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An analysis of current supply chain best practices in the retail industry with case studies of Wal-Mart and Amazon.com
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1.6 Significance of the study The contributions of supply chain practices to organizational performance and competitive advantage cannot be understated. This study contributes to academia, policy formulation and practice. The focus of this study is a supply chain that belongs
constitute an excellent supply chain within the retail industry, based on a case study of The METRO Group (METRO AG). The thesis focuses on METRO Cash & Carry, the wholesale division of METRO AG. It analyzes existing best practices within the supply chain of METRO Cash & Carry and shows how specific activities support and
Supply Chain Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Novartis - A Case Study by Gourav Narayan Mukherjee Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis University of Miami, Miami, FL Submitted to the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY APPROACH Supervisor: Constantin Blome Research thesis presented by ... Through multiple case study research, the thesis studies four large companies from different industries. "Alpha" which is a company that desires to remain anonymous, GSK
The study is intended to assess the supply chain management practice and their impact on SCM practice with supply chain responsiveness and competitive advantage of the firm, and last identified the factor affect the SCM practices of the firm. The study employed quantitative research and descriptive as well as explanatory research design judgmental
sustainable supply chain Master's thesis 2021 93 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables and 1 appendice ... supply chain. The study focuses on the key drivers for companies to do sustainable supply ... was conducted as a qualitative multiple case study, and the data was collected with five semi-structured interviews. In addition, the sustainability and ...
SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PERISHABLE FOOD INDUSTRY IN THE US By Kudzai Dominic CHIWENGA Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences September 2019 This thesis submission is in partial fulfilment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy . I Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Networks: A Case Study of the
In support of the Supply Chain 2020 Project at MIT, this thesis identifies current best practices in retail industry supply chains, with a specific focus on mass merchandising and Internet retailing. ... However, there are many supply chain themes that are common among the two companies. Both case study companies have supply chain strategies ...
chain, creating a value chain where every link is profitable with an unwavering focus on teamwork, communication, efficient use of resources, elimination of waste, and continuous improvement. This report is a part of MIT's Supply Chain 2020 (SC2020) research project focusing on Toyota's production system and supply chain. The study
Keywords: machine learning, supply chain management, DataRobot In this Master's thesis, machine learning in supply chain management was studied. The goal of this thesis was to find out in which problems machine learning is suitable in the field of supply chain management and what are its benefits. The thesis was divided into two sections ...