Supply Chain : Johnson & Johnson

Landon Orchard 292 Windermere Court West, London, Ontario, Canada 519-661-7006 Landon Orchard is currently an undergraduate business management major at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio North Central Ohio APICS Chapter Full-time undergraduate student

Johnson & Johnson, a 130 years old famous multinational healthcare company through its family of companies is involved in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of products in the healthcare. Product that related to human health and well-being has always been their main interest over the years and also presently. Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1887 by three brothers; Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson.

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Johnson and Johnson, commonly called J&J for short, is one of the world's well known, largest, most decentralized and most diversified health care companies. Since 1887, Johnson and Johnson has been producing, manufacturing and selling products related to human health and well-being. Today J&J has over 200 autonomous operating companies and do business globally specializing in consumer products, medical devices and diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals. Consumer products are the company's most recognizable segment, including popular brands like Tylenol, Johnson and Johnson Baby Shampoo and Band-Aid. The medical devices and diagnostics segment manufactures products including surgical equipment

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Supply chain is the process of getting a product from point A to point B. With how advanced technology has become, there are more ways than ever to transport the product. The goal of a supply chain managers is to get the product into their hands. The mangers negotiate with the suppliers to purchase the raw materials. Then, they ship those materials as efficiently as possible through trucks, ships, and trains. Then finally, they do everything they can to make the product gets to the store on time so the consumer can enjoy the product. Why is this so important? Well, without it, we as the consumer wouldn’t enjoy that fresh produce that Kroger provide or the convenient drive thru pharmacy. Everything we own is because of a company’s supply chain, and without these supply

The purpose of this report is to provide analysis of SEC 10K for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). JNJ was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1887. JNJ and its subsidiaries have approximately 117,900 employees worldwide engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of 250 operating companies conduction business in all countries of the world. JNJ’s primary focus has been on products related to human health and well-being.

Our approach was to facilitate the demand with respect to the market. We penetrated the market by building factory in Fardo and building warehouses to the respective regions, Caleopeia, Sorange, Entworpe, Tyran. Another component that we had to consider was finding the optimal cost to increase market share and increase our profit margin. Discussion on the logistics will be discussed thoroughly, which affected our decision points and our overall outcome. There are a few questions we needed to answer before we built a road map to our strategy i.e. figuring out where to build the factory and warehouse, estimate the demand of the four regions and Fargo region, should we change capacity, adjust ordering point with respect to quantity, and also

Johnson & Johnson is a global American health care manufacturer founded in 1886. The Family of Companies – as they call themselves – consists of more than 250 operating companies in 60 countries employing about 118,000 people worldwide. (J&J)

Richard Dana Associates (RDA) was brought in by the owners of a family-owned business with complex relationship issues at a time preceding an anticipated leadership transition. Following individual and group coaching sessions, RDA was able to help the leadership separate personal issues, and codify practices through formal policies to allow the leadership group to focus on business issues without personal complications. At the end of RDA's engagement, the client was well-positioned to begin developing a transition plan.

Walmart has a large retail seafood business and it is always a challenge to reduce cost and promote sustainability. With upward trend for the demand of sea-food, depletion of the seafood supply is inevitable unless Walmart have a deep engagement of their supply chain. One strategy that Walmart wants to promote to their suppliers is for all of them to take up the Marine Stewardship Council’s certification program. This process will be time consuming, expensive and complex. The depletion of some fish poses a threat to Walmart and its seafood supply chain.

What is the right supply chain for your product ? is the question asked by Marshall L. Fisher in his article titled, “What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product ?” published in March-April 1997 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Author raises the question stating the fact that new ideas and technology implemented haven’t lead to improved performance. Performance has not become better but rather in at least some cases, has worsened due to costs rocketing to unprecedented levels.

Johnson & Johnson’s operations are categorized into three business divisions: Consumer, Medical Devices and Diagnostics, and Pharmaceutical. The Consumer segment’s products are promoted to the overall public and sold to both retail outlets and distributors all over the world. These products include wound care, skin care, baby care, and wellness and prevention platforms just to name a few. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment involves disposable contact lenses, surgical and bio-surgical

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Soon afterwards, UPS disbursed packages nationwide and began to increase their international services (Rodrigue, n.d.).