...collaborative planning and Collaboration, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishing (CPFR), and list their benefits. 6. Define intrabusiness EC and describe its major activities. 7. Discuss integration along the supply chain. 8. Understand corporate portals and their types and roles. 9. Describe e-collaboration tools such as workflow and groupware. Content How General Motors Is Collaborating Online 1. E-Supply Chains 2. Supply Chain Problems and Solutions 3. Collaborative Commerce 4. Collaborative Planning, CPFR, and Collaborative Design 5. Internal Supply Chain Solutions, Intrabusiness, and B2E 6. Integration Along the Supply Chain 7. Corporate (Enterprise) Portals 8. Collaboration-Enabling Tools: From Workflow to Groupware Managerial Issues Real-World Case: Portal Speeds Product R&D at Amway Appendix 8a: Intranets Answers to Pause/Break Section Review Questions Section 8.1 Review Questions 1. Define the e-supply chain and list its three major parts. A supply chain that is managed electronically, usually using Web technologies. 2. Describe success factors of e-supply chain management. These factors include the ability to see collaboration as an asset, information visibility, speed/quality/customer service, and tight integration. 3. List the six processes of e-supply chains. These include replenishment, e-procurement, collaborative planning, collaborative design/product development, e-logistics and...
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...supply chain applications. 5. Define c-commerce and list the major types. 6. Describe collaborative planning and collaboration, planning, forecasting, and replenishing (CPFR) and list the benefits of each. 7. Discuss integration along the supply chain. 8. Understand corporate portals and their types and roles. 9. Describe e-collaboration tools such as workflow software and groupware. 10. Describe Collaboration 2.0 technology and tools. Content Opening Case: Boeing’s Global Supply Chain for the Dreamliner 787 6.1 E-Supply Chains 6.2 Supply Chain Problems and Solutions 6.3 RFID as a Key Enabler in Supply Chain Management 6.4 Collaborative Commerce 6.5 Collaborative Planning, CPFR, APS, and PLM 6.6 Supply Chain Integration 6.7 Corporate (Enterprise) Portals 6.8 Collaboration-Enabling Environments and Tools Managerial Issues Closing Case: How Wal-Mart Uses EC in Its Supply Chain Answers to Section Review Questions Section 6.1 Review Questions 1. Define the e-supply chain and list its three major parts. It is a supply chain that is managed electronically, usually using Web technologies and has three major parts: upstream, internal, and downstream. 2. Describe success factors of e-supply chain management. These factors include the ability to see collaboration as an asset, information visibility, speed/quality/customer service, and tight integration. 3. List the eight processes...
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...organizational performance. Major benefits are: cost reduction, increased revenue, and better customer retention As a result of: * fewer stock outs * less exception processing * reduced inventory throughout the supply chain * lower materials costs * increased sales volume * increased competitive advantage C-commerce activities are often conducted between and among supply chain partners. For example ORBIS a small Australian company that uses a hub to communicate among all its business partners. Hub is the central point of control for an e-market. A single c-hub, representing one e-market owner, can host multiple collaboration spaces (c-spaces) in which trading partners use c-enablers to exchange data with the c-hub. Collaboration may be both between and within the organization for example collaborative platform can help in collaboration and communication between headquarters or subsidiaries or between franchisers and franchisees. The...
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...signed Memorandum of Understanding to establish collaboration ties between both parties in relation to develop and manufacture of Indonesia National Car. (Tan, 2015) However there are business forces that affect collaboration of companies. One of the key forces is Social and Cultural in Environmental Forces, is defines as influencing mechanisms which exist within a population that guide business practices or purchasing behaviour. (BusinessDictionary.com, 2015) The reason Malaysia decided to collaborate with Indonesia is due to similar culture, such as religion, environments and language. Majority of Malaysian and Indonesian are Muslim which share similar language, hence the first obstacle has overcome as language plays an important role in business communication which also able to eliminates common mistakes and misunderstandings. Therefore, the development they are working on is more likely to carry out successful as strengthen of mutual ties in collaborating due to understanding of various cultures in both countries. The next forces is Environmental; Technological Forces. Define as changes in technology in technology which can have a significant impact on a company's processes, pricing of competition or even the obsolescence of a company's product. (Investorwords.com, 2015) Besides that, it shapes the collaborative behaviours that drive results by only making collaboration technologies presented. For instance, collaboration between Apple and Foxconn on producing iPhone is...
