...direct and control the movements of goods in an efficient manner through a hospital system (Langabeer, 2008). This material management proposal document will elaborate on the role materials management plays within a hospital and the role of operations managers in this process. This document will further identify possible constraints a hospital may experience in its supply chain, the potential effects and justification on implementing a new collaborative planning process, and provide suggestions on how to manage a hospital supplied during a disaster. Role of Materials and Operations Management The role of materials and operations management plays within a hospital system is vital to the success of any health care organization. According to Langabeer (2008) material management controls significant resources and have total expenditures, or spending at 50% of a hospital budget. Materials management not only directs and controls the supply chain of a health care organization it is responsible for managing the flow of goods throughout the hospital and carry out supply and resource logistics. Materials management has numerous meanings and some hospitals view material management as an umbrella department with various functions such as central stores, laundry and linen operations, and sterile processing with many other functions to endure. Therefore, the major role that material management plays within the hospital environment is to focus on acquiring, storing, distributing, and...
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...and sensors. Now the world is having a billion of smart, connected devices. The analyst firm Gartner says that by 2020 there will be over 26 billion connected devices over the world. The IOT is a giant network of connected things that also includes people. The relationship will be among machine to machine, people to people, people to things and things to things. Machine to machine focuses on connections to devices. It captures data at end points and transmits it across local and WAN’s to generate specific alerts or actions. Technologies used in IOT: Radio frequency identification (RFID) identifies objects or people it does not require human intervention, it will read tag ID and it passes things to a host computer system. It is used in logistics and transportation and many organizations. It can easily deploy tags ID. It depends on communication and frequency of the technology. Wi-Fi wireless network works with no physical connection between senders and receiver by using RF technology. When an RF current is supplied to an antenna, an electromagnetic field is created. Sensors these are used to collect and process the data to detect the changes in...
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...integration of logistics and physical distribution functions with the goal of reducing delivery lead times. Manufacturers and service providers have used the same term to describe integration and partnership efforts with first- and second- tier suppliers to reduce cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated purchasing strategy, integrated logistics, supplier integration, value chain management, supply base management, strategic supplier alliances, lean production, Just-In-Time (JIT) logistics, and supply chain synchronization have been used in the literature to address certain elements or stages of this new management philosophy (1998; 1994). Conceptually, SCM includes all value-adding activities from the extraction of raw materials through the transformation processes and through delivery to the end user. SCM spans organizational boundaries and treats the organizations within the value chain as a unified virtual business entity (1991; 1995). (1995) further expanded SCM to include recycling or reuse activities. In general, SCM seeks improved performance through elimination of waste and better use of internal and external supplier capabilities and technologies (1996). The retailing industry has focused on different aspects of SCM, namely, location, transportation, and logistics issues. Indeed, the origin of supply chain management can be traced back to efforts to better manage the transportation and logistics functions (1997;...
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...risks. It involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man-made disasters occur. Disaster management is a continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate its impact. A supply chain, or supply network is a coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service in physical or virtual manner from supplier to customer. Customers in this case are people facing the crisis. They formed the focus of the entire supply chain development. Over the past few years, the natural disasters floods, hurricanes etc have highlighted the low levels of disaster preparedness and inability of the hospitals and relief organizations to respond effectively. The quick response of relief organizations in the early stages of disaster can lower its impacts afterwards, avoiding severe loss of human lives and physical assets. This necessitates forming Supply Chain Strategy as a major component of Disaster Management Plan (DMP). Only a quick response and operationally effective supply chain can successfully put a Disaster Management Plan in action. The paper proposes a decision process for establishing an effective Supply Chain which...
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...2014 Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Award Competition Multimodal Transport Operations in Practice: Radioactives and Abnormals From and to South Africa Submitted 29th April 2014 | Page | 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE CYCLE – RADIOACTIVE EXPORTS TO NAMIBIA ........................................................................ 7 3.1 3.2 SELLER CONFIRMS ORDER.................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 BUYER ARRANGES FINANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3.4 BUYER INFORMS FORWARDER OF ORDER.............................................................................................................................. 7 3.5 FORWARDER LIAISES WITH SUPPLIER FOR SHIPMENT ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 8 3.6 ORIGIN INLAND....................................................................
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...Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Abstract • The global pharmaceutical supply chain is very complex and critical to a $650 billion dollar value industry which ensures the world population has necessary medicines. • Manufacturers have the responsibility to produce sufficient quantities of drugs to meet a growing global demand while maintaining quality to ensure safety. • Global and local regulatory agencies around the world have a daunting task to monitor manufacturers, raw material suppliers, and stem counterfeit pharmaceutical production. • Wholesale distributors, importers, and retail pharmacies have a large amount of power in the supply chain as they pull the demand from the manufacturers and provide the medicines to end-consumers. • In a changing industry where there are fewer blockbuster drugs and increasing use of generic offerings, manufacturers as well as participants at all levels of the supply chain must look for areas to improve efficiencies to be profitable in the long-run. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Analysis 2 Introduction A transparent and efficient pharmaceutical supply chain contributes significantly towards improving the availability of essential medications. The reality across the world is that pharmaceutical supply and distribution consists of different stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to create complex systems. In a heavily regulated field, globalization has placed increasing demands on regulatory agencies to ensure the safety and...
