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Market Dynamics In Supply Chains: The Impact Of Globalization And Consolidation On Food Companies~ Mark-Ups
Jan 2011
This paper examines whether ownership and increased competitive pressure affect food retailers' market power, analysing whether all actors involved in the food supply chain deviate from the...
Provided by Centre for European Policy Studies
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White Papers
Gender And Modern Supply Chains In Developing Countries
Jan 2009
The rapid spread of modern supply chains in developing countries is profoundly changing the way food is produced and traded. In this paper the authors examine the gender implications in modern...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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White Papers
ABC Analysis In An Internet Shop: A New Set Of Criteria
Oct 2010
This paper presents a model of ABC analysis tailored for internet shops. The standard set of criteria is expanded to cover e-commerce specific characteristics, such as the number of product views,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Advance-Purchase Programs: When To Introduce And What To Inform Consumers
Feb 2010
The authors study a two-stage model in which the information processed by consumers at the first stage (advance-purchase stage) is endogenously determined. In the model, the firm decides whether...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Case Studies
Boosting The Dairy Supply Chain
Jan 2011
Granarolo is currently one of the biggest names in the Italian food industry, and boasts an undisputed leadership position in the domestic fresh milk market as well as in organic dairy and cheese...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Construct Validation Of Supply Chain Management In Cooperative
Dec 2009
This paper attempts to analyze construct in supply chain and to determine which construct contribute to performance of agricultural cooperatives in Malaysia. The primary data is collected via...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
A Monetary Theory With Non-Degenerate Distributions
Mar 2011
Dispersion of money balances among individuals is the basis for a range of policies but it has been abstracted from in monetary theory for tractability reasons. In this paper, the authors fill in...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
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White Papers
Input And Output Inventories In The UK
Nov 2009
What is the role of inventories in UK manufacturing? The authors present and estimate a model of inventories that considers separately finished goods and input (i.e. the sum of raw materials and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Trade Collapse, Trade Relapse And Global Production Networks: Supply Chains In The Great Recession
Nov 2009
The nature of international trade and the very nature of globalization have changed dramatically in recent years, with the emergence of new global players and a radically different competitive...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Supply Chain Control: A Theory Of Vertical Integration
Nov 2009
Improving a company's bargaining position is often cited as a chief motivation to vertically integrate with suppliers. This paper expands on that view in building a new theory of vertical...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Efficient Coalition Formation And Stable Coalition Structures In A Supply Chain Environment
Oct 2009
The authors study a real supply chain environment from which specific information and knowledge can be extrapolated for other similar environments. They focus the research on the analysis of the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Need And Determination Of Safety Stocks In Deterministic Universe Due To Lot-Sizing Problem In A Supply Chain Dedicated To Customized Mass Production
Jun 2009
In a supply chain designed for the production of goods of wide variety, the production schedule creates an ordered list of all the alternate components that will be mounted on a same post of the...
Provided by Université Paris Dauphine
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White Papers
Integration Of Dairy Farms In Supply Chain In Bulgaria
Mar 2008
This paper presents a new business model for an effective market inclusion of numerous small-scale dairy farms developed by a private entrepreneur. Firstly, it gives insight on development and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Dynamic Inventory Control With Satisfaction-Dependent Demand
Aug 2010
In this paper, the authors consider the discrete multiperiod newsvendor dynamic inventory control problem where customers follow a simple satisfaction-based demand process, where their probability...
Provided by Purdue University
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White Papers
Inventory Management Under Product Misidentification/ Shipment Errors
Jan 2010
Wrong-product delivery - the delivery of a product different from that desired - is a significant, but as yet unexplored problem in supply-chain management research. There are basically two...
Provided by Purdue University
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Case Studies
Luxury Retailer Benefits From Supply Chain Planning Transformation
Oct 2009
A large U.S. - based luxury retailer faced a number of supply chain challenges. The company's existing processes and systems for supply and capacity planning were not integrated and did not...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Environmental-Regulation Pricing Strategies For Green Supply Chain Management
Sep 2010
This paper demonstrates that a proper design of environmental-regulation pricing strategies is able to promote Extended Product Responsibility for green supply chain firms in a competitive market....
