...Automated Asset Management is also termed as IT asset management. IT asset management (ITAM) is the set of business practices that join financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management and strategic decision making for the IT environment. Assets include all elements of software and hardware that are found in the business environment. IT asset management (also called IT inventory management) is an important part of an organization's strategy. It usually involves gathering detailed hardware and software inventory information which is then used to make decisions about hardware and software purchases and redistribution. IT inventory management helps organizations manage their systems more effectively and save time and money by eliminating unnecessary purchases and wasted resources. Hardware asset management entails the management of the physical components of computers and computer networks, from acquisition through disposal. Common business practices include request and approval process, procurement management, life cycle management, redeployment and disposal management. A key component is capturing the financial information about the hardware life cycle which aids the organization in making business decisions based on meaningful and measurable financial objectives. Software Asset Management is a similar process, focusing on software assets, including licenses, versions and installed endpoints. Role of IT asset management in an organization The...
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...Abstract “An organization’s goals and strategic objectives should determine its overall supply chain management strategy. The SCM strategy in turn determines how the supply chain will perform with respect to efficiency and effectiveness. The four primary drivers of supply chain management are: facilities, inventory, transportation, and information” (Baltzan/Phillips, 2010). “ An organization can use these four drivers in varying measure to push it toward either a supply chain strategy focusing on efficiency or a supply chain strategy focusing on effectiveness. The organization must decide on the trade-off it desires between efficiency and effectiveness for each driver. The selected combined impact of the various drivers then determines the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire supply chain” (Baltzan/Phillips, 2010). Review and Analysis 2. How could Wal-Mart have revamped its transportation driver to handle Katrina more efficiently? I think Wal-Mart could have done a few things differently to handle Katrina more efficiently. The company had one thing on its mind at the time of the storm was about to hit, money. Wal-Mart sent armored cars to pick up cash from all of the stores but did not think to send relief trucks with supplies like clothes, blankets or food. I think if you are going to send trucks to a place you know something bad is about to happen just to protect your own, I think it would be a great idea to show the people of the...
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...with Traditional supply chain management. • Drop and ship (Ship tracking issue) zappos not have information about the shipment dates • Branded shoe maker reluctant • Logistic distribution issue: - between shoe maker warehouse (operated manually, location) & Zappos & UPS • Strategic partnership with UPS for warehousing which was unsuccessful because the number of SKU was too much. Holding Inventory was too much in number ( bar code & Handler_ • Warehouse in California & then bought another in Kentucky ( using bar code strategy ) • Software to handle the inventory • VMI • Risk Pooling (website catalogue , • Replenishment of slow moving items by making partnership with 9M • Lead-time and transportation Drop and ship Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management is increasingly being recognized as the integration of key business processes across the supply chain. Supply chain management is described as a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations and at the right time, in order to minimize system wide costs while satisfying the service level requirements The primary objective of supply chain management is to fulfill customer demands through the most efficient use of resources. These resources include distribution capacity, inventory and labor. In theory, a supply chain seeks to match demand...
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...measures. Business strategy should be right instituted and implemented to improve the core competence of the organization. It seems that strategy of supply chain is the most important part of business strategy. The strategy of supply chain always makes contributions to reduce cost and gain best benefits. Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s best companies, the experience of its printer division showed us successful supply chain management in a constantly changing market environment. This paper emphasis on exploring and analyzing the changes that HP’s printer division made to beat back the competition. 1.1 Background Compared with its competitor, HP’s inkjet printers had attained a significant penetration in the market. In spite of the excellent sales, Antonio Perez, general manager of HP’s Inkjet Products Group, realized that small business market preferred laser printers with low prices. In such a case, he decided to orient the laser printers as a consumer product. Obviously, the target market had changed through the influence of this decision. And then it further affected its business processes, R&D, manufacturing, distribution marketing and sales. Thus it impacted directly on the strategy of supply chain. In section 2, I will pay attention to the changes in its target market. The impact of the changes on the supply chain would be shown in section 3. 2. Target Market 3.1 Concept of Target Market A target market, also known as a target audience, it is a specific...
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...review The concept of Supply Chain Management is based on two core ideas. The first is that practically every product that reaches an end user represents the cumulative effort of multiple organizations. These organizations are referred to collectively as the supply chain. The second idea is that while supply chains have existed for a long time, most organizations have only paid attention to what was happening within their “four walls.” Few businesses understood, much less managed, the entire chain of activities that ultimately delivered products to the final customer. The result was disjointed and often ineffective supply chains. Supply chain management, then, is the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective & efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production, and logistics, as well as the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. The organizations that make up the supply chain are “linked” together through physical flows and information flows. Physical flows involve the transformation, movement, and storage of goods and materials. They are the most visible piece of the supply chain. But just as important are information flows. Information flows allow the various supply chain partners to coordinate their...
