Essays on Supply Chain Management

Introduction of IKEA IKEA  is a privately held, international home products retailer that sells flat pack furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen items in their retail stores around the world. The company, which pioneered flat-pack design furniture at affordable prices, is now the world’s largest furniture retailer. [3] IKEA was founded in 1943. Currently, the company is owned by a Dutch-registered…

INTRODUCTION Louis Vuitton is one the world biggest brands in the luxury apparel segment. It essentially caters to a niche market segment due to its high prices and exclusive apparels. Louis Vuitton is a flagship of the Moett Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Group. The flagship of LVMH, Louis Vuitton has been a major driving force…

1. Introduction: In today’s competitory universe of Business competitory advantage can be gain by proper information system and developing that information system. Aarong information system is a mark of the modern concern organisation of Bangladesh. Supply concatenation direction is the streamlining of a business’ supply-side activities to maximise client value and to derive a competitory…

Group Case Assignment V Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co., Inc. Read the course pack item “Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co., Inc.” and answer the following questions: 1. Correct the EOQ and ROP quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. How do the corrected figures compare with the quantities calculated in 1969…

Reasons for the increase in variability in demand in Barilla’s supply chain The root cause of the increasing variability in Barilla’s supply chain is the demand fluctuation. In fact, Barilla is suffering from what is known as the bullwhip effect: demand fluctuations increase as one moves up the supply chain from retailer to manufacturer (Boute…

Role and Function of Freight Forwarders Introduction Freight forwarding is essential for international business activity. A Firm will face many troubles if it does not take into account how the manufactured goods will be delivered to the marketplace. Goods can be delivered by sea, air, rail, and road.  Freight forwarders were first introduced in the…

Reebok’s Goals Reebok’s end should be to maximise net incomes. while taking into history the production costs. the gross it can acquire from a sale. stock list keeping costs and salve value of the extra New Jersey. This is because although Reebok may desire to minimise stock list. it needs to see the impact such…

Dabur tackles the secondary supply chain In 2001, Dabur decided to tackle its extended supply chain of over 30 factories, six key warehouses, and 52 stocking points distributing over 1,000 SKUs to 10,000 stockists countrywide. The company needed a system to accurately control distribution and sales forecasting to reduce inventory in the pipeline. Dabur went…

A successful business model results from business level strategies. (that create a competitive advantage over its rivals). To create a successful Business Model, managers must optimize competitive positioning. To craft a successful b-model, a company must first define its business, through defining Customer needs I. E. What is to be satisfied ? Customer groups I….

Barilla SpA Part 1 – Executive Summary The most important issue Barilla faces is the variability in distributor’s demand or order patterns even though consumer demand is relatively stable. To date, implementation of the Just in Time Distribution System (JITD) has not been successful. It has been resisted both internally and externally with distribution network….