CASE: PETRIE’S ELECTRONICS Determining Systems Requirements Although the customer loyalty project at Petrie’s Electronics had gone slowly at first‚ the past few weeks had been fast paced and busy‚ Jim Watanabe‚ the project manager‚ thought to himself. He had spent much of his time planning and conducting interviews with key stakeholders inside the company. He had also worked with the marketing group to put together some focus groups made up of loyal customers‚ to get some ideas about what they
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Chapter 1: electronic commerce (EC) The process of buying‚ selling‚ or exchanging products‚ services‚ or information via computer networks‚ including the internet e-business A broader definition of EC that includes not just the buying and selling of goods and services‚ but also servicing customers‚ collaborating with business partners‚ conducting e-learning‚ and conducting electronic transactions within an organization Pure and Partial E-Commerce Partial e-commerce is when a company
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Bolster Electronics: Dealing With Dealer Demands SITUATION ANALYSIS Northern Alberta‚ the oil sands development area surrounding Fort McMurray‚ is the fastest growing economic area in Canada for several years. Obviously Bolster’s total market share in this area was the highest with one third of the total market share it held national wide. Vickers based in Edmonton‚ Alberta covered 50% of the local market share and 75% of servicing in that area in spite having a national distributor‚ National
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Assignment 1 - Petrie Electronics Case Study As a project manager Jim was able to subdivide the overall system into a set of components. For example he understood the importance of having representatives from the COO and marketing. Jim was also flexible to change. Although he was not expecting to have representatives for the COO and marketing to be on the team and be directly reporting to their supervisors he handled the situation well. Last but not the least he made sure that he has representatives
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Decision Rationale Decision 1 In determining our initial strategy‚ we knew that we wanted to focus on the product that would be most profitable and key in on features that are important to the customer. Looking at product sales in 2008‚ the NiMH sold 28.0 M units and the Ultracapacitor sold only 4.3 M units. Based on these sales‚ the NiMH generated $280.3 M and the Ultracapacitor generated $86.2 M. In addition‚ when reviewing the Income Statement‚ the NiMH produced a profitable contribution in
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Novotel Pacific Bay Resort An economic enterprise operating at a local scale Location Pacific Bay Resort is located on Charlesworth Bay‚ three kilometres north of Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. It is located on the Pacific Highway and is about 7 hours from Sydney and 5 hours from Brisbane by car. It is about one and quarter hours by plane from Sydney. There are many features that attract tourists to the region. Coffs Harbour is an established tourist centre in NSW‚ with the CSIRO
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brush and other tools in the other‚ I walked through the dirt‚ sand and insect infested grasses‚ for about a half mile‚ to the bay. Sliding on my dad’s old fishing waders‚ men’s size 9 boots‚ which were way too big on me‚ and almost falling trying to pull them on. Stepping into the quiet bay‚ disrupting the gentle waves left un touches from the day before‚ I embarked into the bay‚ ready to spend hours cleaning ten dirty oyster cages‚ already more dirtier than last week when I cleaned them. The constant
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variables. We will discuss the background of Global Electronics‚ Inc. and their situation and then we will expand upon the signs that reveal that a costing system is not supporting management decision making. We will discuss the differences between traditional volume-based cost systems and ABC systems in terms of their ability to support decision-making in addition to the steps related to designing an ABC model. BACKGROUND Global Electronics‚ Inc. (GEI) is headquartered in Sarasota‚ Florida.
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1. KLF Electronics is an American manufacturer of electronic equipment. The company has a single manufacturing facility in San Jose California. (20 points) KLF Electronics distributes its products through five regional warehouses located in Atlanta‚ Boston‚ Chicago‚ Dallas‚ and Los Angeles. In the current distribution system‚ the United States is partitioned into five major markets‚ each of which is served by a single regional warehouse. Customers‚ typically retail outlets‚ receive items directly
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Botany Bay‚ an open oceanic embayment‚[2] is located in Sydney‚ New South Wales‚ Australia‚ 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district. Botany Bay has its source in the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cooks River at Kyeemagh and flows 10 km (6 mi) to the east before meeting its mouth‚ the Tasman Sea‚ midpoint between La Perouse and Kurnell. The total catchment area of the bay is approximately 55 km2 (21 sq mi) and the area surrounding the bay is generally
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