NOKIA: Reverse logistic & recycling Nokia is one of the biggest mobile manufacturers in world. Nokia works with carefully selected companies who reclaim materials from the phones and accessories. It passes on to third party recycling or recycles itself. These companies are assessed on a regular basis to make sure anything handed to them is recycled responsibly. It has been running take-back campaigns since the late 1990s and regularly works with environmental organizations or non-governmental
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PROOF CHAPTER 1 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS Contents Learning objectives 3 Role of logistics 4 Supply chains 8 Aims of logistics 14 Activities of logistics 18 Importance of logistics 22 Chapter review 28 Case study – Ace Dairies 29 Project – useful websites 30 Discussion questions 31 References 31 Further reading 32 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: • understand the broad role of logistics • see how logistics support the operations of an organisation
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Use the AS/AD framework to show the separate effects on GDP‚ inflation and public sector borrowing on any single national economy of: a) cut in public spending b) an increase in the rate of VAT (sales tax) c) a slowdown in the GDP growth of less developed economies. (Make sure that you include clear and appropriate diagrams for this question) According to Begg and Ward (2009) fiscal policy is the government’s decisions regarding taxation and spending to influence level of
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Definitions Gross Domestic Product GDP is the value of goods and services which is released quarterly by the Federal Reserve. This includes the goods and services manufactured by that country that calculates the state of a country’s economy. This is the main indicator used to calculate the state of a country’s economy. The GDP is the total market value of all products and services produced in an economy within the time period of one year (Colander‚ 2010)
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Rebecca Isfan University of Phoenix ECO/372 Instructor Ted Haas July 24‚ 2013 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics The following paper is a description of how three different activities affect the government‚ personal households‚ and businesses. The desire of logic in this spectacular economy is always participating in the following systemization throughout those three sectors. Below is a diagram showing the way the economic system flows from one sector to another
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12 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management 12.1 The nature of distribution channels Why are marketing intermediaries used? Why use intermediaries? Means giving up some control over how and to whom products are sold – They are used because they have greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets – Contacts‚ experience‚ specialization‚ scale of operation – N-to-M direct selling‚ N-to-1 + 1-to-M through channel – Producers make narrow assortments in large quantities
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Part B – Macroeconomics Question 10: a) Which of the following are final goods and services and which are intermediate goods and services? Please explain why in your answer. i) A windscreen purchased by a motor vehicle spare parts supplier; Intermediate goods – by national accounts (GDP) windscreen primary production value has already been accounted. It is being resold at a deflated value as second hand goods. ii) A new bulldozer to be used by a construction
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Marketing Channel and Logistics of HTC Executive summary HTC Corporation deals in the manufacture of mobile wireless technology. The firm faces extensive competition from companies such as Nokia‚ Samsung‚ Apple and RIM among others. To stay afloat in the competitive field of mobile technology‚ HTC has continued to undertake extensive R&D in mobile technology‚ efforts which have been rewarded by the production of many ‘firsts’ including the
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worth of all the goods and services produced stated in current prices. Macroeconomics is perceived as a relatively new concept considering the lack of interest in studying the economy before the 1930s. However‚ a specific terminology was created that dealt with the problems that is faced by the economy daily. That has aided in a better understanding the differences between macro and microeconomics. Macroeconomics speaks of the aggregate economic facotors and entails employment‚ interest rates
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The impact of Port in logistics Abstract: Modern logistics is a new growth point of the 21st century the world economy‚ known as "the third profit source". Along with competitive increasingly in the global market‚ the enterprise management become more crucially even brings the attention from government today. Logistics control ability tends to reflect the core competitiveness of a region. Logistics control can control the market. Ports are not only the joint between hub and foreign exchange window
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