Management & Leadership
epub |eng | 2015-09-02 | Author:Slone, Reuben...

Begin with Product Design A world-class supply chain begins with the design of the product, and a world-class design starts with the customer. A well-known axiom in product design holds ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-27 | Author:Rafinejad, Dariush

The output of Phase 0 is a formal proposal that is presented to company management for approval and authorization to start the product development process. This is akin to the ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-06 | Author:Dani, Samir

Product recall other than contamination (packaging problems) Loss/disruption in logistics Unexpected economic challenges New food safety regulations Loss of water Increased labour costs Unavailability of raw material Loss of premises ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-24 | Author:Cecere, Lora M.

I then turned around, and asked, “Does this make sense? Any that you think that I am missing?” A group discussion followed. They agreed with the points on the board, ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-30 | Author:Roussel, Joseph...

THE PATH TO SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION Your company’s success in building collaborative relationships depends on whether you and your partners are able to execute according to your mutual agreements. While every ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-02 | Author:KILDOW, Betty A.

Identifying Critical Suppliers In the early 1900s, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country: 20 percent of the people ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-29 | Author:Wong, Chee Yew...

H&M is committed to conserving soilwater, soil, air and species. In terms of raw materials it aims to use only cotton from sustainable sources by 2020 by switching to certified ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-21 | Author:Wang, John...

Although communications among participants in a supply chain network can take many forms, they can be abstracted into two major types: read and write operation on a data item. For ...
( Category: Insurance November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-02 | Author:Cooper, Robert G....

Here are some of the actions in Stage 1, Scoping—see Table 7.1 for a summary: Preliminary Market Assessment Preliminary market assessment involves a quick-and-dirty market study. The purpose is to ...
( Category: Decorative Arts & Design November 8,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-07-02 | Author:Olsen, Dan

HOW MANY CUSTOMERS SHOULD I TEST WITH? I recommend conducting user tests with one customer at a time for the best results. You can speak with more than one customer ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-20 | Author:Delaney, Laurel J.

Disadvantages of the GSA There are also some inevitable trade-offs of a GSA to consider: Weaker management involvement or less equity stake in the larger company The dreaded market insulation—an ...
( Category: Marketing & Sales November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:Milton, Michael

Is there a simpler way to assess LitterGitters’ success? Using a heuristic approach to measure LitterGitters’ work would mean picking one or more of these variables and adding them to ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-30 | Author:Cleland, Keith N....

Table 13-1. Identifying Contribution1 per Unit2 for Meat Pies A Wholesale Price per Meat Pie 68 cents B Ingredient Price 18 cents C = (A – B) Contribution per Pie ...
( Category: Accounting November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:Sparks, Leigh...

Table 6.7 Research findings Supplier segmentation The UK-based companies had no supplier segmentation. There was no attempt to relate the demand requirements to the suppliers’ response capability. This was also ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-31 | Author:Handfield, Robert B....

Research and Development As supply chain partners work more closely together, sharing new-product information will become increasingly important. Moreover, suppliers will bring with them proprietary technologies to be used in ...
( Category: Management & Leadership November 8,2017 )