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...The Fresh Connection Game Strategic Supply Chain Management SHT 4001 University of HUDDERSFIELD Name: Zhen Lei (Ray) ID: U1069600 Course: Transport & Logistics management Module Leader: Jayne Hemmingham Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to discuss and introduce the experience of playing the fresh connection game with answering three main questions, The first one is to consider the competitive strategy of the team and evaluate the scope of team’s supply chain strategy was marching with its competitive strategy. The second is to utilize the financial information to analysis the situation of the business in the last round. Examples need to be explained how our team’s supply chain strategy influenced the financial performance of our team. The last point is to explain how the information can be used in the business to achieve sustainable improvements. The participants not only need to introduce their experience of the game but also demonstrate relevant academic theory and concepts. Introduction This report concentrates on reflecting on the experience of playing the fresh connection game experience. The fresh connection is a website which is one the strength of supply chain management researching environment and is played by both students and professionals. It provides a learning experience of supply chain. The students will make strategic decisions in the supply chain of the fresh connection which is based on a substantial producer of...
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...increased its consumption rate of natural resources with the manufacturing of consumer products. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2012) reported, “In 2009, discarded TVs, computers, peripherals (including printers, scanners, [and] fax machines) mice, keyboards, and cell phones totaled about 2.37 million short tons.” Natural resources are used in a daily basis to manufacture products with distributing material in forward logistics. This process of materials being produced by manufacturers shipped to warehouses across the world and stored until a demand is requested and then delivered to a retailer or when a Internet buy occurs, delivered to the customer. Logistics plays a vital role in distributing goods throughout the supply chain, how is unwanted or unused material being tracked for recovery from the consumer? What’s Reverse Logistics? The preferred method is reverse logistics for the recovery of consumer product. This method allows for recapturing value of consumer products for recycling of unwanted, unused, or outdated products for the recovery for either remanufacturing or refurbishing by developing new or improved consumer products. In 2010, there were nearly 250 million tons of solid waste disposed in landfills, only 85 million; a...
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...Logistics. They highlighted five types: Labelling, Packaging, Assembly, Manufacturing and Time postponements. Postponement in SCM Postponement is a concept in supply chain management where the manufacturer produces a generic product, which can be modified at the later stages before the final transport to the customer. Take for example an umbrella manufacturer who does not know what the demand will be for different colored umbrellas. The manufacturer will manufacture all white umbrellas and dye them later when umbrellas are in season, and it's easier to predict demand of each color of umbrella. This way the manufacturer can stock up on white umbrellas early with minimal labor costs, and be sure of the demand before he dedicates time and money into predicting the demand so far in the future Postponement is a business strategy that maximizes possible benefit and minimizes risk by delaying further investment into a product or service until the last possible moment. An example of this strategy is Dell Computers' build-to-order online store. Among the earliest reference to the concept was in a paper by Zinn and Bowersox in the Journal of Business Logistics. They highlighted five types: Labelling, Packaging, Assembly, Manufacturing and Time postponements. Postponement in SCM Postponement is a concept in supply chain management where the manufacturer produces a generic product, which can be modified at the later stages before the final transport to the customer. Take for example an umbrella...
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...1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the particular sub-contracting system in this case? Tombow uses in its supply chain management both in-house production and subcontractors. The exact share of in-house production and outsourced production is not known exactly. This ratio varies across product lines. As an example, Tombow’s supply chain set up used for Object EO can be analyzed. To produce it, Tombow coordinates six vendors. Two of them - Kantoh and Nagano - are the main suppliers. Kantoh produces components and Nagano, besides production of components, is also responsible for the assembly work. In practice, Nagano outsources assembly work to residents near Nagano´s factory. There are currently challenges with supply chain as lead-time for production is three months; still 30-40% of the deliveries are late. Advantages of utilization of external subcontractors in the supply chain are innumerous. In Tombow’s case, it is possible to see that there increases flexibility during demand peaks, since Tombow has seasonal demand and personalization brought demands with difficult planning profile; idle capacity reduction; implementation of new products (diversification) made simpler; quick response to customer needs; utilization of special knowledge from suppliers of certain components; transfer to subcontractors, through fixed price, of the risk in production cost; vendors and assembly financially independent of the company; ability for multi vendors as Tombow to...
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... The headlines are for the sake of classification clarity. Supply Chain Coordination Supply chain coordination issues have been of great interest to researchers for many years especially since 1990s there has been a surge in research in these topics (Burgess et al. 2006). Different perspectives has been proposed on SCC such as “the order, forecasting, procurement, and information sharing procedures among the members of the supply chain” (Therese M. Flaherty, 1996) and “SCC is concerned with managing dependencies between various supply chain members and the joint efforts of all supply chain members to achieve mutually defined goals” (Arshinder, Arunda Kapur, 2007). According to (Omkar D. Palsule-Desai 2012) a SC is perfectly coordinated when the decisions on optimal quantity to be ordered by retailer under decentralized setting equals that of centralized one and yields non-zero profit to both players. There exist two common structures for SC management: Centralized or integrated supply chain with the single decision maker and decentralized with a network consists of multiple decision makers having different information and incentives. Evidence exists that centralized structure is the ideal status of the SC when there are more than two decision makers since otherwise the profit would be less than optimal.( Tirole1990, Corbet and tang 1999,corbet et al 2004) Decentralized decision making gives rise to problems causing sub-optimality: double marginalization (Spengler...
