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Harrison S Anastasio posted a new activity comment 8 years, 3 months ago
In this week we talked about supply chain integrations which is the ability for computers to talk to each other. There are 3 types of communication. There is Unicast – One sender, one receiver. Multicast – One sender, many targeted receivers. Broadcast – One sender, everyone is a receiver. We also talked about EDI which is a Structured…[Read more]
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Harrison S Anastasio commented on the post, 100 second reflection for week 10, on the site 8 years, 3 months ago
In this week we talked about ethics as “society’s general understandings of what is good or appropriate behavior” We talked a lot about Starbucks and how when they were faced with a brand imaging conflict they decided to become more eco-friendly. They did this by teaming up with a company in Mexico that farmed shaded cocoa beans from plant…[Read more]
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Harrison S Anastasio commented on the post, 100 second reflection for week 9, on the site 8 years, 3 months ago
In this week, we talked about efulfillment. eFulfillment is the strategies of distribution. Such as figuring out how to increase delivery speed and reduce price. This included strategies such as Logistic Postponements – A) Merge in Transit: Dell makes computers and merges the monitors, keyboards, etc. from suppliers by UPS at defined sites B)…[Read more]
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Harrison S Anastasio commented on the post, 100 second reflection for week 8, on the site 8 years, 3 months ago
In our class on week 8 we discussed how Hulu has become an extremely successful television streaming service. In addition to Hulu we also talked about more about the procurement process in depth. Procurement is the process of buying raw materials to do operations at work. We also talked about out sourcing. The decision to send organizational…[Read more]
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Harrison S Anastasio commented on the post, 100 second reflection for week 7, on the site 8 years, 3 months ago
Last class we talked about Software as a Service and the implications it has on traditionally operating businesses such as blockbuster and the CD industry. We learned that new technology can disrupted the landscape. For example, Apple iTunes changed the landscape by eliminating the need for CDs. Apple introduces iTunes and eliminated many steps in…[Read more]
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Harrison S Anastasio posted a new activity comment 8 years, 6 months ago
Last week in class we went over the internet supply chains of Crocs. What I learned from our class conversation is that Crocs strengths is there large profit margin. They have a large profit margin because they are flexible and have cheap materials. Due to their cheap costs and their large margins it is more beneficial to have more inventory than…[Read more]