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Variety Management In Assemble-To-Order Supply Chains
Nov 2007
Assemble-to-order refers to a supply chain strategy in which products are not assembled until customer order arrives. It is based on the so-called form postponement that is to hold components at a...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Inventory And The Stock Market
Nov 2007
How does the stock market affect inventory decisions? The "Efficient markets" view is that low stock price means poor fundamentals, a higher cost of capital, and lower inventory. Normatively,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Inventory Signals
Nov 2007
How does operational competence translate into market value, when firms cannot credibly communicate their competence to the market? The author considers the example of inventory and fills rates....
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Supply Chain Management And The Romanian Transition
Nov 2007
Supply Chain Management (SCM), defined here as the construction of productive systems spanning over organizational borders with suppliers and customers and integrated via human-based and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Does Public Infrastructure Reduce Private Inventory?
Nov 2007
The discipline of operations management is rarely studied with an eye on public policies. Yet, it is glaring to even the casual observer that public infrastructure is very different in different...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Supply Chains Facing Atypical Demand: Optimal Operational Policies And Benefits Under Information Sharing
Jul 2009
Management of supply chains facing atypical demand settings is challenging. Demand during events such as promotional sale, seasonal sale and or short life cycle product introduction is notoriously...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
SMS And Logistics
Feb 2011
The logistics industry has long been a major user of IT systems to increase efficiency and enhance customer service. The impact of technology has been seen across the industry; from software...
Provided by TynTec
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White Papers
Development Of An Approach For Analyzing Supply Chain Complexity
Nov 2007
Supply chains are faced with a rising complexity of products, structures, and processes. Because of the strong link between a supply chain's complexity and its efficiency the supply chain...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Innovating To Optimize Supply Chain Management
Feb 2011
As an innovator dedicated to collaboration with the network of vendors and customers, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) considers the supply chain to be a key component to the success and one of the...
Provided by University of Texas
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White Papers
Botticelli: A Supply Chain Management Agent
Jan 2011
The paper describes the architecture of Brown University's agent, Botticelli, a finalist in the 2003 Trading Agent Competition in Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM). In TAC SCM, a simulated...
Provided by Brown University
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White Papers
Developing Adaptive Strategies In Supply Chain Management
Feb 2010
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a complex process which includes a number of activities such as: Negotiating with suppliers for raw materials, competing for customer orders, managing inventory,...
Provided by University of Essex
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Flexibility In Supply Chain Management
Sep 2009
Literature describes several developments in supply chain management. Flexibility is considered to be an important differentiator in the current market place. Several papers already emphasized the...
Provided by TU Delft
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The Effect Of Supply Disruptions On Supply Chain Design Decisions
Jul 2009
The authors study an integrated supply chain design problem that determines the locations of retailers and the assignments of customers to retailers in order to minimize the expected costs of...
Provided by Rutgers University
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A Middleware Model In Alloy For Supply Chain-Wide Agent Interactions
Mar 2010
To support the complex coordination activities involved in supply chain management, more and more companies have autonomous software agents acting on their behalf. Due to confidentiality concerns,...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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White Papers
Supply Chain Management Tools As Activity Ties In Dyadic Partnerships
Aug 2010
Aim of the paper is to examine supply chain management tools as transaction-specific investments within dyadic partnerships. Ford et al. (2003) indicate that transaction-specific investments...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
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White Papers
Social Bonds And Supplier Allocation Of Resources To Business Customers
Aug 2010
This paper addresses questions about the effect that social bonds between relationship partners have on the way in which a supplier allocates resources to its relationship with a buyer. Two key...
Provided by Boston College
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Supply Network Strategies: An Inquiry Into The Changes In The Italian Mid-Sized Company And Its Supplier Relationships
Sep 2008
The paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of mid-sized Italian companies born and developed leveraging on strong supply network relationships with co-localized actors...
Provided by Università degli studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
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A Learning Perspective On Switching Suppliers
Aug 2008
During the last decade the ending of exchange relationships has received increasing attention from researchers. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss one particular aspect of ending...
Provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
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Agency-Based Supplier Selection: Developing And Testing A Classification Portfolio
Aug 2008
While procurement has been seen as a cost driver of minor strategic relevance for a long time, this point of view is constantly changing towards an important organisational function in highly...
