...(retailers, distributors, etc.) and you will reduce the prices consumers pay for products. The distribution of products rarely flows from producer directly to the consumer. Rather, supply chains are developed to distribute products to consumers. Decisions related to distribution and supply chain are highly important. Some believe that cutting out the middleman in the supply chain, which are retailers, distributors, etc., will reduce the prices consumers pay for products. However, their belief is invalid. Supply chains are developed out of necessity. Many firms do not possess the capabilities to meet the needs of their supply chain. For example, a firm may not have the adequate resources to distribute or store their products. Therefore, instead of investing in a system to deliver their products, the firm may decide to use a...
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...innovations, technologies, and leadership. To critique how well the organization adapts to change. Analyze the supply chain operations of Sprong Security Financial Services. Identify issues and/or opportunities of the company major issues, to generate a hypothesis for each issue, research questions to use for conducting analysis. Identify the circumstances surrounding each issue, classify the issue, attribute the importance of each classification, and test the accuracy of each classification. Legal is appointed, established, or authorized by law; deriving authority from law (Definitions- Legal, 2011). Regulatory is restricting according to rules or principles (Definitions - Regulatory, 2011). The laws and regulations for an accounting service and the insurance are the HIPAA Law, to have a lawyer on retainer for legal business, and keeping updates on the new tax laws for federal, state, and local. The federal trade commission is very big in any business because they regulate how an advertisement is being published to the public. The advertisement has to be honest, positive, and to be able to back up what the advertisement have to say. The HIPAA Law consists of the privacy of each client, for their information does not be leak out to anybody without their permission to do so. Economic is the study of how people choose to use resources. Sprong Security Financial Services economic services would be based on the commissions get from the policies that clients signs...
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...Attack Methods of the Authentication Breach Limit Privilege; don't give any employee more privileges than the employee absolutely needs to do the job. Most successful authentication security attacks target are known vulnerabilities for which patches already exist; however, continuously monitor your network products. Organizations network produces a continuous stream of audit information: firewalls, intrusion detection systems, routers, servers, printers, etc. Most of it is irrelevant, but some of it contains footprints from successful attacks. According to Fahmida Y. Rashid, Dark Reading, “Treating our adversaries as random and unpredictable is counterproductive. We may be able to reduce the majority of attacks by focusing on a handful of attack patterns,” (¶ 9). Organizations authentication breach were successful arise from some of the following: • Vulnerabilities of Social Networking Sites • Corporate espionage; Risk of information leakage • Vendors’ and suppliers’ security vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities; Ssocial networks are designed to facilitate sharing of personal information, and the more data a person discloses, the more valuable he or she is to the service. Unfortunately, these sites have poor track records for security controls. They don't encourage users to select strong passwords, and passwords on these sites never expire. These exact password are commonly used in organizations. Organizations must encourage the use of a unique password for every web site and...
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...Target Retail Corporation (Group Name) Webster University Mr. Richardson ITM 6000 Executive Summary The Target Retail Store goal is to make life better for their customers. Target wants to improve the “guest” retail experience. Their intent is to improve customer shopping, and make it more convenient. Target Corporation emphasizes critical thinking and exploration to improve customer experience; and creating a shopping environment to meet the needs o customers. Target wants to become the preferred shopping destination for all customer needs. To achieve this, they have to deliver value, continuous innovation, and an exceptional guest experience by consistently fulfilling their “expect more, pay less” promise. Target intends to deliver an outstanding experience to the customers and to the employees. The retail world is one of the most competitive industries. It has transformed greatly over the last few decades. It has changed from family-owned, to big box stores. Amazon poses a huge threat to the retail industry. This is because more consumers are avoiding the shopping carts; and choosing to have purchases delivered to their front door. This industry trend has been growing because of the internet. Because of technology, retail companies have to respond to a growing on-line presence. At the end of 2013 Target suffered a drastic security breach. Target was accused of failing to maintain reasonable security which caused customers cards to be breached...
