BUS 427- CASE STUDY Instructor: Eda Orhun‚ Ph.D. Name: ID # : Posted: 12.04.2015 Due : 03.05.2015 (BLACKBOARD SUBMISSION before midnight) ORANGE INC CASE STUDY Orange Inc.‚ a U.S. manufacturer of roller blades‚ has chosen Thailand as its primary export target for “Speedos‚” Orange’s primary product. Moreover‚ Orange’s primary customer in Thailand‚ Entertainment Products‚ has committed itself to purchase 180‚000 Speedos annually for the next 3 years at a fixed price denominated in baht
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Importance to economy The revenue of international airlines industry has increased from 476 billion USD in 2009 to 567 billion USD in 2011‚ a 9.3% year-on-year increase. This industry employs 56.5 million workers and accounts for US $2.2 trillion of the global GDP. Indian Aviation industry contributes to 0.5% of the India’s GDP and generates 1.7 million jobs. Technological Trends Major cost items for airlines are fuel‚ labour and maintenance. Airlines are able to reduce the cost/increase profit by
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Fitbit Inc. was founded by James Park and Eric Friedman in 2007. The duo‚ realized that sensors and wireless technology had advanced to a point where they could bring remarkable experiences to fitness and health. This realization led to the conception of a wearable device with activity trackers and wireless-enabled technology that can measure various data and track activities related to health and fitness such as heart rate‚ quality of sleep‚ steps walked‚ steps climbed etc. Fitbit Inc. is devoted
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Case 6 : Sky West Inc. and the Regional Airline Industry 1. ประวัติความเป็นมาของบริษัทและสินค้าหรือบริการ อุตสาหกรรมการบินในสหรัฐอเมริกา การให้บริการสายการบินในประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกามีด้วยกัน 3 ลักษณะ ให้บริการภายใต้ Business Model ที่ต่างกัน คือ 1. สายการบินแบบ Network Carriers หมายถึงสายการบินหลัก หรือ legacy carriersให้บริการเป็นแบบ Hub-and-Spoke โดยในต้นปี 2007 สายการบิน United‚ Northwest‚ American‚ Continental และ Delta ถือเป็นสายการบินที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในกลุ่มนี้ ในปี 2005 รายได้รวมของสายการบินทั้ง
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Case Study: LaJolla Software‚ Inc. LaJolla Inc. is a young business information software company based in California outside the Silicon Valley. The company is interested in forming an alliance with a Japanese firm and has for the last several months been negotiating with several firms in Japan to realize their goals of distributing their product in Asia. The owners have finally found a Japanese firm that will create an alliance with them. The firm is now sending a contingent of managers to
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------------------------------------------------- SriLankan Airlines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article may be written from a fan ’s point of view‚ rather than a neutral point of view. Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality‚ and to make it neutral in tone. (January 2012) | SriLankan Airlines | | IATA UL | ICAO ALK | Callsign SRILANKAN | | Founded | 1947 (as Air Ceylon) | Commenced operations | July 1979 | Hubs | * Bandaranaike
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Nike‚ Inc. : Case Study in Operations Management MGT 441 Prepared for: Dr. Davidson‚ Concord University Prepared by: Jeremiah Nelson Johnathan Coleman Emily O’Dell December 4th‚ 2012 Introduction Low-cost‚ time-efficient manufacturing of goods is a key feature of a successful production company in today’s competitive global economy. Operations management‚ often abbreviated in the business world as OM‚ is defined as “...the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods
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Case Study: GAP Inc. Viewpoint: Robert Fisher Time context: 1st Qtr of 2007 I. Problem Statement How could Gap Inc. win the Yuppies market in Metro Manila‚ Metro Cebu and Metro Davao? II. Objective To win the yuppies market In Metro manila‚ Metro Cebu‚ Metro Davao in 1 year time. III. Areas of consideration Strength: a. Has a multi-brand category with existing market. (Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy) b. Entered into international markets and become the second largest
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Case Study #2 FHE Inc. Operations Management FHE is a multimillion-dollar company that manufactures pumps and related fluid-handling equipment. The manufactured equipment transfers various types of liquids‚ from paint to food products. These pump are used by automobile and appliance industries‚ allowing performance in vehicle servicing and home construction‚ to name a few. Over the past five years‚ sales and profits have increased as a result of new product introductions. The organizational
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Case study 1 Taracare‚ Inc Summary The case is about a conversation between Jorge Gonzales‚ the CEO from Taracare Inc.‚ and his manufacturing manager Alfredo Diaz. Alfredo was hired because Taracare was having difficulties in meeting the deliveries and in quality. After some time and only making little progress‚ Alfred scheduled a meeting with Jorge to discuss the problems. The main points Alfredo concerns was: Problems with Purchasing materials Delivery promises from the sales that can´t
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