Environmental contradictions: are we really green? In his May 6‚ 2002‚ Newsweek article “Being Green At Ben & Jerry’s” author George F. Will informs his readers on the questionable relationship between environmentalism and politics. He provides us examples to illustrate the contradictions in environmental policies. Will tries to show us how opponents of increased energy production are not necessary looking out for our country’s general interest‚ or at least many times they tend to ignore facts
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream Inc: A period of Transition Despite making the first yearly loss in 1994‚ the company’s health cannot be written off. The loss in 1994 can mostly be attributed to some irregular factors like debt due to the asset write-down of $6.8 million resulting from abandonment of complex manufacturing system and incorrect assumption about the value at the St. Albans plant. The introduction of the "Smooth‚ No Chunks" line in the same year also resulted in some extra advertising
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The Ben & Jerry Short Story Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Name: Jonathan Burnett Class: TTH 12:30 Date: Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Title: The Ben & Jerry Short Story General Purpose: to inform about Ben & Jerry Specific Purpose: to get the audience to think about how interesting this topic is Central Idea: Ben & Jerry Main Points of Body: 1. How Ben & Jerry met 2. How they started their business 3. How they contribute to the betterment of society Method of Organization: chronological
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Case Study Teaching Notes Video: Ben and Jerry’s Ice-cream Wars 1. What was Ben and Jerry’s ‘strategy’ in the video? 2. What stimulated the strategy? 3. Was it planned or emergent? 4. Was it successful? 5. How does this case help you think about ‘What is strategy?’ Were their decisions strategic? Yes‚ because: * Affected company as a whole * About scope and direction * Long-term Resource implications * Yes‚ they had to invest 5 pounds in a “correspondence course
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chosen to write about Ben and Jerrys and Haagen-Dazs ice cream. These are two rival brands at the top end of the market. I decided to write about ice cream because it is very popular and there is lots of information available about them. They also both have good marketing and promotional strategies. I chose to write about Haagen-Dazs‚ as it is the best known ice cream. It is the number one super premium ice cream with 43 % of the market share. It is quite expensive as it is about £5 for a carton on the
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Societal Marketing Concept on Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Ben and Jerry’s ice cream shop is a company found by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield back in 1978‚ when they began their company with a 12‚000 dollar investment. They opened the ice cream parlor in a renovated gas station in downtown Burlington Vermont‚ but after two months they closed down realizing that they were not making any profit. In 1980‚ Ben and Jerry rented space in an old spool and bobbin mill on South Champlain Street in Burlington
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Workplace Organisation 5 S’s WHAT IS 5S? • Developed by the Japanese • Workplace Organisation and Housekeeping System • Helps Create a Better Working Environment and a Consistently High Quality Process THE 5S PRINCIPLES • SEIRI – Organisation • SEITON – Orderliness • SEISO – The Act of Cleaning • SEIKETSU – The State of Cleanliness • SHITSUKE - The Practice of Discipline WHY DO IT? QUALITY EFFICIENCY 5S SAFETY ELIMINATING BREAKDOWNS EFFICIENCY • Time is wasted looking for tools‚ equipment
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Ben and Jerry ’s Ben and Jerry ’s ice cream and the amazing success the company has experience over the years could be loosely summed up as a story that began with two friends coming together with a vision to create a company that did not adhere to the traditional corporate rules of running a business. They both had certain ideals and a socially and economic responsible opinion on how a capitalist business should be run. There are a lot of similarities in the way this company is run and operated
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Seiri - Organization Stratification management and dealing with the causes: 1. Seiri - Organization Stratification management and dealing with the causes Throw away things that are not needed Deal with causes of dirt leaks and noise Organize cleaning the floors and housecleaning Treat defects‚ leakage and breakage Organize the storage of parts and files Policy of “One-is-best” - one set of tools/stationery - one page form/memo - one day processing - one stop service for customer - one location
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CASE STUDY: RATIOS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING AT S&S AIR 1. The calculations for the ratios listed are: Current ratio = $3‚138‚220 / $2‚162‚080 Current ratio = 1.45 times Quick ratio = ($3‚138‚220 – 1‚238‚500) / $2‚162‚080 Quick ratio = 0.88 times Cash ratio = $365‚040 / $2‚162‚080 Cash ratio = 0.17 times Total asset turnover = $20‚077‚000 / $15‚453‚900 Total asset turnover = 1.30 times Inventory turnover = $14‚985‚000 / $1‚238‚500 Inventory
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