Essays about: "VMI"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the word VMI.

1. 16. Towards an Integrated Supply Chain trough Vendor-Managed Inventory : A case study of the spare parts distribution at an international manufacturing company

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Maria Danielsson; Sofia Nilsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Vendor-Managed Inventory; supply chain integration; supply chain performance; supply chain collaboration and coordination; information sharing; collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment; spare parts distribution; international manufacturing companies;

   Abstract : During the last decade, research related to Supply Chain Management has got a great deal of attention. The focus has especially circulated around supply chain integration and centralisation due to the increasingly competitive global market. READ MORE

3. 17. Adjusting VMI settings for overlapping successive models, with stock-dependent demand and cannibalization: A case study in consumer electronics retailing in Germany

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Yann Roussel; [2012]
   Keywords : Vendor Managed Inventory VMI ; Cannibalization; Stock-dependent demand; Consumer electronics industry; Retailing;

   Abstract : This thesis develops a method to optimize the inventory-related performance of a VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) in retailing environments, for two successive products with overlapping lifecycles, under stock-dependent demand. The study refers to existing research in different fields, such as inventory policies and VMIs, retailing of substitutable products, stock-dependent demands and product lifecycle management. READ MORE

4. 18. Collaborative materials management : A comparison of competitive and collaborative approaches to materials management in SCM

   University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

   Author : Farzad Khaki Boukani; Soundous Boufaim; [2010]
   Keywords : Materials Management; SCM; collaboration; competition;

   Abstract : Supply Chain Management (SCM) presents the new paradigm in strategic and operational business management for the 21st century. By offering a cooperative and integrated model of the value-creation process in a cross-organizational perspective, it also places new challenges on business management methods and instruments used, in theory as in practice. READ MORE

5. 19. From process selection to supplier selection : a case study about an accessory purchasing department exploring JIT and/or VMI process collaboration with their suppliers.

   University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Mette Eisensö; Liselott Dahl; [2007]
   Keywords : Just-in-time JIT ; ; Vendor Managed Inventory VMI ; ; supplier selection; ; Supply Chain Management;

   Abstract : For many retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers, inventory is their single largest investments of corporate assets. Problems such as stock-outs and bullwhip effect due to sales fluctuation and poor visibility are normal for manufactures. READ MORE

6. 20. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) - An analysis of how Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Förpackningslogistik

   Author : Peter Gurenius; Johanna Wicander; [2007]
   Keywords : VMI; ERP; Microsoft Dynamics AX; supply chain collaboration; information sharing; Technological sciences; Teknik; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Title: ?Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) ? An analysis of how Microsoft could implement VMI functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX.? Authors: Peter Gurenius Johanna Wicander Supervisors: Ola Johansson, Department of Packaging Logistics, Lund University Per Lykke Lynnerup, Microsoft Development Center, Copenhagen Background issues: VMI is being increasingly implemented in companies and therefore Microsoft wants to have this functionality in the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics AX. READ MORE