Global Logistics: Ikea's global supply chain model
Essay - 17 pages - Logistics
The decisions regarding the supply chain design highly depends of the kind of products or services a company is dealing with. Issues such as the sourcing location or the distribution method will be affected by a whole range of requirements given by the nature of the products. In the first part...
Car import logistics: Responding to changes
Essay - 6 pages - Logistics
The whole car industry in Europe is experiencing great changes, mostly due to a new regulation imposed by the European Union of the Block Exemption. Aimed at increasing competition in car distribution, those new rules will have an impact on every actor involved, from manufacturers to car dealers...
Green or environmental logistics
Essay - 5 pages - Logistics
For a number of years, environmental issues have been a growing concerns in society, particularly in the business practices. Under influences of lobby, customers or stakeholders, the idea of sustainable development and of ecological respect has become more popular. Thus, as many other activities...
Company Logistic Analysis, Drawbacks, And Recommendations
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Home Depot is one of the largest retailers of home improvement products and services. The company has over 2255 retail stores across 50 states in the U.S. The company employs more than 300,000 employees. The company is listed on the New York stock exchange and in the doe Jones. The company enjoys...
Logistic strategies of the companies of luxury - Example of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 42 pages - Logistics
In this paper, we will focus on logistics and strategies of luxury companies. We will also analyze their future prospects. Initially, key concepts and existing models in terms of logistics are defined in the first paragraph. Therefore, one sees three different types of strategies,...
Logistical evaluation of Igeho Basel 2011
Essay - 8 pages - Management
IGEHO is the International Exhibitions for Hotels, Catering and Extra-domestic consumption. IGEHO offers an overview of a humongous range of products and services and also provides a great platform for networking to anyone who is professionally a part of the Food and Hotel industry. IGEHO till...
Analysis of Deutsche Post DHL Group's Financial Performance: A Comprehensive Examination Across Consecutive Fiscal Periods
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
Deutsche Post DHL Group is one of the leading players in the international and national logistics market, and it has been noticed for its tactical initiatives of creating efficiency for the value chain and reducing the carbon footprint (Lee, 2022). Being the primary establishment of...
Supervised Learning Classification Checkpoint
Tutorials/exercises - 11 pages - Computer science
In this checkpoint, we are going to work on the Titanic data set to predict if a passenger will survive or not using several classification algorithms of supervised learning. We will start by logistic regression, knn, then decision tree and we finalize by random forest.
Digital innovation - Michelin
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Michelin has adopted AI to improve its production, reduce costs, and offer a better customer experience. For example, the company has used AI to improve its tire production process, particularly by optimizing the lifespan of tire molds. Thanks to AI, Michelin was able to reduce tire production...
Logistical process of Heineken beer
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
In this paper we are discussing about Heineken beer from a logistical aspect. In the first section we deal about beer in general: history, ingredients, brewing and varieties of beer. Then we continue with describing the supply chain of beer which is followed by the comparison of two countries,...
The integrated management of the logistic processes (supply chain management) - published: 23/11/2010
Case study - 2 pages - Logistics
The supply chain management: A management philosophy The development of the concept of the ?Supply Chain Management' has its roots in the ability of firms to respond to a client's request in an acceptable period of time while still being able maintain its status as a business by...
The integrated management of the logistic processes (supply chain management)
Case study - 1 pages - Logistics
The development of the supply management chain (SCM) depends on the ability of a company to respond to customer requests. Responding to customer requests has to be done while being able to maintain the economic position of the company through the introduction of new products. By synchronizing a...
Problem of Practice Gap and Root Cause Analysis - Feeding America
Case study - 7 pages - Management
As the Financial Director at Feeding America, my role is multifaceted and critical to the organization's success in addressing hunger and food insecurity. I oversee all financial aspects of the organization, including budgeting, financial planning, accounting, and reporting. Additionally, I...
Apprenticeship in Customer Service Support (CSS)
Diploma Thesis - 10 pages - Foreign markets
CSS service accompanies the sales representatives in order to support them for the cotations of the existing customers. While they are prospecting new customers or anything else, already known customers can send us a cotation request to ship their goods around the world. The missions of the CSS...
Development and performance of the purchasing function within the pharmaceutical industry
Dissertation - 34 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
Since its introduction, the Purchasing function faced major changes and is taking on a more strategic role in many organisations. It was also shown that strategic purchasing leads to positive savings performance. Showing that the purchasing function is at an equal level of importance with other...
