Forum TCS - Retail Journal July 2015 | Issue 6 Omni-Channel Supply Chain: From Backend to Forefront Foreword Pratik Pal President & Global Head Retail, CPG, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality Welcome to the sixth edition of Forum, the TCS Retail Thought Leadership journal. In this issue, we present our perspective on the changes shaping the supply chain of tomorrow. Retailers all over the world are making the transition from multichannel to omni-channel. The key to delivering
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Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT At Harvard the only thing considered duller, safer, and less adventurous than working for a bank was working for some old-line can't-miss industrial firm like Otis Elevator, which only needed caretakers. —Tom Wolfe, A Man in Full (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998), p. 31 At the northeast corner of 20th Street is the turreted red-brick Victorian Apartment house . . . the first cooperative apartment house in New York City. Peek
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SUBMITTED BY: Vaibhav Aayal PGDM/RM/2010-12/01 Uttam Das PGDM/RM/2010-12/11 Prakhar Jaiswal PGDM/RM/2010-12/21 Karan Mago PGDM/RM/2010-12/31 Vinay Rawat PGDM/RM/2010-12/41 Shailesh Singh PGDM/RM/2010-12/51 INTRODUCTION Hospital industry: A very important component of Indian Healthcare valuechain. Growth rate: about 14% Size of industry: Rs. 1800 billion (2008) [estimated to grow by 2012 to Rs. 3,163 billion at 13% CAGR] Private sector-80% and Public-20% No. of hospitals
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The Apple Supply Chain: The Best in the World? by Steve Banker July 2nd, 2012 Many supply chain professionals consider Apple’s supply chain to be the best in the world. I don’t. The reasoning appears to be that since Apple is one of the fastest growing and most profitable companies in the world, it must surely have one of the best supply chains too. This is a “halo effect” fallacy. Apple is the best in the world at innovative product development. Because the company develops hardware, software
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1. Discuss the concepts of centralized vs. decentralized purchasing authority, identify their relative advantages and disadvantages, and provide examples of when each may be appropriate. | | Centralized authority occurs when the supply management decision-making authority is the responsibility of a single person who is held accountable by top management for the proper performance of all purchasing activities. In a single-site operation, centralization of the purchasing function is necessary
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place and that it allows it for quick response, decision and problem solving. Because Zara’s parent company Inditex owns most of the resources needed for the process of clothing design, production and distribution it is able to “control most every aspect of the supply chain, from design and production to its own worldwide distribution network” (Armstrong & Kotler). Vertical Marketing System Introduction In an organization, effective marketing strategies play an important role in boosting the
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Supply chain Management six sigma at RMG Prepared by Mohammad Mesbah Uddin, ID-2013-3-5-019, MBA@BUTEX 1 Mohammad Mesbah Uddin, 27-12-2014 ID-2013-3-5-019, MBA@BUTEX TABLE OF CONTENTS S.I PAGE 0 ABSTRACT 3 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 SIX SIGMA APPROACH TO DESIGN 5 3 ANANLYSIS OF SUPPLY CHAIN DELIVERY PERFRMANCE 6-7 4 DESIGN OF SIX SIGMA SUPPLY CHAIN 8 5 OUTLINE OF THE PACKAGE 9-10 6 SMMARY AND FUTURE WORK 11 7 2 NAME OF ARTICLE REFERENCES 12 Mohammad Mesbah Uddin, ID-2013-3-5-019
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Supply Chain of Pepsi co. 1.1 Understanding Supply Chain of Pepsi co. 1.2 Supply Chain Strategy or Design In order to ensure a good supply chain strategy, Pepsi co. plans two years in advance. It has several contracts with manufacturers, and receives raw material on a convenient basis. The company also decides where production plants are to be placed. The production process is 65% automated. The company has to provide and manage transport for the delivery of products as well as the arrangement of
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Qualitative Analysis 4 Part 5 Quantitative Analysis 5 Alternatives and/or Options Part 6 Options 5 Recommendations Part 7 Recommendations 7 Implementation Part 8 Implementation 8 Monitor and Control Part 9 Monitor and Control 9 Conclusion Part 10 Conclusion 9 Exhibits Part 11 Exhibits 10 Part 1: Executive Summary Barilla is faced with a problematic issue regarding facilitating volatile fluctuations in demand from its distributors
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Executive summary: Sport Obermeyer starts it humble beginning during the last 1940’s. Klaus a German immigrant was teaching at an Aspen Ski School, when he noticed that his student was cold and miserable because of impractical clothes. At first he would begin to travel Germany during the summer and buy clothes and bring back to the US for his students. Being an engineer himself, he started designing skiwear and ski equipment. Over the years, Sport Obermeyer developed into a prominent competitor
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