Chipotle is a successful company due to its overall superior value chain‚ which focuses on sustaining competitive advantage through differentiation. In its primary activities‚ Chipotle has managed to sustain superior inbound logistics. The brand revolves around its mission statement‚ “Food with Integrity‚” which praises the restaurants use of ingredients raised with integrity and respect for the animals‚ the environment and the farmers. Furthermore‚ in 2008‚ CMG created a program to increase local
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Pro-forma A Value of the product/service for the customer 1. Name of Company: Starbucks Coffee Company Starbucks was firstly opened by three partners at Seattle on March 30‚ 1971. At the beginning‚ it was only a small store selling freshly roasted whole bean coffee. But now‚ by the tremendous effort from the chairman‚ Howard Schultz and every partner (employee) of Starbucks‚ it is an international company having more than 16‚000 stores around over 50 countries over the world. They take great
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Primary activities – create customer value Inbound logistics – routines and processes that bring resources into the organization Because McDonald’s criteria is very high‚ so they require the products are of top quality base on the low cost. They purchase raw vegetables and other raw materials from its fixed‚ pre- defined suppliers only‚ some like local grocery and farm‚ to make raw materials is fresh. For example the soft drinks‚ the only supplier is Coca-Cola. McDonald’s has practiced a backward
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Southwest Value Chain Analysis Outcomes / Accomplishments: low price‚ convenience service‚ customer loyalty low turnover & low costs‚ great union relationships‚ customers are brand ambassadors. Southwest Airlines (SWA) is consistent in their culture‚ business model‚ and customer interactions and engagement‚ all collectively reducing costs and enabling their point-to-point‚ efficient‚ low cost‚ friendly service. Their culture favors personal connection‚ community‚ recognition‚ support‚ and
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markets First movers advantage in e-commerce Brand recognition and reputation Trademark "Just Do It" Diversity and variety in products offered on the web (footwear‚ apparel‚ sporting equipment‚ etc.) Strong control over its own distribution channel Strong customer base Strong financial position with minimal long term debts Innovative designs in footwear enabling consumers to design their own shoes online Brand reputation and recognition Diversity and variety in
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Did value chain mapping wherein the product and information flow is examined across different departments. My objective was to identify opportunities for improvement of processes. Examined the various processes/activities from the procurement of raw materials to the production of finished goods. Segregated them into value added and non-value added activities (on the basis of the transformation brought about to the product at each stage) I visited each department and learnt about the processes
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Summary of Dell Computers Value Chain Analysis Primary Activities Inbound Logistics Here goods are received from a company’s suppliers. They are stored until they are needed on the production/assembly line. Goods are moved around the organization. Dell relies mostly on its highly reliable supplier‚ where Dell streamlines its operation and relies on its computer monitor supplier to ship directly to the customer. As long as its supplier retains its leadership position‚ Dell would collaborate with it
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After doing a bit of a research on the banking industry Value Chain (VC) I came across multiple references indicating that a generic VC for Banking is the opposite to the industrial VC (Figure 1 in the attachment). The Banking VC starts from the customer side‚ where the products are offered to the market‚ sold‚ provided to the customer and finally corresponding transaction is executed. I decided to look closely at one of our core businesses‚ Premier Consumer Credit‚ to evaluate activities within
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positive beta has high risk compare to the one with negative beta. Stock analysis use beta to measure stock risk. High . A negative beta implies that security A would stabilize the returns on a portfolio since the returns on A are negatively correlated to the market. The riskiness of a portfolio is determined by its beta value. Security A has a negative beta (-0.5)‚ which makes it less risky when compared with positive beta value for security B (0.5). In addition‚ if we consider a standalone risk
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VALUE CHAIN AND SWOT ANALYSIS Chapter 5 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS It is undertaken to evaluate a company’s value chain elements. Value chain analysis helps only in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each elements of firm’s value chain. It can not be used to identify external opportunities and threats. SWOT ANALYSIS It is a situation analysis of the organization. It is a groundwork for matching the strategy both to the external market and internal resources. It is away to analyze
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