issues and research advancements in supply chain risk management Ou Tang a,c, S. Nurmaya Musa a,b,n a Department of Management and Engineering, Link¨ping University, SE-581 83 Link¨ping, Sweden o o Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia c School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China b a r t i c l e in fo Available online 3 July 2010 Keywords: Supply chain Risk management Citation/co-citation
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and external business environments of Boeing to find out to at what extent Boeing is strategically fit with its current business environment. In the second part, an improvement strategy will be recommended to the company to effectively manage its supply chain practices after critically reviewing the feasibility, acceptability and suitability of the strategy. Contents Executive summary 1 Introduction to Boeing 787 Dreamliner 3 (PART A) 4 S.W.O.T analysis of Boeing 787 Dreamliner 4 Strengths:
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McDonald’s Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain: By: Stephen F Finkelman, EGR 7112. 11/28/2012 McDonald’s internal “Sustainable Supply Chain Working Group” (SSCWG) was established to “develop the strategies and tools necessary to accomplish McDonald’s vision of sustainable sourcing”. That vision is a sustainable supply chain “that profitably yields high-quality, safe products without supply interruptions while creating a net benefit for employees, their communities, biodiversity and
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founder which is to provide an option for Filipinos to have quality medicine at an affordable price. The supply chain department (known as the production department of GXI) has played an integral role in achieving the goal of continuously providing the lowest cost and sufficient supply of quality medicines through the years of GX’s existence. Through the constant effort of the supply chain officer to reduce the costs of materials, GX was able to maintain the selling price of its products for 12
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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
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TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS Reverse Logistics in the Supply Chain a report by James R Stock Professor of Marketing and Logistics, University of South Florida James R Stock is a professor of Marketing and Logistics at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He is the author or co-author of more than 90 publications in the area of logistics. His specialities are in the areas of reverse logistics and the marketing-logistics interface. Currently, Dr Stock serves as Editor of the International Journal
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Ford Case Study by Christine Godby Executive Summary As Director of Supply Chain Systems, I have reviewed the analysis by my esteemed colleagues of our current supply chain and our recently implemented strategies to date. We have made significant changes to our supply chain through Ford 2000 and we should be proud of our achievements! Our use of information technology (IT) has enabled us to work together as a global team, even though we are on different continents. We have successfully reduced
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Supply Chain Management Name of Student Roll # University Submitted to: Topic: What are different options available
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Research paper Supply chain management integration and implementation: a literature review Damien Power Department of Management, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to the integration and implementation of supply chain management practices from a strategic viewpoint. Design/methodology/approach – The literature is examined from three perspectives. First, supply chain integration covers
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Supply Chain Management Certificate This “practical” interactive certificate series is designed to provide participants with a detailed look at global supply chain management with a focus on Purchasing, Inventory, and Warehousing. This certificate addresses issues in terms of today’s global supply chain and its supply chain streams and flow process, so practitioners can know how to make the most of this powerful tool. You will have the opportunity to explore a variety of global supply chain management
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