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...| |AMI-4-SME |Ambient Intelligence Technology for Systemic Innovation |Harald Sundmaeker, ATB, Germany | | |in Manufacturing SMEs |Sundmaeker@atb-bremmen.de | |BRIDGE |Building Radio Frequency Identification in the Global |Henri Barthel, GS1 | | |Environment |henri.barthel@gs1.org | |CE-RFID |Coordinating European Efforts for Promoting the European |Dr. Gerd Wolfram, METRO Group, Germany | | |Value Chain |gerd.wolfram@mgi.de | |CoBIs |Collaborative Business Items |Stephan Haller, SAP, Switzerland | | | |stephan.haller@sap.com | |Dynamite |Dynamic Decisions in Maintenance |Kenneth Holmberg, VTT, Finland | | | |kenneth.holmberg@vtt.fi | |Indisputable Key |Intelligent distributed process utilization...
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...Strategy 2 Table of content Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..3 Impact of E-Business strategy on Business…………………………………………………..4 Expectation of Internet Customers……………………………………………..……4 Integration with the Existing business processes……………………………………..5 Analysis of Logistics Processes………………………………………………………5 Resources required for Website maintenance and support…………………………...5 Implementation Strategy……………………………………………………………………..6 Planning for Website designing……………………………………………………....6 E-marketing and Promotion strategy……………………………………………..…..7 E-supply Chain Management Strategy…………………………………………..…...7 Integration with the Existing System…………………………………………..…….8 Protection of Business………………………………………………………………..………8 Risk from E-business and measures to control…………………………..…………..9 Future Development in E-Business………………………………………………..…………9 Mobile technology and impact of XTML on E-business………………….…………9 Impact of supply chain integration and e-business on international competencies…10 Conclusion and Recommendation…………………………………………………………..10 References…………………………………………………………………………………..11 E-Business Strategy 3 Introduction With the increase enhancement in the field of technology, it has been considered essential by the businesses to implement such technology in their business processes. Further, the increasing demand from the customers regarding the better quality of products and services delivered to their doorstep has also necessitated for the businesses to implement...
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...of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and often security. Today the complexity of production logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized and optimized by plant simulation software, but is constantly changing. This can involve anything from consumer goods such as food, to IT materials, to aerospace and defense equipment Origins and definition The term logistics comes from the Greek logos meaning "speech, reason, ratio, rationality, language, phrase", and more specifically from the Greek word logistiki meaning accounting and financial organization Logistics is considered to have originated in the military's need to supply themselves with arms, ammunition and rations as they moved from their base to a forward position. In ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, military officers with the title Logistikas were responsible for financial and supply distribution matters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines logistics as "the branch of military science relating to procuring, maintaining and transporting material, personnel and facilities." However, the New Oxford American Dictionary defines logistics as "the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies" and the Oxford Dictionary online defines it as, "the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation:" [1] Another dictionary definition is "the time-related...
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...contact gribben@usc.edu. A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN1 N.O. BAKIR University of Southern California, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) 3710 McClintock Avenue, RTH 322, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2902 USA Abstract The attacks of September 11 have exposed the vulnerability of the American homeland against terrorism. Terrorists have already expressed their intentions to continue their aggression towards United States. Their goal is to incur maximum economic damage, inflict mass casualty, spread unprecedented fear among citizens and thus destabilize the nation to further their agenda. Many critical sites lay across US maritime borders, all of which could be potential targets to accomplish these goals. All these sites are simple elements of a complex body where the vulnerability of the whole system is a function of the vulnerability of the weakest element against an adaptive adversary. Ports, nuclear facilities, LNG facilities, urban areas, bridges, chemical plants and other critical infrastructure are all elements of this complex system. In this paper, we review the current status of...
