Essays 91 - 120
this is Wal-Marts relationship with Procter & Gamble, which went from an adversarial one into a cooperative one. These two compani...
Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology for eliminating defects in any process. The concept of Lean Six Sigma comes from hybridizin...
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...
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 ...
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...
This 5-page paper examines how well Porter's cluster theory works with supply chain management. Bibliography lists 3 sources....
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...
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....
been asked to provide some of the main issues that are involved with supply chain management and some of the new learning that has...
In fifteen pages this paper examines supply chain management and the growing role of the Internet which will continue to expand in...
In twenty two pages capacitor industry vagaries over the years are considered with the emphasis on late 2000 to mid 2001 and relat...
In twelve pages this paper examines supply chain management in various aspects including effective components, tools of informatio...
In six pages this paper discusses SCM in terms of the changes initiated by the Internet with 6 variables and questions offered for...
In six pages this paper discusses the present and future changes represented by the Internet in this supply chain research conside...
In ten pages this paper presents a strategic analysis of supply chain management in terms of successes and failures to be aware of...