Distribution involves making products accessible to customers through various activities. The objectives of distribution are to move goods, make goods available, reduce costs, protect goods, transfer ownership effectively, strengthen promotion, and enhance sales. Distribution channels involve producers, wholesalers, retailers, agents, customers, and users. Conflict can arise between channel members due to differing goals, roles, perceptions, ideologies, and communication. Channel conflict is categorized as horizontal, vertical, or multi-channel. Resolving conflict involves clearly defining roles and goals, restructuring channels, improving communication and resources, persuasion, problem-solving, and bargaining.
Wholesalers facilitate the distribution of goods between manufacturers and resellers. They procure goods from producers and pass them through intermediaries like other wholesalers and retail outlets. Wholesalers must make decisions about the best ways to store and move goods and services to markets. Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and consumption. It includes production logistics, which connects procurement to distribution logistics, and distribution logistics, which delivers finished products to customers through order processing, warehousing, and transportation. Major trends in logistical efficiency have emerged from advances in information technology.
The document discusses key aspects of supply chain management including establishing goals around profit and quality, understanding inventory levels and supplier relationships, managing quality and logistics, and integrating the entire supply chain efficiently. Effective supply chain strategies aim to coordinate all parts of the chain from suppliers to manufacturers to shippers and sellers. Creating sustainable and ethical supply chains requires safe practices, environmental responsibility, and disaster preparedness plans.
Marketing logistics involves planning and controlling the flow of goods from manufacturers to customers. It aims to meet customer demand profitably by making the right products available at the right place and time. Logistics more broadly refers to managing the flow of resources from origin to consumption. The document then discusses various types of logistics like reserve, military, inbound, third party and outlines logistics goals like reducing costs and maintaining transparency. It also discusses key aspects of logistics management like materials management, physical distribution and supply chain management.
International logistics-management-1220943204514096-9Sumit Palwe
This document discusses the concept of international marketing logistics. It defines logistics as the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient flow of goods, services, and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption to meet customer needs. Logistics has become more important for international companies due to factors like globalization and increased competition. An efficient logistics system is significant for fulfilling contracts on time, improving customer service, reducing costs, and allowing countries and regions to specialize in industries where they have advantages.
Developing a Cost Model for Sourcing Products for Different Distribution Channels. (Under the direction of Dr. Kristin Thoney and Dr. Jeffrey Joines.) Apparel sourcing operations are extremely complex due to the intricacies of a global supply chain. Sourcing decisions should not be made without an exhaustive analysis of supply chain cost structures. Landed costs must be analyzed for sourcing decisions, but they must be complemented by information of the effects of supplier lead times and consumer-retail interactions, which are critical to overall supply chain performance. A focus on cost of goods alone gives insufficient importance to the negative effects related to forecast errors when sourcing from regions with long lead times.
This document discusses key concepts related to product management including product classification, product mix, packaging, and labeling. It covers:
1) Different types of products are classified based on shopping habits including convenience goods, shopping goods, specialty goods, and unsought goods. Industrial goods are also classified.
2) Product mix decisions involve determining the width, length, depth and consistency of the product line. Managers analyze product lines to optimize length and pricing.
3) Packaging protects products, contains information, and builds brand equity. Effective packaging considers presentation, protection, identification, and convenience.
4) Labeling provides important details about products including name, ingredients, batch number, expiry date, storage, usage instructions,
Apparel sourcing is becoming more challenging each day. Can digitization make the processes simpler or not?
Check out this presentation on the future of apparel sourcing to know the answer.
Distribution involves making products accessible to customers through various activities. The objectives of distribution are to move goods, make goods available, reduce costs, protect goods, transfer ownership effectively, strengthen promotion, and enhance sales. Distribution channels involve producers, wholesalers, retailers, agents, customers, and users. Conflict can arise between channel members due to differing goals, roles, perceptions, ideologies, and communication. Channel conflict is categorized as horizontal, vertical, or multi-channel. Resolving conflict involves clearly defining roles and goals, restructuring channels, improving communication and resources, persuasion, problem-solving, and bargaining.
Wholesalers facilitate the distribution of goods between manufacturers and resellers. They procure goods from producers and pass them through intermediaries like other wholesalers and retail outlets. Wholesalers must make decisions about the best ways to store and move goods and services to markets. Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and consumption. It includes production logistics, which connects procurement to distribution logistics, and distribution logistics, which delivers finished products to customers through order processing, warehousing, and transportation. Major trends in logistical efficiency have emerged from advances in information technology.
