Agile Logistics

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    Echoupal Case

    ITC eChoupal case Farmers in rural communities of India relied on Department of Agriculture, government, universities, insurance companies etc. for various inputs such as weather, new and scientific farming practices and insurance coverage. There was an indirect link between farmers and manufacturer via input retailers who source from wholesalers. During harvest, farmers bring these produce to Mandis bearing their own transportation cost; where beans are auctioned to the traders and agents of the

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    Woolworths – During Tough Times - Case Study

    prices by optimising the production process and reduce the input costs. Woolworths consulted with its suppliers to find ways to reduce pricing on their products and reviewed its entire supply chain, reducing unnecessary packaging, improving their logistics and also keeping an eye on price of commodities such as wheat. By making effective changes in their value chain Woolworths is able to increase the value delivered to their

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    Case 1

    1: Draw a diagram that illustrates the textbook supply chain from the publisher’s point of view. Author Text editor’s graphic artist’s commercial printers transportation suppliers Distribution centers Bookstores. 2: There are a variety of customers that buy the textbook before it even reaches the student, someone has to decide what textbook the students are going to be using for which particular course. Business school curricula is changing

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    Performance Measurement

    Introduction When a procedure, a model, an approach, a case study, or other research is undertaken, generally some measure of the system's performance is presented and perhaps analyzed. A large number of different types of performance measures have been used to characterize systems, particularly production, distribution, and inventory systems. Such a large number of available performance measures makes performance measure selection difficult. Generally, performance measurement research focuses

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    Warehousing and Functioning Erp in Tvs Logistics Services Ltd

    university (Faculty guide) Submitted By Anand Vuppalapati (1226112104) Acknowledgements I ‘am pleased to have associated with TVS Logistics Services Ltd. In the Internship project on Warehousing & functioning of ERP, a project of significance to both, TVS Logistics Services Ltd. and me. I take this opportunity to thank Mr. Pavan Nair, Regional head, TVS Logistics Services Ltd, Pune for giving me the opportunity to work on this project and also for his guidance as project guide. We are deeply

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    Exim

    President and a Managing Director. It is their task to determine the overall policy of the business and future direction that the company will take. Policy areas which will be decided the by top management might include. The philosophy of the company’s logistics strategy. The routes that the company will serve. The type and size of vessels used. Fleet replacement policy (owning and chartering). Flag policy. Membership of alliances and conferences. In house ship management or contracted out. Marketing

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    Lean and Tqm of Mpa

    provided to citizens and those provided to internal customers both in the logistics and supply chain industry such as ports authorities, and as a business process improvement measure. Introduction: The economic development in Asia, and in particularly in the south eastern Asian region, has gained increasing attention globally. This has in term had a huge impact on the growth of its logistics market. Although the logistics infrastructure currently available in Asia is not as advanced when

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    Organizational Impact

    guide the company today (insert). American Messenger Company was the beginning of what is now known as UPS, “the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services, UPS continues to develop the frontiers of logistics, supply chain management, and e-Commerce . . . combining the flows of goods,

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    Zara

    philosophy. Basically, this means to have full control over all the merchandise until it has been purchased by the customer. Instead of outsourcing or contracting with third-party logistics companies, Zara handles the designing, manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution of all its merchandise. In addition, all logistics functions is handled by Zara, and even put all the price tags on its products before they are shipped out to the stores. (Ferdows, Lewis, & Machuca, 2004) Zara has

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    Value Chain of Conway Inc.

    Second Component Value Chain Con-way Inc. Primary Activities: Inbound logistics Under inbound logistics, Menlo Worldwide Logistics is the expert. They handle all of the receiving, warehousing, and inventory control of input materials. Menlo serves industries like the automotive, high-tech, retail/consumer, chemical, government, and industrial goods. They work with companies one on one to set up transportation management, warehouse management, value-added services, supply chain solutions and

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