profitability) The biggest slice of the cake A giant’s first steps Founded in 1888 in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes‚ De Beers quickly obtained a dominant position in the world diamond market. In just a few years‚ DeBeers became the leading company of an international cartel‚ mostly thanks to Ernest Oppenheimer and its heirs. “Common sense tells us that the only way to increase the value of diamonds is to make them scarce‚ that is to reduce production” E. Oppenheimer The Diamond “Trilogy” for success
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1- What are the benefits of communication: (20 points) • between levels (/retailer/OEM/warehouse/factory)? Students‚ playing the Beer Game for the first time‚ are typically enthusiastic about feeling the effects of insufficient coordination so drastically. • within levels (logistics/planner) in the supply chain? Different players who all know the demand distribution‚ manage the different stages of the channel. The interface was designed to help us visualize the material and information
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Boston Beer Company- Case Analysis You are the investment banker assigned with the task of setting the IPO price for Boston Beer Company (BBC). Prepare a research report to support your recommendation. As you prepare this report‚ you may find that you would like to have more field information than what the case offers you. However‚ the case contains critical information that gives you a reasonable basis to compute its valuation. In addition use the following information for 1995.1 Sales ($ millions)
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Brewing Even Better Beer Article Analysis of: Hoppiness is brewing better beer by Julie Corliss 1991. Julie Corliss has worked as a senior medical editor for Harvard Health Publications for the last eight years‚ and she was a staff medical writer for HealthNews‚ and she is a scholar in this field. Julie’s article is about how hops (Humulus Lupulus) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) have dramatically changed the way beer is brewed‚ and how these bittersweet flavors that come from beer change depending on
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“DEVELOPING AND FINANCING EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS” Experience from CRDB Bank Plc Samson Keenja‚ CRDB Microfinance Services Company Limited‚ Dar es salaam‚ Tanzania INTRODUCTION Agriculture is the leading economic sector in Tanzania‚ providing a livelihood to 80% of the population. It is the primary source of food and raw materials accounting for 50% of the GDP and a leading export sector. It remains important for achieving sustained growth‚ poverty reduction and rural development
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ALITALIA ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSYS STRENGHTS: -Food (“Best Airline Cusine” worldwide award 2010)‚ - Frequent-flyer deal (“MilleMiglia”)‚ allowing passengers to collect miles and redeem them with free tickets across the whole alliance. WEAKNESSES: -Image (always had money trouble and disorganisation is one of the principal charactieristics)‚ -Funds (it has been privatized in 2009 because of almost 10 years of debit – now it’s going good
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analyze the brand of Tiger Beer‚ the flag-ship product of Asia-Pacific Breweries Singapore‚ through SWOT (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats) analysis‚ competitors’ examination and its different marketing efforts by the company. This analysis is restricted geographically to the beer-consumption market in Singapore. Some recommendations are made at the end of this report with reference to the limits of the research for this paper. Company Profile: APB and Tiger Beer Asia Pacific Breweries
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statement and outlined business strategies. The most noticeable gap was the mention of “people doing the work are critical to lasting improvement‚” while the only mention of employees within the vision was that they “valued learning.” Mentioning employee value within the department’s vision statement‚ as well as describing why employees are critical to lasting improvements may help bridge this gap between the statement and strategies. 3. FAQs. 1.
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CASE STUDY: ECCO GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT Question 1 What opportunities and threats exist for ECCO? Opportunities Threats Political/Legal -Labour laws are more flexible in non-European countries. E.g. in China‚ there were labour costs are lower. -Ease of entering new markets due to possibility of improvement of employment rate in country. E.g. in ECCO expected to employ 3000 people in China. - Restrictions such as taxes etc. -Eventually corruption (such as China : they don’t
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lysDell Supply Chain Analysis Group 11: Mentor: Heidi C. Dreyer Sep-09-2012 Outlines • What’s direct model? • Dell’s position in PC market; – Dell’s competitive strategies; – Implied demand uncertainty analysis; • Dell’s supply chain capabilities; – Facilities; – Inventories; – Transportations; – Information; – Sourcing; – Pricing; – Responsive supply chain; • Strategic fit; • Limitations; • Challenge and proposals for emerging markets; What’s Direct Model? Several supply chain models in push/pull
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