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...Applied Business Research Project: Benefits of Business Group Collaboration Systems April 12th, 2009 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Purpose of the Report 4 Background of the Company 4 Discussion of Current Business Issues 5 Research Findings on the Topic 6 Recommendations for the Executive Management Team 8 Bibliography 10 Abstract One of the fastest moving industries is gas and convenience store market and also one of the toughest to maintain. Facing giants like Wal-mart, BP, Circle-K, and Exxon Mobil, Phillips 66 and many other retail chains like yours often results in competition operating across the street from one another. So in this type of industry that has a saturated market of convenience, how do you make profit and retain customer loyalty through business strategies that differentiate you from the competition? Does it begin in the gas price? Perhaps it begins with the sale of milk with cookies? No, I think it begins with business intelligence that tells you the customer sees the lower gas price, stops in to pay for and sees the coffee and donut deal that further lowers his cost of gas. How does all that happen? According to an Oracle White paper “Daily Business Intelligence requires an information delivery environment that offers advanced analytics that are easy to use.”(Mirani, Jagdish) This business intelligence often filters through many departments before it ever reaches the executive decision makers, which ultimately leads marketing...
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...is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0957-4093.htm An integrative framework for supply chain collaboration Togar M. Simatupang School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, and Framework for supply chain collaboration 257 Ramaswami Sridharan University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Abstract Purpose – This paper proposes an integrative framework for supply chain collaboration which is based on the reciprocal approach. Design/methodology/approach – A reciprocal approach is adopted to capture the interaction phenomenon of different features of collaboration in attaining overall supply chain performance. Findings – A collaborative supply chain framework is composed of five connecting features of collaboration, namely collaborative performance system, information sharing, decision synchronization, incentive alignment, and integrated supply chain processes. Research limitations/implications – Further research could be carried out to capitalize the framework for diagnosing and improving supply chain collaboration. Practical implications – The proposed framework enables the chain members to scrutinize key features of supply chain collaboration before and during collaborative initiatives. Originality/value – Previous research on supply chain collaboration mainly assume the unilateral phenomenon of collaboration that focuses on a single feature such as information sharing or co-managed inventory. The proposed...
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...Designing effective collaboration A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit Sponsored by Cisco Systems Designing effective collaboration Preface n early 2008 the Economist Intelligence Unit published a paper titled “The role of trust in business collaboration”, one of a several papers produced since 2006 as a part of ongoing research sponsored by Cisco Systems. The paper focused on the need for different levels of trust in different business environments. Although each of those environments was commonly deemed “collaborative”, there was in fact a distinct difference between the level of trust required and the degree of collaboration. More importantly, trust was shown to be a key success factor in collaboration. These findings may seem unsurprising on the surface, but they became far more notable when combined with other results from that research. Particularly, few “collaborations” were seen as completely successful, few people actually trust very highly many of the people with whom they work and the term “collaboration” is most often used today to describe activities that are, in fact, quite mundane. What happens, then, when companies are pursuing complex and ambitious collaborations with lofty aspirations like innovation, margins and returns to shareholders? Furthermore, how do companies collaborate successfully on such ventures in an increasingly global economy and when knowledge is at a premium? The Economist Intelligence Unit and Cisco decided to join forces...
