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Wal-Mart Corporation Supply Chain Les Fara AIU Online MGMT 415 08/19/2016 Wal-Mart is an American retail corporation which heads a chain of discounted supermarkets (Walmart, 2016) and their headquarters is located in Bentonville, Arkansas. It supplies products globally from their retail stores that are situated in 28 different countries. The company first appeared on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart has roughly 12,000 stores. The food distribution accounts for 50% of all sales…

Zara has a very strong distribution network. Its logistics, which is backed up by very strong IT systems are carried out from distribution centres located in Spain. Zara uses Hybrid Model Information. Information from stores to headquarters relies from combined human intelligence input and from information technology, such as their PDA devices. Store managers input the requested order of what the store needs and in return another group of “commercials” decide whether to allocate the inventory…

Supply Chain One of the key factors that helps JCPenney maintain its position today is its global supply chain. JCP prides itself on being one of the largest purchasers of clothing, shoes, accessories and more in the United States, and this is achieved by maintaining a diverse supplier base. The company manages this by operating through its home office in Plano, Texas, its design studio in New York City, 11 quality assurance offices throughout the globe, and 9 international buying offices.…

Acer’s supply chain model. As it relates to business operations, Acer could benefit greatly by utilizing standard contracts worldwide with its customers. This will allow Acer to supply standardized superior services across the board when inquiries arise. When it comes to value added services, and end to end model will greatly enhance Acer’s supply chain model. End to end value chain innovation will allow Acer to utilize a horizontal value chain as opposed to a vertical value chain. This…

Four stakeholders that contribute to the creation of a professionally responsible supply chain include multinational brands, countries’ governments, local manufacturers, and international organizations. Multinational brands can contribute by choosing to work with factories that will pay for independent inspections and blacklist those that do…

The distribution is imperative to the firm because it wants to ensure that there is as much in-stock availability as possible. The first and main distribution center for Wal-Mart is located in Bentonville, Arkansas. A benefit Wal-Mart has is that the company has great power over its 40,000 suppliers (out of these 40,000, 200 are key suppliers), and soon after the opening of the distribution center in Bentonville, suppliers located nearby to support the company. Each store that was opened was…

Application Flexible and responsive supply chain strategies are important for business managers to fully comprehend. In general, a responsive supply chain strategy is suitable for firms that offer a variety of innovative or customized products tailored to specific customer demands and taste (Roh, Hong, & Min, 2014). A traditional supply chain, which focuses on cost-efficiency and stability, faces serious challenges that responsive supply chains tend to avoid (Roh, Hong, & Min, 2014). However…

unreliable as it lacked the ability to identify trends across specific brand or Universal Product Code (UPC) barcodes. Spreadsheets are limited in their ability to accommodate huge amounts of data. Increasing reliability and responsiveness in the supply chain function is by increasing visibility. Increasing data visibility has proven a critical strategy aimed at cost reduction and an improvement in operational performance Jeff Dobbs Global Sector Chair and a partner with KPMG states that…

inbound logistics of the value chain include the purchasing of accounts, the data storage and protection related to all the accounts and their information, and inventory management. The company has to initially purchase the accounts, load the account data, and assign the accounts to different servicers. Obtaining new accounts is important, because if new business is not obtained, then there will eventually be no accounts to collect on, and thus the remainder of the chain comes to a halt. Once…

Question 1 What is a supply chain system? A supply chain system is the flow of material which may be considered as raw, which in turn is transformed, and then sold to customers. This flow of material is normally split into three parts, which are the Upstream, Internal and Downstream. The Upstream is where the procurement of the material or multiple different materials is done. In a case where to produce a particular product, several raw materials are needed, then the different companies which…