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E-Procurement and the Purchasing Process

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Jan 18, 2011

Background: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Background Six Sigma traces its origins to the quest to achieve higher quality at Motorola. This quest began in 1979 when executive Art Sundry proclaimed, “The real problem at Motorola…

Jan 18, 2011

Methodology: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Methodology To benchmark risk planning and mitigation practices, we conducted a series of focused interviews and captured various insights into the area of supply chain disruptions. We interviewed executives from…

Jan 18, 2011

Introduction: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Introduction Recently the topic of Enterprise Risk Management appears at the top of many corporate agendas. Although most discussions on risk management are confined to financial reporting and internal controls…

Jan 18, 2011

Executive Summary: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

Executive Summary Low-cost sourcing has now become a staple of competitive strategy in many retail and manufacturing sectors. As organizations source a greater proportion of manufactured products from China, India,…

Jan 18, 2011

Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruption to the Supply Chain

Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions Certain attributes of a company’s global supply chain environment may amplify or mitigate the impact of disruptions. In the case of Nokia and Ericsson, one…

Jan 18, 2011

How Do Supply Chain Risks Occur?: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain

How Do Supply Chain Risks Occur? Supply chain risk management systems comprise the set of systems and processes used to manage supply chain disruptions. Disruptions are defined as major breakdowns…

Jan 18, 2011

References: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

References 1 Harry, M., & Schroeder, R. 2000. Six Sigma. New York. Currency. 2 Statistical Six Sigma Definition. http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c010101a.asp. Accessed on April 3, 2003. 3 Hahn, G. J., Hill, W.…

Jan 18, 2011

Future Developments: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Future Developments If corporations continue to increase their use of manufacturing and services outsourcing, then the demand for supplier evaluation should increase. It should also follow that there will be…

Dec 2, 2003

Cash to Cash: Toyota, Inventory Management and Heijunka

Both Accounting and Supply Chain professionals rely on Cash to Cash (C2C) measures to make processes more efficient and cost-effective. C2C is generally the number of days it takes to…

Oct 22, 2003

E-Procurement and the Purchasing Process

Many organizations are beginning to re-evaluate their purchasing processes, and identify new types of e-procurement tools that will meet their needs. This summer, Karl Mundt and Mark Benson have been…