Corey C. Kalkanoglu

Factories can assess supplier performance by…
1. Having managers invest time and offer help to develop good suppliers. Factory managers and these suppliers should agree on an eContract that satisfy both […]

In order for companies to prevent disruption within its supply chain, companies should spread various factories and distribution places in different areas of the country. Obviously if a natural disaster hits an […]

Not right now. The rapid growth of Internet retailing create challenges for retail and wholesale distribution operations. Internet retailing is not good for traditional retail stores since it is very hard for […]

Rolling warehouse is a strategy for minimizing the effort and time spent on handling inventory for a business wherein inventory brought to a warehousing area is not unloaded into the warehouse. Instead, trucks […]

In week eight, we discussed eProcurement, which is using the Internet to facilitate or streamline the process to acquire raw materials from suppliers to execute operations. This is very important because […]

In week seven, our main focus was on information goods, which is a type of commodity whose main market value is derived from the information it contains. Example are music CDs, DVDs, and books. Most of these […]

1. I would not buy products online if they were delivered by a stranger. I trust a FedEx/UPS employee because I know he or she would be more responsible with the package. Plus it is uncomfortable knowing that a […]

Contracts ensure protection and comfort when doing business. These documents make sure the companies are running the “correct” way without making wrong choices. The contract makes sure the supply chain is […]

1. Yards beer
2. Water
3. York Peppermint Patty
4. Compact discs or vinyls (music in America)
5. Cheese
6. Shingles

The answer to this question is false. The correct answer is Sealed Bid. This is where people bid without knowing how much money other people have bid. In the English Auction, bidders bid openly against each other.

Colleen Hoffman
Corey Kalkanoglu
Nick Nendel
Merrill Samuel

In week two, we learned about the four key impact areas of supply chains: eDesign, eMediaries, Web Based Collaborative Planning, eFulfillment. With this, an eMarketplace is similar to Amazon.com or eBay.com. We […]

Companies can collaborate their supply chain partners in six ways: Outsourcing Local Decision Making, Improving Local Decision Making, Decision Objective Alignment, Pooling Resource and Capacity Sharing, […]

1. The Value Chain’s six business functions are Distribution, Production, R & D, Customer Service, Marketing & Sales, and Design of Products, Services, or Processes.

2. Technology helps make these key […]

True. Manufacturers who earn high margins may be more comfortable in over producing, or having excess inventory in case of a stock out. It is safer for manufacturers to over produce to prepare for any sudden […]

1. Around twenty percent of the pre booked orders
2. Crocs produced two hundred fifty thousand pairs of flip flop sandals in 2006
3. Crocs bought out Finproject, which was renamed “Foam Creations.”

Extranet = communication between companies using the Internet
VPN = (virtual private network), technology or information that can be accessed confidentially

Any company that implements an efficient supply chain has a better chance in being successful. For example we compared Walmart and Target’s supply chain efficiency percentage and noted that Walmart’s percentage […]

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