Apple's Procurement Strategy « Spend Matters Spend Matters. Spend Matters welcomes another guest post from Ashwin Kumar of GEP .
In 2012 alone, Apple sold more than 120 million iPhones, 60 million iPads, 35 million iPods, 15 million Macs – staggering numbers, to say the least. The success of the world’s biggest technology company has come on the back of a robust supply chain network. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company, is one of its strategic supply partners that churn out tens of thousands of its flagship products each day. Manufacturing for Apple isn’t easy. Sales estimates are difficult to forecast, and for such complex products, the time to market is extremely short. Recently, news surfaced that Apple is planning to award more business to a relatively unknown company called Pegatron. Risk Diversification: Many analysts feel that the motivation behind the addition of a new supplier is to diversify supply chain risks.
For more interesting thinking on procurement, visit the GEP Knowledge Portal. Burt's Bees outsourcing dictates layoffs. Burt’s Bees intends to lay off at least 70 workers in conjunction with outsourcing its distribution efforts in Morrisville, but the company taking over the warehouse operation is expected to offer jobs to many of them.
Spokeswoman Gabrielle Prohn said the company, which is owned by consumer products giant Clorox, can’t yet specify how many people will be hired by the new distribution company, Exel Logistics Co., and how many will end up losing their jobs. “Burt’s Bees and Clorox are making every effort to see that people are keeping their jobs,” she said. Burt’s Bees, which makes lip balms, lotions and other products made from mostly natural ingredients, has a total of 355 employees at its Durham headquarters and its manufacturing and distributing facility in Morrisville. Exel will operate the distribution facility solely for Burt’s Bees. Prohn said the move puts Burt’s Bees in line with the operations of other Clorox companies.
ScienceDirect.com - International Review of Economics & Finance - Multi-sourcing as an entry deterrence strategy. ScienceDirect.com - International Journal of Production Economics - A survey of procurement strategy development in industrial companies. Macmahon pays for lost CSA contract with 11pc stock drop. Cut to pea supply contracts. SIMPLOT Australia has told a number of North-West pea growers their produce won't be needed this season.
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers pea growers group chairman Stewart McGee said growers in the early region would not be offered contracts this year due to the increase in imports and the lift in farmers production. "The pea yields have lifted significantly over recent years due to better irrigation practices and better farming," he said. Mr McGee said that the decision to not renew contracts would impact on less than 20 growers. "It's only about 10 per cent of the tonnage that comes from this area and Simplot will continue to source from the eastern side of Devonport, Sassafras, Moriarty, Deloraine, Longford, Hagley and Cressy districts," Mr McGee said. "Growers are getting better at growing and getting better at yields, the requirements for hectares is less and contributing to it as well.
" "Australia's vegetable imports are up 16 per cent from the year before," Mr Gurney said. ScienceDirect.com - Energy Policy - Structure and price adjustments in long-term contracts: The case of coking coal trade in the Asian-Pacific market. ScienceDirect.com - International Journal of Production Economics - Financial and operational decisions in the electricity sector: Contract portfolio optimization with the conditional value-at-risk criterion.
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To access these resources, you must agree to these conditions. ScienceDirect.com - European Journal of Operational Research - Contracting with asymmetric demand information in supply chains. Www2.isye.gatech.edu/~mwps/presentations/IRPMontreal06.pdf. Meijer gets OK to expand future Pleasant Prairie distribution center. Supermarket operator Meijer Inc. has received approval to expand its future Pleasant Prairie distribution center, which will help the company open new stores in Wisconsin.
The village Plan Commission at its Tuesday night meeting approved Meijer's proposal to build a 245,792-square-foot expansion at the 580,000-square-foot facility. It is on the west side of state Highway 31 between state Highways 50 and 165, in LakeView Corporate Park. Grand Rapids, Mich. -based Meijer bought the distribution center in December from SuperValu Inc. for $29 million, according to state real estate records. Plans call for a $25.8 million addition to be constructed on the north side of the existing building, said Jean Werbie-Harris, village community development director. The facility is expected to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. China's Falling Inventories Hit Hopes for Rebound. Www.glbinc.com/3PL_Selection.pdf. ScienceDirect.com - IATSS Research - Rationale for utilizing 3PL in supply chain management: A shippers' economic perspective.
Hankook Tire and DTM extend official tire supply partnership - News - Modern Tire Dealer. ScienceDirect.com - European Journal of Operational Research - Performance evaluation of distribution strategies for the inventory routing problem. ScienceDirect.com - Computers & Industrial Engineering - Positioning of goods in a cross-docking environment. The library's online resources such as databases, e-books and e-journals are covered by licences which specify the conditions under which the licensed material can be used .
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Keshet Media Group pushes into Australian with Northern Pictures partnership. Global distribution and production company Keshet International has paired with Australian production Northern Pictures to open Keshet Australia.
The move will give Australia and New Zealand access to Israeli media company Keshet Media Group’s scripted and unscripted formats. The Israel-based company formed in the 90s with Keshet International being established in 2000. It was responsible for the original adaptation of Homeland, Prisoners of War. Under the agreement, Keshet Australia will be jointly owned by David Haslingden’s Racat Group, the parent company of Northern Pictures, and Keshet International. Northern Pictures will have the rights to over 50 Keshet International properties, to be produced in the territory under the Keshet Australia banner. ScienceDirect.com - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review - Supply-chain partnership performance. The library's online resources such as databases, e-books and e-journals are covered by licences which specify the conditions under which the licensed material can be used .
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The price of European benchmark Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July closed at $102.60 per barrel in London, a drop of $1.31. The market sell-off followed a US inventory report that showed crude oil inventories declined by 300,000 barrels last week, less than the 600,000 drop forecast by analysts in a Dow Jones Newswires survey. Even more dramatic, gasoline inventories rose by three million barrels, whereas analysts had predicted a 100,000-barrel decline. The gasoline figures were "weighing on the complex," Again Capital trader John Kilduff said of petroleum investments. ScienceDirect.com - Logistics Operations and Management - 10 - Storage, Warehousing, and Inventory Management. ScienceDirect.com - Tourism Management - The effects of inventory control and denied boarding on customer satisfaction: The case of capacity-based airline revenue management.
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The report gives specific examples of clauses that aren’t compliant (and wouldn’t be compliant in NZ too). Those clauses are frequently used in NZ supply contracts. From our experience, most detailed standard form supply contracts will be in breach. Later articles will deal with: The impact in specific industries, starting with telecommunications followed by online sales. Introduction. Apple profits dive for first time in a decade. Vodafone to post FY loss on Australian arm. AAP, with a staff reporter Struggling telco Vodafone Hutchison Australia is improving its performance but will still report a loss in 2013, according to part-owner Hutchison Telecommunications Australia. HTA and Vodafone each own 50 per cent of VHA, which offers mobile telecommunications under the Vodafone brand in Australia.
"VHA has made meaningful inroads in stabilising customer numbers and financial performance," HTA director Barry Roberts-Thomson said at the company's annual general meeting. "Although continuing losses are anticipated in 2013, HTA expects improvements in VHA's performance through the year and into 2014. " VHA has struggled in recent years, with thousands of customers deserting the brand, complaining of patchy network coverage and poor customer service. To Streamline Your Business, Look No Further Than Your Inventory. By Lisa Wirthman. Chinese heat bends aluminium out of shape. German company Henkell looking to cash in on Australia's wine love affair. Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing. Retailers missing out on web hit.