of risk for non-government debt papers. Let us look at some of the strategies that debt fund managers adopt. Buy and hold: It is also known as the passive debt management strategy‚ wherein the fund manager invests in high-yielding debt securities and aims at holding them till maturity. He en cashes on the regular coupon payments and the returns thus generated are considered sufficient to reward the investors. However‚ the strategy holds good as long as the general interest level remains stable.
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Psychologist Abraham Maslow first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" and his subsequent book Motivation and Personality. This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other‚ more advanced needs. This hierarcy is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs‚ while the more complex needs are located at the top of the pyramid. Needs
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Supply Chain Strategies Integrated Supply Chain Management BUS631 Matthew Keogh This paper shall discuss the concept of supply chain strategies of Hewlett-Packard organization. Strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) supply chain planning‚ analysis‚ and modeling system. “Hewlett-Packard ’s strategic planning and modeling (SPaM) team refined an approach using true optimization coupled with scenario analysis‚ selectively focused on the most
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Complexity‚ dynamics and predictability are main features in today ’s business environment; therefore operational managers face major challenges in business. In this regard‚ it is important for operational managers to asset and expands the activities involved in creating and sustaining competitive advantage through the formulation and strategy development processes. One of the new models in "supply chain management” is Operations Management‚ which includes in today’s network economy activities which
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costing‚ function groups‚ and cost reduction. MERCEDES-BENZE- ALL ACTIVITY VEHICLE a) What is the competitive environment faced by MB as it considers launching the AAV? The competitive environment was that the company faced difficulty in controlling costs‚ material purchasing‚ and a fast changing market. The needs of the customer were changing and MB was facing monetary losses. With regards to the AAV market this was targeted at a segment that was expanding‚ the sports utility segment. Jeep
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Operations Strategy Chapter 1 Operations strategy – developing resources for strategic impact Operations strategy concerning the operation function itself‚ and how it can contribute to strategic success. Also how any function can develop its processes and resources and establish its strategic role. Operations can satisfy customers by five objectives: 1. Costs 2. Revenue 3. Operations-related risk 4. Investment 5. Future innovation Fig 1.1 Four perspectives: How to establish a connection between
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Contents Introduction 2 What is operations strategy? 3 Operations 3 Strategy 5 Operations strategy 6 The content of the operations strategy 8 The process of the operations strategy 9 Sustainable alignment 9 Substitutes for strategy 11 Implementation 11 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 14 Introduction In a world‚ where humans do their best to survive‚ a never ending need for goods and services is always in people`s mind. In order to meet with these requirements‚ raw materials and processes
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1. Explore through the literature the concept of (Business) sustainability and explain it briefly. Also using references on Operations Strategy describe what sustainability in operations strategy means. Answer: Traditional cost management models tend to only focus on production costs‚ whilst ignore product’s cost of design‚ development and customers using. In other words‚ the business concern visible costs and ignore intangible costs that means the destruction of the surrounding environment such
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the early stage of its development? Quality is one of most important factors for order qualifiers because it provided reliability for customers to use them. However‚ the low-price strategy was the order winner during the early stage of development of Galanz. To win orders‚ Galanz adopted a low-price strategy. Low product prices which can be afforded by domestic market triggered more demand. With this increased demand‚ Galanz achieved greater economies of scale‚ which helped to lower costs and
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Chapter One ~ Operations and Productivity • POLCA (plan‚ organize‚ lead‚ control‚ achieve) • Suppliers → Inputs → Process → Outputs → Consumers (SIPOC) • 3 functions to create goods and service: o Marketing o Production/operations o Finance/accounting • Why Study OM? o Learn how people organize themselves for productive enterprise o Learn how goods/services are produced o Understand what operations managers do o OM is a costly part of an organization • Productivity= Units produced or
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