Zara operation management‚ A business case! Tuesday‚ September 2‚ 2008 Zara operation management‚ A business case! 1- Executive Summary Operations management is in regard to all operations within the organization related activities including managing purchases‚ inventory control‚ quality control‚ storage and logistics. A great deal of focus is on efficiency and effectiveness of such processes. An example of successful operations management in retail sector is obvious in Zara business model which
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Zara Summary Zara has successfully built a worldwide famous brand thanks to its premium locations as well as a unique management system of design‚ production and supply chain. Unlike other fashion brands‚ it takes Zara only 10 to 14 days from the time it designs new clothing until it arrives in stores.The case describes the implementation of the fast-fashion concept by Zara and analyzes the components of its flexible integrated business model . Furthermore it reports on the international expansion
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The Speed Reading Course By Peter Shepherd & Gregory Unsworth-Mitchell Email: shepherd@trans4mind.com Web site: Tools for Transformation Copyright © 1997 Peter Shepherd The Basics of Reading Introduction We all learn to read at school‚ after a fashion. But for most of us‚ this is not an optimal use of our brain power. In this course you will learn to better use the left brain’s focused attention combined with the right brain’s peripheral attention‚ in close harmony. Good communication
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pg. 56 1111 MANAGING THE MoST IMPORTANT AssET: BRAND EQUITY by David A. Aaker hat is going on in branding? • Gatorade‚ like many strong brands throughout the world‚ is facing the specter of major competitors entering their market and price erosion. They wonder how to respond without damaging their equity. • 3M decided that their branding was getting out of control‚ so they developed a committee of the top executive vice presidents in the company to approve all new brand names
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Case discussion ZARA: FAST FAHION 1) What is Zara’s basis of competitive advantage? How does it travel globally? At the heart of Zara ’s success is a vertically integrated business model spanning design‚ just-in-time production‚ marketing and sales. The key to this model is the ability to adapt the offer to customers desires in the shortest time possible. For Zara ‚ time is the main factor to be considered‚ above and beyond production cost. The group believed that vertical integration gave
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Zara: The Technology Giant of the Fashion World Synopsis Zara is a company that defines what the fashion industry has termed “fast fashion.” The flagship specialty chain of Spain-based clothing conglomerate‚ Inditex‚ Zara has built an information and distribution system that allows it to put the latest runway fashions in its stores in a matter of weeks at a fraction of what the big-name designers charge. In addition to fast‚ Zara is prolific. In a typical year‚ Zara launches about 11‚000
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According to the International Trade Statistics 2010 published by the World Trade Organization‚ in 2009‚ the international export in clothing could account for $316 billion dollars‚ approximately 2.6 percent of the world’s merchandise trade. Without doubt‚ the fashion business is being affected by the Globalization. The retailing as well as the sourcing activities are greatly globalized nowadays. When formulating the sourcing strategies‚ due to the complexities of global situation‚ the brands often
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orry‚ Zara. Gap’s Got Game. by Liz Gunnison Aug 12 2008 The Spanish company eclipses Gap as the world’s biggest specialty retailer‚ but on closer inspection... A Zara store in China. The chain’s owner‚ Inditex‚ surpassed Gap Inc. as the world’s biggest specialty retailer in the second quarter. But the lead may already have vanished. Image: epa/Corbis Based on first-quarter results‚ Zara International of Spain has closed the gap on Gap Inc.‚ becoming the world’s largest fashion retailer by
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assurances by contract with Zara. The vendor also informed Zara that they are the vendor’s only customer still running DOS based applications. Store managers at Zara also utilize handheld PDA for inventory purposes and for ordering new inventory‚ the use of which are not necessarily as effective as alternate technologies. There is a risk that the terminal vendor will make changes in the future and as such‚ they will no longer make terminals that are DOC compatible‚ leaving Zara to face obsolescence in
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