Essays on Supply Chain

How could a grocery store use inventory to increase the responsiveness of the company’s supply chain? The logistical driver of inventory encompasses all raw materials, work in process, and finished goods within a supply chain. A grocery store can be more responsive if it offers a broader variety. A grocery store should use products that…

Anhueser Busch-InBev Global Supply Chain Anhueser Busch-InBev has recently agreed to a 5-year contract with IBM in an attempt to improve its global supply management capabilities. Anhueser Busch- InBev was looking for a way to improve its management operations considering that it has over 200 brands and does business in as many as seven different…

Introduction Supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer (Anna, 2006). It is also defined as a set of linkages providing goods and services to end users and to intermediate customers (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, 2009). It is…

The supply chain is a company’s process of transforming raw materials into final products for customers. It acts as a link between the business, suppliers, and customers. The supply chain includes multiple stages or channels that a product (whether physical or non-physical) passes through from production to consumption. Supply chain management involves overseeing the connections…

Introduction             Kuiper Leda Inc is located in the Republic of Novamia and specializes in the production of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) with its clients including automobile manufacturers and Original Manufacturers (OEMs). Recently, the company has entered into the Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) line. (Chase, et al, 2006)It has become leader in the industry…

Sunsweet Growers Inc., headquartered in Yuba City, California, is the world’s largest agricultural corporation specializing in dried tree fruits. Processing and marketing 40,000 cases of dried fruits daily, Sunsweet is a global leader in prunes. However, the company faces challenges with its supply chain management. These constraints include a single limited source of supply that…

Preface: In perspective of supply chain of betel leaf, this paper has been showed the supply chain of betel leaf within the sylhet city. At the very beginning we discussed regarding betel leaf such as vernacular name, Bangladeshi’s betel leaf, area of cultivation, its varieties etc. So this part will show the Inventory process, Transportation,…

Riordan Manufacturing is a leading global manufacturer of plastics, operating in the United States and China. Dr. Riordan founded parent company Riordan Industries in 1991 when he discovered the commercial potential of his plastic patents for “processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates” (University of Phoenix, 2013). Through licensing patents and research and development,…

1. Amazon. com, Peapod, Dell, and various furniture manufacturers employ push-pull supply chain strategies and leverage the risk-pooling concept. In order to comprehend the approaches employed by these companies and furniture manufacturers, it is important to first define Push or Pull as follows: Push Strategies – where the manufacturer utilizes its sales force and trade…

Issues in the supply chain faced by NTUC http://hrd. apec. org/index. php/Corporate_Social_Responsibility_in_the_Global_Supply_Chain NTUC FairPrice Cooperative Ltd, is the leading supermarket retailer in Singapore. The company’s mission is a “supermarket with social conscience. ” Its supply chain activities focus on developing effective strategies to improve product quality and safety by working closely with suppliers in implementing…