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...Supply Chain Management Assignment- 3 Note: a) Copy from internet or any other sources will be dealt severely. However students can take any kind of ideas or information, in that case it is to be acknowledged. Students are expected to do thorough study on the following concepts and write you views as per the given format, in details. Logistics is essential in both manufacturing and service sectors. The service sectors includes government, hospitals, banks retailers etc. logistics basically takes care of time and place utilities. Basically, it helps companies gain competitive advantage. Supply chain management is the process to examine everything from needs identification through the actual use and disposal of purchased materials and services while maximizing the value of ‘Rupees’ spent. SCM is the management of all key business processes across members of supply chain. The primary objective of any supply chain is “CYCLE TIME REDUCTION”. The main objective of this assignment is to provide a platform of understanding the supply chain and the business strategies to interact with various agencies those who are involve in distribution and Supply Chain Management. The topic for the assignment: “Comparative study of Distribution & Supply Chain Management in manufacturing as well as service sectors” Expectations from the students (for evaluation) Your assignments are to be in the following format: 1. Give sufficient information in details about...
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...Entry strategy for Himalaya in Vietnam | Group Assignment (Group 2B) | | | 12/08/2012 | The Himalaya Company- Introducing our Animal Healthcare line in Vietnam Market study and entry strategy: The Himalaya Drug Company has been in the market of phtyo-pharmaceuticals for animal healthcare for quite a few years now. As compared to most other organizations which are in the chemical products segment, Himalaya’s products are created completely from natural products. They manufacture and export drugs for livestock, Poultry, Aquaculture, and domestic pets. As of today, the organization is expanding its market share within India and exports to over 82 countries. Target Country: We will be researching the feasibility of entering the animal healthcare sector in Vietnam. The country has a population of 86 million people and the economy has been growing at 7-8% for the past two decades. About 70% of the population earn their livelihood from agriculture and animal husbandry. Furthermore, about 60% of the agriculture segment is also dependant on livestock and poultry. From the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), livestock in Vietnam exists mainly in two forms: industrial farms and farmer (family) households. In 2011, there were 23’000 farms and 8.5 million household farms country-wide. They consist of 10,100 pig farms, 8.7 cattle farms and 3,800 poultry farms. As seen, there has been a phenomenal increase in population which has more than matched the...
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...Evaluating a Potential Employer Total Quality Logistics I have prepared an employer evaluation of Total Quality Logistics who is based in Cincinnati Ohio. A few years ago they opened one of their first satellite offices in Columbus Ohio. Their overall goal for opening each satellite office is to open in cities they believe have great talent potential. The company is always in search of new talent. They send recruiters to all area campuses on a monthly basis in search of talent to bring in for interviews. I personally chose this company because I have first-hand experience of the environment as a former employee. I believe this job has extraordinary entry level opportunity and gives every employee an opportunity to build their own business. The training program is very thorough and you can tell that the trainer and other management really care about your progress while learning the ropes of the logistics industry. I will be researching several outside sources for information on TQL and will be focusing my research on the great work environment TQL has to offer as well as the tremendous growth potential TQL has to offer. I will be available to answer any questions you, or the CSCC placement office have in regards to this evaluation. You can reach me via email, or by phone. I will return your email, or call as soon as possible with answers to any questions you may have. Regards, Brandon Lundberg blundberg@student.cscc.edu 614-787-6794 Table of Contents ...
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...1st Edition Logistics Disaster Management Training Programme DHA/94/2 GE.94-00020 Logistics 1st Edition Module prepared by R.S. Stephenson, Ph.D. Disaster Management Training Programme 1993 2 STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF RELIEF LOGISTICS CONTENTS Acknowledgements ................................................................................6 Introduction ............................................................................................7 Part 1 Relief logistics ..................................................................... 9 Introduction ............................................................................................9 Relief logistics .........................................................................................9 The operating environment ....................................................................12 Case Study – Part 1 .............................................................................12 Planning for effective implementation of logistics programs .....................14 International involvement .......................................................................15 Part 2 Structure and organization of relief logistics ................. 17 The flow of transport and goods ............................................................17 Facilities and equipment ........................................................................19 Operational and support functions ................
