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Candidate Name: Cheekoti Rakesh Enrolment Date: January 2010 Candidate reference number: 099087849/1 Project Title:
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY ON IBM, UK
The main objective is to find out various aspects of supply chain management such as: Distribution Network Configuration Distribution Strategy Trade-Offs in Logistical Activities Information Inventory Management Cash-Flow Also find out what all changes IBM has experienced in the past years and what all changes have impacted the performance of the IBM. How IBMs ISC aligns and manages core processes, form performance related information and knowledge transfer.
3. Procedures: (Details of techniques, data collection, data recording, etc.) Explanatory research will be used and as it is a secondary research all the data will be collected from internet and case studies. Also various magazines, journals, newspaper articles will be used as the source of the information. IBM case studies will be used as the reference to find out the various factors which have affected the supply chain performance of IBM in UK. Various report formats will be studied in order to find out the structure which will be most suitable for the report formation.
MBA Dissertation
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Topic selection and background study Literature review Methodology Questionnaire Formulation of the report
required (Equipment, software, personnel etc) IBM Case studies and various journals. Internet ,Journals, articles and website data Journals, magazines, newspapers, articles, companys reports etc. Primary research with help samples approved Various available reports should be properly studied so that report can be prepared in a better way. Through the proper analysis of the report, recommendation and conclusion will be drawn
All the collected data has to be analyzed so that it can be aligned with the scope of the study Primary data After proper analysis all the data has to be arranged in the report form. Supply chain mgmt will be studied and evaluated. Conclusions will be made about the factors that ensure the company's competitive advantage over supply chain mgmt and recommendations will be given As used and applicable
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