Marketing Metrics DELAWARCA CASE Summary Delwarca Software’s remote support unit is having issues with its customer service performance. The long waiting times for calls are the predominant cause for customer dissatisfaction. Jack McKinnon is concerned with the impact of customer dissatisfaction on the growth rate of the company. The challenge for Jack McKinnon is to find out a solution for decreasing the long wait times on calls without investing much
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more efficient process in order to satisfy a greater number of needs and gain more reputation. That was the main goal of Delwarca Software Remote Support Unit‚ a firm that provides supply chain management software globally to large‚ sophisticated corporate clients that choose to assemble their systems from various software programs. Jack McKinnon is the manager of Delwarca and was responsible for responding to a customer service problem that seemed to be slowly eroding the company’s customer base
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Case: _Centra Software Name(s):Alyssa Altman & Ashley Hayes Section: ______ Be sure to hand in the complete template‚ including grading sheets. Fiel d Sa les 2. Les ser ’s S trateg y 1. Ree d ’s Strat egy 5 & 6. Alternatives and analysis (typically 3-5 alternatives) 3. E limi nate 1. Strengths -Leon Navickas who is the founder of Centra had worked as general manager of Advanced Research and Development on the Lotus Notes groupware‚ which shows he has knowledge of the industry. (pg 4)
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Issue: Why should Middleton fund an IS project with “intangible” benefits? Discussion: Dennis Devereaux‚ Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President of Information Systems planning‚ Max Vargo‚ are executives at Middleton Mutual Insurance Company which is based out of Philadelphia‚ PA. This is a large diverse corporation that has a vast number of holdings and conducts business on a grand scale both geographically and financially. Dennis and Max are in the process of trying to introduce
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Software Associates Executive Summary Software Associates was founded by Richard Norton in 1990 in order to perform system integration projects for clients. During the rapid technological growth of the 1990’s the company grew and prospered. Annual revenues exceeded $12 million‚ and profit margins were generally between 15%-20%. Their services include a contract business which offers clients experienced consultants to implement personalized IT tools and solutions. However‚ in 2000‚ founder and CEO
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PRECISE SOFTWARE CASE ANALYSIS Problem: When and how to introduce an end-to-end new product to the market? Issues: 1. Should we (Precise) introduce a new product in Open World conference 2000? What could be the impact if we delay to offer an end-to-end solution in the performance management space? 2. What is the best selling strategy for the new product? 3. What is the best pricing strategy for the new product? 4. Should we maintain a single sale force or separate
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PROJECT BASED PRODUCTION IN A SOFTWARE COMPANY The article presents a Greek company that develops pioneering software systems for multidisciplinary CAE processes and specially provides the appropriate technical support to the customers in order to use appropriately the specific programmes. The purpose of the current presentation of the company is the understanding of the idea of Project based production through the structure and the way of working in the company. Based on the deductive research
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Quantum Software is a fairly new organization “No ties‚ no suits coats‚ first name only” that was founded by Stan Albright and Erin Barber. The company develops computer software specifically oriented to the needs of independent oil businesses. They’ve had a lot of success over the past 3years and are growing fairly fast. Quantum has gained over 200 employees and has made about 95 million dollars in sales. Currently‚ Employees at Quantum Software work 16 hour days 6 days a week. In order to keep
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Software Engineering Notes Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 Definitions 5 Characteristics of a software Product 5 Components of software 6 Types of Software Product 6 History 6 Software Crisis:- 1965-1985 6 Software myths 7 The 4Ps of Software engineering 7 Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) 8 Waterfall Model 8 Waterfall Strengths 9 Waterfall Deficiencies 9 When to use the Waterfall Model 10 Spiral SDLC Model 10 Spiral Model
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a. (1) In this case study‚ Stanley’s focus is on maximizing profits. Yes he is correct. This should be the goal of any firm and any financial manager. He should be easily able to maximize the value and also extend the wealth of the shareholders or stockholders if he continues to maximize profits. (2) There is always potential for any agency problem. Should Stanley decide to invest in the software developer‚ an investment of this nature could cause decrease in earnings per share for
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