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Variability in Quality and Management Practices in the Mango Supply Chain from Costa Rica

Zuniga-Arias, Guillermo; Ruben, Ruerd - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

Produce quality is one of the features of any commodity that everyone has an opinion about, but quality is a complex concept. In one hand, quality is the consumer perception about a certain commodity an as well it is a relationship between all the intrinsic attributes of the commodity. It is...

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Logistica - factor de competitivitate

Belu, Mihaela Gabriela - In: Romanian Economic Journal 11 (2008) 28, pp. 197-209

The paper presents briefly the supply chain and european logistics market. The role of supply chain has never been as critical as it is today. Faced with increasing global competition the last two decades, the popular reengineering strategy adopted by many successful companies to address these...

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Assessing Financial Stability of Suppliers: Avoiding Potential Distress

Diehl, William G. - In: Tennessee's Business 17 (2008) 1, pp. 16-19

OEM and Tier One suppliers must move to employ a comprehensive financial and operational review of their supply chain.

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Creating a Perfect Information Utility: Plan for Part Movement

Jones, Tom - In: Tennessee's Business 17 (2008) 1, pp. 26-28

Ryder is committed to perfecting knowledge of a part's movement from Tier One to assembly.

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HMMA: Hyundai Motor Manufacturing: The Forgotten Link

Kalson, John - In: Tennessee's Business 17 (2008) 1, pp. 20-23

A forgotten link in the supply chain is the time a part or commodity spends at a plant site until it gets assembled into a vehicle.

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Nigeria; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital...

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On the evolution of the spatial economy with multi-unit · multi-plant firms: the impact of IT development

Fujita, Masahisa; Gokan, Toshitaka - In: Portuguese Economic Journal 4 (2005) 2, pp. 73-105

This paper examines how the decline of communication costs between management and production facilities within firms and the decrease in trade costs of manufactured goods affect the spatial organization of a two-region economy with multi-unit·multi-plant firms. The development of information...

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Hong Kong SAR Economic Integration with the Pearl River Delta

Unteroberdoerster, Olaf; Chen, Hongyi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Hong Kong SAR's economic integration with the Mainland has primarily taken place in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Taking stock of integration trends, this paper discusses key implications for ensuring economic benefits of further integration are sustained and associated costs minimized. Besides...

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Linking Tribal Medicinal Plant Co-operatives and Ayurvedic Manufacturing Firms for Better Rural Livelihood and Sustainable Use of Resources

Madhavan, Harilal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The analysis brings forth the major issues in medicinal plant sector, taking Kerala as a case. The analysis, basically use the supply chain framework, focuses on the Southern Western Ghats part of Kerala, gives the picture of the lopsided sharing of income and hence the side-streamed tribal...

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Chains, networks and shifting paradigms: the UK defence industry supply system

Dowdall, Paul - In: Defence and Peace Economics 15 (2004) 6, pp. 535-550

Industrial supply chains have emerged as the focus of much economic and business research over the previous decade and … attention given to primary research undertaken on the UK defence industrial supply system. In doing so, the author assesses the … inhibited research development in this field. Defence industry supply systems are repeatedly referred to as 'chains'; however …

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