and were very limited in function and communications capability. In August 1973 IBM announced the IBM 3650 and 3660 Store Systems that were‚ in essence‚ a mainframe computer packaged as a store controller that could control 128 IBM 3653/3663 point of sale registers. This system was the first commercial use of client-server technology‚ peer to peer communications‚ Local Area Network (LAN) simultaneous backup and remote initialization. By mid-1974‚ it was installed in Pathmark Stores in New Jersey and
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One of the key drivers of current Philips business strategy is fixing sales fundamentals at main outlets of Philips customers (retailers). Sales fundamentals are basic indicators like shelf share‚ display share‚ leaflet share and merchandising vs. Philips market share per key categories. Basically‚ those indicators (sales fundamentals) should be at least or ideally higher than the market share. Let’s take one category as an example – Philips has 60% market share in male grooming category so Philips
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Sales Contests Work if they are implemented correctly Sales contests provide a great tool for the sales manager to motivate his sales force in both the short and long-term. However‚ in order to work for the sales manager and provide value to the sales force the objectives of the sales contest must to be carefully defined. Pitfalls‚ like a "coin operated sales force" and unmotivated salespeople can be the result of a thoughtlessly designed sales contest. Lastly‚ there are a great variety of sales
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This paper will analyze Maddy Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly) in the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. Maddy Bowen‚ an American journalist went to Africa to make a change but it was Africa who changed her. Danny Archer‚ (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. While in jail for smuggling conflict diamonds‚ Archer overheard a wounded commander telling the prisoners of a large rare pink coloured diamond that Solomon Vandy (played
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Job Creation or Destruction? Labor-Market Effects of Wal-Mart Expansion Emek Basker ∗‚† University of Missouri - Columbia November 2002 Abstract The phenomenal expansion of Wal-Mart provides a clean case for studying the labor-market effects of increased efficiency. I estimate the effect of Wal-Mart entry on retail employment at the county level. Using an instrumental-variables approach to correct for both measurement error in entry dates and possible endogeneity of the timing of entry‚ I find that
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Manthan Shah 81 Parth Shah 82 Ravi Chandwani 14 Milan Vasani 101 Manish Sharma 86 Submitted to: Prof. Karan Shastri VRIO Analysis and Value Chain Analysis Services Inbound Logistics Operations Outbound Logistics Marketing & Sales Fastest Turnaround 400 new aircrafts are capabilities in strength Landing time‚ ticketing Fastest Turnaround Multiple marketing gimmicks New Revenue Stream Focus on HRM Luggage facilities Promotional activities (5‚00‚000 tickets) Support
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Diploma in Sales & Marketing Management 2013 SAMR018 Assignment 1 SALES AND MARKETING 2013 TIME ALLOWANCE: MARKS TOTAL PAGES 10 Hours 100 11 INSTRUCTIONS 1. Assignments must be typed/written/either typed or written – the important measure is that they are easy to read (legible). 2. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced. 3. No more than 25% of the assignment may be copied from the original source(s) used‚ even if referenced correctly. 4. Begin each section on a new page. 5
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Blood Bananas: Chiquita In Columbia Overview: This complex case touches on fundamental questions of ethics and morality while displaying the inherent risks and rewards associated with operating a business abroad in geographies with histories of violence and civil unrest. The case exposes the challenges faced by Chiquita when trying to maintain production and profitability while also protecting its employees in a hostile situation. In this case‚ the lines of the ethics and morality are not as straightforward
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Management in Blood Banks Harshal Lowalekar and N. Ravichandran Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Area Indian Institute of Management Indore 18.1 What is Blood? Blood performs many important functions in the human body such as carrying oxygen and nutrients to the various cells and tissues of the body‚ waste removal‚ fighting against diseases‚ regulation of the body temperature‚ regulation of body acidity‚ etc. [1‚ 2]. Blood contains three different kinds of cells: red blood cells (RBCs)
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someone for a crime * Corroborate- confirm or give support to (a statement‚ theory or finding) * Exonerate- (especially of an official body) absolving (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing‚ especially after due consideration of the case * Interpretation would only be as valid as the information available in the ability of the examiner performing the analysis. History of Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation: * Herbert Leon MacDonell‚ a prominent bloodstain analyst from Corning
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