Provided by IMP Group
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Seing Is Believing? Signalling Supplier's Value Potential
Aug 2010
In this paper the authors are interested in framing the uses of signals by business suppliers, and in assessing how signals of supplier's value potential influence supplier selection. Recent...
Provided by Universita Bocconi
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Interaction Capability Development In UK Manufacturing SMEs
Sep 2010
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the influence of interaction capability development of UK manufacturing SMEs on their customer relationships. Previous research in the...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
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White Papers
The Importance Of Linking Internal And External Supply Side Organising - Purchasing Transformation In The Service Sector
Aug 2010
In response to the changing role of purchasing, companies are reorganising their purchasing function. Increasingly purchasing is becoming important for value generating purposes as a complement to...
Provided by Chalmers University of Technology
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White Papers
Network Development Of Logistics Firms
Aug 2010
Logistics industry is an important industry and it has been growing constantly due to deregulation, mergers and alliances, and growth of logistics firms. However, little has been written on...
Provided by Jönköping International Business School
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Case Studies
Smart Cookies: Online Bakery Uses UPS To Ship And Track Sweet Treats Nationwide
Jan 2009
Bellows House Bakery owners find research, customer relationships and UPS important ingredients in their success. Bellows House Bakery of Walpole, N.H. ships baked goods to retail customers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Powering Up The Supply Chain
Jan 2009
A battery retailer focuses its energy on growth and counts on UPS to handle logistics. A national franchise that specializes in selling batteries of all types, Batteries Plus stays focused on the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Meeting The Needs Of A Small Business
Jan 2009
By responding to a lighting manufacturer's growing freight needs, UPS keeps the future looking bright. After making a major acquisition, Teddico, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based lighting manufacturer,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Pet Carrier Collars The Market
Jan 2009
From import to domestic distribution, a manufacturer relies on one shipping company. Founded in 1989, Sherpa's Pet Trading Co. of Rockaway, N.J. (recently renamed Sherpa Pet Group) manufacturers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Importing Changes An Accessory Company's Look
Jan 2009
Although Kristine Accessories started as a sideline at home, it now means big business. Kristine Accessories, based in Sarasota, Fla., imports watches, handbags and other accessories from Hong...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Document Services Company Fulfills Its Global Potential
Jan 2009
With global customers demanding world-class international service, CoakleyTech turned to UPS to shape up and ship out. Milwaukee, Wis.-based CoakleyTech provides document management, digital...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Video Game Giant Stays On Target With UPS
Jan 2009
Electronic Arts relies on UPS to bring to its supply chain many qualities prized by gamers: agility, flexibility, quick reactions and risk-reduction. Electronic Arts Inc., based in Redwood City,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Doctors' Group Maintains A Healthy Flow Of Information - And A Tight Grip On Costs
Jan 2009
An automated shipping solution helps the American Medical Association distribute its critical documents - and account for every shipping dollar. The American Medical Association is the nation's...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Monster Tower Rules The Waves: A Wakeboarding Manufacturer Becomes A Worldwide Success
Jan 2009
From freight to individual orders to international returns, UPS helps company make a big splash. Monster Tower Inc. is an Alpharetta, Ga.-based manufacturer of wakeboarding towers and accessories....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
The Perfect Match: A Bridal Retailer Espouses A Fulfilling Shipping Partnership
Jan 2009
Connection grows with order fulfillment, package improvement and an online shipping system. David's Bridal, the largest bridal retailer in the country, launched a collection of gowns online as a...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Keeping Tabs At The Lab With A 'Mini-UPS Tracking System'
Jan 2009
Ever wish you could track packages after delivery? UPS technology gave Pathology Inc., a medical corporation, the inside track. This Torrance, Calif.-based medical laboratory needed a fail-safe...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Keeping The Jet Set In Aircraft Parts
Jan 2009
An aviation components supplier gets customers on board with a lift from UPS. This Houston-based aircraft parts distributor needs to deliver components for jets that might be grounded - and...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Shoemaker Walks The Walk On The Web
Jan 2009
