ASU MBA Supply Chain Management Projects (2001-02)(2)

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W. P. Carey MBA Supply Chain Management

Corporate Projects (1999-2010)Previous W. P. Carey MBA supply chain management corporate projects are listed below.These projects addressed a broad range of topics within supply chain management, including

sourcing, operations, logistics, and integrated supply chain management. Sponsoring companies

gained the advantage of a fresh look at their opportunities and problems, as well as concreteactionable recommendations for improvements.

For more information about sponsoring a project, checkwww.public.asu.edu/~kirkwood/projector contact:

Dr. Joseph R. Carter

Department of Supply Chain Management

W. P. Carey School of Business

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ 85287-4706

[email protected]

2009-20101. Avnet Logistics: International Inbound Freight Cost Reduction2. Cisco Advanced Value Chain Solutions Group: Customer Solutions Investigation and

Supply Chain Capabilities Assessment

3. Cisco Customer Value Chain Management/Advanced Compliance and Social

Responsibility: Cisco Customer Value Chain Management Supplier Diversity Improvement4. Gallo: Large Format Product Renovation - Supply Chain Impact Analysis and

Recommended Alternative

5. Honeywell Aerospace Aftermarket Services: Integrated Site-to-Site MaterialsManagement Process Automation and Transformation

6. HoneywellAerospace Integrated Supply Chain: 3PL Modeling and Cost Reduction

7. Raytheon Missile Systems: Supplier Rating Systems/Supplier Performance CommunicationProcess Improvements - Leading to Improved Supplier Performance and Integration

8. Sun Orchard: Sourcing Scorecard that Links to Finished Goods Pricing

9. TASER International: Supply Chain Risk Assessment Process

2007-20081. Apple, Inc.: Apple Latin America Supply Chain Optimization

2. Boeing Company: SCOR/GreenSCOR Assessment of Boeing Mesa Integrated DefenseSystems Component and Sub-Assembly Operation Supply Chain3. Cisco Systems, Inc.: Beyond Landed Cost: How do Logistical Alternatives Stack Up?

4. Intel Corporation: Cost/benefit of Supply-chain Duration Reductions in Volatile Demand

Markets

5. Honeywell Aviation Aftermarket Services: Honeywell Aerospace Spare Parts DeliveryImprovement

6. Rockford Corporation: Rockford Fosgate Warehouse and Distribution Solution

7. Temple-Inland: Market Analysis & Risk Assessment for Direct Material (Wax)

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2006-20071. Avnet Logistics: Avnet Logistics Transportation Business Improvement and Market

Opportunities

2. Black & Decker: Inventory Management Strategy Model

3. Diageo: Wine Grape Supply Analysis4. The Hartford Financial Services Group: Variable Staffing Strategy

5. Honeywell Aerospace Global Strategic Sourcing: Supply Chain Services Tool-kitDevelopment6. Jazz Semiconductor: Freight Cost Reduction Program

7. Motorola, Inc.: Direct To Retail Strategy

8. Pulte Homes Inc., and Pulte Building Systems, LLC: Supplier Measurement Strategy9. Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems: SAS Logistics Outsourcing Strategy

10. Temple-Inland: Should-Cost Model Analysis

11. VF Corporation: Free Trade Zone Analysis

2005-20061. American Express: Prepaid Plastic Supply Chain Management Solution

2. Black & Decker: Warranty Parts and eBay Sales Process Outsourcing Project3. Honeywell: Developing a Decision Tool for Manufacturing in Low Cost Countries

4. Motorola, Inc.: Make vs. Buy Analysis Global Supply Chain5. ON Semiconductor: Development of a Make vs. Buy Financial Model to Support Sourcing

Decisions

6. Phelps Dodge Corp.: Analysis of Top Suppliers Readiness for eInvoicing

7. Pulte Homes Inc., and Pratte Building Systems: Improving Financial Performancethrough Supply Distribution Improvements in Homebuilding Construction.

8. Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems: Bulk Warehousing Strategy

2004-20051. Black & Decker: Outbound transportation cost reduction2. The Hartford Financial Services Group: Improve overall supply chain efficiency for The

Hartford direct procurement areas

3. Honeywell Aviation Aftermarket Services: Just in time replenishment system for MilitaryRepair and Overhaul Center

4. Intel Corporation, Corporate Purchasing - Professional Services, Global Sourcing:

Developing a process to enable a service supplier in a new emerging market5. Intel Corporation - Materials Capacity Planning: Material capacity planning

6. Intel Corporation: Contract manufacturer sourcing opportunities in Eastern Europe

7. Intuit Inc.: Contracting process improvement including an e-contracting solution8. KB Home, Inc.: Supply chain mapping and improvement

9. Levolor Kirsch, a Division of Newell Rubbermaid: Process improvements to reducesupply chain costs for Agua Prieta, Mexico operations

10. Medtronic: Mitigating supplier risk for new medical device products11. Sprint North Supply: Strategic distribution network optimization

2003-20041. Dircks Logistics Solutions, division of Dircks Moving Services: Cost-Benefit Analysis

Tool for 3PL Outsourcing of Storage, Logistics, and Order Fulfillment.

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2. Ethicon (a Johnson & Johnson company): Process Improvements to Reduce Distribution

Lead Time and Supply Channel Costs3. Honeywell, Industry Solutions (Air Transport): Evaluation of delays in the supply chain

and their sources

4. IBM, Integrated Supply Chain: End to End Supplier Quality Management System

5. Intel Corporation, Corporate Purchasing: Training Supplier Base Consolidation andOptimization Plan

6. Intel Corporation, Global Logistics Solution Services: Maximizing Intel's supply ChainPotential in China

7. Inter-Tel Incorporated, eBusiness Division: Total Cost Impacts of Incentive-Induced

Radical Purchasing Volume Swings

8. Raytheon, Space and Airborne Systems (SAS): Inventory and Warehousing BusinessAssessment for all of SAS

9. The Stanley Works, Stanley Access Technologies: Inventory Level Assessment/Process

Improvement Project

2002-20031. America West Airlines: Receiving Discrepancy Process Improvement Project

2. Honeywell, AES (Aerospace Electronics Systems): Identify and document a process for

selling excess inventory at Honeywell AES,Deer Valley3. Honeywell, Industry Solutions: Supply chain risk assessment process

4. Honeywell, Phoenix Repair and Overhaul: Supplier managed inventory process

improvement

5. Intel Corp, Corporate Purchasing, Professional Services Global Sourcing (PSGS):Determining the appropriate organization structure for Offshore Outsourcing and for Services

Commodities (PSGS) Market Intelligence capability

6. Intel Corporation, Long Range Strategies: Finished goods inventory reduction usingcontinuous flow procedures

7. Intel Corporation, Materials: RosettaNet benefits assessment process

8. Knight Transportation: Cost analysis and recommendations to improve financialperformance for trailer utilization in truckload freight transportation

9. Planar Systems, Inc., Global Supply Chain Operations: Supply chain acquisition

integration model10. Raytheon: Multi-tier supply base assessment and optimization plan

11. Sprint Corporation: Strategy for strategic supplier management and information

technology support

12. Union Pacific Railroad: Regional track store (RTS) study13. UPS Supply Chain Solutions: Quantification of financial logistics value propositions

2001-20021. America West Airlines: Chemical Commodity Process Review

2. Banner Health System/Materials Management: Analysis of Medical Supply Distribution

Options3. Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions (ACS): Obsolescence Management of

Electronic Component Technologies

4. Honeywell, Aerospace Electronic Systems (AES): Circuit Card Buying ProcessImprovement

5. Honeywell, Phoenix Repair and Overhaul: R&O Planning and Inventory Auto-Allocation

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6. Intel Corporation, Corporate Purchasing Commodities & Enabling Group: Application

of Supply Chain Concepts to Service Commodities7. Intel Corporation, Materials WMO (Worldwide Materials Organization): Medium-

sized Suppliers E-transaction Capabilities, Costs and Strategy Analysis and Solution

