Supply chain

4 Obstacles in Maintaining Information Flow in Supply Chain of LPG: - A typical attitude that befalls when several departments or groups do not want to share information or knowledge with other individuals in the company. Silo mentality manifest “I win, you lose” (Wisner el at 2006). It is considered as one of the most significant obstacle to overcome the supply chain management (Cachon, 2006). - Lack of information visibility along the supply chain members is a common problem. For example, the…

diverse units of the company. As J. A. Russell is a huge company, famous nation-wide, it has to be properly followed the supply chain management to gain their objectives. Information Technology supports the Supply Chain Managers to cope up each and every…

services,” (Stevenson, 2009, p. 4) and is the engine that keeps a company running. The scope of operations management is broad and includes many interconnected functions (Stevenson, 2009). However, “the primary goal of operations management is to match supply to demand” (Stevenson, 2009, p. 72). While it is difficult to rank the importance of the tasks which are…

Nearly all of the most important stories to society over the past thousand years has followed a very concise, and similar pattern. This pattern is known as the hero's journey. Conceived by Joseph Campbell, the hero's journey describes a similar path between many stores in which the protagonist goes through 12 stages. Starting with a call to adventure, going through trials, and eventually ending up back at a status quo. A very famous story which is known for following this path very consciously…

lessening the risk for the latter; integrated logistics allows for the cumulative volumes for several points within the company units; while distribution marketplaces offers web-based venues for distribution capacities meant to determine the demand and supply more precisely (Mentzer et al., 2007). The implementation of the CTM model may set the company to improve its time delivery and reduce the lead-time. In addition, the linear, agile and lean process will help eliminate any waste that may…

Johnson et al 2011 Suitability Acceptability Feasibility Strategic Action 1 -Introduce new systems to improve efficiency and increase the single customer view and supporter intimacy such as Market Automation. This strategy fits with several elements of the internal and external environment. It takes advantage of opportunities while improving a weakness (TOWS). There are initial costs however there should be returns on this investment in year one, followed by growth in years 2&3. The risk is…

2.2. B2B vs B2C There are undoubtedly many differences within the brand strategy and how to properly do brand management between B2C and B2B. First of all, the complexity of the products are usually much higher in B2B compared to B2C. B2B purchasers need to be significantly more informed and knowledgeable about the products than B2C customers, because B2C products are generally much more simple and easier for the customer to understand (Kotler and Pfoertsch, 2006, 18). Secondly, the amount of…

JURONG International Holdings is synonymous with Singapore’s industrialisation efforts. The company was established in the 60’s and it has adapted to changing market conditions and needs of challenging environments. They are able to provide excellent service close to customers all over the world as they also have branch offices in China, India and the Middle East. They help customers scheme their dream of urbanization, the construction of the economic zone, life science facilities, marine and…

1.1.1 The constituent elements of capacitated vehicle routing problem All kinds of the vehicle routing problem contain a series of essential elements, which primarily are depot, customers, goods, vehicles, routes and the constraints and objective functions proposed to resolve the problem. 1. Depot. Depot is usually the beginning point and terminal of every delivery route. In a specific vehicle routing problem, the number of depot can be one or more than one. The location of the depot can be…

LONG QUESTION Q. Describe the mauryan administration system. Ans. The Mauryan administration system was efficient and monarchical. The king of the Mauryan government was the head of the Mauryan empire administration. The Mauryan Empire had the privileged of having successful administrators such as Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara Maurya and Ashoka the Great. The administration of Mauryan Empire was decentralized and the administrative powers were divided into convenient administrative units.…