Supply Chain Management and Agility Logistics - 3953 Words

Organisational Analysis Prepared by: Deepa Vijayachandran- 3376278 Jahan Sahatdurdiyeva- 308096 Emanouela Kalotova- 2708279 Reshma Thomas- 3384251 Contents Summary 3 Company Profile 4 Main Activities 6 Specialized Business Units 6 Agility Awards 8 Formal Organisational Structure 9 Existing Structure and Relevance to Work Flow 12 Organisational Environment 13 Technology at Agility 14 Organisational Structure and Environment 15 Organisational Culture 16 Key Challenges 17 Conclusion 19 References 20 Word Count: 3,868 Summary The following report will analyze Agility Logistics Company†¦show more content†¦In addition to that, in Darfur, Sudan, through Medical Corps, Agility financed a primary health care center to serve 13,000 refugees, and helped transport food to feed 43,000 people in Indonesia for the World Food Program. After a major cyclone happened in Bangladesh in November, Agility worked with the local government of Bangladesh to secure and transport food and bottled water to reach over 1,500 people (Kuwait Times, 2008). The vision of Agility is to assist in humanitarian projects, especially in terms of operational readiness and response to emergencies through the use of its strength as a company and its expertise in contingency logistics operations. The goal of Agility is to become one of the top-eight leading logistics providers and the revenue target to be reached by the year 2008 is US$8 billion through continuous investment and development in its existing infrastructure and capabilities. Main Activities Agility’s main activities are warehousing, transportation and freight management. Demand planning; procurement; inventory management; order processing and fulfilment; delivery to the distributor, retailer or end-consumer; reverse logistics; and invoicing are the end-to-end solutions of Agility. InShow MoreRelatedA New Approach For Scm1719 Words   |  7 Pagesdeal but when we are thinking about thousands for SKUs , components, suppliers , and manufacturing partners , logistic partners in eight different time zone is not a easiest task. Mobility, Collaboration and transportation are not so easy and it’s hard to achieve the profit from your global supply chain. It’s time to make your supply chain flexible and open to all. 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