The document discusses key aspects of supply chain management including establishing goals around profit and quality, understanding inventory levels and supplier relationships, managing quality and logistics, and integrating the entire supply chain efficiently. Effective supply chain strategies aim to coordinate all parts of the chain from suppliers to manufacturers to shippers and sellers. Creating sustainable and ethical supply chains requires safe practices, environmental responsibility, and disaster preparedness plans.
Marketing logistics involves planning and controlling the flow of goods from manufacturers to customers. It aims to meet customer demand profitably by making the right products available at the right place and time. Logistics more broadly refers to managing the flow of resources from origin to consumption. The document then discusses various types of logistics like reserve, military, inbound, third party and outlines logistics goals like reducing costs and maintaining transparency. It also discusses key aspects of logistics management like materials management, physical distribution and supply chain management.
International logistics-management-1220943204514096-9Sumit Palwe
This document discusses the concept of international marketing logistics. It defines logistics as the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient flow of goods, services, and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption to meet customer needs. Logistics has become more important for international companies due to factors like globalization and increased competition. An efficient logistics system is significant for fulfilling contracts on time, improving customer service, reducing costs, and allowing countries and regions to specialize in industries where they have advantages.
Developing a Cost Model for Sourcing Products for Different Distribution Channels. (Under the direction of Dr. Kristin Thoney and Dr. Jeffrey Joines.) Apparel sourcing operations are extremely complex due to the intricacies of a global supply chain. Sourcing decisions should not be made without an exhaustive analysis of supply chain cost structures. Landed costs must be analyzed for sourcing decisions, but they must be complemented by information of the effects of supplier lead times and consumer-retail interactions, which are critical to overall supply chain performance. A focus on cost of goods alone gives insufficient importance to the negative effects related to forecast errors when sourcing from regions with long lead times.
This document discusses key concepts related to product management including product classification, product mix, packaging, and labeling. It covers:
1) Different types of products are classified based on shopping habits including convenience goods, shopping goods, specialty goods, and unsought goods. Industrial goods are also classified.
2) Product mix decisions involve determining the width, length, depth and consistency of the product line. Managers analyze product lines to optimize length and pricing.
3) Packaging protects products, contains information, and builds brand equity. Effective packaging considers presentation, protection, identification, and convenience.
4) Labeling provides important details about products including name, ingredients, batch number, expiry date, storage, usage instructions,
Apparel sourcing is becoming more challenging each day. Can digitization make the processes simpler or not?
Check out this presentation on the future of apparel sourcing to know the answer.
The document discusses several key factors that affect the cost and importance of logistics, including: 1) competitive relationships between firms and how they contribute to costs and differentiation, 2) how product characteristics like value, density, and susceptibility to damage influence transportation and warehousing costs, and 3) how spatial relationships between manufacturers, suppliers, and customers are integral to reducing costs and ensuring efficient transportation of goods. Proper management of these factors is important for logistics optimization.
This presentation is about distribution channel management, the role of intermediaries, tasks, management, paradigm, strategy, dimensions. Solutions for management: ARMS Enterprise
Marketing is the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising. With the development of aquaclture, marketing strategies are needed.
This document discusses supply chain management in the textile industry. It defines supply chain management and outlines its objectives, which include meeting customer demand efficiently and reducing costs. The document also describes the various stages of the textile supply chain and discusses factors that make managing it challenging, such as its complexity, conflicting objectives among members, and dynamic changes. Finally, the document discusses the importance of branding in the textile supply chain and how strong brands can benefit both customers and companies.
This document discusses distribution and distribution channels. It defines distribution as making products available for consumption through direct or indirect means using intermediaries. Distribution plays an important role in the marketing mix by providing locational and time convenience to customers. Physical distribution involves transporting, warehousing, inventory management and order processing. Distribution channels are networks of organizations that make products available to target markets. Common intermediaries are agents, distributors and wholesalers. Distribution strategies include intensive, selective and exclusive distribution depending on product type.
This document discusses retailing, wholesaling, and logistics. It describes different types of retailers like department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. It also discusses non-store retailing categories like direct selling, direct marketing, vending, and buying services. The document then covers private label brands and why retailers develop their own brands. It defines wholesaling and the roles wholesalers play in selling, promoting, bulk breaking, warehousing, and financing for manufacturers. Finally, it describes market logistics and the steps involved in planning logistics infrastructure to meet customer demand.
