Inventory management and supply chain by maria grazia roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452 clil cl V afm en-us 2017-03-16 21:35:14 UTC 2023-02-10 18:11:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 1) what is supply chain? mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160668162 A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities involve the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. Many business units are part of this system and each of them have to handle materials and move  them forward to the end consumer. This materials can stay for some time in the warehouse or in the stock department so they are called inventory or stock.]]> 2017-03-16 21:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160668162 2) inventory or stock mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160668872 are the goods or materials that a business holds for the purpose to resale or to use them.
what sort of material  can a business have in its stock?
- raw materials
- partially finished products
- finished products ready fr sale]]> 2017-03-16 21:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160668872 3) inventory or stock management mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670001 Stock management is the function of understanding the stock mix of a company and the different demands on that stock. The demands are influenced by both external and internal factors and are balanced by the creation of purchase order requests to keep supplies at a reasonable or prescribed level.

]]> 2017-03-16 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670001 4) reasons for keeping materials in stock mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670590 (write down your answer)]]> 2017-03-16 22:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670590 5) reason for not keeping high inventory level mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670664 (write down your answer)]]> 2017-03-16 22:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670664 6)what is Just in time? mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670759 A model for managing inventories and the whole of manifacturing process...created by Toyota]]> 2017-03-16 22:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160670759 7)advantages and disadvantages of JiT mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160671434 is it Jit suitable for any business?]]> 2017-03-16 22:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160671434 8) Amazon retail revolution mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160672456 Stock management in the retail stores follows this  line:
1.Request for new stock from stores to head office
2. Head office issues purchase orders to the vendor
3.Vendor ships the goods
4. Warehouse receives the goods
5. Warehouse stores and distributes to the stores
6. Shops and/or consumers (e.g. wholesale shops) receive the goods
7. Goods are sold to customers at the shops.

Is this still true today? What did it happen when first the internet was used for shopping on line?
How Amazon has changed consumers' way of shopping  and also their lives?
]]> 2017-03-16 22:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160672456 9) Question about Amazon video mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160673939 Answer the following questions
  1. What are the main Amazon principles?
Our Leadership Principles aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. These Principles work hard, just like we do. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. It’s just one of the things that makes Amazon peculiar.
  1. How did Amazon business begin? This startup story features Jeffrey P. Bezos, the innovative founder of Amazon. The company, which now generates over $61 Billion in Revenue and holds the title as the world’s largest  online retailer, was started out iBezos’s garage at 30 years old. SIMONE TRISSINI
  2. Why were books a convenient article to sell on line?  Because they were non perishable goods so they had a longer shelf life, less chance of getting outdated as compared to apparels or electronic devices. Dejan Atanasov
  3. What was the job of JB before starting Amazon?
JB was an american engineer, tecnology and retail entrepreneur. SIMONE TRISSINI
  1. Where did he live and where he moved in nineties?
he lived in Compton and in nineties he moved to Seattle
  1. Why did he go west?
  2. What was happening in the middle of the nineties in USA?  In 1994 there was this idea the internet is going to be powerful enough that you can use it to create a kind of intermediary between customers, shoppers and manufacturers. Ferrari Paola
  3. What was the attitude of the bookshop owner about Amazon? Amazon business is good news for some but bad for others. In Britain bookshops have closed at the rate of more than one a week. Lots of people go to a bookshop to take  photos of books and look for the price, then they use Amazon to order that book because they can get it cheaper. The bookshop owner says that Amazon's prices can make trading impossible for them. Sometimes they use their savings to keep the shop open.  Silvia teodo
  4. What was JB answer about bookshop owner’s complaining? Complaining is not a strategy, amazon did not invent the idea of shopping from home, according to amazon vision, booksellers are on the wrong side of history. SIMONE TRISSINI
]]> 2017-03-16 22:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160673939 10) pro and cons about Amazon retail system mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160674365 Write some Pro and cons about Amazon
Break the test into five o more parts and give them a title.
Find some data in the text about Amazon’s activity
How would you describe John Bezos after hearing the video?

]]> 2017-03-16 22:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160674365 11) NOW IT IS YOUR TURN! mg62_roggero https://padlet.com/mg62_roggero/a037y4ctm452/wish/160674622  GROUP 1  Find a short video about workers in Amazon and try to describe how they feel about their work

GROUP 2 Find a video describing new product or services Amazon is going to propose in the next future.

GROUP 3 Find a video showing new organization in fulfilment center resulting from using Kiva robots

 

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