In some cases‚ firms found that they could eliminate most inventories by shifting to faster but more expensive transportation alternatives (e.g. air cargo) that replenished supply just in time. Simply put‚ ERP allowed information to replace inventory. The emergence of the Internet facilitated more and more information sharing between firms‚ extending the benefits of ERP from the value chain of an individual firm to the entire value system of firms and their suppliers and customers. ERP can be a vital
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Matching Dell Between 1994 and 1998‚ the revenue of Dell Computer Corporation rose from $3.5 billion to $18.2 billion‚ and profits increased from $149 million to $1.5 billion. The company’s stock price rose by 5‚600%. During the same period‚ Dell grew twice as fast as its major rivals in the personal computer market and tripled its market share. In the first half of 1998‚ Dell reported operating earnings that were greater than the personal computer earnings of Compaq‚ Gateway‚ Hewlett Packard
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industry in the next 3-5 years? 5. What is Netflix’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Netflix is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Netflix trying to achieve? 6. What does a SWOT analysis of Netflix reveal about the overall attractiveness of its situation? 7. What is your appraisal of Netflix’s operating and financial performance based on the data in case Exhibits 2‚ 3‚ and 4? What
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Competitive Strategy: Apple’s competitive strategy is differentiation across the industry. Apple prides itself on innovation more than any other company‚ and is known for their unique top of the line products. Using differentiation as their main source of competitive advantage‚ they have succeeded to the top of their industry‚ while retaining higher than industry average profit margins. This innovative attitude is the source of long-term success throughout the history of Apple. For example
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“Soul of Dell” was created Kevin Rollins was serving as the Senior Vice President of strategy and noticed Dell had a culture that needed to be changed. This culture was‚ “created a culture of stock price‚ a culture of financial performance‚ and a culture of ’what ’s in it for me? ’ throughout our employee base" (Zellen‚ 2004). Between Rollins and Michael Dell the “Soul of Dell” was created. This is now the corporate philosophy for Dell and has been since 2000. The purpose of The Soul of Dell is to
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Enhancing Business-Community Relations Wipro Case Study by Aparna Mahajan1 with Kate Ives2 October 2003 www.new-academy.ac.uk www.teriin.org www.unv.org ‘Enhancing Business-Community Relations’ – Wipro Case Study‚ India Contents 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................2 2. Company Profile ...................................................................................................
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The Beat Goes On The Beat generation of the mid twentieth century produced a culture that had a lasting effect on generations to come. In the decades following the 1950s‚ the Beats successors‚ or ‘spawn’‚ ranged from authors to musicians. These artists were greatly influenced by the Beat’s writings and performances‚ as well as by spending time with the very Beats themselves. Bob Dylan‚ a spawn‚ credited much of his early work to his readings of the Beats and his relationship with Allen Ginsberg
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BEAT THE BINGE “A national program to reduce binge drinking in teenagers” UTS BEAT THE BINGE “A national program to reduce binge drinking in teenagers” UTS Beat the Binge “A national program to reduce binge drinking in teenagers.” Synopsis Alcohol Abuse in Australian teenagers has become an ever-growing epidemic nationwide‚ in particular teens aged between 14 and 17 years of age. This health issue not only has detrimental effects on teenagers but also has devastating effects on people
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|CASE STUDY ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | REPORT ON: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY INFORMATIVE ABSTRACT This case study is based on the supply chain management of two notable PC manufacturing MNCs‚ Hewlett-Packard and Dell. The objective of this case study is to compare the effectiveness of the standardized process followed by HP to the innovative process of Dell‚ The Direct
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Case Study: Apple Computer (2006) Apple Computer has always been an interesting and often exciting firm. It had been the first to make and the mass-market a personal computer with its Appl IIc. The company had been the darling of the stock market in the mid-1980s when it cemented its technological advantage through the introduction of its state-of-the-art Macintosh (MAC) personal computer. Nevertheless‚ the Microsoft Windows operating system and Office software coupled with Intel microprocessors
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