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...• Uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet like structure. • IoT – connects people and things anytime, anyplace with anything and anyone. • Introduced by Kevin Ashton in 1998. • It aims at a future where everyday physical objects will be connected to the Internet and will be able to identify themselves to other devices. • The things become context aware and they can sense, communicate, interact, exchange data, information and knowledge. • IoT gives smarter homes and offices, smarter transportation systems, smarter hospitals, smarter enterprises and factories. • In future it is expected to revolutionize the Aerospace and aviation Industry, Automotive Industry, Health Care industry, Retail, logistics and SCM, transportation, Media, Insurance… • Cisco, GE, IBM, Capgemini are already into consulting for IoT Skill Set Required • Aviation Industry • Independent Living • Medicine and Healthcare industry • Environment monitoring • Construction • Transportation Industry • MQTT: a protocol for collecting device data and communicating it to servers (D2S) • XMPP: a protocol best for connecting devices to people • DDS: a fast bus for integrating intelligent machines (D2D) • AMQP: a queuing system designed to connect servers to each other (S2S) • Wireless SoC(System on Chip) – built-in security features • Smart Dust to Interplanetary Internet • Riot OS -programming in C or C++ and can run both 16 and 32-bit...
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...The Logistics Industry in Turkey November 2013 1 Disclaimer Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency (ISPAT) submits the information provided by third parties in good faith. ISPAT has no obligation to check and examine this information and takes no responsibility for any misstatement or false declaration. ISPAT does not guarantee the accuracy, currency, reliability, correctness or legality of any information provided by third parties. ISPAT accepts no responsibility for the content of any information, news or article in the document and cannot be considered as approving any opinion declared by third parties. ISPAT explicitly states that; it is not liable for any loss, negligence, tort or other damages caused by actions and agreements based on the information provided by third parties. Deloitte accepts no liability to any party who is shown or gains access to this document. The opinions expressed in this report are based on Deloitte Consulting’s judgment and analysis of key factors. However, the actual operation and results of the analyzed sector may differ from those projected herein. Deloitte does not warrant that actual results will be the same as the projected results. Neither Deloitte nor any individuals signing or associated with this report shall be required by reason of this report to give further consultation, to provide testimony or appear in court or other legal proceedings, unless specific arrangements thereof have...
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...Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics as it relates to Production Logistics Production and Marketing Marketing Logistics Production Term Paper for Physical Distribution Class Marketing Logistics12/25/2012 Production Marketing Logistics Nahom GetachewProduction - UU47997E Samuel Fikre - UU48012E Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Marketing Logistics Production Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Table of Contents Preface: Johnson and Johnson’s Tylenol....................................................................................................... 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Objectives achieved through Logistics ....................................
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...Purchasing Procurement at Northwell Health By INF 336: Project Procurement Management Instructor: Michael Chu February 7, 2016 In any business there is always the need to acquire goods and services from outside of your business. There is no company that can do it all themselves. No matter if you are a new business starting or a veteran in the industry there is going to be a time when some aspect of your business will be outsourced to another company. The healthcare industry is no stranger to this type of business transaction. The healthcare system utilizes many relationships between numerous distributors from patient gowns to surgical equipment a hospital needs to have a supplier for all kinds of goods and services to keep it going. Northwell Health is a large healthcare system that utilizes distributor relationships for various goods. For the purposes of this paper the administrative portion of the healthcare system will be used. Depending on what is needed in the different departments of the administrative locations Northwell Health relies on that distributor to get them the supplies they need. Most of the purchasing trends that go on in administrative areas are the usual pens, paper, ink cartridges and at times computer monitors, chairs, desks. For the most part the department can anticipate what supplies will be needed by keeping a log of supplies that need to be ordered and allowing all employees to put items they need on the log. Integrated suppliers try to be...
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...University of Žilina Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications Student: Diana-Cristina CONTENTS 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….. 3 2.1 The Activity of the company………………………………………………3 2.2 Logistics activity…………………………………………..……………….4 2. The product and suppliers …………………………………………..………………....5 3. Chosen suppliers…………………………………………..………..……………….....9 4. Logistic System …………………………………………...………..………………...11 5.3 Distribution …………………………………………....………………....11 5.4 Warehousing …………………………………………....………………..12 5.5 Information flow …………………………………………....…………..12 5. Optimization of the logistic activity………………………………………………….13 6. Solving solution…………………………………………....………………................14 7. Conclusion …………………………………………....……………….......................15 1. Introduction The company “S.C. SPICUL S.A” translated by “joint stocks Company, the (wheat) EAR, with registration code J 40/567/1991, have the central office in the district Ilfov, Rudeni Street, nr. 39, Romania. The shared capital of this company is 5,689,525 thousand RON (meaning 1,281,078.312 thousand Euros) divided in 227,581 inscribed stocks. The company “SPICUL” has an interesting background ever since 1630 when it was just a water mill. As time went on, the company developed into one of the biggest bread producers in Romania. 1.1 The Activity of the company According to the article...
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