General Motors: Building a Digital Loyalty network Through Demand and Supply Chain Integration Main Takeaways Although GM had experienced record sales in recent years, the stock underperformed the S&P 500 index by 48 percent, which was an indication to Rick Wagoner (CEO) that something needed to be done. Although GM saw incredible cost savings and improved productivity, I feel that they have not retained any sustained competitive advantage with respect to the competition (Honda and Toyota)
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Analysis OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES Acknowledgement It would be of great pleasure for me to take the opportunity of thanking nearly everybody who had been of great help in the completion of my dissertation. My sincere gratitude goes to MR.KAPIL GARG (DEPPT. OF MANAGEMENT) and MR.MANORANJAN (DEAN). My institute guide, without whose help this dissertation would have seemed impossible. I owe immensely for the minute help that was forwarded to me by friends
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lists available at ScienceDirect Technovation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/technovation Editorial The challenge of cyber supply chain security to research and practice – An introduction a b s t r a c t The tremendous potential to assist or degrade economic and national security performance make security in the cyber supply chain a topic of critical importance. This is reflected by the tremendous activity in the public and private sector to better understand the myriad of
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OM 367: Strategic Supply Chain Management Professor Stephen M. Gilbert Classroom: CBA 4.348 Class Meeting Time: TTH 12:30-2:00 Office: CBA 3.424 Phone: 471-9456 (O) e-mail: steve.gilbert@mccombs.utexas.edu Mail Box: Dept. of IROM, CBA 5.202 Fax: 471-3937 (O) Office Hrs: T-TH 10:30-11:30, and by appt. COURSE DESCRIPTION Supply Chain Management involves the flows of materials and information among all of the firms that contribute value to a product, from the source of raw materials to end customers
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constant change. Thus, a two-way street with customers is very important in a product´s development as mentioned in the case. Furthermore, in our globalized world today, technology companies also face the challenge of making a design that can fit the global market and meet both local and foreign consumers‟ requirements. Extremely high competition in the technology industry calls for rapid and aggressive introductions of products with better advanced designs at lower costs since competitor discounting
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Strategies for Supply Chain Management for the Trading Agent In an effort to address the of increasingly sophisticated and advanced methods of supply chain management, a joint team of researchers from the e-Supply Chain Management Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, formed The Trading Agent Competition (TAC). This particular forum was designed to address the problem of trading agent competition within the global marketing structure. Within this writing, the problems inherent to
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Ethical Supply Chains 1. Is it important for coffee marketers such as Starbucks, Kraft, and Nestle to create “ethical supply chains” Why? In today’s global marketplace it is imperative for organizations to transform their brands and create an ethical supply chain. No longer do “old style” metrics depict the actual value of a brand. The world’s consumers have increasingly become aware of the true costs involved in the production and distribution of an item. Currently, there is a dire need to realize
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Task 1 Using different supply chain measurement models and frameworks from the literature, critically identify and recommend the most important supply chain measures in each supply chain process for a maritime cargo logistics and transport organization. You are required to look at different supply chain processes and measures in the SCOR Models, and also use supply chain measurement models from …… Executive Summary The purpose of this assignment is to understand the usage of different measurement
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Statements on Management Accounting BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TITLE Implementing Integrated Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage CREDITS This statement was approved for issuance as a Statement on Management Accounting by the Management Accounting Committee (MAC) of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA® IMA ). appreciates the collaborative efforts of the Finance Business Solutions Group at Arthur Andersen LLP and the work of Dr. C.J. McNair, CMA, of
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a single-minded adherence to supply chain excellence. The company manufactures more than 50,000 computers every day, but carries only three to four days’ worth of inventory, when many of its competitors carry between 20-30 days of inventory. However, Dell isn’t exactly sitting on its laurels. “We’re on the tip of the iceberg,” says Dick Hunter, vice president, Americas Manufacturing Operation. “Most people think that Dell has reached the ultimate goal in supply chain management — an inventory of
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