Supply chain management involves managing all efforts to produce and deliver a final product or service. This includes sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, inventory management, distribution, and delivery to customers. The supply chain includes suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers. Effective supply chain management can lower costs and improve customer service. It requires coordinating processes like procurement, manufacturing, and replenishment across the chain.
There are three main phases of decision making in supply chain management:
1. Supply chain strategy or design which determines the overall structure and strategic decisions for the supply chain over several years.
2. Supply chain planning which involves medium-term planning decisions about markets, inventories, production and promotions.
3. Supply chain operation which handles short-term, daily or weekly customer order decisions and allocation of inventory and production. Effective decisions across these three phases are critical to the overall profitability and success of a supply chain.
Warehouse Receipt and Collateral Managementdearasthana
Warehousing and collateral management play an important role in Indian agriculture by allowing for the storage of seasonal produce until consumption periods. The development of negotiable warehouse receipts and their dematerialization has improved post-harvest handling by facilitating credit access and linkages between spot and futures commodity markets. Extension professionals can educate farmers on utilizing warehouses, negotiable receipts, pledge financing, and commodity futures to avoid distress selling and better market their agricultural output.
The document provides a calendar of events for 2017 hosted by the FMCG Club in Kiev, Ukraine. The calendar includes 11 events from March to December focused on topics in the consumer goods industry supply chain, logistics, exports, private labels, trade marketing, personnel management, contracts between suppliers and retailers, product category management, and marketing and brands. The events provide industry professionals opportunities to learn best practices, new strategies, and network with other participants in the FMCG sector.
This document discusses concepts related to supply chain management and logistics. It defines supply chain management as coordinating all activities from suppliers to customers to efficiently integrate functions. The value chain is described as primary and support activities that create value. Logistics focuses on optimizing flows within an organization while supply chain management seeks coordination between entities in the value chain. Issues in logistics and supply chain management include diversified products, short order cycles, and inventory control.
The document discusses channel and distribution tactics, including Bucklin's definition of distribution channels, the six basic channel decisions organizations must make, and potential influence strategies. It provides details on common channel intermediaries like wholesalers, agents, and retailers. It also examines Frazier and Sheth's framework of direct and indirect influence strategies that companies can use, and findings from Frazier and Summers on the frequencies of different influence strategy use.
Mother Dairy handles the supply chain of milk distribution in Delhi, collecting and processing over 650,000 liters of milk per day from hundreds of cooperatives. It pasteurizes and homogenizes the milk before loading it into specialized tankers for distribution to over 500 of its own booths and other dealers across Delhi. It offers various milk products and over 30 flavors of ice cream. Managing the demand planning and production scheduling of distributing such a crucial product is very important for its supply chain performance.
Ch 6 product and distribution strategiesAbdul Samad
This document discusses product and distribution strategies. It defines key concepts like products, product lines, product mix, and product life cycles. It also outlines the new product development process and how firms identify their products through branding. Finally, it describes distribution channels and factors that influence channel selection, including direct distribution and using marketing intermediaries like wholesalers and retailers.
This document discusses global distribution systems and international logistics for global marketing management. It defines international logistics as the conceptualization, design, and implementation of systems for direct flow of goods and services across national borders. The document outlines various international distribution channels, including direct channels like manufacturer agents and indirect channels like importers' buying agents. It also discusses factors that influence channel width and managing international logistics and ocean transportation. The overall purpose is to provide an overview of global distribution systems as part of a course on global marketing management.
This document discusses warehouse receipt financing as a means of financing agricultural value chains in East Africa, its challenges, and ways to improve it. It outlines the concept of establishing an organized grain trading market with transparent roles. Warehousing provides post-harvest liquidity for farmers, but faces challenges like lack of market confidence in warehouses and receipts. Improving collateral management services can help overcome issues and enable more agricultural financing by banks. The benefits of effective warehousing and collateral management include convenient financing for borrowers and more lending opportunities for banks with secure collateral.
The document discusses the supply chain. It defines supply chain as involving all parties directly or indirectly involved in meeting customer needs. It also defines logistics as planning, executing, and controlling operations to efficiently handle goods during transport and storage. The supply chain has advantages like increased customer loyalty, market leadership, and reduced costs. It allows minimizing time between production and sale. Potential disadvantages include weak leadership, difficulty measuring return on investment, and hard to change habits. A supply chain consists of three important parts: supply, manufacturing, and distribution.