8. Motorola, Motorola Computer Group (MCG): Improving Inventory Management for

Engineering Changes and End of Product Life9. The Offshore Group: Develop ISO Compliance Processes Within the Logistics and

Import/Export Departments10. Phelps Dodge Mining Company: Haulage Equipment Supply Chain Study Total Cost of

Ownership Study and 6-Sigma Proposals

11. Phillips 66 Retail Marketing: Retail Promotions Supply Chain Management Evaluation

12. Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona: Supplier Diversity: Defense IndustryBenchmarking, Process Mapping, Metrics, Performance Gap Analysis to Raytheon's

Subcontracting Plan, and Recommended Improvement Plan

13. Raytheon Electronic Systems, El Segundo, California: Distribution TransportationOptimization Strategy

14. Sprint Corporation, Supply Chain Management (SCM): Supplier eCommerce Readiness

Assessment

15. St. Josephs Hospital & Medical Center: St. Josephs Hospital & Medical CenterDistribution Analysis

16. Thomson Multimedia Inc.: Improved Landed Cost Analysis Process for Thomson

Multimedias Passive Electronics Division

2000-20011. AdvancePCS: Corporate Mail Services/Materials Management Group: Inventory purchasing

model to enhance purchasing ability of AdvancePCS

2. America West Airlines, Maintenance & Engineering Division, Material Planning:Inventory ordering policy improvements and training

3. Avnet Electronics Marketing: Improving forecast communication and collaboration

4. Belden Communications Division: Best in class evaluation of key materials suppliers5. Honeywell, AT/BRGA: Define an improved internal parts change notification process

6. Honeywell Aerospace Supply Chain Services & Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. Aerospace and Defense Division: Competitor analysis to identify surplus opportunities inaerospace spare parts

7. Honeywell, Phoenix Repair and Overhaul: Supply chain e-collaboration

8. Intel Corporation, Corporate Purchasing Commodities: Structuring and marketing

purchasing services within a decentralized managed autonomy environment9. Microsoft Corporation: Small business supply chain automation opportunities

10. Motorola, Integrated Information Systems Group: Supply chain information flow

interface evaluation

11. Pinnacle West Capital Corporation: Evaluation of e-commerce (web-based) procurementsolutions

12. Tosco Corporation: Evaluation of supplier readiness for internal e-procurement initiative.

1999-20001. Allied Signal: Support of a project to outsource procurement of 50,00 low volume parts,including benchmarking for best practices, investigation of source strategy, and development

of a supplier evaluation and selection matrix.

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2. Beldon Communications Division: Assist the company in optimizing their supply base,

including a variety of tasks related to structuring their information systems and evaluationprocedures.

3. Boeing (Raw Material and Mechanical Hardware Supplier Management andProcurement): Assist a project investigating how to reduce the cost of Boeing Apache

helicopters, including an investigation of the use of kiting.4. Cox Communications: Analysis and improvement of processes within their equipment

processing center and associated operations.5. Honeywell (Industrial Automation & Control): Analysis of the cable assemblyindustry to help develop IACs direction with respect to cable for the next two years.

6. Integrated Information Systems: Investigate and recommend an approach for IIS to

use in winning market share in the supply chain management consulting arena.7. Intel: Investigate opportunities in the business to business online auction market.

8. Intel: Research, investigation, analysis, and recommendations concerning best practices

in merger and acquisition integration, particularly with respect to purchasing and materialsmanagement issues.

9. MicroAge (Quality Integration Services): Investigate how QIS can market their

logistics capabilities and move from being a cost center to being a profit center.

10. PCS Health Systems: Identify inventory needs and requirements of various PCS areasand to implement systems and/or business processes to ensure accurate inventory tracking

and ordering.

11. Pinacor: Investigate costing information for various products or commodity types thatPinacor warehouses with the intent of developing an activity based cost model to better price

their commodities.

12. The Vanguard Group (Individual Investor Services): Investigate quality managementprocesses in the individual investor services division, and recommend a quality program for

Vanguard to adopt.

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