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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
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Throttled throat of Delhi: Medical Waste Management at Sir Mange Ram Hospital during Covid-19
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Parul Sinha, Assistant Professor, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India and Dr. Rajkumari Mittal, Assistant Professor, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi, IndiaPUBLISHED DATE: 04/01/2021PUBLISHER: ET CASESCATEGORY: MARKETING MANAGEMENT, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0009; SCM-1-0009ACASE LENGTH: 10 PagesDESCRIPTION:The Covid-19 pandemic has brought forth unprecedented challenges. It has exposed the vulnerabilities of India’s medical infrastructure and waste management efforts in past couple of months. It has also provided the country with an opportunity to survive, revive and now strive to innovate the existing processes and design a responsible reverse supply chain for bio-medical waste management. The present case is about Sir Mange Ram Hospital located at Capital of India, Delhi. The hospital has been ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Innovativeness in Design and Development of Warehousing*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Pranjal Kumar Phukan, D.Litt. (Hons), F.I.P.E, M.I.E, F.I.S.M.E, M.IODPUBLISHED DATE: 30/11/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - FLAMECATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0008, SCM-1-0008ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:**ET Cases – FLAME Industry Experience Case Award - 2017 Innovation could be recognized as a key success factor in an increasingly competitiveness in this complex environment. The act of innovating can provide a firm with the capability to capture a substantial level of market share or create an entirely new market opportunity that enables a firm to reap supernormal profits. Warehouses are in an exciting era where design and innovation is shaping the industry for the better. Technology, productivity ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Grofers: A Case Study of Influencing Factors and Constraints in an E-Commerce Driven Supply Chain*
AUTHOR(S) : Sunita Guru - Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Neha - Institute of Management, Nirma University, AhmedabadPUBLISHED DATE: 15/02/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0007, SCM-1-0007ACASE LENGTH: 14 PagesDESCRIPTION:**IIM RAIPUR – ET CASES Award (GSMC 2017) - For Showcasing a Futuristic and Progressive Idea The on-demand pickup and delivery service market has rapidly evolved in all major urban centers in India. Major players such as Grofers, Bigbasket, ZopNow etc., provide such services across many verticals such as packaged goods, cosmetics, fresh foods and so on. Designing and maintaining a scalable, cost-efficient & flexible supply chain is a major challenge. This case study narrates how Grofers, ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Building Vendor Relationship through Purchase to Payment Policy: A Case Study of FMCG Organization*
AUTHOR(S) : Aswini Anandane (Dept. of Management Studies), Dr. S. Riasudeen (Research Supervisor, Dept. of Management Studies), and Dhruv Shankar Dutta (Research Scholar, Dept. of Management Studies) - Pondicherry UniversityPUBLISHED DATE: 13/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0003, SCM-1-0003ACASE LENGTH: 8 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case study analyses the payment system of a leading FMCG Company in India regarding the payment release policy to its vendors. The company outsourced its payment system to a leading software organization for releasing the payment through NEFT and Cheque, if the credit limit is within three days the company itself makes direct payment to its suppliers. In spite of such a regulated policy the company delayed the payment to its vendors due to tracking system. This caused delay in supply of goods ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Network Instruments Inc.: The Warehousing Dilemma
AUTHOR(S) : Sandeep Chatterjee, IIM Kozhikode and Associate Director, KPMGPUBLISHED DATE: 11/03/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: SCM-2-0006, SCM-2-0006ACASE LENGTH: 8 PagesDESCRIPTION:This caselet is a classic example of how to setup an optimized end-to-end supply chain. The very complex nature of the hi-tech industry poses further challenge to the cost elements involved in the supply chain. The case gives an overall perspective of Leg 1 and Leg 2 logistics and the complexities involved as the number of stakeholders increase in the supply chain. The caselet has a number of exhibits which details out the lead time, sales figures and the various cost elements in the supply ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Polycab: Setting up the End-to-End Supply Chain
AUTHOR(S) : Sandeep Chatterjee, IIM Kozhikode (Batch of 2003) and Associate Director, KPMGPUBLISHED DATE: 25/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0005, SCM-1-0005ACASE LENGTH: 17 PagesDESCRIPTION:Polycab, India's No. 1 cable and wire company has come quite far from its humble beginning. However, as it is expanding into newer areas, there is a need to set up a strong end-to-end supply chain network. This case study looks at the various business functions of Polycab and tries to find answers to the challenges and what needs to be done to support its expansion plans.read more
Pedagogical Objectives To understand the stakeholders in the supply chain for a cable and wire manufacturer To appreciate ...SHOW DETAILS -
New Asia Group: Fibre to Fabric
AUTHOR(S) : Sandeep Chatterjee, IIM Kozhikode (Batch of 2003) and Associate Director, KPMGPUBLISHED DATE: 06/01/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: SCM-1-0004, SCM-1-0004ACASE LENGTH: 31 PagesDESCRIPTION:New Asia Group (NAG) is a powerhouse in textiles in Bangladesh. From a humble beginning of a printing and dyeing unit, the company went through a series of forward and backward integration and is the only integrated textile manufacturing company in Bangladesh (spinning, fabric and readymade garments). Presently, NAG has six group companies, with an expanded product portfolio from woolens to denim. The next step in the journey is to move from being a contract manufacturer to a design house and ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
A Chicken Story Gone Wrong?
AUTHOR(S) : Sandeep ChatterjeePUBLISHED DATE: 05/05/2015PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT , SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: SCM-2-0001, SCM-2-0001ACASE LENGTH: 5 PagesDESCRIPTION:This caselet tries to analyze the problems faced by Reddy Poultry Farms Limited (RPFL) where they had overestimated the poultry market and to add to their further woes, competition was fast catching up. The prices of chicken and eggs had plummeted. They had excess supply and hence had to sell the live birds at various levels of their life cycle at lower than cost price to minimize losses. RPFL tried to venture into packaged meat business as margins were more in this business, but because of the Indian ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Strategic Network Optimization at Tetra India
AUTHOR(S) : Sandeep ChatterjeePUBLISHED DATE: 05/05/2015PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT , SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: SCM-2-0002, SCM-2-0002ACASE LENGTH: 6 pagesDESCRIPTION:read more
This caselet examines the problem of spiraling supply chain costs at Tetra India, an FMCG company engaged in the business of edible oil and popcorn. Multiple layers of costs are involved in an assorted process, ranging from procurement costs, transportation costs, manufacturing costs, distribution costs, ordering costs to opportunity costs. Any kind of supply chain network entails to be global optima rather than local optima. The caselet takes into account multiple suppliers, factory, warehouse, ...SHOW DETAILS