BUSINESS RESEARCH ON COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION PRESENTED TO: TIM CARROLL PREPARED BY: YUZHEN LIN ID# 122629 CHENGKAI LV ID# 126218 February 14‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary............................................................................................. 2. Company Analysis 3. Industry Analysis..............................................................................................
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1. Describe the culture at Costco. Organizational culture has been described as shared values and beliefs that underline a company’s identity. A strong culture that encourages employees from the top to the bottom in adaptation and change can increase organizational performance by energizing and motivating employees‚ shape behaviors‚ unify personnel in the goals / objectives and align employee’s actions with the priorities of the company (Daft‚ R.‚ 2013). Creating a constructive culture should
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commitment of individual managers‚ who can take a sufficiently broad perspective while solving problems. To sum up‚ a major challenge for global companies is to develop a cadre of managers‚ who can understand and respond to the needs of the international business environment. These managers need to go beyond a narrow national perspective towards a multidimensional view‚ which takes into account the requirements of the entire global system. In other words‚ these companies have to create a cadre of people
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VISION‚ MISSION AND OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS INTRODUCTION: I have a great desire to build a multi-national company which will have a huge capacity to build Spear parts for the different manufacturing Industry i.e. Shipping Industry ‚ Aluminum Industry‚ Steel furniture Industry with the help of using the IT and advance process to make it more quality and affordable. My Company’s Vision would be “ Quality supplier of all type of manufacturing Industry” Benefit of good vision ➢
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Marketing Plan Costco Companies‚ Inc. MKT 680 Presented by Jose D. Carmona May 10‚ 2012 1. Executive Summary Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ which began operations in 1983 in Seattle‚ originated the membership wholesale club retail concept. By providing low prices on consumables like fresh foods‚ health and beauty care items‚ high-quality apparel‚ electronics‚ jewelry and other general merchandise‚ the company pioneered the retail concept that encourages members to visit regularly to achieve savings
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Starbucks’ founder who has held job titles such as director of retail operations and marketing‚ chairman‚ and CEO. He once said‚ "We are not in the coffee business serving people‚ but in the people business serving coffee." Shultz and Starbucks realize that social responsibility cannot be reactive and that it must be built in to their business strategy in order to achieve increased profits‚ increased employee commitment‚ and a greater customer loyalty. There are countless examples of how Starbucks
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Team SC^2 Sunny Jain Vikram Kaledhonkar Eva Lo Eileen Long Olena Marchenko Costco Wholesale Operations and Supply Management OMIS 357 (Fall’09) Agenda • • • • • • • Background and Business Model Processes and Queues Management Supply Chain Strategy Quality Control Inventory Management Recommendations Q&A Background • • • • Headquartered in Issaquah‚ WA 550 warehouses in 40 states Present in 6 countries outside US $71B revenue in 2008 1993: merged with PriceClub: PriceCostco
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but must be careful not to violate public policy What is the duty of a party to the firm when he is planning to leave but hasn’t yet left? You cannot seek out firm’s clients while you are still working there Hamburger Did not solicit clients’ business while he was still their employ Anderson Rule: categorical – fiduciary duty obliges the fiduciary to act in the best interests of his client or beneficiary and to refrain from self-interested behavior not specifically allowed by the employment contract
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UNIT 2 HOMEWORK/REVIEW ASSIGNMENT TERMS AND QUESTIONS CH. 4-6 DIRECTIONS: In your notebook‚ identify the terms and answer the questions for each chapter. Make sure to number correctly and use specific details. This will be due the day of your Unit Multiple Choice Test on the chapters. Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society-Ch. 4 1. Paxton Boys 2. Regulator Movement 3. Johnathan Edwards 4. George Whitefield 5. Pontiac’s Rebellion 6. Edward Braddock 7. James Wolfe 8. William Pitt
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“Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale versus Sam’s Club versus BJ’s Wholesale” What is competition like in North American wholesale club industry? Competition among the North American wholesale club industry is pretty high. Everyone tries to achieve lower prices by reducing the cost in displayed items on pallets or inexpensive shelving. They also have very low costs for store décor and fixtures and comparatively low labor cost because they use fewer personnel
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