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...Functional Area Interrelationships BUS/475 February 16th, 2015 Table of Content I. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 II. Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals……………………………………………………...3 a). Mission……………………………………………………………………………3 b). Vision……………………………………………………………………………..3 c). Values and Goals…………………………………………………………………4 III. Organizational Structure………………………………………………………………....4 IV. Collaborative Process among Functional Areas for Achieving Organizational Goals…..5 V. Lateral and Vertical Collaboration within the Organization……………………………..6 VI. Key Stakeholders and their Role………………………………………………………....6 VII. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………7 Functional Area Interrelationships I. Introduction: For years now many trucking companies have come and gone, but Huffman Trucking has a new look on business. The new way of looking at the business has separated them form others in the market. They have expanded to over 1,300 employees across the company. They have been able to expand by becoming more efficient and better management solutions. The expansion has allowed for more road tractors and a major increase in trailers. Huffman trucking has expanded its technical strategies to allow for future growth. Keeping a business with the top of the line technologies can allow for customers to feel more comfortable going back to the same business, repeat customers can drive the trucking business...
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... For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed “Attention: Permissions Request,” to hello@uxpin.com. Index 0. Introduction 1. Building the Foundation for Collaborative UX Design Welcome everyone to the design process Build Empathy, Not Ego Master The Art of Critique Foster Collaboration Through Design Thinking Takeaway 5 8 9 13 19 23 26 27 29 35 38 41 44 45 46 48 50 53 60 61 2. Collaborating on Product Design Planning Collaboration Through User Interviews Team Collaboration Through Stakeholder Interviews Analyze Different Sources of Data Together Affinity Diagrams: The KJ Technique Takeaway 3. Collaborative Design Kickoffs Practical Philosophy for Kickoff Meetings The VIP Guest List Kickoff Meeting Process Design Studios Kickoff Meeting Templates Takeaway Introduction A quick note from the authors In modern product design, collaboration can sound like a four-letter word. Does it mean more time required for meetings, and less for the actual design? Or does it require that less qualified people are given disproportionate influence over design decisions? Design collaboration is actually much more than asking more people for their opinions. Collaboration in the enterprise requires effort – designers must get over their own egos, objections from stakeholders, and the organizational rigidity common to most larger companies. Design is not just a highly specialized field within product development, but a way of thinking. In its simplest form, design...
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...Language Learning. A guidebook to moderating intercultural collaboration online. M. Dooly (ed.). (2008) Bern: Peter Lang. Chapter 1 Constructing knowledge together Melinda Dooly Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. (Henry Ford) Summary In this chapter, we briefly explain what we propose as a working definition of cooperative and collaborative learning and why it is important. This chapter gives an overview of how the premise of constructivism provides an important axis for collaborative and cooperative work. We also examine how this type of approach easily fits with online language learning projects. Basic points for setting up online collaborative projects are given, however these examples are quite general in this chapter. Specific examples of how collaborative and/or cooperative learning can be explored with network-based learning are provided in Chapters 3 and 4, which describe some ICT tools in more detail. Constructing knowledge together: collaborative or cooperative learning? Collaborative learning requires working together toward a common goal. This type of learning has been called by various names: cooperative learning, collaborative learning, collective learning, learning communities, peer teaching, peer learning, or team learning. What they have in common is that they all incorporate group work. However, collaboration is more than co-operation. Collaboration entails the whole process of learning. This may include...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix E Collaboration Worksheet Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • What are the advantages of having diversity in a collaborative learning environment? Collaborating helps each individual learn from different interests. Sheltering yourself from diversity can actually harm you than help you. You can learn so much from the different cultures, ethnicity, race, and even religion. Diversity in general is good for any learning environment. The interaction with others will let you experience a little bit of their upbringing. Each person is their own little world that has so much to offer if we only sit and listen to their opinions. Whether you are an adult or a young kid interacting in a group with others. Each one has different life styles and learning from one and other is a huge accomplishment. Your knowledge and learning applications when cooperating in a collaborative learning environment will further in depth. You will learn about other cultures, beliefs, behaviors and family history. As student’s I believe we all have something new to offer a classroom environment. Improvement is the key subject in collaborating as a group or team. • How might factors such as diversity, attitude, learning, and work styles affect collaboration? Some aspects in diversity that may affect collaboration are language barriers. Some people that do not speak the English language and write it as well...
