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Electronic Commerce Supply Chains
2,044 words... reactions of geography and time eliminated. The overall impact on lifestyle could well be comparable to, say that of the growth in car ownership or the spread of the telephone. Electronic Commerce as a general concept covers any form of business transaction that is conducted electronically, using telecommunications networks. Such transactions occur between companies, between companies and their customers or between companies and public administrations. Electronic Commerce encompasses a broad...
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Supply Chain Decision Making
587 wordsAs of February 1995, Digital Equipment Corporation stood as the third largest vertically integrated computer company in the world. In the early 1990 s, Digital's annual revenues exceeded ten billion dollars serving eighty-two countries including the United States. Given such a large customer base, Digital uses the Global Supply Chain Model (GSCM) to determine manufacturing and distribution strategies and also to examine supply chain alternatives. The GSCM program which has saved Digital over one...
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Report From The Supply Chain Management Conference
592 wordsThe 2001 Supply Chain Management Conference, presented by The Conference Board and sponsored by A. T. Kearney, was held June 25 - 26 in Chicago, Illinois. Long considered one of the industry's most important events for senior procurement and supply chain executives, the conference had for its theme this year "Extending the Enterprise A Practical Approach to Supply Chain Management. " Major session topics centered around the concepts of collaborative supply chain management, leveraging the e-Info...
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Supply Chain Profit Margin
975 wordsTwo words, lean and agile, combine to make the word liability. Supply chain managers need lean supply lines to eliminate waste and keep costs low. They also require agile supply chains to get the right amount of the product to the right place in order to satisfy the ever-changing nature of the marketplace. Traditional management recommended a lean supply chain for products with a stable demand, yet low profit margin. Conversely, products with a high profit margin and volatile demand should have ...
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Ford Motor Company Supply Chain
1,834 wordsJust-in-Time System Outline: 1. Abstract; 2. Just-in-Time (JIT) supply system: some historical facts. JIT enabled companies. 3. Kanban as an integral part of JIT system. 4. Toyota's initial results from using JIT 5. JIT advantages 6. JIT weak points 1. Abstract: In the modern technological market the companies become more and more competitive, mostly due to the pressure from Japan manufacturers. Therefore these companies are forced to seek for innovative ways to decrease costs and compete. Just-...
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Supply Chain Management Supply Chains
1,753 wordsSupply chain management Supply chain management (SCM) is the process of organizing, operating, and controlling supply chains. The concept of supply chain management began in the early sixties; however, it has changed greatly since that time. The first stage in the development of supply chain management was called physical distribution management. (Handfield 47) This process integrated the warehousing and transportation functions of companies. By combining these two functions, physical distributi...
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