Machael Porter’s Value Chain SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Support activities assist the primary activities in helping the organisation achieve its competitive advantage. They include: Procurement: This department must source raw materials for the business and obtain the best price for doing so. The challenge for procurement is to obtain the best possible quality available (on the market) for their budget. Technology development: The use of technology to obtain a competitive advantage is very important
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Case 2 :Carnival Corporation: Acquiring Princess Cruise Line(2002) Question: Carnival management and board of directors believed that demand would continue to increase well in to the future. Considering that only a small percentage of the North America market had taken a cruise Vacation‚ reaching more of the North American target market would improve industry profitability. Industry analysis stated that the “assessment of market potential” was only an “educated guess ”.what if the current
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negative beta implies that security A would stabilize the returns on a portfolio since the returns on A are negatively correlated to the market. The riskiness of a portfolio is determined by its beta value. Security A has a negative beta (-0.5)‚ which makes it less risky when compared with positive beta value for security B (0.5). In addition‚ if we consider a standalone risk‚ standard deviation plays an important role. It is used as an indicator of risk‚ security A has 30% standard deviation which
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Production and Operation Management Group IV BSEM 3-2 Product Design Parameters Members: Bulaong‚ Jennifer E. Velasquez‚ Pauline L. Fernandez‚ Rose Ann F. Escoto‚ Gellian Prof. Rizza Valdez Nine Factors to Consider When Determining Your Price 1. Your Costs If your rate doesn’t include enough just to break-even‚ you’re heading for trouble. The best thing to do is sum up all your costs and divide by the number of hours you think you can bill a year. Whatever you do‚ DON’T
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this sport) WEAKNESSES Negative image portrayed by poor working conditions in its overseas factories E-commerce is limited to USA The direct sale to consumers is creating conflicts with its own resellers Currently available supply chain‚ manufacturing‚ and fulfillment technologies aren’t easily integrated with online build-to-order Not known for its research and development leading to innovative designs«systems The e-commerce is limited to USA‚ however‚ has planned to expand
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The primary activities (Porter‚ 1985) of the company include the following: • Inbound logistics These are the activities concerned with receiving the materials from suppliers‚ storing these externally sourced materials‚ and handling them within the firm. Here goods are received from a company’s suppliers. They are stored until they are needed on the production/assembly line. Goods are moved around the organisation. ~ Fresh fruit and vegetables are delivered and prepared every day. • Operations
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Camy Villegas Assignment 1 Research Report April 25‚ 2011 Information technology has become such an essential part of a company’s success in today’s world. As recent as 10 years ago it was unheard of to run a company solely though the internet. Today we have Amazon.com‚ which is one of the biggest internet companies and which led the way for the rest of them to follow. Another company that was born during the .com boom is Netflix. It got its start in 1997 as an idea to rent DVD’s over the
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huge contributor of the cruise industry is Carnival Cruise Lines. Carnival offers a variety of quality cruises and prides themselves on delivering memorable vacations to cruisers. They not only offer outstanding value‚ but fun! Carnival Cruise Lines was founded by Ted Arison in 1972 who provided a solid foundation for the company’s future. With just enough fuel to make a one-way trip from Miami to San Juan‚ the Mardi Gras became the first ship of Carnival. Arison was said to have more than a contagious
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Value Chain Model and Competitive Force Model BUSA 310: Dr. Chris Lee Carl Field Justin Kelly Jacob Augustine Monique Becker Value Chain Model [pic] Value Chain Model of United Postal Service United Postal Service (UPS) and every business has a Value Chain Model in order to be able to make sure that you have the best values for your internal and external customers. We have two activities‚ which are the Support and Primary. The UPS Support activities involve the Firm Infrastructure
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Carnival Corporation The proposed vision statement “ We will passionately strike for global vacation leader by offer the distinctive vacation experience that cater to the variety of vacationer lifestyle and budget at an outstanding value. We also committed to create strong bond of relationship with our prestigious stakeholder group by prioritize their need.” The direction of Carnival Corporation to achieve its vision is to serve the cruise ship industry in global platform. The positioning of
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