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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 8 months ago
The design has the gulf of evaluation and execution.
Tesla designs the car, it sets the goal that the door has a good work..
When designers. began to take the action, they ignore the freeze condition.
When customer to execution , they find the the car cannot achieve their expectation because the door handle is frozen. -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 Second Reflection: Week 11, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
Starbucks Case:
Starbucks is an example that shows some business want to make a change and become a corporate social responsibility business. The case talks about NGOs promote cooperation with companies, and find a common interest. In this process, CI achieve its environment-friendly goals. And Starbucks also achieves its cooperate social…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Q&A: Can I/T Help with Ethics / Green in Supply Chains, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
Technology and information system that enables companies to understand environmentally responsible is necessary. People can look news over the Internet, and the influence of network is vast. If companies didn’t pay attention to the environment, the adverse impact would spread quickly. For example, customers or other social media know not…[Read more]
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 Second Reflection: Week 10, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
Amazon Europe Case:
Amazon knows the Internet Influence, and its mission is that provides fastest and easiest service to customers by the Internet. Amazon establishes excellent distribution center, and it uses six sigma and TQM to reduce errors. Amazon is an ambitious company. From 1996-1997, it established the second distribution center in…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Amazon delivery and Ethics, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
Problem: Amazon could provide cheaper and fast shipments, which increase customer online shopping experience. The main reason is that Amazon transfer financial responsibility to drivers.
In my opinion, Amazon should change its delivery strategy and recovery company images. I think it needs to take charge of delivery cars( oil, repair fee)…[Read more]
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 second reflection: Week 8, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
Lecture: Information technology change traditional procurement. E-procurement uses internet to facilitate, integrate and streamline procurement process. The e-procurement executes a completely digital trade. It includes e-Contracting, e-Requisitioning, e-Fulfillment and ePayment, which means companies can get more accurate data about the…[Read more]
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, CIO Perspective, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
My reactive is that I think Melanie Kalmar not only focus on the IT work but also pay attention to employees’ cooperation and communication. In my opinion, excellent communication and collaboration play vital roles in the teamwork. Sharing idea enhances the work efficiency. In addition, Melanie prefers to create a comfortable work environment,…[Read more]
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Future Delivery Methods, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
What is your reaction to this delivery method of the future? or is the future now?
I think Amazon will use this method in the future. Firstly, drones could attract customers, and it enhances the customer experiences. Then, Amazon needs to increase its supply chain operation such as the delivery speed. Obviously, drones could increase the…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Blockchain: Is this the new Internet?, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
There is a type error. It should be Blockchain.
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Amazon: Go – What do you think?, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
1. How would you feel shopping in such a store?
AmazonGo provides more convenient shopping way to customers, and it increases the shopping efficiency. The new system also reduces labor cost, and there are just a few numbers of staffs in the AmazonGo stores.
The new system cannot enable me to feel safe because it takes private information. For…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 Second Reflection – Week 7, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
Continue answers before:
Lecture about Information Goods Supply Chain:
Information goods are almost digital such as music, ebook. DVD and CDs are not digital, but they are all belonging to information goods.
Industry landscape: Internet changes the industry landscape of information goods, and there are more and more information goods with…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 Second Reflection – Week 7, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
RFID at Metro case
– Provide an efficient supply chain for Metro because RFID has high read rate, and record accurate information.
– Metro spent upfront costs using RFID: process design, RFID infrastructure, and training.
– RFID increases on-shelf availability and reducing out-of-stock because it reduces human errors.
– RFID enables Metro to…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, RFID Videos, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
Benefits:
– Increase the efficiency of the process chain because RFID data are transferred without physical contact.
– Reduce the labor cost because RFID technology could fully automatic.
– Improve accuracy information: information could transfer to the merchandise management system, which reduces errors. Then RFID helps warehouse staffs…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 second reflection for Week 5, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
For the beer game, I think the communication plays a vital role in the supply chain. If there is not good communication, the bullwhip effect easily exists.
Bullwhip Effect: The bullwhip effect is the distorted information one end of suppliers to the other, and it will lead inefficiencies. The demand forecast updating, order batching, price…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, New Age Warehousing, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
– Kiva changes traditional assemble way.
– The robot does not sleep and keep the high speed for working in the warehouse. It means robots could stay full capacity a whole day
Benefits for Kiva
– The centralized server assign works to the robot, and it has the distributed intelligence.
– Distributed intelligence monitors Robots…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Instructions for Beer Game, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 1, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
Yes, MIS professional managers need to understand Supply Chain. From the SAP SCM solution diagram, it clearly displays the process of the supply chain from procurement to sales. Supply chain is complicated progress. Sometimes SCM departments make a plan from long-term to short-term. For example, SCM departments should make year plans for…[Read more]
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Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 1, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
1. Crocs Case
Crocs’ flexible supply chain helps it improve efficiency of supply products
Fulfilling customer demand is its goals. Crocs uses in-house production to meet customers around the world and reduce the inventory of retailer. Therefore, Crocs’ flexible supply chain forces its core competencies to compare with other companies.
2. I…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, 100 Second Reflection: Week 1, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
From the class, I learned
1. The IT has the close tie with supply chain management. The advance data system could help managing warehouse, choosing efficient transportation and reducing the cycle time.
2. Supply chain management always improves over time. Supply chain management shift from cross-functional integration to cross-enterprise means…[Read more] -
Mingxuan Zhang commented on the post, Join the Course's Online Community (Blog), on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
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