The document discusses key trends in the food packaging industry between 2016 and beyond. It identifies five major trends: 1) Increasing importance of design and shelf appeal to stand out, 2) Increasing competitive intensity driving cost focus, 3) Growing focus on sustainability and environmental friendliness, 4) Intelligent packaging solutions continuing to develop, and 5) Increased e-tailing volumes driving new packaging demands. These trends will impact brand owners, retailers, and logistics providers by requiring more efficient and sustainable packaging designs that enhance the consumer experience both in stores and online.
1. Roland DG Corporation is working to develop an effective global supply chain strategy to meet the volatile demands of global customers.
2. Their action plan includes using the EPIC framework to evaluate supply chain readiness across regions, optimizing inventory management, partnering with transportation and 3PL providers, offering value-added services, and developing a global company with local reach.
3. By implementing a flexible, multi-local supply chain strategy customized to local demands and working closely with regional experts, Roland DG expects to gain a competitive edge over rivals and improve profitability through increased sales and market standing.
This document provides guidance on conducting research on psychology topics using library databases. It discusses identifying essential concepts and keywords for search statements, using Boolean operators like AND and OR, evaluating search results, and finding scholarly sources in the hidden web. Students are instructed to choose a psychology topic of interest, search relevant databases using techniques covered, and cite at least 5 sources for an assignment using APA style formatting.
The document discusses several key factors that affect the cost and importance of logistics, including: 1) competitive relationships between firms and how they contribute to costs and differentiation, 2) how product characteristics like value, density, and susceptibility to damage influence transportation and warehousing costs, and 3) how spatial relationships between manufacturers, suppliers, and customers are integral to reducing costs and ensuring efficient transportation of goods. Proper management of these factors is important for logistics optimization.
This presentation is about distribution channel management, the role of intermediaries, tasks, management, paradigm, strategy, dimensions. Solutions for management: ARMS Enterprise
Marketing is the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising. With the development of aquaclture, marketing strategies are needed.
This document discusses supply chain management in the textile industry. It defines supply chain management and outlines its objectives, which include meeting customer demand efficiently and reducing costs. The document also describes the various stages of the textile supply chain and discusses factors that make managing it challenging, such as its complexity, conflicting objectives among members, and dynamic changes. Finally, the document discusses the importance of branding in the textile supply chain and how strong brands can benefit both customers and companies.
This document discusses distribution and distribution channels. It defines distribution as making products available for consumption through direct or indirect means using intermediaries. Distribution plays an important role in the marketing mix by providing locational and time convenience to customers. Physical distribution involves transporting, warehousing, inventory management and order processing. Distribution channels are networks of organizations that make products available to target markets. Common intermediaries are agents, distributors and wholesalers. Distribution strategies include intensive, selective and exclusive distribution depending on product type.
This document discusses retailing, wholesaling, and logistics. It describes different types of retailers like department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. It also discusses non-store retailing categories like direct selling, direct marketing, vending, and buying services. The document then covers private label brands and why retailers develop their own brands. It defines wholesaling and the roles wholesalers play in selling, promoting, bulk breaking, warehousing, and financing for manufacturers. Finally, it describes market logistics and the steps involved in planning logistics infrastructure to meet customer demand.
Supply chain management involves managing all efforts to produce and deliver a final product or service. This includes sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, inventory management, distribution, and delivery to customers. The supply chain includes suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers. Effective supply chain management can lower costs and improve customer service. It requires coordinating processes like procurement, manufacturing, and replenishment across the chain.
There are three main phases of decision making in supply chain management:
1. Supply chain strategy or design which determines the overall structure and strategic decisions for the supply chain over several years.
2. Supply chain planning which involves medium-term planning decisions about markets, inventories, production and promotions.
3. Supply chain operation which handles short-term, daily or weekly customer order decisions and allocation of inventory and production. Effective decisions across these three phases are critical to the overall profitability and success of a supply chain.
Warehouse Receipt and Collateral Managementdearasthana
Warehousing and collateral management play an important role in Indian agriculture by allowing for the storage of seasonal produce until consumption periods. The development of negotiable warehouse receipts and their dematerialization has improved post-harvest handling by facilitating credit access and linkages between spot and futures commodity markets. Extension professionals can educate farmers on utilizing warehouses, negotiable receipts, pledge financing, and commodity futures to avoid distress selling and better market their agricultural output.
