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4 Articles on Purchase and Inventory Control Management Reviewed

or a cheaper alterative will do the same job. This is the way of controlling spending, but to management costs and spendin...

Gas Industry Storage and Supply Chain Value Increasing

that powers and heats and does not have the same level of disadvantages seen with the use of oil. Once gas was seen more as a wast...

Global Trade and Outsourcing Logistics

2004). In most cases the cause is cited as rising costs and the pressures of markets and shareholders to reduce costs. The need t...

Creating Value with ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

companies have a greater level of control, and as such we can start to see why there is the added value and knowledge is values as...

First Ten Years of the Saturn Corporation

In sixteen pages this paper discusses why the Saturn Division was created by GM and examines the 1994 conditions of Saturn as repo...

A Walgreen's Acquisition

In five pages the target suggestion for an appropriate Walgreen's pharmacy chain is Rite Aid Corp. and also discusses the reasons ...

FEDEX, LAURA ASHLEY AND GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN STRATEGIES

recently pointed out that there are more to value chains and supply chains than buyer-supplier; also important is supplier-supplie...

Gold Coast Savings Bank

From this it is apparent that the system has a large number of delays, In order to assess the way that this may be improved refere...

The Characteristics and Supply Chain of Proctor and Gamble

a global leader and indicates the way that the firm creates strong brands to appeal to the consumers. Likewise Gillette, a firm ac...

MCDONALD'S IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

the industry? In looking at this case study, the fast-food burger restaurants (Burger King, Wendys) arent responding too p...

Success of Baker Hughes Inc.

sums up their goal of providing exceptional value for customers: "Our emphasis is on practical, dependable solutions within the we...

Case Study of Royal Philips Electronics NV

power of purchasers and suppliers (Porter, 1980). Porter does not see these external factors as working alone, they act in relati...

Cost Saving Measure and Developmental Assistance Offered by Value Chains

In ten pages this paper discusses supply chain cost saving and competitive advantage development through value change with PVCs an...

Overview of Management and Strategic Supply Chains

such as using just in time inventory management may add value as it creates lower costs and increases profits. Value may be added ...

Chemical Industry and the Effects of Information Technology

Dow Chemical officially takes the opposite view. As a matter of corporate policy, Dow Chemical conducts its business within the f...

Profitability and Market Influences

In twelve pages company profitability is examined in a consideration of various market influences and references are made to suppl...

Internet Portals and Business Value

starting site. This may be the page that a browser is set up to load automatically when it is opened or it may be a webpage that i...

Case Study of Bantam Enterprises

creating the goods that Bantam Enterprises is supplying to Vaculon, so it is less likely that this aspect of the supply chain and ...

Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management

made (Harrington, 2002). In managing the supply chain there are many aspects that may be amended or adjusted to create val...

Mike's Bikes of Phoenix

bikes and all having the same start. This may be seen as a policy to encourage competition, allowing the industry to develop and b...

Strategic Procurement in the Construction Industry

client as a result of the delays, but could be substantial to the relevant contractors. The current project is one that provides...

Japan Airlines and eTicketing

airline which was bureaucratic and unfriendly. The main rival was that of All Nippon Airways (ANA) which was perceived in a more p...

Wal-Mart's Distribution Strategy

afternoon or early evening and not unloaded until night-time hours when the stores are quietist; this may be seen as effective sch...

Creating Loyalty in Airline Customers

competitive advantage. Airlines have sought to do this in different ways, for example, Singapore Airlines used the smiling air ho...

SWOT Analysis of Wal Mart's German Market

margins are very low in this country (Fernie and Arnold, 2002). Additionally, Wal-Marts tendency to focus on overtime for its empl...

Wal Mart's Legal Troubles

She argued for more money and was let go, likely as a result for her complaints (Daniels, 2003). Another case involves Betty Dukes...

Wal-Mart's Use of Information Technology

This 10 page paper discusses the way in which Wal-Mart uses information technology. The retailer has the world's largest IT system...

Comparison of Wal Mart, Sears, and K Mart

In fifteen pages graphs and charts are applied to a financial analyses of these 'big three' companies in a strength determination ...

Wal Mart's Marketing Approaches

In sixteen pages this paper examines the various marketing approaches taken by Wal Mart in an assessment that includes policies, s...

Wal Mart's Capital Sources

$2,823 (Wall-Mart, 2003). Financing is the next source of capital. Where a company does not have liquid assets to make the inves...