United Flower Auctions‚ Aalsmeer Introduction We love getting flowers; they are a symbol of celebration. When you have achieved something‚ when you are turning 21‚ when you are in love‚ when you have graduated… Flowers are big business in Holland. The ‘Verenigde Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer’ translates to the United Flower Auction in Aalsmeer. Most of the flowers purchased in the world are auctioned on a daily basis at the Aalsmeer facilities. This happens by bringing supply and demand together
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VBA is an intermediary between flower and plant growers and wholesalers. VBA provides a platform for growers and wholesalers to form a network. In essence‚ VBA acts as a platform provider to enable the exchange of flowers and plants between the two sides of the network. Biggest threat for VBA comes from the direct sales between growers and buyers‚ bypassing VBA as a platform provider. Supermarkets directly negotiate contracts with large suppliers to lock in prices and quantities in advance.
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Information Systems - Aalsmeer Flower Auction Management Consultancy Report Introduction This assessment work will consider how the use of modern information systems and technology might ensure the continued success of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. The report will look at the type of business‚ information requirements‚ information strategy which can help Alsmeer Flower Auction to cope with changing environment. Also will take into consideration the impact and effectiveness of a new system
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Analysis of Auction 1. 4P Analysis 1) Product As the Auction collects data from customers and customer center‚ it gives product suggestions what customers want to the affiliated off-line companies who supply products to the Auction. The Auction classify every listed product by specific categories‚ and the Auction makes both of customers and sellers satisfy their dealing desire by using differential marketing such as premium registration. 2) Price In the Auction
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Q4 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Flowers’ particular strengths? "I think their product line is a strength. They have a very diverse product line. They seem to have gone the way of trying to get into the organic markets as well. They are getting a little bit more involved with not just ‘plain old bread’ like they used to be. So I think they are trying to adapt and appeal to a broader audience‚ I would guess." Q5 - OE_Weaknesses What do you see as Flowers’ particular weaknesses? "As a shareholder
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I. INTRODUCITON Auctions are as modern as today ’s technology‚ yet as old as mankind. The Internet‚ however‚ has expanded the scope and reach of this market mechanism beyond the wildest dreams of its traditional purveyors. Unlike traditional auctions that were limited in scope‚ online auctions have brought this mechanism to the masses‚ providing them with an all-encompassing selection of goods they can buy or sell. In recent years we have seen the emergence of electronic marketplace that leverages
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Study Internet auctions appeared on the scene in the mid 1990s‚ and quickly became one of the most successful applications of electronic commerce. EBay‚ the premier consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Internet auction site‚ is generally held up as an exemplar for the industry. However‚ it is widely predicted that the potential transaction volume in business-to-business (B2B) auctions will be much greater than in the C2C channel (Keenan‚ 2000; Rosenthal‚ 2002). In the B2B marketplace‚ auctions were initially
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The Slave Auction Analysis Imagine being ripped from your mother’s chest at a young age knowing you’ll never see her again. Listen to the screams of the little children around you as you hold on to your lover’s hand for dear life praying to every god imaginable that you two won’t be ripped apart.-- “I got a nice wench starting at 800”.-- Your grasp gets tighter as they examine you from head to toe. The bids are getting higher and higher‚ tears stroll down your face. You look at the stone cold
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“The Flowers” by Alice Walker It seemed to Myop as she skipped lightly from hen house to pigpen to smokehouse that the days had never been as beautiful as these. The air held a keenness that made her nose twitch. The harvesting of the corn and cotton‚ peanuts and squash‚ made each day a golden surprise that caused excited little tremors to run up her jaws. Myop carried a short‚ knobby stick. She struck out at random at chickens she liked‚ and worked out the beat of a song on the fence around the
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Reverse auction Background Reverse auction‚ also known as downward price auction‚ is a kind of competitive bidding event where more than two suppliers compete for a single buyer’s business. During the bidding period‚ the price is driven down‚ as the suppliers compete for the chance to offer their specified product/service at a price which is set by the market environment of the reverse auction. Such auctions are commonly used by organizations and companies as a tactical way to achieve their
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