The document provides a calendar of events for 2017 hosted by the FMCG Club in Kiev, Ukraine. The calendar includes 11 events from March to December focused on topics in the consumer goods industry supply chain, logistics, exports, private labels, trade marketing, personnel management, contracts between suppliers and retailers, product category management, and marketing and brands. The events provide industry professionals opportunities to learn best practices, new strategies, and network with other participants in the FMCG sector.
This document discusses concepts related to supply chain management and logistics. It defines supply chain management as coordinating all activities from suppliers to customers to efficiently integrate functions. The value chain is described as primary and support activities that create value. Logistics focuses on optimizing flows within an organization while supply chain management seeks coordination between entities in the value chain. Issues in logistics and supply chain management include diversified products, short order cycles, and inventory control.
The document discusses channel and distribution tactics, including Bucklin's definition of distribution channels, the six basic channel decisions organizations must make, and potential influence strategies. It provides details on common channel intermediaries like wholesalers, agents, and retailers. It also examines Frazier and Sheth's framework of direct and indirect influence strategies that companies can use, and findings from Frazier and Summers on the frequencies of different influence strategy use.
Mother Dairy handles the supply chain of milk distribution in Delhi, collecting and processing over 650,000 liters of milk per day from hundreds of cooperatives. It pasteurizes and homogenizes the milk before loading it into specialized tankers for distribution to over 500 of its own booths and other dealers across Delhi. It offers various milk products and over 30 flavors of ice cream. Managing the demand planning and production scheduling of distributing such a crucial product is very important for its supply chain performance.
Ch 6 product and distribution strategiesAbdul Samad
This document discusses product and distribution strategies. It defines key concepts like products, product lines, product mix, and product life cycles. It also outlines the new product development process and how firms identify their products through branding. Finally, it describes distribution channels and factors that influence channel selection, including direct distribution and using marketing intermediaries like wholesalers and retailers.
This document discusses global distribution systems and international logistics for global marketing management. It defines international logistics as the conceptualization, design, and implementation of systems for direct flow of goods and services across national borders. The document outlines various international distribution channels, including direct channels like manufacturer agents and indirect channels like importers' buying agents. It also discusses factors that influence channel width and managing international logistics and ocean transportation. The overall purpose is to provide an overview of global distribution systems as part of a course on global marketing management.
This document discusses warehouse receipt financing as a means of financing agricultural value chains in East Africa, its challenges, and ways to improve it. It outlines the concept of establishing an organized grain trading market with transparent roles. Warehousing provides post-harvest liquidity for farmers, but faces challenges like lack of market confidence in warehouses and receipts. Improving collateral management services can help overcome issues and enable more agricultural financing by banks. The benefits of effective warehousing and collateral management include convenient financing for borrowers and more lending opportunities for banks with secure collateral.
The document discusses the supply chain. It defines supply chain as involving all parties directly or indirectly involved in meeting customer needs. It also defines logistics as planning, executing, and controlling operations to efficiently handle goods during transport and storage. The supply chain has advantages like increased customer loyalty, market leadership, and reduced costs. It allows minimizing time between production and sale. Potential disadvantages include weak leadership, difficulty measuring return on investment, and hard to change habits. A supply chain consists of three important parts: supply, manufacturing, and distribution.
The document discusses key trends in the food packaging industry between 2016 and beyond. It identifies five major trends: 1) Increasing importance of design and shelf appeal to stand out, 2) Increasing competitive intensity driving cost focus, 3) Growing focus on sustainability and environmental friendliness, 4) Intelligent packaging solutions continuing to develop, and 5) Increased e-tailing volumes driving new packaging demands. These trends will impact brand owners, retailers, and logistics providers by requiring more efficient and sustainable packaging designs that enhance the consumer experience both in stores and online.
1. Roland DG Corporation is working to develop an effective global supply chain strategy to meet the volatile demands of global customers.
2. Their action plan includes using the EPIC framework to evaluate supply chain readiness across regions, optimizing inventory management, partnering with transportation and 3PL providers, offering value-added services, and developing a global company with local reach.
3. By implementing a flexible, multi-local supply chain strategy customized to local demands and working closely with regional experts, Roland DG expects to gain a competitive edge over rivals and improve profitability through increased sales and market standing.
This document provides guidance on conducting research on psychology topics using library databases. It discusses identifying essential concepts and keywords for search statements, using Boolean operators like AND and OR, evaluating search results, and finding scholarly sources in the hidden web. Students are instructed to choose a psychology topic of interest, search relevant databases using techniques covered, and cite at least 5 sources for an assignment using APA style formatting.
