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THE "GREENING" OF SUBWAY

colleagues point out that, for example, Subway managed to convince suppliers Southwest Banking and Otis Spunkmeyer to add bakery p...

An Analysis of Benetton

would later add sportswear and equipment and textiles to their lineup. The company suffered its first loss in 2002. The original ...

Market and Firm Influences

consider which The Childrens Place firs into the childrens retail industry. There are four major market structures which may be o...

Analysis of Dell

The writer examines the position of debt in 2010, looking at the competitive advantages that they have been able to retain, the wa...

ESTABLISHING A VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY

Discusses supply chain planning for a virtual university. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 4-page paper....

The Strengths and Future of Betfair

technological development and procurement (Porter, 1985). These support activities may relate to more than only one section of the...

IPHONE SUPPLY CHAIN

Examines Apple Inc.'s global supply chain for its iPhone. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 4-page paper....

SUNSWEET, TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS

There is little doubt that todays supply chain is becoming very complex and multifaceted. This is a result of consistent outsourci...

The Potential Benefits of EDI, CPFR and RFID in Increasing Supply Chain Performance

of tracking data for the deliveries. This could potentially increase efficiency as well as allow the firm to benefit from increase...

WAL-MART AND SUPPLY CHAIN COMPONENTS

to retailer, to consumer (Supply Chain Management, 2005). According to some sources, the standard supply chain has five components...

Supply Chain Analysis for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)

example the transportation to get the product in and out of the firm which include transport, labor, power and water needed in the...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – TRENDS AND USAGE

Focuses on using smart phone technology for a supply chain in a Fortune 500 company. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliograph...

GLOBAL LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAINS AND INTERMODEAL TRANSPORTATION

where it would head off to another distribution center, and from there, to its destination. The major intermodal function, inciden...

Market Supply Chains and BHP Billiton

the Bass Strait. The firm was becoming increasingly diversified, and investments were being made in a range of different areas, in...

THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Discusses supply chain issues including performance metrics and ecommerce from bricks-and-mortar. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

Dell Computer Strategies

This is a report about Dell Inc., founded in 1984. Dell offered a unique experience to consumers at the time. The paper considers ...

WalMart's Distribution Process

WalMart have a highly integrated logistics and distribution strategy. The writer looks at the way distribution takes place through...

Creating Value With Supply Chain Integration

In 2002 the National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated that in the US alone more than $1 billion a year could be sa...

How Wal-Mart Creates Value Through the Supply Chain

The writer looks at Wal-Mart's supply chain, examining the different components and the way that they work together to provide the...

ANALYSIS OF WAL-MART'S SUPPLY CHAIN

nalyzes Wal-Mart's supply chain, and how it can be improved through better collaboration with vendors. There are 9 sources listed ...

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...

GULFSTREAM - ARTICLE REVIEW

into account a variety of criteria including location, nearness to a qualified employment base and access to infrastructure (Chan ...

U.S. ARMY, SUPPLY CHAIN, AND LOCATION

to point B (Griffin, 2007). Things have changed during the past decade at the AMC, however - there was a time during...

Creating Flow through the Supply Chain

advantage of any constraints in place. The forth involves the alignment of all the processes with the decision was made at stage t...

Leagile Supply Chains and the U.S. Marine Corps

(Vorst, Dijk and Beulens, 2001, p. 74). Innovative products usually have larger profit margins, but the demand for such goods is ...

The U.S. Army Transportation System

an integrated, transportation-based global distribution system from the source to the Combatant Commander" (U.S. Army Transportati...

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 Importance of Warehousing Management Systems

distribution," 2002, p.55). Clearly, Toyotas system is quite intricate. The application at Toyota also has the capability of gene...

Army Supply Chain Efficiency

a new area initiates "automatic" supply chain activities that will ensure that the end customer (the soldier) has the supplies and...

HRM at Harrison Brothers

This 14 page paper looks at 6 HRM problems found at Harrison Brothers (a case study supplied by the student). Each subject is cons...