Hip Fluevog sells soul as well as soles, from design to delivery. John Fluevog Shoes designs, manufactures and sells high-fashion footwear with a quirky flair. Each of its 10 retail stores accepts...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Providing Critical Care For Medical Shipments
Jan 2009
Manufacturer of health-care products expands customer service with advanced freight-tracking technology. STERIS Corp. manufactures products for the health care industry ranging from disinfectants...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
An Apple-Based Business Takes A Bite Out Of A Shipping Challenge
Jan 2009
KSK Design agency overcomes a shipping challenge with a must-have UPS Ready product. KSK Design of Milwaukee, Wis., relies on its network of Macintosh computers to design and produce marketing...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Say Cheese: The Internet Spurs A Dairy's Growth
Jan 2009
A rural business finds that "Off the map" needn't mean off the economic grid. Seeking to diversify beyond milk production, the owners of Split Creek Farm, near Anderson, S.C., began making artisan...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Case Closed: Law Firm Makes Brief Work Of Shipping, Cost Allocation
Jan 2009
CampusShip coding feature saves 40 hours per week. Chicago-based law firm Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP specializes in mastering the ins and outs of their clients' business. UPS...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
From Their Casks To Your Glass: Wine Arrives Fine, Thanks To UPS
Jan 2009
Facelli Winery can send visitors home with a single bottle or several cases of their favorite wine, and they won't have to carry a thing. Facelli Winery in Woodinville, Wash., needed a way to ship...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
An Insurance Giant Embraces A Policy Of Shipping Efficiency
Jan 2009
UPS recommendations help Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan save more than $1 million. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan's manual shipping system left too much room for inefficiency. The...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Vehicle Manufacturer Chooses A Centralized Shipping System To Rev Up Its Parts Supply Chain
Jan 2009
Varsity Logistics helps straighten the shipping road for Kawasaki with a UPS Ready solution. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.'s parts and accessories supply division had outgrown its inefficient...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Artist Selects The UPS Store To Turn Safe, Secure Packaging Into A Fine Art
Jan 2009
Ship valuable artwork to Rome? It's no problem to the packaging experts at your local The UPS Store location. Pat Gallagher, an artist based in Louisville, Ky., needed a reliable and efficient way...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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For Norton Healthcare, The Prescription For Freight Cost Savings Is UPS
Jan 2009
LTL Freight, a new shipping system and other UPS technologies lead to greater efficiencies. Norton Healthcare needed to reduce its swelling inbound and outbound shipping costs. It switched to UPS...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Picture This: A Medical Supplier Achieves Virtually Error-Free Shipping
Jan 2009
Cadmet Inc. finds a product that halves its data entry requirements and almost eliminates shipping snafus. Cadmet Inc., based in Frazer, Pa., distributes medical imaging supplies and equipment...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
SeatsAndChairs.Com Sells Home Theater Seats Around The World, With UPS In A Supporting Role
Jan 2009
A business born on the premise of selling recycled theater seats on eBay now provides chairs fit for a king. SeatsAndChairs.com, founded in 2002, sells new and recycled home theater seats to...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Smartphone Accessorizer Calls For Speedy Customs Brokerage To Rush Products To Market
Jan 2009
From suppliers to customers, UPS keeps Smartphone Experts' products ... mobile. Online retailer Smartphone Experts needed the right shipping partner to handle increasing orders from customers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Maker Of Hip, Shoulder And Knee Implants Turns To UPS For A Real Joint Venture
Jan 2009
Surgeons operating on a tight schedule know they can rely on UPS Ground and UPS Next Day Air to deliver implants on time. Exactech, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of orthopedic implant...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Got An Alpaca Emergency? This Company's Got You Covered
Jan 2009
Useful Lama Items Inc. helps customers track their own shipments. Useful Lama Items Inc., an Illinois-based mail-order business, sells supplies to breeders of llamas and alpacas (both belong to...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
In A Tighter Economy, A Manufacturer Fastens Down Its Logistics
Jan 2009
Servalite cuts warehouse expense by speeding freight delivery. Servalite, a manufacturer of fasteners, used multiple warehouses to provide two-day delivery nationwide. UPS recommended a new...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Follow In These Footsteps: Provide Excellent Service
Jan 2009
