CASE SYNOPSIS The IT group at Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC)‚ located at the headquarters of a network of five major business groups‚ is faced with developing an implementation plan for the development of a business intelligence (BI) infrastructure and business capability at Canadian Tire Retail (CTR). Concurrent to this initiative is the development and implementation of an IT strategy for CTC that places a number of programs on the priority list‚ with BI seen as a high priority item for which
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How to set Clear Project Objectives “This project will improve our results‚” said my sponsor‚ “so put that down as the project objective.” We were sitting together working on the project charter. When it came to the section where we were supposed to record the project objectives‚ ‘improve results’ didn’t fill up half the available space on the document template. “What‚ exactly‚ are you looking to improve with this project?” I said carefully. It’s important on projects to work out what you are letting
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Woman of means: Canadian Tire’s Martha Billes is locked in a legal battle with her ex-lover. It’s not the first time. In business and in love‚ she takes a controlling interest | Copyright Saturday Night May 13‚ 2000 IT WAS THE VERY MODEL OF THE modern marriage breakup. Paul‚ forty-one years old‚ told his wife‚ Pamela‚ forty-two‚ and their three children that he had fallen in love with another woman‚ Martha‚ and wanted to marry her. Paul and Martha were soon engaged and Pam and Paul separated
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Michael Eubanks of Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) is in charge of the implementation of a business intelligence (BI) system for the company. This implementation began in 2003 and was to be completed in 2005. In 2006‚ the project is only in the 2nd of 3 phases. He is now faced with a problem. The implementation is going much slower than he anticipated. His goal is to implement BI as soon as possible‚ so what does he need to do so that he can reach this goal? In order to reach his goal‚ there are
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100 – XYZ Investors‚ We have responded to your request regarding an analysis of the Canadian Tire Corporation and in this report you will find the information about the Company and their recent corporate activity. We have identified various points that will be useful in your decision to invest in this company. We have included information regarding Canadian Tire’s history‚ the products and services offered by them‚ and an analysis of the internal and external factors that affect the Corporation’s
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To: Stephen G. Wetmore ‚ Canadian Tire Corporation CEO Subject: Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. Date: November 12‚ 2014 Canadian Tire Corporation is one of the largest Canadian owned companies in Canada. It is a publicly owned company. This company is a local company therefore it is not involved in international market. As it is a local company‚ it has local customer to whom the company focus most of their products. This corporation is involved in retail‚ finance
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risk profile Canadian Tire Corporation‚ Limited (CTC) is primarily a canadian retailer‚ focusing on automotive and general merchandise. Founded in 1922‚ the company has been around for almost a century‚ building strong brand recognition in Canada. Initially starting as a car parts retailer they have expanded rapidly into other areas‚ mainly general merchandise retail. They have other secondary divisions being; Partsource Automotive stores (strictly automotive parts)‚ Financial Services‚ Mark’s
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GEOGRAPHY 1. Region: Canadian tire is spread all over Canada with 1200 stores across the country. 2. Market size: 90 per cent of the Canadians visit CT every year. One third of sales are driven by strong in-house brands leading market share in many of key lines in business. 3. Market density: Canadian tire is one of the most shopped general merchandise retailers. A CT store is within 15 minutes reach of 90 per cent of Canadians and has 1200 stores across Canada. 4. Climate: The climate
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first official Canadian Tire Store was opened in the year 1923 in Hamilton John Williams Billes and Alfred Jackson Billes with its headquarters situated in Toronto‚ Ontario. Canadian Tire Corp is also well known to sell a variety of products and services; namely Automotive‚ sport and leisure‚ and home products. ("Canadian Tire"‚ 2016). According to the ("2015 – Year in Review"‚ 2016)‚ this corporation also holds a family of retail companies and services namely: Canadian Tire Financial services(which
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C.T has 1 target market which is why they in so much business cause they focused on an all Parts store. There trying to Serve a new Target Market‚ while maintaining their existing one. C.T doesn’t want to be a 1 dimensional Company they want to be more diverse. There not Just nuts and bolts but nuts bolts and groceries which in a sense will help CT out quite a bit seeing as not everyone wants to go everywhere looking for groceries but can get everything at one store. Sort of like and All in one store
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