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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark

Bogedan, Claudia - 2005

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

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Improving the Competitiveness of US Textile Manufacturers with E-business Initiatives Related to Supply Chain

Lauer, Christopher - 2007

This research conducted case studies to define the benefits, costs, and risks employed with the use of E-business in supply chain management. The case studies further explored the relationship with customers and suppliers in the supply chain based on adopting E-business initiatives. Open-ended,...

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Retailer's Order Policies for Supplier's Contingent Disruption

Chen, Chiu-Ling - 2007

In this thesis, three procurement policies (Backup Policy, Blend Policy, and Partial Order Policy) are considered and evaluated using a Discrete Time Markov Decision Process. The following factors were analyzed: retailer's demand distribution, holding cost, purchasing cost and supplier's...

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Pooled versus Reserved Inventory Policies in a Two-echelon Supply Chain

Ling, Xiaoli - 2005

We consider a two-echelon supply chain with two retailers and one supplier. The retailers order from the supplier who makes all the decisions and bears all the inventory risk. Throughout this dissertation, we consider two different inventory systems: areserved inventory system and a pooled...

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Economic Competitiveness in the Global Textile Supply Chain: Examination of Logistics Cost Structures

Cesca, Lynsey Anne - 2006

The purpose of this research was to examine the logistical cost structures along the global textile and apparel supply chain and their relationship to competitive advantage, strategy, performance and overall economic competitiveness. The topics were developed in accordance with the model...

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An Analysis of the Disruptions in the U.S Apparel Manufacturing Industry and Identification of Continuity Planning Strategies

Gupta, Deepak Kumer - 2003

The purpose of this research is to conduct an exploratory analysis of the disruptions in the United States apparel manufacturing industry. The specific research objective is to identify and determine the nature of disruptions and the continuity strategies in the US apparel manufacturing...

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Creating Lean Suppliers: Diffusing Lean Production Through the Supply Chain

Helper, Susan; MacDuffie, John Paul - 2002

Hon& of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of leanproduction to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for ?Best process?,?Best Performance ?, ?Bs Practice?), in which a crossfunctional team of persomel born Honda and...

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Economic analysis for Australian Seafood Chains: development and application of a generic value-chain model

Nath, T.; Islam, M.; Howieson, Janet - 2011

This report is the result of a study undertaken by the Centre of Excellence Science Seafood & Health (CESSH) and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) as part of the Seafood CRC Project improving the Supply chain for selected WA Seafood Products The primary objectives...

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A study of the engagement of SMEs in the supply chain

Schofield, Clare - 2006

This refereed paper was presented at the 29th Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference, 31st October - 2nd November 2006, Cardiff.

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EU Block Exemption and the international supply chain implications for a group of key automotive manufacturers

Fraser, Nuran; Fraser, John; Rivas-Rodrigues, Maria - 2006

Presented at the 33rd AIB-UK Conference 'International Business in the Age of Anxiety', University of Manchester, 7-8 April 2006.

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