Zappos.com leads the way with model shipping and return policies. Zappos.com, an online retailer of shoes, apparel, accessories and electronics based in Las Vegas, stresses excellent customer...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Electrical Parts Supplier Plugs Into UPS For Powerful Same-Day Shipping
Jan 2009
UPS Express Critical gets crucial parts to factories so businesses get back on track. Electrical parts distributor Southland Electrical Supply needed a reliable way to deliver urgent, same-day...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
For This eBay Art Retailer, UPS-Connected Software Makes Shipping A Beautiful Thing
Jan 2009
Recherché Galleria now processes orders nearly 10 times faster thanks to ShipGear, which links the eBay store to UPS shipping. Recherché Galleria, an art retailer on eBay, needed a simpler way to...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Online Goodies Retailer Integrates Systems, Makes Shipping Short And Sweet
Jan 2009
UPS technology gets back-office systems talking to one another, speeding order processing by 60 percent. Online retailer A Taste of the South processes up to 4,000 orders a day during the peak...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
On The Move: An Online Retailer Uses A UPS Integrated Solution To Ship Four Times Faster
Jan 2009
GoMobileNow.com gets mobile computer desk products into customers' hands with less wheel-spinning, thanks to UPS shipping functionality integrated into its QuickBooks accounting solution....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
No More Showstoppers: Event Planner Finds The Key To Trouble-Free Global Shipping
Jan 2009
UPS Paperless Invoice helps get timely gifts to overseas events with ease - and without paper! Hip Consulting Group plans and coordinates large events domestically and abroad for corporate...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Online Jeweler Engages UPS Delivery Intercept To Counter Credit Card Fraud
Jan 2009
Sometimes, the best business strategy is to stop the sale. Goldspeed.com, an online retailer of jewelry, needed to reduce losses from fraudulent sales. A UPS customer, the firm began using UPS...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
An Ice Cream Maker Licks A Cold-Shipping Challenge
Jan 2009
Dippin' Dots shows that even tiny innovations can add up to big savings. Dippin' Dots, a manufacturer of a unique form of ice cream, needed a way to ship party packs overnight. In 2007, the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Motorcycle Superstore's Tricked-Out Order Process Gives Customers A Thrill
Jan 2009
With UPS innovations, this online retailer outfits shoppers with fast, easy service for a satisfying ride. Motorcycle Superstore, an online retailer of items for motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATVs and...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Building Products Distributor Finds Truckloads Of Benefit In An Innovative Freight Distribution Partnership
Jan 2009
Wolseley North America is a supplier of construction products and services. The company comprises Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., the nation's largest wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies, Stock...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Construction Equipment Manufacturer Gets A Supply Chain Makeover
Jan 2009
Multiquip Inc., a Carson, Calif.-based manufacturer of construction equipment for the rental industry, needed to modernize management of its warehouse inventory. Consultants from UPS audited the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
With Lives At Stake, A Biomedical Company Turns To UPS For Temperature-Sensitive Transportation
Jan 2009
StemCyte Inc., based in Covina, Calif., collects and stores donated umbilical cord blood for the treatment of many life-threatening diseases. Donated blood must be processed and banked within 72...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Market Dynamics In Supply Chains: The Impact Of Globalization And Consolidation On Food Companies~ Mark-Ups
Jan 2011
This paper examines whether ownership and increased competitive pressure affect food retailers' market power, analysing whether all actors involved in the food supply chain deviate from the...
Provided by Centre for European Policy Studies
-
White Papers
Gender And Modern Supply Chains In Developing Countries
Jan 2009
The rapid spread of modern supply chains in developing countries is profoundly changing the way food is produced and traded. In this paper the authors examine the gender implications in modern...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
-
White Papers
ABC Analysis In An Internet Shop: A New Set Of Criteria
Oct 2010
This paper presents a model of ABC analysis tailored for internet shops. The standard set of criteria is expanded to cover e-commerce specific characteristics, such as the number of product views,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Advance-Purchase Programs: When To Introduce And What To Inform Consumers
Feb 2010
The authors study a two-stage model in which the information processed by consumers at the first stage (advance-purchase stage) is endogenously determined. In the model, the firm decides whether...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
Case Studies
Boosting The Dairy Supply Chain
Jan 2011
Granarolo is currently one of the biggest names in the Italian food industry, and boasts an undisputed leadership position in the domestic fresh milk market as well as in organic dairy and cheese...
