Global Value Chain Logistics Case Analysis

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    Effect of Economics on Supply Chain

    Transport also carries an important social and environmental load, which cannot be neglected.The added value and employment effects of transport services usually extend beyond employment and added value generated by that activity; indirect effects are salient. For instance, transportation companies purchase a part of their inputs from local suppliers. The production of these inputs generates additional value-added and employment in the local economy. The suppliers in turn purchase goods and services from

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    Nokia Strategy Analysis

    o II. Mission, Vision, Core Values 2 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 3 o o o o Pest analysis 3 Porter’s Five Forces of Competition Framework 4 Market Segmentation 5 Key success factors 8 III. COMPETITVE ADVANTAGE ANALYSIS 9 o o o Emergence of Competitive Advantage 9 Porter’s Value Chain 12 Porter’s Generic Strategies 15 IV. CORPORATE STRATEGY 16 o o o The scope of the firm 16 Vertical and Horizontal Diversification 20 Managing the corporate portfolio 23 V. GLOBAL STRATEGY AND THE MULTINATIONAL

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    Current Developments and Issues Affecting Is/It

    The need for sustaining competitive advantage while constantly creating added value is driving organizations to identify and adopt appropriate new and innovative technologies in order to endure and thrive in today’s dynamic marketplace. Of significance is Porter’s (1985) approach to value chain analysis which argues that organizations can achieve competitive advantage by effectively managing its core competencies and activities to create cost advantage and/or differentiation by leveraging Information

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    Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s Coopetition in Logistics Industry

    | Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s Coopetition in Logistics Industry | Assignment 2 – LGT5013 Transport Logistics in China | | | CHAN PUI YUK, SIMON 10670562GFUNG MEI SHAN, JO 10670090GLEUNG TING CHEUNG, VINCE 10609081GLO WING LING, WINNIE 10634888GYIP KIM HUNG, CURTIS 09608879GYUEN MAY YEE, ELSA 10670039G | Executive Summary Hong Kong Port, being the world busiest port for 12 years from 1992 to 2004, is globally well known and this container port industry became one of its vital economic

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    Operations and Supply Chain Management Concepts/Tools

    Operations and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools Student’s Name University Affiliation Executive summary The paper has discussed the steps the B.F. Goodrich can use to ensure that they improve the decision making process that has been seen to be one of the disadvantages leading to the deterioration in the returns of the company. The paper has discussed he concept that can be followed by the company in solving the problem that they face and the paper puts across that the company can use

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    Manufacturing Operations and Managing Services

    NITIN KANT BHARDWAJ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my gratitude towards my coursework in charge Mr S. Das under whose guidance and support I completed my coursework successfully on time. INTRODUCTION The case I am provided with is about the natural calamities that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011. The disasters that took place in Japan include a 9.0 magnitude, Tsunami waves as high as 40 metres travelled up to 10 kilometres and three nuclear reactors

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    E Logistics

    INTRODUCTION: “IN the global dimensions it is mentioned that the fish and fish products sectors is facing a certain crisis in their primary resource in which the fish stock is collapsing” (UNEP, 2009, p.14). According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the reason of concern for sea food is due to increase in number of overexploited, depleted and recovering stocks (FAO, 2010). The complex causes of wild fish stocks crisis include: overfishing, managing poor fishing, unsustainable

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    Zara

    more an article becomes subject to rapid changes of fashion, the greater the demand for cheap products of its kind. — Georg Simmel, “Fashion” (1904) Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain, the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains, continued a trajectory of rapid, profitable growth by posting net income of € 340 million on € revenues of € 3,250 million in its fiscal year 2001 (ending January 31, 2002). Inditex had had a heavily € oversubscribed Initial Public Offering in May

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    Master in Sciences

    INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT With the fall of East European Socialist-Bloc and opening up of the Asian markets, the trade barriers began falling during the 1980’s and continued throughout the 1990’s. This development lead to organizations having a supply chain, that criss-crossed the whole globe. The proliferation of trade agreements has thus changed the global business scenarios. The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM) is now not only a problem

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    Supply Chain Management

    INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT R.K. Gupta* and Pravin Chandra** ABSTRACT With the fall of East European Socialist-Bloc and opening up of the Asian markets, the trade barriers began falling during the 1980’s and continued throughout the 1990’s. This development lead to organizations having a supply chain, that criss-crossed the whole globe. The proliferation of trade agreements has thus changed the global business scenarios. The Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM)

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