TWTRCON DC 09: Attensity, TwAitter, Tweet Feel Biz, PeopleBrowsrEdelman
TWTRCON DC 09 Real-Time Business Tools panel featuring presentations from Eunice Zachry Hill, Director Civilian Agencies Sales, Attensity (@attensity), Ryan Bell, President, TwAitter (@Twaitting), Jean Davis, Co-founder, TweetFeel Biz (@JeanMarie50 | @conversition), and Jodee Rich, Marketing Team Leader, PeopleBrowsr (@wingdude | @PeopleBrowsr).
The Use Of Computer Simulation And Gaming Tolotorres09
Computer simulations represent real-world processes through computer programs and allow users to learn through doing. Educational games and simulations are designed specifically to teach subjects or skills while making learning engaging. They help students practice concepts through interactive decision-making and problem-solving. When guidance is provided, games and simulations can facilitate mastery of domain knowledge and transferable skills.
The document outlines four problems with the current U.S. Electoral College system and proposes reforms. It notes that the popular vote winner can lose the election, small population states are overrepresented, the winner-take-all method ignores losing voters within each state, and "faithless electors" can vote against the popular vote winner of their state. Reforms proposed include a direct popular vote, allocating electoral votes entirely based on population, awarding electoral votes proportionally within each state, and requiring electors to vote for the popular vote winner of their state.
The document discusses making informed decisions through effective knowledge and information management. It defines key concepts like information, knowledge, knowledge management, and information overload. Proper information management is important for good decision-making and delivering public services. The document recommends implementing knowledge management tools and techniques to help organizations turn data and information into useful knowledge. This includes using records management, web 2.0 technologies, and addressing cultural and leadership factors to support informed decision making.
This proposal is from HoteliMarketing, an interactive marketing agency that focuses on the hospitality industry. It provides services such as search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media marketing, and case studies of marketing campaigns for hotel clients. The company is owned by Paul Adams and Andrew Meyer and is headquartered in Toronto and Winnipeg, Canada.
Social Media Meeting – это конференция, во время которой стартаперы и начинающие предприниматели смогли получить дополнительные знания из разных областей работы с социальными медиа (социальные сети, блогосфера, фото- и видеохостинги и др.), а также посмотреть реальные примеры проведения успешных кампаний в этой сфере.
In India, farmers often commit suicide due to not being able to repay loans taken against their land. The story is about a 10-year-old boy named Shyam who lives with his father, mother, and sister on a small cotton farm. After their cotton crop fails, Shyam's family faces losing their farm and home, and his parents decide on a suicide pact. Shyam overhears this and takes it upon himself to try to save his family by winning a sack race at school with a cash prize.
The document summarizes the key factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and outlines steps taken by the US government to address it. Specifically, it discusses how stagnant real wage growth, rising consumer debt, the housing bubble bursting, overuse of risky financial instruments like credit default swaps, and lack of oversight combined to undermine the economy. The government responded with a $700 billion bailout package aimed at stabilizing banks, boosting liquidity, and removing toxic assets from balance sheets.
The document summarizes a study on using the Citrex molecule as a prophylactic agent to inhibit bacteria in meat used for sausage production. The study tested meat samples treated with 200, 400, 800, or 1000 ppm of Citrex and analyzed its effects on coliforms, E. coli, total mesophilic organisms, and Lactobacillus genus. The study found that concentrations of 400-1000 ppm caused a significant bactericidal effect, and 800-1000 ppm produced considerable effects on Lactobacillus. The Citrex molecule was also found to increase the pH of treated meat to 5.7, which provides adequate conditions for meat processing.
SocialMediaMeeting – это конференция, во время которой стартаперы и начинающие предприниматели смогут получить дополнительные знания из разных областей работы с социальными медиа (социальные сети, блогосфера, фото- и видеохостинги и др.), а также посмотреть реальные примеры проведения успешных кампаний в этой сфере.
