Supply Chain Management Cases

Campbell Soup, like most food companies, grocery chains face and wholesale demand for their products due to their own advertising Campbell pricing structure, not the retail consumer demand. Former incentive policies glut created huge swings in production and inventory levels. Campbell introduced the continuous replenishment products (SPP), under which they will manage inventory for its […]

John Clark, managing director of explosives Nobel explosives and accessories business, must decide whether to recommend the introduction of a new technology developed by ICI Explosives Australia, for the supply of explosives in bulk mining in the UK. Faced with falling demand in traditional markets, excess capacity in the industry, fierce price competition and low […]

Talk of a joint venture between the two companies, with different possibilities: 1) technology provider, and 2) the transport agent. Discusses how to capture the value of the joint venture and Biotechnology: 1) who the winners and losers are, 2) how much value could / should be captured, and 3) sustainability issues, and 4) the […]

A huge variety of orders throughout the supply chain can plague companies are trying to eliminate excess inventory, product demand forecast, and simply make their supply chain more efficient. What causes the bullwhip effect, which distorts, it is passed up the chain? The authors identify four main reasons: demand forecast updating to dosing, price fluctuations, […]

Honda of America has developed a comprehensive approach to learning the principles of lean manufacturing its suppliers, in which Honda and supplier work intensively on improving narrowly focused projects in the plant supplier. Called BP («Best Process”, “Best Performance”, “Best Practices”), this approach has been very successful in improving the performance of suppliers, vendors participating […]