NIILM Center for Management Studies 2009-11 Rajesh Kumar Singh Roll No 29084 Production and Operation Management Assignment Question: Discuss operations strategies of three companies. Answer: Operational Strategy: Amazon.com Introduction: Amazon.com has become the largest customer friendly online retailer and provides one click purchase facility to its wide range of products including books‚ music‚ toys‚ gifts‚ electronics etc. For 2011 Amazon’s net sales documented the value of $48077
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opportunity to choose too. Before the Roe Vs. Wade case‚ abortion was illegal. Women interested in getting an abortion were forced to go against the law and risk the chance of getting themselves and the doctors arrested (Morton). The Supreme Court ruled that any state in the United States could restrict an abortion only in the last three months of the pregnancy. The last three months‚ as proven by doctors‚ is when the fetus can live a “meaningful life” outside the womb (“Roe v. Wade”). Of course the case
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Investments of Boston and IBM of Armonk‚ N.Y announced and agreement under which IBM will outsource the administration of its pension program and health and welfare plans‚ as well as a broad range of its Human resources and payroll services‚ to Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCo). FESCo is a business unit of Fidelity Investments. IBM has transferred approximately 750 of its own HR employees to Fidelity‚ where they will initially have the same responsibilities of servicing IBM ’s employees and their
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S&S Air‚ Inc. 2009 Income Statement Sales COGS Other Expenses Depreciation EBIT Interest Taxable Income Taxes (40%) Net Income $20‚077‚000 $14‚985‚000.00 $2‚399‚000.00 $655‚000.00 $2‚038‚000.00 $362‚000.00 $1‚676‚000.00 $670‚400.00 $1‚005‚600.00 Dividends Add. To RE $205‚000.00 $800‚600.00 2009 Balance Sheet Current Assets Cash AR Inventory Total CA Fixed Assets Net P&E Total Assets 1. Ratios Current Ratio Quick Ratio Current Liabilities $365‚040 $1‚534‚680 $1‚238‚500 $3‚138‚220 AP Notes Payable
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services to their own customers or other business. So no operation‚ or part of operation‚ can be seen as existing in isolation. Every operation is part of a network of suppliers and customers. In this age of international market and competition‚ a company ’s competitiveness rests on its ability to provide desired goods and services. Supply chain management is one of the hot topics in business today. Render (1997) has defines "supply chain management" is the integration of activities that procure materials
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Abortion: Right or Wrong? Are you Pro-Choice or Pro-Life? My position on the subject is Pro-Life. Being able to have an abortion whenever and for whatever reason is wrong. There are many court cases on abortion taking both sides. Roe v. Wade being the biggest of them all taking the side of Pro-Choice. Being Pro-Life you have to look at more than just the one case. Some other cases are Rust v. Sullivan‚ Mazurek v. Armstrong‚ and many more go Pro-Life. Understanding that many people believe abortion
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Individual Assignment Total Quality Management (TQM) in Organizations Case Study: IBM Submitted by Meric Oztekin DEFINITION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Firstly‚ I would like to give few definitions of total quality management (TQM) in order to get a better understanding in this topic. Different authors have given various definitions of TQM. As defined by ISO‚ TQM is a management approach of an organization‚ centered on quality‚ based on the participation of all its members and aiming at long-term
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___________________________________________________________________________ IBM Brand Equity Restoration and Advertising Evolution [pic] ______________________________________________________________________________ This case was written by Professor Michele Greenwald‚ Visiting Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris‚ for use with Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective – 7th edition by George E. Belch and Michael A. Belch. It is intended
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1) Pick a company (or a brand‚ institute‚ city or government….) which can be a client of IBM and describe three (3) specific benefits the Smarter Planet initiative can provide to the organization. Wal-Mart; (i) By managing and organizing Wal-Mart’s huge database through database management which will be help keep better track of inventory levels‚ merchandise assortment and product pricing. (ii) Help Wal-Mart better analyze buying behavior through implementation of smart systems. (iii) Increased
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International Referred Research Journal‚ October‚2010. ISSN- 0974-2832VoL.II *ISSUE-21 Research Paper—ABST TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF IBM) *Vishal Gauttam Assistant Professor‚ A.B.S.T.‚ Shree Karni College‚ Jaipur. A B S T R A C T Every nation has its own independent historical and cultural background. The quality scenario‚ therefore‚ differs from one national setting to the other. The nations are orienting their quality management strategies and systems to meet the requirements
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