HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA ------------------------------------------------- Assignment STUDENT NAME | : | | EDEXCEL REGISTRATION NO. | : | | PROGRAMME | : | HND | SEMESTER | : | 04 | UNIT NO./TITLE | : | 13 / Managing Activities | ASSIGNMENT NO. | : | 01 of 04 | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | : | Managing Activities | UNIT OUTCOMES COVERED | : | | P13.1Explain how processes and functions inter-relate in the organisational structure P13.2Plan work activities to meet the objectives of
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among the most successful international fashion houses. (3) THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION examines the value chain and the value system of the famous French fashion house LV. This will help to identify those parts of the business that are particularly profitable and therefore likely to be linked with potential advantage. THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION then uses the value chain to identify those resources that are exceptional and have sustainable competitive advantage. (4) THE WORLD OF
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Q3 Porter five forces model is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. It draws upon industrial organization economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces include -three forces from horizontal competition: the threat of substitute products or service‚ the threat of established rivals‚ and the threat of new entrants‚ and two forces from vertical competition: the bargaining power
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believe that selling diamonds would create a social conflict because a company can run the risk of selling blood diamonds without even knowing‚ even though it can give a great profit to a jewelry company. Blood diamonds or conflict diamonds are “diamonds that come from areas where there is conflict such as violence groups and rebels that are protestors against their government like war zones. These diamonds are obtained in using slaves or slave-people regime. Usually‚ blood diamonds are associated with
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Cold Chain Industry z Avalon Perspectives 2007 The Sun Rises on the Cold Chain Industry : The Impact of Organized Retail www.consultavalon.com Raison d’être In the backdrop of the modernization of Indian retail and the existing structure of the cold chain industry in India‚ this paper attempts to answer two questions – one‚ to what extent will the demand for cold chains rise in India; second‚ will this demand be met captively by retailers or will it be an opportunity for independent
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Value Chain Analysis Value Chain divides activities within a firm into two broad categories: primary activities and support activities. It highlights the explorations of internal analysis of a chain of business activities and explores the role and contribution of organization’s resources corresponding to primary and support activities in a cost-effective way to gain cost advantage (Lynch‚ 2000). 4.1 Procurement: As for the Procurement in support activities‚ the Body Shop has developed long-term
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a. Where in the value chain is the organisation creating value for their customers? Primary: Value chain activity Yes/No How does The Body Shop create value for the customer? Inbound Logistics No Not imperative to creating value to the customer. Operations Yes Operations and technological development are covered in the The Body Shops stance on animal testing (one of their values). Testing comes under operations and technological development as they have had to think of innovative ways to test
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Value Chain Analysis To recognize which activities are the most valuable to the firm and identify which ones could be improved to provide competitive advantage is essential for a better understanding of internal analysis within an organization. A chain of value-creating activities can be created to model the corporate‚ and offers individual activities because of the reflection of its history‚ its strategy‚ and its approach to execute its strategy. According to Michael Porter’s value chain‚ all activities
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IKEA Value-Chain Analysis Posted on July 28‚ 2012 by John Dudovskiy “Each step in the manufacture of a product or the delivery of a service can be thought of as a link in a chain that adds value to the product or service. This concept of a how business fulfils its mission and objectives is known as the value chain” (Needles et al‚ 2007‚ p.836) The concept of Value-Chain analysis is introduced by Michael Porter (1985)‚ who divides activities of the firm into two categories: primary activities and
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“A diamond‚ is the symbol for love‚ commitment‚ and a joyful new beginning‚” said the TV commercial. Many of the world’s diamonds‚ are mined using practices that exploit workers‚ children‚ and communities. A million diamond diggers in Africa earn less than a dollar a day. Miners are dying in accidents‚ child labor is widespread‚ and corrupt leaders are depriving mining communities of funds badly needed for economic development. In extreme cases‚ diamond mining can cause entire ecosystems to
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