International logistics

Explanation of the statement: “Logistics and supply chain management are a Secret Weapon of the CEOs in times of Crises” Contents 1. Introduction 2. Management of a Supply Chain 3. The strategy to adopt 4. Lean or Agile 5. Competitive advantage 6. How CEOs can be ready for the improbable 7. Conclusion Bibliography 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 2 1. Introduction In the actual times is proved the condition for more reasonable and competitive methods to enlarge growth, the latest economics crisis are a prove, being reinforce by the actual global crisis that is reaching internationally creating a enormous recession and perhaps more is still to come. The rising in competition is directly related with the globalization making companies to fight for a larger market share to maintain their main goal, to give profits to shareholders. The different departments of a company are already over squeezed and nowadays is crucial to have good supply chain and one of the ways that the CEOs have to reach the goal of the company is to improve their supply chain and reduce the costs were still exists space of maneuver. In the recent business world a company no longer acts as an independent piece, the company needs to improve in a more efficient way so it will be possible to adapt to the rapid and constant changing markets. A CEO should have has a strategy the focus on the core competence of a company and creating and managing effectively the supply chain in order to succeed in the…

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APLICAÇÃO DE FERRAMENTAS LEAN NO PLANEAMENTO DE OBRAS IARA JUSSARA DIOGO NUNES Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em ENGENHARIA CIVIL JÚRI: Presidente: Professor Doutor António Heleno Domingues Moret Rodrigues Orientador: Professor Doutor Francisco José Loforte Teixeira Ribeiro Vogal: Professor Doutor Pedro Manuel Gameiro Henriques OUTUBRO DE 2010 RESUMO RESUMO O aumento da competitividade no sector da construção torna necessária a abertura das empresas…

Lynn H. Boyd College of Business, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the theory of constraints (TOC) can serve as a general theory in operations management. The paper first investigate linkages between TOC and the core concepts/components of operations management (OM) and show how OM concepts can be integrated with TOC using examples from the published TOC literature. A second important purpose is to show…

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WCM LEAN MANUFACTURING São Paulo 2008 2 HERBSTER BEZERRA DIAS Trabalho de conclusão do curso de Pós Graduação – MBA em Gestão Empresarial, apresentado ao Centro Universitário Radial, como requisito obrigatório e parcial para a obtenção do título de Especialista, sob orientação do Professor Sandro Alberto Vieira. São Paulo 2008 3 Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (CIP) D532 Dias, Herbster. A mentalidade enxuta e sua contribuição para a empresa de classe mundial /…

“Customer Obsession” and “Frugality” (see Exhibits B and C for a full list) also impact Job Design at the firm. These tenets play a big role in how employees interact and behave. Based on employee anecdotes, when employees seek to solve problems, they are rewarded for being creative and taking chances (“Invent and Simplify” and “Bias for Action”). Examples include simple ideas from employees asking vendors to tape tubs of coconut oil together to save labor at the Amazon fulfillment…

Scrum limits WIP per iteration ...... 14 7. Both are empirical ...................................................................................... 16 8. Scrum resists change within an iteration.................................................... 21 9. Scrum board is reset between each iteration............................................. 23 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Scrum prescribes cross-functional teams ................................................ 24 Scrum backlog…

Lean Lean Six Sigma Michael L. George This booklet contains a preview of Section I of Lean Six Sigma. It is printed with permission from McGraw-Hill. The full version of the book will be published in Spring 2002. Preface In 1996, General Electric CEO Jack Welch praised Six Sigma as “the most important initiative GE has ever undertaken.” Yet despite widespread success with Six Sigma, two years later Welch articulated one shortfall: “We have tended to use all our energy…

information, and funds across the entire supply chain, from suppliers to component producers to final assemblers to distribution (warehouses and retailers), and ultimately to the consumer.1 In fact, it often includes after-sales service and returns or recycling. Figure 1 is a schematic of a supply chain. In contrast to multiechelon inventory management, which coordinates inventories at multiple locations, SCM typically involves coordination of information and materials among multiple…