Turnaround by Reuben E. Slone October 2004 Five years ago, salespeople at Whirlpool said the company’s supply chain staff were “sales disablers.” Now, Whirlpool excels at getting the right product to the right place at the right time—while keeping inventory low. What made the difference? Reprint R0410G Aligning Incentives in Supply Chains by V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman November 2004 A
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maker who is looking for significant volume has a hatchback model in its bucket. The financial year 2010-2011 has seen good growth among hatchbacks in the country. The companies such as Honda and Toyota are keenly eyeing the hatchback space in India. Honda has recently launched the Brio, while Toyota recently launched the Etios Liva. Honda’s premium hatchback, the Jazz, however, has not won much favor with customers and sales have dropped 35 percent year on year. Among hatchbacks in India, Maruti
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buffered, implying that manufacturing companies need effective replenishment methods. However, this is challenging, since companies must balance inventory costs and customer service in complex and different situations. Therefore, it is important to choose replenishment methods carefully. One well-known and widespread method is Material Requirements Planning (MRP). But the method has problems, such as regarding volume flexibility. There are other methods, but the literature lacks case studies and
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www.hbr.org Spanish clothier Zara turns the rules of supply chain management on their head. The result? A superresponsive network and profit margins that are the envy of the industry. Rapid-Fire Fulfillment by Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis, and Jose A.D. Machuca Reprint R0411G HBR Spotlight The 21st Century Supply Chain Managing the modern supply chain is a job that involves specialists in manufacturing, purchasing, and distribution, of course. But today it is also vital to the
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171,182 | '+ Sales Force Expense | 0 | 111,230 | 134,665 | 156,251 | '+ Sales Office Expense | 220,000 | 120,000 | 320,000 | 200,000 | '+ Marketing Research | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | '+ Shipping | 0 | 19,077 | 30,593 | 33,888 | '+ Inventory Holding Costs | 0 | 7,106 | 12,943 | 11,893 | '+ Excess Capacity Cost | 0 | 194,897 | 616,116 | 1,253,957 | '+ Depreciation | 0 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | '= Total Expenses | 280,000 | 558,810 | 1,379,174 | 1,892,171 | | | | | |
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Ford Motor Company (Case Analysis) Group #6- TGAA TTH 1:00 Member 1- Taylor O’Neill Member 2- Knyra Ratcliff Member 3- Alex Perkins Member 4- Xu Han Member 5- Kevin Carter Member 6- Alex Dundon/ Nick Tran Presentation Date: 11/17/15 Introduction Our group has chosen Ford Motor Company as our case analysis subject. Ford is an American multinational automaker and was founded by Henry Ford in 1903. Ford Motor Company is the second largest automaker in the United States and is also the
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Running Head: Military SCM & JIT Military Supply Chain Management and Just-In-Time Lionel O. Wright Integrated Logistics Management – LGMT682 February 15, 2011 Professor Joseph Garmon [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………4 Traditional Military Supply Chains …………………………………………………………4 Military Supply Chains and the New Environment …………………………………………6 Why Move Towards Lean (JIT) Initiatives
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Fordism and Taylorism are responsible for the early success and recent decline of the U.S. motor vehicle industry Ronald Jean Degan International School of Management Paris 2011 Working paper nº 81/2011 globADVANTAGE Center of Research in International Business & Strategy INDEA - Campus 5 Rua das Olhalvas Instituto Politécnico de Leiria 2414 - 016 Leiria PORTUGAL Tel. (+351) 244 845 051 Fax. (+351) 244 845 059 E-mail: globadvantage@ipleiria.pt Webpage: www.globadvantage.ipleiria
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7CASE 6-1 FACEBOOK OVERVIEW Three years ago 1-800-Flowers, long a pioneer in Internet marketing, became the first national florist to create a fan page on Facebook. It used the free page to build relationships with customers and sell selected products, but it spent very little money advertising on the site. In January, however, the company began buying a different kind of Facebook advertisement. “Sponsored stories,” as they’re called, let marketers pay to turn actions people take on Facebook
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