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SUMMARY:Configuring international supply chains: an integrated operations 
 perspective - findings from research and practice - Dr Jag Srai\, Head\, C
 entre for International Manufacturing\, IfM
DTSTART:20100204T173000Z
DTEND:20100204T183000Z
UID:TALK21893@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Jo Griffiths
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday 4th February\, Dr Jag Srai will give a presentatio
 n on Configuring international supply chains: an integrated operations per
 spective - findings from research and practice.\nBusinesses have long reco
 gnized the importance of an effective supply chain\, one that integrates s
 uppliers\, enables efficient production and is able to service customers i
 n a timely cost effective manner. The design of the supply network\, linki
 ng suppliers\, producers\, distributors with their customers has evolved o
 ver the last 25 years from a basic process integration activity\, to one o
 f a complex network design task. Globalization\, new routes to market and 
 rapid technology change have resulted in changing industry structures\, of
 ten involving a fragmentation of the traditional supply chain. In his talk
 \, Dr Jag Srai reviews some of the exemplar models identified in our recen
 t research projects within the Centre for International Manufacturing\, an
 d how the ‘configuration perspective’ applied across different aspects
  of the manufacturing value chain can support firms to design radical alte
 rnatives to innovation and market supply.\n\nPresentation at 17.30 - 18.30
 .  Refreshments from 17.00 hrs.
LOCATION:Institute for Manufacturing\, 17 Charles Babbage Road\, Cambridge
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