Provided by Intel
-
White Papers
Construct Validation Of Supply Chain Management In Cooperative
Dec 2009
This paper attempts to analyze construct in supply chain and to determine which construct contribute to performance of agricultural cooperatives in Malaysia. The primary data is collected via...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
A Monetary Theory With Non-Degenerate Distributions
Mar 2011
Dispersion of money balances among individuals is the basis for a range of policies but it has been abstracted from in monetary theory for tractability reasons. In this paper, the authors fill in...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania
-
White Papers
Input And Output Inventories In The UK
Nov 2009
What is the role of inventories in UK manufacturing? The authors present and estimate a model of inventories that considers separately finished goods and input (i.e. the sum of raw materials and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Trade Collapse, Trade Relapse And Global Production Networks: Supply Chains In The Great Recession
Nov 2009
The nature of international trade and the very nature of globalization have changed dramatically in recent years, with the emergence of new global players and a radically different competitive...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Control: A Theory Of Vertical Integration
Nov 2009
Improving a company's bargaining position is often cited as a chief motivation to vertically integrate with suppliers. This paper expands on that view in building a new theory of vertical...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Efficient Coalition Formation And Stable Coalition Structures In A Supply Chain Environment
Oct 2009
The authors study a real supply chain environment from which specific information and knowledge can be extrapolated for other similar environments. They focus the research on the analysis of the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Need And Determination Of Safety Stocks In Deterministic Universe Due To Lot-Sizing Problem In A Supply Chain Dedicated To Customized Mass Production
Jun 2009
In a supply chain designed for the production of goods of wide variety, the production schedule creates an ordered list of all the alternate components that will be mounted on a same post of the...
Provided by Université Paris Dauphine
-
White Papers
Integration Of Dairy Farms In Supply Chain In Bulgaria
Mar 2008
This paper presents a new business model for an effective market inclusion of numerous small-scale dairy farms developed by a private entrepreneur. Firstly, it gives insight on development and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Dynamic Inventory Control With Satisfaction-Dependent Demand
Aug 2010
In this paper, the authors consider the discrete multiperiod newsvendor dynamic inventory control problem where customers follow a simple satisfaction-based demand process, where their probability...
Provided by Purdue University
-
White Papers
Inventory Management Under Product Misidentification/ Shipment Errors
Jan 2010
Wrong-product delivery - the delivery of a product different from that desired - is a significant, but as yet unexplored problem in supply-chain management research. There are basically two...
Provided by Purdue University
-
Case Studies
Luxury Retailer Benefits From Supply Chain Planning Transformation
Oct 2009
A large U.S. - based luxury retailer faced a number of supply chain challenges. The company's existing processes and systems for supply and capacity planning were not integrated and did not...
Provided by Capgemini
-
White Papers
Environmental-Regulation Pricing Strategies For Green Supply Chain Management
Sep 2010
This paper demonstrates that a proper design of environmental-regulation pricing strategies is able to promote Extended Product Responsibility for green supply chain firms in a competitive market....
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Variety Management In Assemble-To-Order Supply Chains
Nov 2007
Assemble-to-order refers to a supply chain strategy in which products are not assembled until customer order arrives. It is based on the so-called form postponement that is to hold components at a...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Inventory And The Stock Market
Nov 2007
How does the stock market affect inventory decisions? The "Efficient markets" view is that low stock price means poor fundamentals, a higher cost of capital, and lower inventory. Normatively,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Inventory Signals
Nov 2007
How does operational competence translate into market value, when firms cannot credibly communicate their competence to the market? The author considers the example of inventory and fills rates....
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Management And The Romanian Transition
Nov 2007
Supply Chain Management (SCM), defined here as the construction of productive systems spanning over organizational borders with suppliers and customers and integrated via human-based and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Does Public Infrastructure Reduce Private Inventory?
