available. The company is part of the £700 million turnover Shepherd Group. The Shepherd Group is one of the largest family-owned companies in the European building industry and employs 3,500 people. It focuses on three main areas: • manufacturing • construction • property. The name Portakabin is a registered trade mark. This instantly recognisable sign means that no other company can use the Portakabin name on its products. Donald Shepherd, the founder of Portakabin, came up with the idea of stand-alone
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ectives Understand the parameters of a sustainable opera Understand the tions and supply competitive dim chain strategy. ensions of opera Identify order tions and supply winners and or chain strategy. der qualifiers. See how strategy is implemented through operatio Introduce the co ns and supply ch ncepts of risk as ain activities. sessment and mi Show how prod tigation. uctivity is me asured and ho supply chain pr w it relates to ocesses. operations and Chapter Outlin e 25 Mi ssi on St at em
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business 4 Initial approach 5 High-level solution 5 Milestone 2 5 Technology solutions 5 Business practice solutions 6 Web Portal construction 8 Milestone 3 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management System 8 Conclusions and recommendations 10 Implementation plan 11 Project summary 11 References 12 Introduction Purpose
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Specifying Information Systems for Business Process Integration – A Management Perspective1 Joerg Becker, Alexander Dreiling, Roland Holten, Michael Ribbert University of Muenster Dept. of Information Systems Leonardo-Campus 3 48149 Muenster, Germany {isjobe|isaldr|isroho|ismiri}@wi.uni-muenster.de Abstract Supply chain management and customer relationship management are concepts for optimizing the provision of goods to customers. Information sharing and information estimation are key
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sustainability policy and practices in their supply chain (Ageron et al, 2011). The topic of sustainability has been of great interest for the last decade and businesses have adopted a certain level of commitment towards sustainability practices (Hassini et al, 2012), yet some business tycoons suffer in developing an effective supply chain model. This report primarily discusses the issues that Wal-Mart is facing in establishing and maintaining a sustainable supply chain. The report outlines the company's
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‘Sustainability: Achieving customer loyalty’ Integrated sustainable knowledge in supply chain Abstract: Knowledge management plays an important role in disseminating knowledge toward partners like suppliers so that they can integrate customer requirement in term of product development. Buyers are increasingly asking suppliers to measure their environmental impacts and carbon emissions in their value chain. In many cases failure to provide such information, or performing poorly can undermine
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concepts are extremely important to logistics management in that speed of delivery to customers and of payment to suppliers is an element that can place an organization in a competitive stance as order winners. Jones and Towill (1998) stress that organizations today share similar technology and similar work practices but that the distinguishing factor is the level of responsiveness they give and that consumers will respond in favour of the company that supplies what is needed ,at the time it is needed
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The Power of Virtual Integration The assigned readings of session 3 are “The Power of Virtual Integration”, “The Triple-A Supply Chain”,” The Transparent Supply Chain” and the chapter 2 of the book “The new age of innovation”. These articles mainly focus on the IT-enabled innovations in business process and supply chain management. The chapter 2 tells us that business models, which depend on the underlying business processes, are a source of competitive advantage for the success of companies
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Introduction Since the last decades of the 20th century, there have been intensive discussions about knowledge and its implications on organisations and business success. Knowledge is now widely considered to be a source of competitive advantage. Technology has been continuously improving, among Turkish contractor firms. By the evaluation of the causes high business pressures that affect organizations’ field survey findings, Turkish contractor firms’ current and future competitiveness. These pressures
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Gateway to Singapore: Changi Airport Background Airports are “a vital part of a country’s transport infrastructure on which its economy, trade, and business depend.” Changi Airport Group operates and manages the highly recognized and world-renowned Singapore Changi Airport. Currently the world's sixth busiest international airport, Changi Airport has grown into a major air hub in Asia. The various flight routes connect Singapore with 270 cities in 60 countries with the support of more than 100
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