Warehousing and Inventory Management Assignment 1, Question:- Recent events in the global scene have had a significant impact on supply chains especially JIT operations. Discuss what these events are and their impact on the role of warehousing in the supply chain. JIT or Just-In-Time has been defined as an inventory control whereby is to maintain or control just right quantity materials in just right place at the just right time for the just right amount of products or manufacturing (Lee
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Yixin Gao Case Analysis #1 Sep 21 Supply Chain Lessons from Catastrophic Natural Disaster in Japan Supply chain management refers to the management of the flow of goods and services from the suppliers to the producers then to the consumers. The supply chain can however get hit by natural, economic or even humanitarian system disruption. In case of this event of disaster strike, companies have to come up with supply chain risk management to prevent their businesses from collapsing. With case
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effect of Japan´s disaster on global production Professor: Dr. Corrine Young Prepared by: Team 6 Alonzo, Marie Francoise Arango, Luisa Fernanda Darbinyan, Mkrtich Parparcén, Luis Felipe Salas, Ana Karina Solano, Pablo May 28th, 2011 INDEX Content Butterfly Effect of Japan´s Disaster on Global Production. 1- Japan Background a. The relevance of Japan in global production and supply chain b. Economical impact of the Japanese Disaster 2-
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International Business Research Project: Butterfly effect of Japan´s disaster on global production Professor: XXXXXXX Prepared by: Team X May 28th, 2011 INDEX Content Butterfly Effect of Japan´s Disaster on Global Production. 1- Japan Background a. The relevance of Japan in global production and supply chain b. Economical impact of the Japanese Disaster 2- Impact on global production in important industries a. Automobile Industry
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Operation Management TOYOTA Team P.A.L Minchul Seo, Altanzul Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Industries and Company Information 3. Explanation of OM Capabilities 4. How Company Uses OM 5. Identify Problems / SWOT analysis 6. Areas to use for improvements of Critical Business activities in Operations Management 7. Provide Multiple Solutions 8. Conclusion Introduction Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world by not
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Bloomberg: “Apple’s Reliance on Japan for Components Put Sales at Risk” Why all partners must carry consequences for the associated risk within the Supply Chain Author: Mathijs Cornelis van Itterzon What are the consequences of a tsunami in Japan, with respect to the price of Apple stocks? If we ask a regular person this question, one may answer that it doesn’t have that much influence at all. Mainly because people have never heard of the company ShinEtsu, which is responsible for manufacturing
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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 at Fukushima Dai-ichi faced Level 7 meltdowns. The impact of this combined disaster was so devastating that it left more than 25000 people dead, injured or missing. Big players of automobile industry such as Nissan, Honda and Toyota got highly affected by the disaster. The case mainly focuses on
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accident have served as a wake-up call across the world to show just how fragile global supply can be. With almost 9% of the world’s economic output coming from Japan, these events have had a direct impact on many companies that rely on Japan for manufacturing parts, and have caused countless disruptions across the global supply chain. For example, it has been reported that Apple was facing tight supplies on the lithium-ion batteries used in its iPods. The bottleneck was traced to Kureha, a relatively
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resilient supply chain Introduction Global supply chains and transport networks create the core of the global economy, fuelling trade, growth and consumption. Due to the never-ending push of management boards to improve efficiency and increase profit, supply chains are becoming more and more complex. Getting leaner, just-in-time inventory, outsourcing and other trends have introduced many business benefits, however we must not forget about the other side of the problem; new kinds of supply chain
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Assignment (Individual) Course: Diploma in Logistics Management Batch: DLM 12/42 Lecturer: Eddie Tan Module: International Shipping Management Submission Date: 20th May 2013 Name of Student: Teh Jin Hock Assignment Question: What risks and perils are present in global transportation? Discuss how exporters and importers can manage these risks. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Potential Threats and Risks of Global Transportation 3
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