Airlines‚ Gary Kelly‚ has been able to work with fuel companies to provide one of the lowest costs for gas than any other company. With his great knowledge and social personality‚ he has been a very effective leader for Southwest. The company’s core competencies is treating their customers with respect and showing them that they are valuable and treating their employees even better. Analysis of Southwest Airlines When talking about big airlines‚ the main companies that come to peoples’ mind are
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In operations strategies‚ there are many examples of strategies an organization might choose from. In virtually every situation‚ operation manager and his team should discover that certain issues or strategies are more important than others. An organizational should identify its goal of operational so that they can set their strategies priorities accordingly. Generally‚ most important strategies in organizational is cost effective or in other words to bring down the cost of production and operation
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distinct set of resources and deploying them in a well-conceived strategy. Companies should abandon the areas of operations and dispense with activities where they do not possess a competitive advantage and concentrate their resources where they could attain competitive strength‚ so as to focus on improving productivity and increased efficiency. The concept of competitive advantage has taken centre stage in discussions of business strategy. Statements about competitive advantage abound‚ but a precise
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Greg Fleming Assignment #2 Operations Strategy 5/28/13 BMW of Minnetonka BMW of Minnetonka is a well renowned automotive dealership that I have selected to write about. The company is owned by (TCA) Twin Cities Automotive group. The value discipline that we operate under is customer intimacy. I have been working here under management as an assistant for over three years now. BMW of Minnetonka has maintained its customer intimacy through the four C’s‚ target marketing‚ and ultimately
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Executive Summary In order to identify Verizon’s core competencies‚ a SWOT and Five Forces analysis was performed. The SWOT analysis showed internal strengths in technology diversification‚ a large and talented employee resource pool‚ and an expansive network footprint. Internal weaknesses were revealed that centered on post merger issues such as corporate culture issues‚ impending workforce retirements‚ and a lack of systems or process consolidation. External opportunities include the potential
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Thornton’s operations Analysis of strategic capability Thornton operates in a very volatile industry made up not only of fast moving consumer goods but one in which the consumer tastes and preferences continue changing continuously. Using Deal and Kennedy’s structure‚ the industry operates in one that has rapid feedback and low risk because of the fast moving nature of the goods. Effectively handling this kind of market according to Morden (2004) requires two elements which are a persistent management
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Question 4 Assess the strategic alternative used by the firm Burger King is the world’s largest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. As of mid-2009‚ it operated about 12000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide through a combination of company-owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Two major ways in which Burger King differentiates itself from competitors are the way it cooks hamburgers by its
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Additionally‚ Circuit City developed a core of motivated and knowledgeable sales staff. Circuit City employed a big-box strategy with stores that had a large footprint that stocked a variety of products (selection) and service that relied on economies of scale to achieve high sales volumes. High sales volume enabled competitive pricing‚ but it also resulted in lower profit margins. At the time‚ this concept was relatively new‚ and it related to a differentiation strategy. Circuit City was able to achieve
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The private sector and foreign investment are being actively encouraged. Vietnamese market becomes attractive for foreign investors. Recently‚ there are a lot of foreign investors come to Vietnam to investigate‚ explore new market. Up to 1993‚ there are 105 foreign investment projects getting the investment licenses from SCCI (State Committee on Co-operation and Investment). Total foreign investment capital is 972 millions USD. (See Appendix 1). The first place foreign investors come to seek
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3) Core competence / sustainable competitive advantage Online Services Division: Microsoft’s search‚ portal‚ advertising and personal communications services‚ including online information offerings such as Bing and the MSN portals and channels. Server and Tools Business: Microsoft infrastructure software‚ developer tools and cloud platform‚ including products such as Windows Server‚ SQL Server‚ Visual Studio‚ System Center and the Windows Azure Platform. Microsoft Business Solutions: A portfolio
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