This document provides an overview of the goals and activities for an EXS 101 session. The session will focus on finding high-quality career resources and research articles in exercise science. Students will evaluate the trustworthiness of different websites and learn how to use the library catalog and databases to find career information, books, and journal articles. They will also learn about the peer review process and important journals in the field of exercise science, such as the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance and the Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
This document discusses leveraged investing and managing loan-to-value ratios (LVRs). It notes that most managed funds have an LVR of around 75% and are unlikely to fall more than 30% in a given year. It provides an example where a $100,000 fund with a 50% LVR loan of $50,000 could withstand a 30% price drop before reaching the 80% margin call threshold. The document also considers scenarios where the market falls more than 30% and advises selling units, using home loan buffers, savings or defaulting if the market drops over 60%. It stresses taking a long-term approach and watching for changes to tax rules regarding leveraged investing.
Zara is able to achieve high customer loyalty through a logistics strategy focused on segmenting customers, prioritizing quality of service, and rapid replenishment. Zara segments customers into fashion-focused younger buyers and sets priorities around short 10-14 day lead times. This allows Zara to introduce 12,000 new designs annually and keep stock turning over 11 times per year through a supply chain focused on quality of service and responsiveness over lower costs.
- Meditech Surgical produces endoscopic surgical instruments but has poor service for new product introductions due to high finished goods inventory levels.
- Demand is actually quite predictable since usage in hospitals is stable and market share changes slowly, but Meditech's production planning system treats demand as unpredictable.
- Issues include poor forecasting accountability, built-in delays in the monthly planning system, and tendency to shift blame rather than improve processes.
- To fix this, Meditech should recognize demand predictability, establish forecasting accountability, reduce planning delays, and potentially implement a pull system to eliminate bulk inventory levels.
This document provides an overview of supply chain management concepts. It defines a supply chain and supply chain management. Key points include:
- A supply chain involves the flow of goods from raw materials to end customers, including various stakeholders.
- Supply chain management aims to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores to minimize costs while meeting service requirements.
- There are many uncertainties and risks that make matching supply and demand challenging.
- Effective supply chain management can significantly reduce costs across industries.
This document provides an overview of supply chain management concepts. It defines a supply chain and supply chain management. Key points include:
- A supply chain involves the flow of goods from raw materials to end customers, integrated through information and activities.
- Supply chain management coordinates suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores to deliver the right products in the right quantities at the right time to minimize costs.
- Uncertainty and risks like demand fluctuations, disruptions and competition pose challenges for matching supply and demand.
This document discusses quick response (QR) and efficient consumer response (ECR) in retail supply chains. It defines QR as providing goods to retailers in exact quantities based on demand within short lead times to minimize inventory. ECR aims to further integrate retailers and suppliers through information sharing and joint planning. Examples are given of QR in fast fashion industries, where trends change rapidly and inventory becomes obsolete quickly, requiring rapid replenishment. The document also discusses trends in the grocery industry toward more centralized distribution and automation to reduce costs and improve availability.
The document discusses the strategic importance of aligning a company's procurement strategy with its overall corporate strategy. It emphasizes that procurement strategy is integral to corporate strategy and the two must fit together. The document outlines factors that create uncertainty in demand and procurement chains. It also discusses how companies can evaluate capabilities and customer needs to achieve strategic fit between corporate and procurement strategies. This allows companies to effectively balance responsiveness with cost efficiency.
This document discusses Xerox's approach to enhancing customer satisfaction in the copier industry. It describes the low, mid, and high volume copier markets. It outlines Xerox's product lines, pricing, distribution channels, and competitors through the 1980s-1990s. It details Xerox's focus on customer satisfaction through employee training, customer surveys, service guarantees, and internal measurement of service response times and billing errors to improve performance. The goal was to benchmark customer satisfaction in the industry.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on digitization and innovation in the professional textile care industry. The presentation discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted consumer demands and business models. It highlights opportunities for new markets and services through increased digitization, sustainability practices, and intensified textile usage. Examples from companies in Russia and the UK show innovative approaches like remote collection cabinets, shoe treatment services, and diversifying into corporate wear rental. The document emphasizes adapting to changing customer expectations around convenience, traceability, and efficiency through digital solutions.
The document discusses strategic planning in retail. It outlines the key components of developing a strategic retail plan, including deciding the store's philosophy, mission, and objectives through establishing a vision and conducting situational analyses. It also discusses formulating a retail strategy using Ansoff's matrix to determine options like market penetration, product development, market development, and diversification. Finally, it discusses implementing the strategic plan and considerations around ethics in retailing related to customers, employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
Vallen is a distributor of MRO and safety products in Mexico. It has over 30 stores and 2,000 clients. Key strengths include an understanding of the local market and relationships with large clients. However, weaknesses include a lack of variety in products and limited relationships with SME clients. Opportunities exist in expanding to other Latin American countries by opening new retail stores and developing new services. But threats include competitors being perceived as higher quality and having better distribution channels.
