Supply Chain Management assignment

Docs en anglais | 24 pages | 30-09-2008 | Format : | Note : Non noté |

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Résumé

Supply chain takes part of the operations of the companies, and is always in evolution thanks to many progresses, such as IT and widely technologic improvement. Thus, it supposes a proper and adapted management that should answer to the objectives of the company, and should not neglect the willing of the demand that is constantly looking for improvement of the quality/price ratio, and its competitiveness to counter the competitors. It is in this context that every company evolves, and sets up appropriate supply chain strategies.

Table of contents:

Introduction

1/ What were the main lessons that you got from the Airbus video and the subsecuent discussion?

2/ What were the main lessons that you got from the 7-Eleven case and the subsecuent discussion?

3/ In the EOQ model, the key parameters to calculate the optimal size of an order are K (order cost) and H (holding cost). If we were to use this EOQ model in SILOG, could you identify in the SILOG data the value of these parameters?

4/ No team in SILOG reached a service level of 100%. Comment about the causes of this fact.

5/ Using the historical demand data of the SILOG and the methodology of linear regression, do a forecast for weeks 1 to 8. Compare your results with the actual average demand your team faced in SILOG during the five weeks we played.

6/ What were the main lessons that you got from the Hewlett-Packard case and the subsecuent discussion?

7/ Research about the supply chain management of Group Inditex (Zara stores). Make a brief report about the influence of SCM aspects on the success of the group.

8/ Select a recent article in the press or in the web dealing with supply chain management issues. Make an extended report commenting the main aspects of the article and trying to relate this aspects to the topics seen in our class.

Conclusion

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