Market analysis of KidZania's park
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The Mexican park KidZania created by Xavier López Ancona has expended successfully in numerous countries.. This innovative and educational entertainment venue offers children a unique blend of experiential learning and imaginative play within a simulated city environment. KidZania's growth on...
Statistics for Management - Stata Commands
Course material - 3 pages - Management
version 14: specify Stata version clear all: clear working directory cd "directory path": change working directory capture log close: close log file if one is already open log using filename, replace: open a new log file log off: temporarily stop storing log on: start again log close: close the...
Technical and Architectural Study - The Market Hall in Rotterdam, a Hybrid Market - The Mixing of Functions at a Building Scale
Case study - 6 pages - Architecture
After five years of work, the city of Rotterdam inaugurated in October 2014, the first covered market of the Netherlands which cost 175 million euros. Located in the city centre and close to Blaak Railway Station, the Market Hall is part of the renovation project of this historic district. Our...
The Multiple Terms in Finance, Business, and Economy
Worksheets - 3 pages - Economy general
This document is a vocabulary worksheet on the different terms used in finance, business, and economy.
Negotiation exercise to prepare an interview with the HRD - 10 preparation points template
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Business strategy
We will first, define, the relationship table presented in this negotiation round. Fabiessi appears as a well established and successful medium-sized Italian manufacturing company specialized in high-end kitchen equipment, and recently listed on the stock market for ten years, thanks to its...
Analysis of the operations and supply chain management of Nestlé Company
Case study - 2 pages - Logistics
The Nestlé report for the first half of 2017 tells us that the net profit increased by 19% to 4.9 billion CHF. In the next chapters, we will try to analyze the role of the supply chain strategy in this success. First, we will define supply chain management, and then we will examine the strategy...
Applied Memory: The Role of Strategic Outsourcing in Supply Chain Management
Thesis - 45 pages - Logistics
The current political and economic scenario presents tremendous opportunity for companies to benefit from a higher growth potential in international markets due to economic globalization and hyper-liberalization of trade. World trade has multiplied through a series of economic agreements and...
Supply chain management, concept and its uses
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Business strategy
Supply Chain Management has dominated our lives, our thinking and our actions for almost half a decade now. From logistics to materials management to supply chain management, the evolution has been slow and stead. The decade of the 90's has been the most turbulent leading to large-scale...
Developing a supply chain for the service industry
Dissertation - 41 pages - Management
Historically we have moved from physical distribution to logistics management to supply chain management. The major difference seems to be that supply chain management is the preferred name for the actualization of “integrated logistics”. With IT (Information Technology)...
How can organizations tackle environmental constraints to reach an eco-efficient supply chain?
Essay - 10 pages - Management
For many years, being ecologically and environmentally friendly was not a concern for companies; they mostly focused on costs no matter how harmful their practices and processes might be for the environment. However, today, environmental issues are growing and becoming a real threat....
Transportation and strategic distribution
Essay - 11 pages - Logistics
Urban logistics is a major issue for both the logistics industry and transportation systems. The noise in cities is becoming a real issue, especially for people living in bars or shopping areas. Why today, more than never, we hear about people complaining about noise. Several...
The mediator effect of supply chain agility on firm performance
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
While it is generally acknowledged that an organization's supply chain agility is crucial to its competitive advantage, the impact of agility on firm performance has not been adequately researched. This research uses structural equation modeling to examine the effect of supply chain agility on...
How is the supply chain positioned within the organization?
Case study - 3 pages - Management
The supply chain refers to all the physical or information flows and processes involved in the provision of the products to the customer. In other words, the supply chain comprises of all links in the logistics process. We must distinguish the supply chain of the company from the supply...
Company analysis - PepsiCo
Case study - 10 pages - Audit
PepsiCo is a major corporate player in the global food and beverage industry, providing people with a wide selection of uncomplicated products since the early 1900s. Therefore, PepsiCo has been around since 1898 and functions through a complementary entity of a collection of brands that covers...
A review of evolutionary algorithms for multi objective multi product multi modal distribution problem with a possible new approach
Thesis - 12 pages - Logistics
Transportation industry is a fairly large industry in today's globalized world, and has significant effect too. Each and every big or small industry is bound to use the transportation facilities or logistics. The main problems in this logistics operation are optimizing the cost,...
