number three on Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 List for 2012. This was recently announced at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May of this year. McDonald’s started in 1937 as a drive-in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. Hamburgers were just ten cents. In 1948‚ after realizing that most of their profits came from hamburgers‚ they closed the drive-in and made it a self-serve operation. They set up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency
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East Asia became one of the most advanced and prosperous regions in the post- classical era due to the resurgence of the imperial style rule. After the collapse of the Han Dynasty‚ East Asia was plagued with 350 years of turmoil and destruction. This ended however when the Sui Dynasty came into power. This dynasty was able to bring back the centralized imperial rule due to a few successful military campaigns. The Sui dynasty lasted for less than thirty years‚ but it made way for the Tang and Sond
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Case Study-Motorola China Experience 1. How should Motorola appropriately react to the emerging local brands‚ head-to-head competing or cooperating in some fields? Due to the large size of the Chinese cell phone market and its potential for long-term continual growth‚ competition for access to China’s consumer markets is intense. Competitive threats from Nokia‚ Siemens‚ Samsung‚ and local producers like TCL are a cause for concern within Motorola. However‚ eighty-four percent of Chinese consumers
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All men and women are created equal. This was not the case in Southeast China in the years of 1940. The economy was based on the agricultural industry. Sons were better at working than the daughters because their bodies were built like that since they were born. They were able to erupt the economic growth for the Southeast China. During the 1940s in Southeast China‚ parents regarded that sons were more valuable than daughters because the sons were considered to be more productive than the daughters
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AVON PRODUCTS IN CHINA The Avon case presents the evolution of its endeavors in China during the 1990s. With a renewed strategy of aggressive expansion towards conquering the world market of beauty products and direct selling‚ Avon arrived to China in 1990‚ establishing its operations base in Guangzhou. Being the first direct selling company that entered the Chinese market‚ Avon faced several obstacles mostly in terms of selling the product‚ given that in the Asian Giant there was not usual to
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From 1403 to about 1492 China participated in numerous voyages led by Zheng He‚ the leader of their maritime operations‚ including the visiting of 37 countries and traveling through the Atlantic Ocean around the tip of Africa and beyond Europe (pg 202). Countries such as Ceylon‚ India‚ and the Persian Gulf were a few of their stops along the way. These voyages proved that China was the supreme world sea power whose shipbuilding techniques and navigational abilities were unmatched by any other nation
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issues through employee testing and implementing new screening techniques. Therefore‚ they are willing to examine their operation to determine areas of weakness and considering honesty test‚ especially for employees who handle cash. Answers to the Case Question What would be the advantages and disadvantage to Carter’s company’s company of routinely administering honesty test to all its employees? The advantage of them routinely administering honesty testing helps deviate involvement toward theft
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| General Motors | N.C. Zoo | Samsonite | Customers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Products or Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Markets | Yes | No | Yes | Technology | Yes | No | Yes | Concern for Survival‚ Growth‚ and Profitability | Yes | No | Yes | Philosophy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-concept | Yes | Yes | Yes | Concern for Public Image | Yes | Yes | No | Concern for Employees | Yes | No | No | | McDonald’s | Customers | We place the customer experience at the core of all we do. Our customers
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1.) What is the role of centralized government in Chinese history? Why is the Dynastic cycle a critical component of Chinese society? China had a large population. A strong centralized government was needed to keep order. With a strong government China was able to expand its population. The dynastic cycle was a critical component of Chinese society because once one dynasty grew weak; a new dynasty could come in and start fresh to fix the issues. The new dynasty would start out strong and develop
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How ethical is McDonald’s and which stakeholders benefit the most and who are neglected McDonald’s is a globally well-known restaurant. At first glance‚ it seems to be a brilliant company‚ but does it mean that the way it works is in accordance with ethics? The words ‘business ethics’ are defined as ‘principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business’ (Ferrell and Fraedrich et al.‚ 2002‚ p.6). This essay will discuss the extent of McDonald’s ethics as well as the stakeholders
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