Supply Chain Article Reviews Samples For Students

CombineNet ASAP Helps Primark Manage Its Global Supply Chain

Why is supply chain management so important at a company such as Primark?
Primark employs the Free On Board policy, which means the transportation costs from its source markets all through to distribution in the European market are expensed to its account.

What set of business conditions prompted Primark to look into upgrading its supply chain management system?

An increased pressure on Primark to maintain low prices in the face of a recession, an increase in the UK’s value added tax (January 2011), rising cost of labor in China and an unprecedented spikes in shipping rates

What problems was Primark having managing its suppliers and global supply chain?

How to keep freight costs low when shipping large amounts of cargo from the various production sites in Asia ...

Introduction

Supply chain management is a term that is very common in many businesses enterprises. It is a term that has been subjected to a variety of definition but in its simplest form, supply chain management is a management philosophy whereby manufacturers or service providers utilize various integration and partnership efforts with suppliers to reduce the cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated logistics, supplier integration, integrated purchasing strategy, supply chain management, value chain management, Just-In –Time (JIT) logistics, supply chain synchronization and lean production are some terms that are often mentioned alongside supply chain management. These terms usually represent ...

Wesco Aircraft

Wesco aircraft, Valencia, is at the forefront in providing and distributing supply chain management solutions in the aerospace industry. In this regard, Wesco has the responsibility to produce and develop product and service solutions that meet the diverse demands that customers face. The company has approximately over 8,500 businesses in the commercial aerospace, ground vehicle and defense aerospace. The customer base also spans to industrial, repair and operations as well as the maintenance markets. The firm has the responsibility of ensuring that all components used in the industry is operational in most of the days and is only ...

Management

In the article ‘Vendor Managed Inventories’ or VMI, the author tells that VMI is a distributional medium, in which the inventory at the distributor or retailer is managed and supervised by the manufacturer or vendor. However, it includes various tactics such as determining the quantities of order, controlling the products, and organizing the levels of stocks appropriately. Preliminary problems in the VMI are usually due to systems or data limitations. VMI cn be beneficial for both manufacturers and distributors in number of ways. For example it is advantageous for manufacturers because of lower investment of inventory in supply chain as ...

In this paper, I will highlight the economic concepts and principles that we have learnt in class and relate them to Mayenkar Siddesh’s article on gold premiums. The article was published in the Reuters website on Wednesday Jun 26, 2013. The major issues addressed in this article include the doubling of the gold premiums in India, imbalances on supply and demand, ban on consignment imports, international trade (Import/Export), exchange rates and strength of the dollar, and price fluctuations.
According to the article, this considers India as the world’s biggest buyer of gold; the country currently requires ...

BUSINESS

The area of business is characterized by a landscape of supply chain management, marketing channels used for distribution, logistics and purchasing. Each of the above areas interrelates with the other in an evolving nature hence contributing to the understanding of business as a whole.
Supply chain is a network of companies ranging from suppliers to users on the other end whose aim is to integrate supply and demand through the coordinated efforts of the company. Managing the supply chain involves coordinating and sourcing, procurement, conversion and logistics through working together with the supply channel partners. In order to have a good supply ...

Log Assignment #1: DOJ/SEC Drop Bribery Probes of 3M

In an article written by Matthews (2012), the author disclosed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly dropped their probe on allegations of bribery for 3M, in the company’s subsidiary transactions and dealings in Turkey. The report indicated that no charges were made since 3M, which voluntarily initiated the investigations, were noted to cooperate and disclose all crucial information. The investigations were actually delved into in an effort to intensify 3M’s corporate compliance and adherence to ethical standards.
One strongly admired the move as initiated by 3M to investigate ...

Article Comparison and Contrast: Risk Management Plan for Supply Chain Management

Selected Articles:
Article 1:
Jüttner, U. (2005). Supply chain risk management: Understanding the business
requirements from a practitioner perspective. The International Journal of
Logistics Management, 16 (1): 120 – 141
Juttner (2005) intended to obtain a thorough understanding of business needs for supply chain risk management (SCRM). The paper utilizes the practioners perspective whereby findings are inferred from an exploratory quantitative survey and as well, by deriving SCRM issues through focus discussions conducted with management officials of supply chains. Findings from this research provides implications for further research.

Article 2:

Olson, D., L., & Desheng D. W. ( ...

Supply Chain Management

Introduction
The global nature of business has been changing over the years, and most businesses are in the quest of growth, and the desire to reach new markets. Most business firms focus on production, marketing and finance, with avid attention directed into achieving customer satisfaction through effective and efficient operations of various processes in the business. In light with this, competition is an aspect that seriously affects many businesses, and in order to address this, most firms consider the use of the supply chains, which aid in the efficient distribution of goods at minimized costs but sufficient profits ( ...

Various businesses are recognizing the opportunity which they can utilize to gain a competitive advantage which is associated with the supply chain. For the businesses which operate internationally, supply chain strategies are recognized to increase operational efficiencies. The supply chain is a dynamic model, unlike other business affecting factors such as technology and other factors. The project managers who are in charge of the supply chain projects are faced with different types of challenges which they are expected to overcome for the projects to be successful. The paper is meant to discuss different roadblocks and problems which are faced ...