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...Value Chain Analysis The value chain analysis identifies all of the activities and strategies the organization must perform to conduct a successful business. (Potter) .The activities are classified into primary and support activities. Each of the activities performed will add value to the product and services provided by an organization. LEGO had incorporated various strategies to gain a competitive advantage. LEGO’s inbound logistics was not in proper shape. There was no control over the inbound logistics and management of inventory. The supply and demand of the goods was not in parity. In most situations, the forecasting was done dynamically without any evaluation of estimates. Later, LEGO management team synchronized the sales supply and demand by starting a sales and operations planning process (S&OP). This technique helped LEGO to optimize their demand planning, forecasting and inventory management. LEGO can accurately estimate their demand, supply and estimate customer demand for particular product during a given period. Using demand planning to develop accurate forecasts is critical for effective inventory management. Forecasts are compared to inventory levels to ensure that distribution centers have enough, but not too much, inventory to supply stores with a sufficient amount of product to meet demand. The optimal amount of raw materials was released to cater to the demand. This played a pivotal role in building an efficient supply chain management. VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS...
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...integrated on-demand Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and business management software solution for small and medium sized enterprises as an offering from SAP. The solution can be run on a PC with an Internet connection and a web browser, while the software and data are stored on the host servers. Business applications delivered as an on-demand service via a secure Internet connection and a standard Web browser is referred to as software-as-a-service (SaaS). The SAP Business ByDesign solution is designed to enable integrated end-to-end business processes across the following modules: • Customer Relationship Management: This module supports processes that span marketing, sales and service activities • Financial Management: This module can help provide companies with a single, up-to-date view of financial condition • Project Management: This module contains an integrated project management solution • Supply Chain Management: This module covers Supply Chain Setup Management, Supply Chain Planning and Control, and Manufacturing Warehousing and Logistics • Supplier Relationship Management: This module focuses on relationships with suppliers, procurement processes aimed at reducing costs, and to perform self-service procurement • Human Resources Management: This module spans Organizational Management, Human resources, and Employee self-service • Executive Management Support: This module is geared towards...
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...Material Management Proposal OPS/HC571 December 12, 2011 Christopher Kelley Material Management Proposal Material management department is typically responsible for directing the supply chain. Material management is an umbrella department that has many other functions (e.g., central store, laundry and linen operations, and sterile processing). The core purpose of material management is to 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...
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...CASE STUDY ANALYSIS REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Submitted By: Asmita Baz ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On the successful completion of the project, first and foremost I thank God, the Almighty without whose blessings the project would not have been a success. I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards Mr. Subrata Kar (faculty of SCM,Globsyn Business School) under whose guidance I completed this project report. I wholeheartedly thank him for giving his valuable time & attention & for providing me a systematic way for completing our project report in time. THANK YOU. CONTENTS Index | Page No. | Introduction | 4 | Supply Chain | 8 | Channel Strategy | 10 | Market Perspective | 11 | Cycle of Order | 12 | Information | 13 | Conclusion | 14 | INTRODUCTION DELL Computers, a leading PC supplier to corporate and government customers, today is now among the first companies to provide its customers with the next level of industry-standard Pentium processor power, while many vendors are still struggling to broaden their processor-based product lines. Dell's unique ability to take a market strategy position during important technology transitions because of its build-to-order manufacturing process. This build-to-order approach allows the company to maintain low inventory levels and integrate emerging technologies into systems. Today's customers are reducing their supplier bases, providing the opportunity...
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...Conclusions The globalization of supply chain management is the natural outcome of today’s expanding consumer markets as companies struggle to meet the dynamic needs of growing markets and new customer segments. It has led to a high degree of specialization under an ever-expanding world market. People with special skills can work with little overheads and market globally. Small companies can flourish. Introduction The pace of globalization on the supply chain continues to foster opportunities, challenges and uncertainties for companies around the world. Almost every business is involved in one or more supply chains and Globalization now has an impact on every company, large and small.[1] The purpose of this report is to: 1. Explain when Globalization started. 2. Assess the impact of globalization on supply chain management. Definition Globalization describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade. The term is most closely associated with the term economic globalization: the integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, the spread of technology, and military presence. [2] History Of Globalization When It Began The term, globalization, was first used around 1960 to describe international capital flows. If the definition of...
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