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...1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 4. Discuss in detail the activities involved in development of e-commerce based Information System in an organization. STRATEGIES One of the first challenges involved in moving to online commerce is how to compete with other e-commerce sites. A common problem in addressing this challenge is that e-commerce is often analyzed from a technical standpoint, not a strategic or marketing perspective. E-commerce provides several technical advantages over off-line commerce. It is much more convenient for the buyer and the seller, as there is no need for face-to-face interaction and Web-based stores are open 24 hours a day. Also, e-commerce purchasing decisions can be made relatively quickly, because a vendor can present all relevant information immediately to the buyer. These factors lend themselves to a transactional approach, where e-commerce is seen as a way to reduce the costs of acquiring a customer and completing a sale. In contrast, most successful e-commerce Web sites take a relational view of e-commerce. This perspective views an e-commerce transaction as one step among many in building a lasting relationship with the buyer. This approach requires a long-term, holistic view of the e-commerce purchasing experience, so that buyers are attracted by some unique aspect of an e-commerce Web site, and not by convenience. Since consumers can easily switch to a competing Web site, customer loyalty is the most precious asset for an e-commerce site...
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...SC Response to Terrorism Project MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics “Supply Chain Response to Terrorism: Creating Resilient and Secure Supply Chains” Supply Chain Response to Terrorism Project Interim Report of Progress and Learnings August 8, 2003 This report was pre pared by James B. Rice, Jr. of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) and Federico Caniato of Politecnico di Milano for the Supply Chain Response to Terrorism Project team with contributions from team members Jonathan Fleck, Deena Disraelly, Don Lowtan, Reshma Lensing and Chris Pickett. This work was conducted under the direction of Professor Yossi Sheffi, CTL Director. Please contact James B. Rice, Jr. of CTL (jrice@mit.edu or 617.258.8584) if you have any questions or if you would like to discuss this report. 08/12/2003 1 SC Response to Terrorism Project Supply Chain Response to Terrorism Project: Interim Report of Progress and Learnings 1 2 Executive summary........................................................................................................... 4 Research introduction and background ............................................................................. 6 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Background Research ................................................................................................ 6 2.3 Project...
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...MGMT90026 Supply Chain Management Group Assignment Dr. Vikram Bhakoo Class: Tuesday 6:15-9:15 MGMT90026 Supply Chain Management Group Assignment Dr. Vikram Bhakoo Class: Tuesday 6:15-9:15 By: Widad Alharthi 822694 Di Cao Wasinee Phornnarit Yang Chan By: Widad Alharthi 822694 Di Cao Wasinee Phornnarit Yang Chan Table of Contents Introduction: 2 1. Supply Chain Management Practices 4 1.1 Walmart 4 1.1.1 Strategic allignemnt 4 1.1.2 procurement and distribution 5 1.1.3 Logistic and distribution management 5 1.1.4 Inventory management 6 1.2 Amazon 8 2. Strategic Alliances 9 2.1 Walmart 9 2.2 Amazon 10 3. Technologies employed in the SC Network 11 3.1 Walmart 11 3.2 amazon 13 4. Challenges and risks 14 4.1 Walmart 14 4.2 Amazon 15 5. Comparison of sustainable strategies in Supply Chains 16 conclusion 17 References: 18 Appendices: 19 Section A: 19 Section B: 19 Section C: 20 Introduction: Executive summary: This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current supply chain strategies employed by two leading retail corporates, Walmart and Amazon. The report draws attention to the following aspects; supply chain management practices, strategic alliances, Information Technology, challenges and risks,finally sustainability in the supply chain. Method of the analysis includes reviewing a collection academic journals from different databases, analysing company’s...
