Supply Chain Management Cases

The emergence of the extended enterprise, group strategic communications company, focused on new market opportunities, signals a fundamental change in the nature of competition, rethinking the traditional relationship of the supply chain, and the new role of logistics. With its ability to span multiple functions and organizational boundaries, logistics is poised to become a critical […]

This study of 453 supplier-automaker relationships in the U.S., Japan and Korea is considering the extent to which automakers manage their “arm’s length” and “partner” suppliers differently. These data show that American automakers have traditionally controlled the majority of their suppliers using arm’s length model, Korean automakers have managed providers primarily as partners, and Japanese […]

In 1998, Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals businesses faced with the reality that e-commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys technology officers in the chemical industry indicated a shift in priorities from building the internal infrastructure of the corporation in 1995 to provide the […]

The emergence and growth of i2 Technologies and supply chain planning software industry. In December 1998, the market capitalization of i2 was over $ 2 billion supply chain planning software industry had annual sales of about $ 1 billion, and is expected to grow by 57% annually. By the description of i2 products and process […]

Highly fragmented and competitive supply chain services are characterized by ineffective food information and product flows. Instill has one of the most ambitious proposals revolutionized the industry supply chain. “Hide on Seungjin Whang, E. Chen, A. Enna, S. Jordan, Debbie Cohen, Dan Feller, Sherry Fujieda, Elizabeth Filmore, Purnima Padmanabhan Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business […]