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Supply Chain Mangment

"Supply chain management is the flow of goods, services, and information from the initial sources of materials and services to the delivery of products and activities occur in the same organization or in other organizations"(Horngren695). This approach enables Regal Marine (R.M) to be highly effective, efficient, and profitable. More over supply chain management effectively manage your supply chain by synchronizing the demand for your products with your production capabilities, optimizing your resource usage, and maximizing your throughput so there are less disruptions and fewer fires to put out. Supply chain management requires companies to use the Internet to be most effective. Nevertheless Companies are failing to adapt to the Internet technology to enable effective supply chain management. "In addition Research shows companies failing to use Internet technology for Supply chain management, despite the need to satisfy customer demands and it revealed: (1) Only forty eight percent currently use Internet technology to manage product order and delivery, yet over half state that responding to customer demands and improving service is the main reason for changing supply chain requirements. (2) Only fifteen percent use Internet technology right through the supply chain at all levels, with twenty three percent planning to implement a total web-enabled supply chain soon. Moreover almost half of the companies interviewed currently outsource parts of the supply chain by using an Application Service Provider. (3) Thirty-seven percent of companies were using the Internet to streamline their processes. We mentioned earlier the disadvantages of supply chain management, now we will the advantages and the process of supply chain management. Supply Chain Management Solutions helps companies transform supply strategy into a competitive advantage. By combining the expertise, technology and information to help companies bring immediate value and profit. Supply management is... [continues]

Abul Khair Steel

Executive Summary of the Company ABUL KHAIR STEEL (AKS) is the one of the organization of ABUL KHAIR GROUP. It started its journey in 1993 at Feni primarily by purchasing the MEBs Tammanna Steel Mills. Then it setup its factory at Madambibirhat in 1998. Since then it has been catering the needs of its customers very sincerely. All production facilities are built with state of art technology incorporating latest

digital drives and automation process controls, automatic gauge controls and customized automatic elongation control to ensure length in meters per metric ton as per customers need. At Abul Khair Steel, the aim is to ensure that the customers requirements are met and this means providing them with the materials that most closely match their specific needs and value for money. Product specification: Cold Rolled Steel Coils and Sheets Full Hard Quality, as per JIS G3141 SPCC1B and equivalent International Standards. The product is also available as per customers specification. Thickness Range : 0.11-0.50 mm Width : 750-1000 mm Coil Weight : 2.0-9.0 MT Coil I.D. : 508 mm Length of the Sheet : 3048 mm max. Hot Dip Galvanized Steel Coils & Sheets (plain & corrugated) as per JIS G3302 & equivalent International Standards. The product is also available as per customers specifications. Zinc Coating : 100 to 275 gms/sqm Base Metal : 0.11-0.50 mm Thickness GP Sheet Width : 750-1000 mm Length of GP or : 3048 mm max. GC Sheet Quality : Hard Quality Production Process: Mine Iron Slab H.R. Coil C.R. Coil GPI GCI In the factory AKS uses two methods of production: Sheet to sheet Continuous galvanizing line Vision: Our customers never are less than... [continues]

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The Supply Chain Concept

Supply Chain Concept Introduction In today's competitive business environment many firms face the arduous mission of managing their supply chain. In an effort to gain competitive advantage, firms must make key decision involving logistics and operations management to move products and service across the supply chain. The materialization and attractiveness of the Internet has made supply chain management more attainable for business enterprises. Research shows that Internet-derived technology has enabled companies to build and deploy supply chain management systems to perform key business decisions involving product flow and scheduling, process design and selection, product sourcing, layout, job design, and technology management. Implementation of supply chain management system gives firms the ability to publish information on a platform that can be accessed by the entire enterprise, suppliers, distributors, and customers all around the world. According to Gary Schneider (2004, p. 228, para. 1), author of E-Commerce the Second Wave, the ultimate goal of supply chain management is to achieve a higher-quality or lower-cost product at the end of the chain. This document gives a description of the supply chain concept and how it applies in eBusiness. Additionally, the benefits of the supply chain concept and the differences in the supply chain between a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) site compare to a Business-to-Business (B2B) site are explored. The concept of the Supply Chain The interaction between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and consumers is important to understanding the supply chain concept. Schneider (2004, p. 544) defines the supply chain as "the part of an industry value chain that precedes a particular strategic business unit. It includes the network of suppliers, transportation firms, and brokers that combine to provide a material or service to the strategic business unit". A simple example of the supply chain concept explained by Wu...[continues]