fulfilling strategic roles within business and government enterprises the need for the practice of operations management cannot be forgone. Operations management is very important in business operations since it forms the heart of the organisation by controlling the system of operation. Operations management deals with the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver a firm’s primary products and services. Like marketing and finance‚ operations management is a functional
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Strategic Financial Management University of Phoenix Finance for Managerial Decision Making / FIN 554 Professor Greg Garay January 17‚ 2006 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Strategic Financial Management ..4 Working Capital Management .4 The Kmart Corporation Debacle ..5 Long-Term and Short-Term Strategies .. 6 Financial Performance
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1 Virgin Group’s mission and values The Virgin group comprises is composed by over 200 companies with more than 25‚000 employees worldwide. It has revenues of about 7 billion‚ and has become one of the world’s top 50 brands. Although there is no official mission‚ we can infer that by the company statements throughout the years: Be the shopper victor‚ by delivering brand values‚ which are: value for currency‚ superior quality‚ dazzling customer
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc.: Implementing ERP Case Summary This case describes the deliberations‚ process‚ problems‚ solutions and outcome of Cisco Systems’ implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. In 1993‚ Pete Solvik‚ Cisco Systems CIO‚ was convinced that the company needed to move away from its UNIX-based software package in order to prepare the company for growth. Initially‚ he was inclined not to consider an ERP implementation‚ concerned about the overall costs and scope
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analysis 7 Industry rivalry: High 7 Potential for new entrants: Medium 8 Substitute products: High 8 Bargaining power of suppliers: Low 8 Bargaining power of buyers: Medium 8 Strategic capabilities of Amazon 9 Unique resources 9 Amazon’s core competence 9 Amazon’s stakeholder’s expectations 10 Shareholders (Investors) 11 Top management 11 Customers 12 Suppliers and distributors 12 Employees 12 Environmental groups 12 Regulators 12 Amazon’s corporate level strategy 12 Ansoff matrix 13 BCG matrix 14 Evaluation
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The Coca cola history: Heritage timeline. Retrieved from http://heritage.coca-cola.com/ Coca Cola Company (2013). Mission‚ vision & values. Retrieved from http://www.coca-colacompany.com/our-company/mission-vision-values David‚ F. (2011). Strategic Management Concepts (custom ed.). Pearson-Prentice Hall Custom: Upper Saddle River‚ N.J. Esterl‚ M. (2013‚ January 18). Is This the End of the Soft-Drink Era. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578245973076636056.html
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PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCHEM) PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCHEM-5183) 1. COMPANY PROFILE Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd. is a chemical company who engages in the manufacture‚ marketing‚ and sale of chemical products in Malaysia and internationally. The Company offers a diversified range of petrochemical products such as a range of olefin and derivative products‚ including ethylene‚ propylene‚ polyethylene‚ polypropylene‚ mono-ethylene glycol‚ di-ethylene glycols‚ paraxylene‚
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driving force in this competitive industry‚ the Porter’s five forces model was used to further analyze SilkAir’s position in the industry. The resources and competences of the company is what make it so successful and sustainable today. SilkAir’s strategic capabilities were accessed with the Value‚ Rarity‚ Inimitability‚ and Non-substitutability (VRIN) concept. Several attributes were factored into the success of SilkAir achieving sustainable competitive advantage in the industry. In summary‚ SilkAir
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1) How has IKEA succeeded in expanding across the world using a standard range of products and a standard strategy in the home furniture and furnishings industry‚ in which divergent cultural influences are likely to be at their strongest? First of all‚ seems reductive say that IKEA provides a standard range of products having regard to the incredible width of this range (which allows‚ therefore‚ to offer many variables of many types of heterogeneous products: in this way is almost completely bypassed
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Vertical Advantages Vertical organizations provide clear lines of authority and a tight span of control‚ which can lead to high operating efficiency. In general‚ the organization is comprised of relatively small departments‚ allowing managers to closely monitor and control the activities of their subordinates. Each layer of the organization reports to the one directly above it‚ all the way up the chain to top management‚ and each layer has its own clearly defined functions and responsibilities. Employees
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