Case Analysis : ' Silvaro Motors '

| Jonathan Archer and Zefrem Cochrane are employees of the Rugged Trucks Company, a light truck division of Gigantic Motors Corporation.

Using Supply-Chain Management to reduce space and investment requirements while maintaining adequate service levels is that when an effective supply-chain management, Wolf Motors can streamline the acquisition processes and maintain efficient inventory control while reducing unnecessary inventory warehousing. Wolf Motors could analyze the historical inventory turnover rates to diagnose the appropriate range of supplies that should be on hand in each and every category. Wolf

In this world of technology and innovation even Ford Motor Company is investing in new technologies in order to improvised their supply chain management, build an environment with interaction between each department as well as suppliers in order to reduce the bridging gap between them. As it is a leader in auto market segment, needs to update and coop with time and technology periodically but due to huge competition from the Japanese auto makers like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, Suzuki etc., who are strong and powerful with references to the supply chain process management due to which Ford market share dip compared to others as well as the sales also declined. During this time, Ford analysed the situation and thought positively and started improvement in the supply chain management.

The topic selected is (Strategic Procurement & Supply Chain Management). For this study, we have selected Toyota Motor Corporations as our company of choice. Toyota is without doubt the best in the world, with its many philosophies and principles on how to make the best out of the least; JIT, lean production and elimination of waste and the desire for continuous improvement are just a few ways how Toyota has become the best in the auto industry. Toyota as a name, a company, and as a brand has become synonymous with Quality.

worldwide to serve the customers and is famous for the variety of products that it provides in the

Manufacturing operations are crucial to our company. To be successful and satisfy consumers, Jaguar Land Rover must have an efficient line of production. The operations management team is primarily concerned with overseeing, designing, and controlling the process of the business operations in the production of our goods. While we have been prosperous in the past, it is critical that we change our production process from just-in-case manufacturing to just-in-time manufacturing. Not only will implementing this new practice allow us to maintain our success, it will also allow us to surpass it and achieve an entire new level of prosperity.

Dave Richardson, the Corporate Manager of planning at NCI, was given the task of assessing the benefits and constraints associated with the implementation of a new centralized vehicle ordering process in the ICON project. He determined the biggest issue the firm would face would be that the dealers might not understand the benefit of the new process and that the assembly plant and suppliers might view the new requirements as unreasonable or contrary to NCI’s cost reduction initiative, which essentially could be seen as a step in the wrong direction. (Hunter, 2007)

The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy, which is supported by competencies in logistic management, design and information systems, allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is a key factor to Zara’s success. The firm should continue to add value by seeking new opportunities to expand in the retail market and maintain their sustainable growth.

Furthermore the U.S. market is now the target for most of the globe’s auto makers since the economy is steadily improving and consumers are much more inclined to replace or buy a new vehicle with the latest estimates for auto sales in 2014 expected to reach the 16 million vehicle range. However, finished goods inventories management is still a big problem and many automotive OEM’s such as GM are now considering even more investments in added capacity.

As director of Supply Chain Systems, Teri Takai recommends implementing virtual integration strategies from companies like Dell to portions of Ford’s supply chain strategy. Although there are several key differences between the companies, the restructuring plans of Ford 2000 have set a viable foundation to implement Dell’s virtual integration strategy in inventory management, customer service and support and suppliers’ management. The redesign of the process must include design not only of the supply chain but also of fulfillment, forecasting, purchasing, and a variety of other functions that historically been considered independently within the Ford hierarchy. Teri

Over time, it’s how we will build GM into the world’s most valued automotive company.”

The project is titled as “A study on Supply chain finance for the secondary channel at TVS Motors Bangalore”. The study was conducted for the purpose of analyzing the status of the authorised dealers of TVSM with regards to the inventory funding program introduced by the company. The company wants to know the status of the authorised dealers that whether they are interested in the supply chain finance or not and also the status of documentation of the Authorised Dealers.

Supply chain managers in Ferrero Group are meeting a lot of difficulties while maintaining their supply network as an excellent and eco-sustainable process. Some of main issues that could be considered as a part of supply chain management general goals are:

4. In a service supply chain, the (explicit) cost of information is higher than in a product

The following article will mainly focus on aspects of supply chain and logistics management of fashion related Retailer Company named Zara, which is expected to boost the value of customers, and sustainability concept is considered to be added benefit to the Zara Company. The advantage is mainly because of Zara company’s designing models that are related with business and they are compared with benefits and disadvantages with other companies which have seen success and also highlight on companies that are not successful. The business related strategies and management of supply chain operations are compared between Zara Company and with other companies like Dell and Myers. The difference in strategies and success is compared between Zara and Dell and also Myers with Zara.