Barilla is an Italian pasta company founded in 1875. It used a vertically integrated supply chain but faced issues with fluctuating demand from distributors who lacked forecasting tools. Barilla implemented a Just in Time Distribution (JITD) system where it collected sales data electronically from distributors daily and used it to predict demand and make shipments, aiming to reduce inventory levels and stock-outs. The new system improved customer service, boosted cost savings and competitive advantage through more efficient planning and information sharing across the supply chain.
BlueBridge One: Trends in wholesale distribution, 2017.BlueBridgeOne
Analysing the new trends in wholesale distribution, looking at the major changes facing us in 2017 including Brexit and rapid developments in technology. Let's see how wholesale distribution businesses can continue to survive and thrive .
This presentation introduces the subject of Quality Management by describing the evolution of the concept of quality with a specific focus on the 20th century.
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Bats are insectivores, feeding on a vast array of insects, from mosquitoes to beetles. A single bat can consume up to 1,200 insects in an hour, making them a crucial part of our pest control system. By preying on insects that damage crops, bats save the agricultural industry billions of dollars each year.
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3. The challenge
Mexico
• Decline in Mexican shipments of
textiles and apparel
• Decline in Mexican textile and apparel
revenues
• Decline in GDP
• Mexican strengths
• Little leverage rate
• None toxic financial sector
• Mexican government policy: open
market, keep consumer costs low
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4. The new realities
• New realities require a new
business model
• Slow recovery in U.S./global consumer
spending
• Consolidation of U.S. brands
• Smaller inventories/orders
• Shorter supply lines
• New retail models
• Long term shift in U.S. consumer
spending patterns
• Post-crisis changes in China supply base
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6. Where MEXICO FITS in
• In 2008, Mexico was the second largest supplier of
textiles and apparel in the U.S. market
• Strong domestic market—more than 100 million
consumers, increasing demand for high fashion products
• Capacity—Mexican textile and clothing industry exports to
more than 60 countries.
• With twelve free trade agreements, Mexico has preferential
access to 44 countries.
• Competitive imports duties, Mexico implemented lower
MFN import duties in December 2008 and AD duties on
Chinese imports are in the process of being phased-out.
• Cumulation with CAFTA, potential expansion to other U.S.
FTA partners in the Western hemisphere.
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7. CANAINTEX conclusions
1. New textile and apparel market realities
must be seen as an opportunity for
hemisphere suppliers to reestablish our position
in the U.S. market
2. We compete with other world regions as a
hemisphere, not as individual suppliers alone
3. We must work together to address customer
needs, build competitiveness and promote
competition—not protectionism
4. We must exit this crisis more competitive,
more customer focused than before
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8. 1. Customer first
2. Industry transformation
3. Diagnosis
4. Customer Board of Advisors
5. Credibility
9. Customer first
Mexico Fits starts with Customers
Interviews with customers, ex customers
• High transactions costs: Restrictive/complex trade
agreements, customs and regulations
• High transactions costs: Customs and security
• Security, including fraud and counterfeiting
• Need a full package, including accessory suppliers
• Non-price factors: variety, design, development,
technology, flexibility
On the plus side
• Knowledge of the U.S. market/culture
• Reliability
• Proximity
• Partnership
• Transformation
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10. Industry transformation
1. Tightening controls on production
processes
2. Investing in logistics
3. Increased flexibilities
4. Upgrade worker skills
5. Guarantees
• Zero defect
• Full customer support
• On-time delivery
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11. Diagnosis: We will
• Raise production efficiencies to the highest levels in the
industry.
• Meet the highest standards for products and raw
materials.
• Provide the fastest response time.
• Guarantee safe and efficient customs clearance.
• Offer the widest variety of products and raw materials.
• Bring flexibility and adaptability to your sourcing
problems.
• Add value in each and every product.
• Be cost competitive across the full range of our products.
• Understand and find solutions for the needs and
demands of our customers.
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12. Working with our customers
Board of Advisors: Mexico, largest
textile and apparel exporters
Board of Advisors: US, main
customers and importers
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13. Benchmarking for credibility
Third party verified performance
measurement system based on
customer criteria for rating suppliers
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14. Closeness to customers and
benchmarking will prove that…..
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