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...C A S E S T U D Y 9 LENOVO’S BRAND BUILDING STRATEGIE: TAKING THE COMPETITION TO COMPETITORS WITH “TRANSACTIONAL MODEL” Agenda • Brief Summary about the case • Global PC Industry • Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging • Key Challenges of Lenovo from the case • RecommendaKons Agenda • Brief Summary about the case • Global PC Industry • Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging • Key Challenges of Lenovo from the case • RecommendaKons Overview of Global PC Industry Global PC Industry • Since early 1980s, PC industry has been the most dynamic electronic industry sector • The global PC industry reached mature level by mid-‐1990s • Dell and Gateway starts their build-‐to-‐order strategies, resulted to the total supply chain respond swiTly to change • Emerge of e-‐commerce (online sales) hastened PC industry’s clock speed Overview of Global PC Industry • PC-‐makers enjoys high profits ...
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...March 27, 2009 Running Head: C-TPAT and The Asian Consumer Electronic Products Incorporating Customs -Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Requirements within Procurement Strategies for a USA-Asian Supply Chain of Consumer Electronic Products Abstract “The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) was created by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in direct response to the terrorist attacks that were launched against the United States on September 11, 2001”(www.ctpat.com), to enforce this in shipping of goods from foreign entities. Asia a leader in consumer electronic had to find ways to ship the products also combating the requirements set by CBP. This paper explains what C-TPAT does and ways Asia and other foreign entities can comply with C-TPAT. Introduction CBP established C-TPAT in an attempt to secure and safeguard the integrity of U.S. borders against future attacks by terrorists who might seek to further their terrorist activities by hijacking containers entering the United States and using such containers to smuggle in conventional arms or chemical or biological weapons. In seeking to secure and safeguard U.S. borders against future terrorist attacks, C-TPAT focuses on enlisting the cooperation and participation of all parties involved in shipping products to or importing products into the United States. “The USA Patriot Act, signed into law October, 2001, inspections at ports, regulated airport screening, and heightened at land-based...
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...“TRANSACTIONAL MODEL” Agenda • Brief Summary about the case • Global PC Industry • Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging • Key Challenges of Lenovo from the case • Recommendations Agenda • Brief Summary about the case • Global PC Industry • Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging • Key Challenges of Lenovo from the case • Recommendations Overview of Global PC Industry Overview of Global PC Industry • Since early 1980s, PC industry has been the most dynamic electronic industry sector • The global PC industry reached mature level by mid-1990s • Dell and Gateway starts their build-to-order strategies, resulted to the total supply chain respond swiftly to change • Emerge of e-commerce (online sales) hastened PC industry’s clock speed Overview of Global PC Industry • PC-makers enjoys high profits 1990, however, they experiences an extreme downfall in early of 2000 • In 2004, in order to maintain PC vendor’s market position, vendor consolidation can develop economies of scale in order to go into a global presence • Global PC industry currently affected by two major trends; commoditization which is about mass-produced and the absence of mid-market, which separate to the customers that demand cheapest products and that of exclusive products Agenda • Brief Summary about the case • Global PC Industry • Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging • Key Challenges of Lenovo from the case • Recommendations About Lenovo: From Emerging to Surging 1984...
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... Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Potential Threats and Risks of Global Transportation 3. Manage the Risks 4. Conclusion 5. Reference Introduction Thanks to globalization, lean processes, and the geographical concentration of production, among other factors, supply chain and transport networks are more efficient than ever before. This increasing sophistication and complexity, however, is accompanied by increasing risk. Major disruptions in the past five years—including the global financial crisis, the Yemen parcel bomb scare, flooding in Thailand, and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami—have illustrated the vulnerabilities of finely tuned, closely interconnected supply chain and transport networks. Although risks have increased, there are concerns about the ability of organizations to address this new risk profile. As the recent , New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risk, points out, most enterprises have logistics and transportation risk management protocols that can address localized disruptions. Greater supply chain risks outside the control of individual organizations, however, can have cascading and unintended consequences that no one organization can mitigate. While it’s important to be able to anticipate specific disruptions, it’s even more important to build in dynamic systems and processes that can quickly and effectively respond to changing logistics and...
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