Q: 3 (A) What factors must a firm consider while addressing the make or buy decision? Ans: International Operations management and corporate strategy: Operations management of an International business needs to be integrated with the firm’s corporate strategy. The central role of operations management is to create the potential for achieving superior value for the firm. If operations management takes Rs. 100 worth of inputs and brings out product worth Rs. 150‚ it has crated considerable value
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By the end of the 1960s‚ Lockheed established itself as the leading high-tech military aircraft manufacturer with a significant competitive advantage in speed‚ performance‚ efficiency‚ safety and ease of handling. Lockheed’s product portfolio included interceptors (T33 Shooting Star and F104 Starfighter)‚ transport aircraft (C141 Starlifter) and special reconnaissance (U2 Spy Plane and YF12 or SR71 Blackbird). All of these aircraft featured a very sleek or streamlined look‚ plus utilized special
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1 Marketing Plan Sample Félina FLAM Maxime FONTAINE Anne ULRICH 2 Company profile - AIRBUS • Founded in 1970 • Headquarter in Toulouse • One of the world‘s leading manufacturer of aircrafts • Subsidiary of EADS‚ a European airspace company 1 Marketing Plan - Agenda 1. Strategic analysis 2. Achievable Marketing Objectives for 2010 3. Yearly Action Plan & Marketing Budget 4. Control Procedures & Criteria of Success 2 Marketing Plan - Agenda 1. Strategic analysis 2
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Airbus versus Boeing: When is Intervention Not Intervention? 1. Where do you stand? Do you think the EU subsidies and soft loans to Airbus are fair? Why or why not? What advantages does Airbus gain from free financial support from the EU governments? Are complaints about the EU government intervention fair in light of Europe’s long history of democratic socialism? I think that the subsidies and soft loans provided to Airbus are unfair and provide them with an unfair competitive advantage
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Boston consulting group (Boston Matrix) Company’s name: ChopChop (international chocolate producing company) Industry name : Confectionary ( Chocolate products ) Headquarters: Russia. ( Moscow ) Company introduction: Our company was established for more than 8 years since 2006‚ and it has recently developed to be one of the strongest international enterprise of chocolate industry of the world. We are the chocolate producing company‚ producing many varieties of chocolate. However‚ we has considered
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Stars I have categorized iPhone and iPod in Star category which means they both need further investment in product development and there are greater opportunities available in the marketfor growth. Latest figures reveal that the growth rate for iPods is currently 28% and for thoseof iPhone’s its 48%.Apple enjoys 60% more market share in iPod than its closest rivalScandisk in the market. In iPhone’s‚ Apple is not the market leader but has 28% market sharewhere manufacturer of Blackberry RIM has 41%
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Simplified Valuation Analysis for the Airbus A3XX Key Assumptions as of 2008 Price per Plane Number of Planes Operating Margin $225 40 17.5% Discount Rate Assumptions (a) Risk-free Rate 6.0% 10-year US Treasury yield (p. 8) Asset Beta 0.84 Risk Premium 6.0% Discount Rate 11.0% in millions General Assumptions as of 2000 Inflation Rate 2.0% Tax Rate 38.0% Results from the Model NPV = After-tax IRR = Pre-tax IRR = # planes sold by 2019 Capacity Constraint Violated? Required Investment as of 2000
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A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.chipsplace.com/helpful/Airbus/A%20to%20Z.htm#Abbreviations A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms (complete list found in back of PH) The really short list of Airbus acronyms and abbreviations: (before you get to it try to figure out what THS is) α – Stands for ALPHA as in α PROT. Refers to Angle of Attack. ACM – Air Cycle Machine ACP – Audio Control Panel‚ allows pilot to select which radios or interphones to listen to. ADIRS - Air Data Inertial Reference
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Number all the pages of your assignment and write your name‚ roll number and subject at the top of each page. (Detailed instructions/guidelines will be uploaded on portal) Note: Attempt any one question. ASSIGNMENT Questions 1 With the help of BCG Matrix (Boston Consultancy Group Matrix) of classifying the business of a firm into four distinct categories namely: Stars‚ Question Marks‚ Cash Cows and Dogs; please classify different products/ companies in the same industry. Questions 2 Please
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In 2007‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. changed their name to Apple‚ Inc. They made this change because they shifted their focus from only producing computers to producing other products for industries such as entertainment and mobile telecommunications. BCG MATRIX iPod iTunes iPod iTunes iPhone iPad iPhone iPad Mac Mac QUESTION MARK Mac * The Mac software in the Question Mark category shows their potential to either gain market share or degenerate to the
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