Nov 2007
The discipline of operations management is rarely studied with an eye on public policies. Yet, it is glaring to even the casual observer that public infrastructure is very different in different...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Supply Chains Facing Atypical Demand: Optimal Operational Policies And Benefits Under Information Sharing
Jul 2009
Management of supply chains facing atypical demand settings is challenging. Demand during events such as promotional sale, seasonal sale and or short life cycle product introduction is notoriously...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
SMS And Logistics
Feb 2011
The logistics industry has long been a major user of IT systems to increase efficiency and enhance customer service. The impact of technology has been seen across the industry; from software...
Provided by TynTec
-
White Papers
Development Of An Approach For Analyzing Supply Chain Complexity
Nov 2007
Supply chains are faced with a rising complexity of products, structures, and processes. Because of the strong link between a supply chain's complexity and its efficiency the supply chain...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
-
White Papers
Innovating To Optimize Supply Chain Management
Feb 2011
As an innovator dedicated to collaboration with the network of vendors and customers, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) considers the supply chain to be a key component to the success and one of the...
Provided by University of Texas
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White Papers
Botticelli: A Supply Chain Management Agent
Jan 2011
The paper describes the architecture of Brown University's agent, Botticelli, a finalist in the 2003 Trading Agent Competition in Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM). In TAC SCM, a simulated...
Provided by Brown University
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Developing Adaptive Strategies In Supply Chain Management
Feb 2010
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a complex process which includes a number of activities such as: Negotiating with suppliers for raw materials, competing for customer orders, managing inventory,...
Provided by University of Essex
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Flexibility In Supply Chain Management
Sep 2009
Literature describes several developments in supply chain management. Flexibility is considered to be an important differentiator in the current market place. Several papers already emphasized the...
Provided by TU Delft
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The Effect Of Supply Disruptions On Supply Chain Design Decisions
Jul 2009
The authors study an integrated supply chain design problem that determines the locations of retailers and the assignments of customers to retailers in order to minimize the expected costs of...
Provided by Rutgers University
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A Middleware Model In Alloy For Supply Chain-Wide Agent Interactions
Mar 2010
To support the complex coordination activities involved in supply chain management, more and more companies have autonomous software agents acting on their behalf. Due to confidentiality concerns,...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Supply Chain Management Tools As Activity Ties In Dyadic Partnerships
Aug 2010
Aim of the paper is to examine supply chain management tools as transaction-specific investments within dyadic partnerships. Ford et al. (2003) indicate that transaction-specific investments...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
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Social Bonds And Supplier Allocation Of Resources To Business Customers
Aug 2010
This paper addresses questions about the effect that social bonds between relationship partners have on the way in which a supplier allocates resources to its relationship with a buyer. Two key...
Provided by Boston College
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Supply Network Strategies: An Inquiry Into The Changes In The Italian Mid-Sized Company And Its Supplier Relationships
Sep 2008
The paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of mid-sized Italian companies born and developed leveraging on strong supply network relationships with co-localized actors...
Provided by Università degli studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
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A Learning Perspective On Switching Suppliers
Aug 2008
During the last decade the ending of exchange relationships has received increasing attention from researchers. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss one particular aspect of ending...
Provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
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Agency-Based Supplier Selection: Developing And Testing A Classification Portfolio
Aug 2008
While procurement has been seen as a cost driver of minor strategic relevance for a long time, this point of view is constantly changing towards an important organisational function in highly...
Provided by IMP Group
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Seing Is Believing? Signalling Supplier's Value Potential
Aug 2010
In this paper the authors are interested in framing the uses of signals by business suppliers, and in assessing how signals of supplier's value potential influence supplier selection. Recent...
Provided by Universita Bocconi
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Interaction Capability Development In UK Manufacturing SMEs
Sep 2010
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the influence of interaction capability development of UK manufacturing SMEs on their customer relationships. Previous research in the...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
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The Importance Of Linking Internal And External Supply Side Organising - Purchasing Transformation In The Service Sector
Aug 2010
In response to the changing role of purchasing, companies are reorganising their purchasing function. Increasingly purchasing is becoming important for value generating purposes as a complement to...
Provided by Chalmers University of Technology
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Network Development Of Logistics Firms
Aug 2010
Logistics industry is an important industry and it has been growing constantly due to deregulation, mergers and alliances, and growth of logistics firms. However, little has been written on...
Provided by Jönköping International Business School
