and much lower revenues and profits achieve market capitalization well in excess of Ford’s. (Dell and Cisco) Different views on how the company should use emerging information technologies and ideas from new high-tech industries to redesign the supply chain process. 1. Vertical Integration a. Changes from push to pull (exhibit 2) 2. More cautious because differences important and substantive Causes: There are many differences between the auto industry and newer businesses like
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Capability ABSTRACT This paper examines how the structure of a supply network can affect the inter-organizational knowledge sharing capability, which is expressed by absorptive capacity and shared identity. The supply network structure is analyzed by two dimensions – formality and centrality. Propositions about the relationships between network structure and knowledge sharing capability are suggested at the end. Subject Areas: Supply chain management, Inter-organizational knowledge sharing, Absorptive
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.................................................... 8 Reverse currents: Going overseas for growth ............................... 9 Going global with pharmaceuticals .............................................. 9 The opportunity in the food chain ............................................. 10 Becoming suppliers of choice ..................................................... 10 Simplifying India for global retailers ........................................... 11 Multinational Companies
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and Manufacturing Supply Chains: Combining Operations Management Studies with Supply Chain Management Ming Zhou • Taeho Park San Jose State University, San Jose, CA John Yi Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA The service sector of the US economy has been gaining importance. As the service sector evolves, the study of service supply chain starts to gain attention. In this study, we conduct an exploratory review on the studies of manufacturing and service supply chains. We focus on the
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01 Chapter - Overview of Marketing Chapter 01 Overview of Marketing True / False Questions 1. Google, Facebook and YouTube are all innovative, and each company has succeeded because it provided value to its customers. True False 2. Marketing is an activity that only large firms with specialized departments can use. True False 3. Good marketing is not a random activity. True False 4. Understanding a market's needs and wants is fundamental to marketing success. True False 5. Marketers would prefer
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(HRO) through provision of voice and data services as described in their ITIL based service catalogue (ETC, 2013). The provision of these harmonized and predictable services within common operational areas acts as an enabler for the humanitarian supply chain and related logistical requirements (World Food Programme, 2012). The ETC, led by the World Food Programme (WFP) is comprised of a network of suppliers and service providers of Information and Communications Technology
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Hewlett-Packard’s Design for Supply Chain Program By Brain Cargille, Stephen Bear, and Jason Amaral Innovation Summary The concept of “design for supply chain” (DfSC) is not new at Hewlett-Packard (HP). (See: HP’s “Six-Pack” for a summary of DfSC.) For more than ten years the company has evaluated the supply chain impacts of design decisions. Indeed, two early examples—DeskJet localization and LaserJet universality—are described in a wellregarded Harvard Business Review article and in widely
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product innovation. Currently the demand forecasting for the products is done by considering the average sales forecasts given by internal members. Postponement techniques were being used (by keeping large amount of greige material) so as to make the supply chain more responsive. In the apparel industry it is becomes necessary that clothing makers and sellers maintain long lead times. In case of Sports Obermeyer, the lead time is approximately 2 years. Such long lead times result in stock-outs of popular
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Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies Second Edition Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies Second Edition David Frederick Ross CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2011 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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attracting new coal customers. The NCS division identified a need to provide customers with complete supply chain solution. To achieve this, FreightQ had to provide a service which spanned across its different divisions. The desire to offer a complete supply chain solution resulted in the creation of a temporary project team (PT) within the NCS division. As part of PT’s complete supply chain, it initiated investigations into Next Generation Rollingstock (NGR). When FreightQ restructured six
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