boston-based AMR Research predicted that the supply chain management market would grow by 42 percent in 2000 to a total...
Management of the supply chain then also becomes more complex. Flaherty comments that the consequences of a longer supply chain in...
chain, they are firm infrastructure, human resource management, technological development and procurement (Porter, 1985). At all l...
he became frustrated a new shade of lipstick that had just hit the market would sell out of stores in an hour but the store would ...