Supply Chain Management

3. How can supply chain design and integration help John Wolf reduce investment and space requirements while maintaining adequate service levels?

Reorders are placed at the time of review (T), and the safety stock that must be reordered is:

In the following sections I will propose a supply chain strategy which will align company goals and initiatives increasing efficiency and driving down cost thereby creating a sustainable competitive advantage through the implementation of a synergistic supply chain strategy.

List and explain all aspects of supply chain management. pg 416; week5 lecture, pg 4;

Do either Company have the money to invest in this type of logistics system? Are they both willing to continually invest into the future? Are they both willing to depend on the other company for their future?

Using the sample data given in Table 2-20, make a recommendation for how many units of each style Wally should make during the initial phase of production. Assume that all of the 10 styles in the sample problem are made in Hong Kong and that Wally’s initial production commitment must be at least 10,000 units. Ignore price differences among styles in your initial analysis.

Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s, Dell was ranked as a PC market leader relying on their distinctive marketing pattern “Direct Model” which undertook direct communication with customers and provided customized products. Recently, the PC industry is facing inconceivable worldwide competition, and Dell is gradually losing their competitive advantages by using its direct model in critical business segments. The company is facing shrinkage of growth, increasing competition, declining quality of customer service, and limitation of expansion. These issues have an enormous impact on Dell’s position as a technological giant in the PC industry.

Ford Motor Company is considered a global automotive industry leader. Ford was able to reinvent themselves to be able to stay ahead of the economic downturns. Ford has continually improved their overall profit and recently started paying

Ford in 2011 is on the rebound, having recovered from the darkest hours in the late 2000s. The company for the company is that many of its competitors are also rebounding, and there are significant long-run changes in the automobile industry. Ford needs to determine a strategy that will take the company through the next decade, and improve the company's competitive position. The company has four of the top fifteen best-selling cars in America, but also needs to set strategy globally, as many of the best automobile growth markets are overseas. Another strategic consideration is that CEO Alan Mulally remains in the process of changing the organizational culture at Ford, which had become stagnant and unresponsive to the changes in the industry environment.

Virtual Integration not only elevates Dell’s speed and efficiency in meeting customer’s needs, but also allows it to achieve market capitalization greater than Ford’s with fewer assets and lower revenues and profits.

a. How can the company's value-chain activities be better linked to create value for the

2) What advantages does Dell derive from virtual integration? How important are these advantages in the auto business?

6. In your opinion, what are the key lessons from this case study for supply chain managers?

This report has been prepared to analyze the supply chain management process, design and planning of this particular Domino’s location. Theoretical parts have been used to evaluate the company’s supply chain process in terms of its product and service offering. This report also focuses on the daily operations of this franchise. The focus has been placed on the daily operations processes of the Dominos store located on lakeshore Blvd. (w), Toronto, ON. This report is a result of team research, case study analysis, a store visit, interviews and insights from Dominos existing employees, application of theoretical concepts, models and prior experience. This study shows how Dominos has been able to position itself as a market leader in its segment. Finding various aspects of the company’s processes, provides as an token of appreciation to the company’s efforts to continuously grow in the changing market conditions by taking new product design into consideration and being innovative against its competition.

3: How can supply chain strategy help John Wolf reduce investment and space requirements while maintaining adequate service levels?