implementation‚ having a customer-friendly user interface‚ etc. In the case of shell the problems were more specific like the project cost‚ what platform to use‚ and language. Shell wanted to develop a web-based self-service for its agricultural customers. It was projected that Shell’s market share would increase by 2 per cent in that segment. But‚ initial cost estimates showed that developing such an application would be very expensive. Shell dealt with this problem by incorporating an application (eCATS)
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Executive Summary In 2002‚ Shell Canada launched its online store called eStore for its customers. The objective was to keep costs low by having a self-service technology so that agricultural customers can buy their products without the need for a sales-representative. The statistics from eStore showed even though the number of customers who signed up for eStore was close to the target‚ number of customers who actually used eStore remained low. The problem seemed to be mainly due to customers having
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resulted in more price-sensitive customers and a growing downward pressure on Shell Canada’s margins. Due to the financial pressure to reduce costs‚ Shell Canada launched an online‚ self-serve “eStore” to their agricultural customers in hopes of streamlining their business‚ cutting costs and salvaging their shrinking profit margins. The purpose of this case report is to address and analyze the issues surrounding eStore‚ identify the best alternative to solve the key issues and determine the most
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Shell Canada Fuels Productivity with ERP. Shell Canada headquarters is at Calgary‚ which has been in operation since 1911. Shell Canada is viewed to be one of the largest integrated petroleum companies. The company employs up to 8‚000 people across Canada (Shell.ca‚ 2015). The main functions of Shell Canada is to manufacture‚ market and distribute various petroleum products. Some of their products are the Natural gas liquids bitumen and Sulphur. Shell has up to 1809 gas stations that are situated
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CASE STUDY Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar 1. The company failed to consider public reaction to their proposal of sinking the Brent Spar in June 1995 in Northern Scotland. They failed to look at how others would react and feel and neglected to take into consideration others’ point of views. They did research impacts and found this would be the best option and assumed everyone would agree and didn’t stop to think about how environmental
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Shell Gabon 11/6/2014 Cost Accounting Case Study 1. The UOC is calculated by dividing the total operating cost‚ excluding exploration‚ depreciation‚ and depletion by the barrels produced. In the case of RDS not all activities can be traced directly to a barrel of oil. There are departments such as Human Resource Management and Business Management that are not directly related to this measure. It makes sense for RDS to use barrels as the primary cost driver due to the large cost of the Production
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software and develop a sell version. The software can be sold for $450K. Lance Bernard’s share will be $125K‚ discounting at 20% it will be $114K. The net gain will be $114K - $90K = $24K 3. Viewer is Non-Functional but Website is a Winner: In this case‚ the business could switch to a license of an alternate viewer. Assuming the website can be sold to the owner of other viewer‚ the business could get $300K for the sale. Lance Bernard’s share will be $100K. Discounting it at 20% it will be $91K. The
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Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria 1. Does Shell bear some responsibility for the problems in the Ogoni region of Nigeria? I believe Shell is somewhat responsible for the problems. They seem to be taking advantage of a lower classed and less advanced country and its natural resources. If they had practiced better corporate responsibility then things would not have escalated as much. 2. What steps might Shell have taken to nip some of the protests against it in the butt‚ or even preempt
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Management 307 Shell-Nigeria case The Business Ethics of Shell in Nigeria The Shell-Nigeria case has produced great debates about business practices and what is deemed ethical behavior. When applying the views of some of the great moral philosophers‚ economists‚ and philosophical concepts in history to the Shell-Nigeria case‚ one is left with a variety of diverse viewpoints about whether or not Shell’s business practices were ethical. Philosopher and economist‚ Adam Smith‚ would likely have
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Assignment: Case Study Report Introduction Porsche Automobil Holding SE is a German luxury car company founded by Ferdinand Porsche in 1931. Until 2008‚ the Canadian segment of Porsche was operated through Porsche Cars North America. When Canadian sales reached nearly 2‚000 units‚ the company decided that there should be a headquarters and operations to meet the demands of the local market. Porsche Canada became an official stand-alone subsidiary in April 2008 (Mark‚ 2011). Porsche Canada had sold
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