Case 8 Western Pharmaceuticals (A) Overview Western Pharmaceuticals (A) is a supply chain network design case placed in the setting of a merger of two firms, Western Pharmaceutical and Atlantic Medical. While their product lines don’t overlap, there is definite overlap in their distribution systems. Both the demand and cost data is provided in spreadsheets to facilitate a total cost analysis. This case provides students with a comprehensive and realistic distribution center location problem
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winning criteria’ to get our business in the future.” For DEP to keep the GARD business, they will need to improve its logistical performance to meet rising expectations from the customers. Body Certain stages are adding value in the DEP/GARD supply chain which shows what is needed to have economic value which “builds on economy of scale in operations as a source of efficiency.” When things are done as well as can be it shows what you can get at high quality at a low price. The market value is
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Riordan Manufacturing’s Supply Chain Design OPS/571 August 3, 2015 Riordan Manufacturing’s Supply Chain Design Introduction A company’s supply chain design is crucial in helping to understand what the key activities and drivers are to the results produced which includes operational results, sales results, and financial results. An efficient supply chain will help a company to both efficiently and effectively produce a quality product to meet and satisfy customer demand. The key aspect involved
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Course 616—Global Logistics Management Don Stuck (15-041). Lesson # 7 1.a. DEP/GARD DIAGRAM: (1) SUPPLIERS (six) to (2) DEP receiving to (3) DEP manufacturing to (4) DEP warehouse to (5) DEP/commercial transportation to (6) GARD 1.b. The stages adding value are: the performance criteria of the suppliers (product quality and timeliness in delivery); DEP’s advanced manufacturing equipment and ability to quickly change the manufacturing process;
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JCT2 Task 3 A: Supply Chain Strategy The best strategy for this company in regards to supply chains is known by the Japanese term “Keiretsu”1. “It is part collaboration, part purchasing from few suppliers and part vertical integration.” Your manufacturing company would most “likely be a financial supporter of some or all of your suppliers through either ownership or loans. Members of the Keiretsu are assured long term relationships but are expected to collaborate as a partner, provide technical
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14-November, 2014 BOOK: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AUTHORS:- * PROF. N.H. MULLICK * PROF. MOHD. ALTAF KHAN BOOK REVIEW:- Prof. Mullick and Prof. Khan has written this book with an objective to present a well-documented theory on supply chain management. Supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products
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Ford Value Chain: The graphic above illustrates the major stages of our value chain and identifies key impacts, stakeholders, and examples of value we create at each stage. The value chain assessment was revised and updated for the 2013/2014 report as part of the “materiality analysis” which prioritizes the most significant issues in Ford’s value chain. (Circled in red are the areas in which Ford sees as most significant in adding value) http://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2013-14/blueprint-value
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some inventory. Small and rural retailers did not have much inventory and relied on company’s warehouses for fulfillment. * Delivery could be delayed to problems like those of over demand, production issues and climate conditions. * Direct supply for built in products to architects from the central warehouse, that provided 45% of revenues * Seasonal variation for products and 15% market share in Italy * Two plants and central warehouse in Central Italy, HQ in Fabriano, 17 regional
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from literature that I have read on this topic. The Supply Chain is the sequence of suppliers that contribute to the creation and delivery of a good or service to end customers, meanwhile Supply Chain Management is organizing the cost effective flow and storage of materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from point of origin to point of consumption to satisfy customer requirements. A major element of the supply chain is the use of logistics which is the management of
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Matthias Spleit (0966118) The Bullwhip Effect What is the bullwhip effect? The bullwhip effect is an observed phenomenon in supply chains and points out the magnification of demand fluctuations, especially when demand increases and decreases. The main reason for this phenomenon is a lack of demand information in the supply chains. FORRESTER was the first who mentioned the bullwhip effect in the literature.1 He studied the behaviour of dynamic systems in industrial organisations, by analysing
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