Course Name: Global Supply Chain Management
Assignment 1
Instructions:
Please refer to the following before attempting:
- The purpose of this Assignment is to have students develop their basic knowledge of specific supply chain management concepts related to the course, Global Supply Chain Management.
- The Assignment questions should be answered in students own words using the course supply chain theories, concepts and applications discussed in the class.
- The Assignment calls for additional research primarily secondary research. Make sure to cite all references appropriately.
- The student will provide/submit a hard copy for their answer submission and provide a cover sheet with the name and student number, name of the instructor and course number and assignment name in typed Times New Roman 12 point font.
- Refrain from copying or sharing answers as the same will be considered “plagiarism” and students will not be awarded any marks.
Assignment Background
Gillette: Weaving 2 Supply chains
After Procter & Gamble bought Gillette, it faced the daunting task of managing the largest supply chain integration in consumer products history. Here's how P&G did it.
Picture two separate supply chains stretching around the world to 180 countries. Now picture weaving them into a single supply chain while taking out each and every redundant thread. That's exactly what Procter & Gamble (P&G) had to do when it bought the Gillette Company for $57 billion.
When P&G of Cincinnati, Ohio, bought Boston, Massachusetts-based Gillette in October of 2005, the combination made it the world's largest consumer goods company. By that time, P&G—which started out as a soap manufacturer 150 years ago—had become a global provider of personal care, household cleaning, and laundry products as well as such varied items as disposable diapers and prescription drugs. The acquisition added such well-known brands as Gillette razors, Duracell batteries, Braun personal care products, and Oral-B toothbrushes to P&G's portfolio.
Merging the two supply chains was a high priority because it would significantly contribute to P&G's bottom line. The amalgamation, company executives believed, could deliver $1 billion in cost savings and another $750 million in incremental sales—if it were done right.
But the integration was fraught with difficulties. "The biggest challenge was the sheer complexity of the change," says Daniel Myers, the P&G veteran who oversaw the supply chain merger. "The Gillette acquisition was the largest in P&G company history and the largest in the history of the consumer products industry."
Despite that complexity, by June 2007 P&G had completed 97 percent of the supply chain integration.
Any global consumer goods company like P&G must address the following questions regarding the supply chain:
Questions:
- Explain how P&G efficient and effective supply chains can improve customer fulfillment and cash flows?
- Discuss the development and shaping of supply chains in merged Gillette-P&G and understand their contributions to their financial viability?
- Understand the contributions of integrated supply chain management to organizational efficiency and effectiveness for competing successfully in the global market place?
- Explain the benefits that were achieved from implementing supply chain best practices by P&G?
- Explain the major supply chain challenges and issues faced by P&G currently and in the future?
Assignment 2
Please refer to the instructions provided along with the assignment especially Instruction4 requires to be followed completely. There will be no marks/points awarded for the Assignment submitted after the date of deadline specifically mentioned.
Instructions:
Please refer to the following before attempting:
- The purpose of this Assignment is to have students develop their basic knowledge of specific supply chain management concepts related to the course, Global Supply Chain Management.
- The Assignment questions should be answered in students own words using the course supply chain theories, concepts and applications discussed in the class.
- The Assignment calls for qualitative comparative analysis primarily based on secondary research. Make sure to cite all references appropriately.
- The student will provide/submit a hard copy for their answer submission and provide a cover sheet with the name and student number, name of the instructor and course number and assignment name in typed Times New Roman 12 point font.
- Refrain from copying or sharing answers as the same will be considered “plagiarism” and students will not be awarded any marks.
- The answers submission deadline is 17 November 2019.
Assignment – Comparative Analysis
LG Electricals and Panasonic
Questions:
- The Global dimension of the supply chain.
- Role of Logistics (Transportation, Warehousing and Distribution) in supply chain
- Demand Management, Order Management and Customer Services related to supply chain.
- Sourcing, Operations and Inventory Management related to Supply Chain Sustainability.
- Supply Chain Performance Measurement and Financial Analysis in place.
- Strategic challenges and Changes for Supply Chain in the future.
