A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers with what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. - What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? - What are some risks in each case? Answer: A supply chain could accurate its responsiveness if it is able to improve in these criteria: - Respond to wide ranges of quantities demanded - Meet short lead times - Handle a large variety of products - Build highly innovative
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Explain how an organisation can cost a product and determine its price at any activity level The main costs and elements that a business needs to consider‚ taking into account the nature of these costs as well are: * Expense of buying vehicles or maintaining it * Mortgage * Business Rates * Wages Extra / Wages * Drawings * Advertising * Insurance * Loan repayment interest * Loan repayment capital * Purchases / VAT on purchases * VAT paid to C & E
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powerful earthquake in 2011. Any sort of chemical leak is terrible; however‚ the location of the Fukushima facility makes it significantly worse. Because this body of water does not remove or clean itself well‚ the chemical pollution is just increasing and taking over the ocean. Marine life is being severely affected by this. One fish that should be a main focus is the West Coast Blue Fin Tuna. The West Coast Blue Fin Tuna is a widely recognized fish and the West Coast Tuna Fishing industry is very
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The Growth of the Self-Help “Banking‚ autos‚ publishing‚ retail‚ and manufacturing – the recession has hammered them all. But there is on squishy sector that just keeps on growing; the self-help industry‚” according to Melanie Linder‚ an author for Forbes. It was in 1859 that Samuel Smiles‚ a Scottish social reformer and campaigner for universal suffrage‚ published his most famous seminal work‚ Self-help. With its opening “Heaven helps those who help themselves‚” it became an instant
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approximately 15‚000 people in 700 bakeries across Australia. Bakers Delight presents a range of career paths and opportunities for both self and career development. Positions vary from bakery staff‚ to bakery managers‚ to franchisees‚ to corporate support staff – the opportunities for career advancement and career shifts‚ are endless. For instance over 30% of our existing franchisees began their career as a baker or sales assistant Short - term goals We arrange fast service staff Change old machinery
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BP Gulf Coast Disaster and Recovery INTRODUCTION BP‚ formerly British Petroleum and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company‚ has experienced a lot of ups and downs over its hundred-year history—from nearly bankrupting its founder William D’Arcy to becoming one of the world’s largest energy companies. BP has also experienced its fair share of controversies regarding business practices‚ environmental damage‚ and hazards to workers. It and all other large energy companies have come under fire for releasing huge
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how a product price is determined and how this is calculated at the activity level of the product in the shop. - Costs can be divided into different concepts. Below I will explain those concepts and give an example of how it will work in practice. o Direct costs Direct costs are the costs that are directly linked to a cost object. You can also say‚ the costs that are made when making the product ready. All the costs of making the product ready for sale are the direct costs of the product. There
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relationships for strategic decision making. True False 3. The information age is the present time‚ during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer. True False 4. Technology provides countless business opportunities‚ but can also lead to pitfalls and traps for a business. True False 5. Top managers use social intelligence to define the future of the business‚ analyzing markets‚ industries and economies to determine the strategic
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RAFFLES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT TITLE: DEPARTMENT STORE PROJECT (STATE DEPARTMENT STORE) SUBJECT: MARKETING RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND TO MR. VICTOR SHAN KO‚ MBA LECTURER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ADVANCE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME BY NAME: SOYOMBO BILEGSAIKHAN DATE: 19/03/2012 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 Primary Research 4 2.1 Purposes 4 2.2 Like 5 2.3 Dislike 6 2.4 Areas 7 3.0 Observation 8 4.0 Recommendation 9 Reference 10
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capture the snack market. 2. PRODUCT AND ITS KEY CHARACTERISTICS: Potato chips serve as an appetizer‚ side-dish or as a snack. Potato chips are made by deep frying or baking thin slices of potato until they become brown and crisp. When potato chips were invented they were fried in oil until they turned light brown and salt added as taste maker. These kinds of chips are the simplest one now. They can be consumed during any time of the day .They are liked by people of
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