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...as a team effectively, the team must work together and communicate effectively in order to accomplish any set desired goal. As healthcare providers it is a necessity that we work as a team in a collaborative effort to provide quality healthcare. So I do believe in and agree the importance of collaboration. The 10 lessons in collaboration identified by Deborah Gardner in her abstract all in some way involve methods, paradigms and or concepts designed to equip healthcare providers with tools to become better communicators. In lesson one "know thyself" she implies by a healthcare provider understanding and being aware of their own values, strengths, weaknesses and dynamics of their own personality. By pursuing questionable oneself it is "requires the dualistic pursuit of self-knowledge and knowledge of others’ mental models” ( (Deborah Gardner PhD, 2005). Inadvertently, while seeking to understand and know yourself you learn and understand other people. so there is a dual benefit. Creating win-win situations, mastering interpersonal skills, and learning to value and manage diversity are other lessons and Dr. Gardner’s abstract that are useful not only in healthcare providers collaboration with one another but with healthcare providers communication with patients and everyday life situations. EMTs, paramedics, nurses and respiratory therapist administration periodically gather prior to shifts and discuss matters that need to be addressed. The small window of time grants us the...
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...been assigned to integrate strategies that will help generate the profit needed in regard to its call center. Contained in this paper is the strategic plan created by the team to aid in team and management collaboration, training programs, and tactics in identifying and minimizing conflict within teams. Presenting the Operational Change Before the team creates a strategic plan, management should not inform employees of the change because this may create problems among the employees. They may think jobs are at risk or the company is closing. After the plan is created, management should provide employees with details of the plan that affect them. These details will include the organization’s mission, how it intends to fulfill that mission, and the plan to train employees and provide them with the tools needed to perform effectively their tasks during and after the operational change. Training of Multiple Audiences Training provides education, raises awareness, opportunities to prevent fraud, improve ethical practices, and increases short and long-term company profits. The training plan is designed to maintain the following principles (Robbins & Judge, 2011): • Training goal – training managers will design curricula to help achieve effective communication, collaboration, and conflict management...
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...Evolution to Collaborative Networks March 7, 2012 Abstract From the beginning of man there have been many various forms of collaborative networks. Beginning crudely in clans, evolving to cultures, societies, governments, and finally in the market place. This paper examines the history and evolution of many of the most popular forms of collaborative networks in businesses from the early 1900s to the present day. It will examine the research claims as the best practices for the day, how it has evolved and what has caused collaborative networks to mature to the present day thinking. Finally, based on the historical evidence and its direction, observe what visionary direction the research should be looking to. Keywords: collaborative advantage, collaborative networks, co-operation, joint ventures, leadership, open markets, vertical integration. Evolution to Collaborative Networks Introduction It is no longer a secret in the business world today that competition is fierce. In every segment, the market is changing at an alarming rate. Product life cycles that used to last for years and decades are now only lasting for mere months. No company knows exactly what direction the market will go, so they are seeking the greatest intelligence to gain the greatest advantage. In the past it was to a firm’s advantage to obtain new information and keep it from their competitors and even their suppliers, but today’s technologies have evened the playing field. The elements that brought...
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...connection, and web-based collaboration tools like blogs, and wikis, and has as such created a "mass collaboration. People from all over the world are efficiently able to communicate and share ideas through the internet, or even conferences, without any geographical barriers. The power of social networks it beginning to permeate into business culture where many collaborative uses are being found including knowledge sharing and transfers. Here I thought of an idea that will improve business collaboration; this idea comes from the idea of Facebook, but in a professional manner. It’s a website similar to Facebook that’s uses the Internet as a common meeting and work space, and it will enable companies to raise their informations and their profile which will serve to identify these companies at their country and even at the international level. In this site we will know all about these companies such as name, financial capital, legal status, field of activity, workforce and skills working in these companies, projects carried, future plans and experiences. It is a way of coordinating different ideas from numerous people to generate a wide variety of knowledge. Collaboration in business can be found both inter- and intra-organization and ranges from the simplicity of a partnership and crowd funding to the complexity of a multinational corporation. Thanks to this website we will improve the productivity of the company that’s based on the principle of collaboration which has been shown...
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