supply chain

Description Statement of problem & motivation Definitions Risk management for supply chains Stabilization on the different management levels Conclusion Ways to develop a robust supply chain Jens Schumacher FHV Content ! Statement of problem & motivation ! Definitions ! Risk management for...

Description In this report, Managing indirect taxes in the supply chain: supporting growth and reducing cost and risk we look at the indirect tax supply chain issues that multinationals face when operating in a complex, changing world. We also examine how they tackle these issues in practice...

Description Improving supply chain efficiencies and optimizing the purchasing power of its national network of affiliated physician practices was a recent challenge for Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation (CHSPSC), the management subsidiary of the second largest acute care...

Description Supply chains are the physical and information systems and processes used to deliver a product or service from one location or entity to another. The Australian food supply chain ensures that people living in Australia have access to food. It encompasses food for consumption in or...

Description Genuine sustainable supply chain management is now critical to achieve competitive advantage. Risk, uncertainty, strategy, innovation, relationship, infrastructure, regulation and technology are typically historically important areas that have a strong impact on sustainable SCM...

Description Medical equipment is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions. doc_686597742.pdf

Description The growth of health care costs in United States has far outpaced the rate of inflation. Total health care spending in 2004 was $6280 per person, representing 16% of the US gross domestic product (NCHC, 2007). There is an ongoing debate between experts and policy makers that the...

Description In the age of competition, no industry can survive without pondering much about reducing expenditures wherever possible. The same is true for health care industry, which is witnessing sharp rise in price in almost all its products and services. The alarmingly high pace of upward...

Description A supply chain is actually a complex and dynamic supply and demand network. A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. doc_700909004.pdf

Description Logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items, such as food, materials, animals, equipment and...

Description Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks (defined in ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on objectives) followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of...

Description Alongside the time benefits delivered by supply chain management, we will look at some of the emerging models that illustrate the strategic importance of the supply chain, such as bionomics and the red ocean/blue ocean theory. Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain ENRICO...

Description Petroleum refining is a material flow intensive industry where supply chain cost amounts to 40% of total refining and distribution cost. Uninterrupted flow of inputs and outputs including byproducts and wastes with minimum facilities are crucial to cost effective and efficient...

Description Over the last decade, many companies faced extreme supply chain challenges that stretched their capabilities to the breaking point. Both the preponderance of natural disasters and huge economic swings caused extreme challenges across the supply chain. These challenges have not...

Description Complex plants and investments are commonplace in the Petroleum Supply Chain (PSC), known for its highly automated infrastructures and processes. Expensive equipment items like drilling rigs, offshore platforms, oil tankers, refineries, pipelines, petroleum depots and transport...

Description The oil industry supply chain is a complex network of several entities consisting of: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream AN EVALUATION OF THE UPSTREAM CRUDE OIL INDUSTRY SUPPLY CHAIN RISK : LEVERAGING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS Charles Awoala Briggs Upper Great Plains Transportation...

Description By 1880, only two exotic fish species besides the goldfish are reported to have been brought back to Europe in a living state. These were the paradise fish, Macropodus opercularis, and the fighting fish, Betta splendens. Both of these can survive in spite of rather poor water quality...

Description Demand management activities in any global supply chain consist of three activities: demand management, demand planning, and sales forecasting management (Mentzer and Moon 2004b). The role of sales forecasting changes depending on the position in the supply chain that a company...

Description Knowledgeable observers say that many, though not all, automotive companies are running their supply chain well. American and European automotive companies are losing their shares and profits whereas Japanese companies are increasing world market shares and gaining more profits...

Description Logistics accounts for 45-55% share of the value chain of a drug. Tied in with associated complexities around sourcing and manufacturing, supply chain management (effective or otherwise) clearly has a strong bearing on the total cost of a drug. Players in the pharmaceutical space...