1.0 Background of Nike, Inc. The company was founded on 25 January 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on 30 May 1978. The Nike, Inc is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. So while the Pacific Northwest is the birthplace to Nike, today Nike, Inc. operates in more than 160 countries around the globe. Through their supplier, shippers, retailers and other service providers, Nike directly or indirectly
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fruition of project life cycles, supply chains and resultant efficiencies. Logistics is concerned with getting (or transmitting) the products and services where they are needed or when they are desired. It is difficult to accomplish any marketing or manufacturing without logistical support. It involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling,
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useful when making somewhat generic products (like computers, printers, televisions, etc.). While the external features of these devices will be different, the primary mechanisms that make each device function are similar. Thus, it makes sense for a company to postpone putting the external elements on a computer or television until farther along in the production cycle so that a business can more easily meet customer expectations. Forward and Backward integration are two types of vertical integration
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com’ was using to source this book from the UK and they periodically updated me on the status of the order giving me waybill number and when to expect the book. Qualifiers and Winners Shipping industry plays a major role in supply chain. Major companies like Maersk operate an integrated system where they operate own ships and outsource trucks to deliver containers basically to the client’s door. This sets it apart from ‘the crowd’. Shipping is a very efficient mode of transportation but very slow
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The Gilded Age, corporations grew exponentially, as a result industrial powerhouses emerged from the rust of the Civil War. Sequentially, migration and urbanization sprung from the rise of big businesses which lead to industrial productivity. As manufacturing supersedes agriculture, consolidation eventually leads to standardization of the industry which provides an influx of steel, rail and standard gauges. Thus, as industrialization boomed a spirit of innovation and invention swept over the nation
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SPARTAN HEAT EXCHANGERS INC. On June 10, Rick Coyne, materials manager at Spartan Heat Exchangers Inc. (Spartan), in Springfield, Missouri, received a call from Max Brisco, vice president of manufacturing: “What can materials department do to facilitate Spartan’s new business strategy? I’ll need your plan in next week.” SPARTAN HEAT EXCHANGERS Spartan was a leading designer and manufacturer of specialized industrial heat transfer equipment. Its customers operated in a number of industries such
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kr 1 Why Use 3PL’s? • Save time – Don’t need to invest in: Trucks, Training, Development • Narrow your focus – Allows you to focus on your strengths • Reach more customers more effectively – Can ensure delivery times – can help a company run leaner Types of 3PL Providers • – – – – • Transportation Based Services extend beyond transportation to offer a comprehensive set of logistics offerings. Leveraged 3PLs use assets of other firms. Non-leveraged 3PLs use assets belonging
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Chapter 20.3 Revocation of Acceptance Roy E. Farrar Produce Company (Farrar) was a packer and shipper of tomatoes in Rio Arribon County, New Mexico. Farrar contacted Wilson, an agent and salesman for International Paper Company (International), and ordered 21,500 tomato boxes for $0.64 per box. The boxes were to each hold between 20 and 30 pounds of tomatoes for shipping. When the boxes arrived at Farrar’s plant, 3,624 of them were immediately used to pack tomatoes. When the boxes were stacked
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implemented and continue to implement new technology to help keep their costs down, which allows them to be more competitive. According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, freight moved on trains would cost shippers an additional $70 billion on standard trucks. Fuel efficiency is not the only technological advancement being made in the railroad industry. As with many other businesses in the field of logistics, GPS and other wireless technologies continue
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IS used in FDX What is information systems: Information system is defined by different ways but they are all in the same field. Information system is a collection of hardware, software, data, people and procedures that are designed to generate information that supports the day-to-day, short-range, and long-range activities of users in an organization. Information system is a very wide field that is divided in different types, to fulfill business’s variety of requirements for information, which
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