Management

1. Why It's Worth Divorcing Information Security From IT
The article provides an informative view of the changing technological environment and the need for the adoption of viable security practices that remain independent of IT. In most organizations, information security has been recognized as a subset of IT, which for the last two decades developed into a viable union as the growth of the IT sector and consequent adoption of IT processes influenced the adoption of security measures geared towards maintaining information security within the organization.
Increased technological advancements and the rise of cyber-attacks in organizations have highlighted the ...

The article gives us an insight on the five forces model which was advocated by Michael E. Porter. It goes on to explain how the specific forces identified in the below model can help a firm to create a better business strategy and place a firm foot in the respective industry. The article further analyses the five force model in detail stating the benefits and the disadvantages that come along with it. It further explains it with a case study on IKEA. The article further stresses on the composition of these forces. It states that every industry has a ...

Introduction:

The article “Five numbers that show how Aldi has revolutionised grocery shopping” published in the online version of Daily Telegraph dated 29 September 2014 is the topic of investigation for this paper.
The main features of the article relate to how Aldi respond to the overall competitive environment in the UK grocery market. In addition, the article outlines how the discounter has made great strides in the UK grocery market.
The marketing story undertaken relates to the grocery sector for this investigation which has implications on every individual in the society.

The foremost talking point in the ...

Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies

The article “Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies” talks about the decline of vacancies in warehouses across the country, highlighting that this trend is a sign of revival of the U.S. economy after a few years of post-2008 recession. The momentum is strong both in leasing and absorption, as well as in the level of construction, indicating that warehouses may no longer remain vacant, as it was the case during the previous years.
The news about higher activity in the commercial real estate market seems to be a sign of the overall economic recovery. The demand for warehousing space ...

A. Forces in the Singing Valley Resort Market

Customers' bargaining power- the clients of the Singing Valley Resort have a weak bargaining power because of the high-quality levels of the services it offers.
Substitution threat- Singing Valley Resort has a comparatively low substitution threat since most high-end customers prefer it stemming from the best services they receive. It is evidently portrayed from the high revenues and the high occupancy at the resort.
Suppliers bargaining buyer- they have a moderate power. It stems from the fact that the suppliers have the propensity of increasing the costs of their commodities because of the type of clientele that visits the ...

A. Singing Valley Market’s analysis

Customers’ bargaining power- their bargaining power is low because of the superior quality of the services and experience offered by the entity.
The threat of substitution- there is no danger of replacement from any of its competitors. Also, its quality, as well as, location has been responsible for its competitive leadership. It is vividly portrayed through the occupancy that is often high.
Bargaining power of suppliers- they wield a higher bargaining power since they have the potential of increasing their costs as a result of the well-to-do clientele that visits the resort. (Chapter one- The importance of IMS) The ...

Article Reviews

The newly developed SASB allowed companies to take into consideration external events (Eccles, 2016) that cannot be controlled such as the effects of climate change. The reason for the accounting standard addition is that governments cannot ignore the effects on industrial markets and their investors (Eccles, 2016). The value of accounting standards is that it allows individuals, companies, and governments to generate wealth since it allows financial performance comparisons (Eccles, 2016). The problem is that there was no previous standard developed for nonfinancial performances (Eccles, 2016) especially on environmental and social activities.

Areas of Agreement

The advantage of the article is that ...

As it stems from the article, food industry is characterized with both horizontal and vertical integration. Horizontal coordination/ integration means that companies, located at the same stage of supply chain, coordinate their activities (namely, economic stages of production and marketing) or even form corporate giants together. In turn, vertical coordination/integration takes place, when similar activities are performed by companies, located at the different levels of supply chain. An integration can be useful to increase technical efficiency (getting the most output from the unit of input), as well as economic efficiency (determining the most profitable level of output). Horizontal integration ...

Part A:

1. There were no problems accessing the general content of the site. I did not have to log on through Facebook, provide my personal or online information, and I was not asked to donate, at least to read the general information of the parties, the blog or any extra information on the US. There were options to log in and be a member, and to donate, but they were not mandatory to enter the site.

2. The website www.democrats.org is about one of the two national parties of the United States, the Democrats. The website is ...

Article Analysis

In this concept I will be analyzing an article by Josh Spiro titled as How to Write Code of Ethics for Business it was published in 2011. The article talks about how to write a code of ethics but firstly it starts by defining a code of ethics as a pool of principles and various practices that are believed by a business to be good and struggles to conform and live by them. Before writing a code of ethics, priorities have to be set first so as to know what the firm will expect, where to cross the line or not. Then the next ...

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- The urban population in Africa is growing in line with the global process of urbanization. These processes stimulate the growth of demand for cheap food. Therefore, the street food sector in African cities has been growing rapidly. Constantly growing demand for food accessible to people with low income becomes a reason of creation of new jobs for urban residents. Thus, the problem of the food quality has become increasingly important.
The study about safety of street food in Kumasi, Ghana, was held in order to explore local preferences and understanding of food safety and hygiene, how ...

Question 1

The existence of different economic classes in the market is undeniable. The company recognizes this and does so by using a stratified pricing approach. By setting different levels of pricing, the company caters for all the economic classes making their products as competitive as possible. This aspect can positively affect the company’s choice to expand as this ensures their price flexibility in entering new markets and above all giving the economies of scale to the company due to its wide range of products according to price.
The company has exercised its Corporate Social Responsibilities by launching the Green ...