Faculty of Business Studies Tutor Marked Assignment B203 A: Business functions in context I Second Semester 2012 – 2013 Supply chain from manufacturing to shelf Introduction 1 -The Kellogg’s Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan‚ USA. They experimented with different ways to cook cereals without losing the goodness. Their philosophy was ’improved diet leads to improved health’. 2-Between 1938 and the present day Kellogg’s opened
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AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 SUBJECT:-E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT COURSE : Total Marks : 80 Attempt all the cases Case 01 GM’s E-Business Strategy INTRODUCTION US-based General Motors (GM)‚ the largest automobile company in the world‚ was in trouble in the late 1990s. The company’s market share in the US automobile market had been steadily declining from a high of 50% in the late 1960s to a low of 28% by 1999.Analysts pointed out that GM had been in the grip of a vicious
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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Information systems for managers Case study: Outrigger Hotels and Resort The solution is here… Magic Data The solution is here… Fama NDIAYE Question 1-The current IS resources of Outriggers: 1. Technical Resources: * Hardware(Personal computers; Routing equipment). * Software (Stellex‚ in 1987; Stellex 2.0‚ in 1992; centralized IT systems; E.Piphany; JD Edwards). – Appendix 1 * Networking comportments of IT infrastructure (XML interface; Electronic interface; IBM AS
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Case Study NUPATH FOODS‚ INC. James Ornath read the latest sales figures with a great deal of satisfaction. The vice president of marketing at Nupath Foods‚ Inc.‚ was pleased to see that the marketing campaign to improve sagging sales of Prowess cat food was working. Sales volume of the product had increased 20 percent in the past quarter compared with the previous year and market share was up. The improved sales of Prowess could be credited to Denise Washington‚ the brand manager responsible
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Case Study Case 2.1 Hacking into Harvard The case “Hacking into Harvard” involves the applicants of some of the nation’s most prestigious MBA programs‚ who thought they had a chance to find out sooner what admission decisions the business schools made in their case. On Businessweek Online message board they saw instructions left by an anonymous hacker on how to get into schools databases and find out the decisions made. It was not hard – all schools used the same application software from Apply
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Questions for Case Study 3.2: The New Boss and Communication: 1. Chapter 1 discusses the term "knowledgeable employee." Define the term and explain why or why not the term applies to Lynn and Mark. Use specific examples. A knowledgeable employee is a person who understands the working environment and understands how to be a valuable asset to his or her organization. When it comes to Lynn and mark I think it applies to Lynn because she was making and effort to communicate. On the other hand
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I. Case Introduction Before Chrysler merged to become DaimlerChrysler AG‚ they were presented with a takeover bid of $55 per share by MGM billionaire Kirk Kerkorian and former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. Kirk Kerkorian was a stockholder in Chrysler and an experienced takeover financier who apparently found Chrysler to be a good buy. Chrysler rejected the offer‚ however‚ stating that the firm was not for sale. Further‚ many Wall Street experts felt that Kerkorian could not come
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CASE STUDY TOPICS You can use one of the Case Study Templates (see folder) to complete your work. Or use one of the suggestions below. A. Would human cloning be of benefit to our species? You need to consider at least these points: How cell division occurs naturally The role of DNA in cell division How cloning occurs naturally in simple organisms How animal cells can be cloned How a whole organism is cloned (Dolly the sheep ...) How cloning has so far been used on animals How stem cells may be
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Case Study: Peeking at a 21st Century Brand; bling h2o A new chapter in the bottled water industry has been written. Bling h2o‚ bottled in Tennessee at the English Mountain Spring‚ is an amalgam of modern sculpture‚ Hollywood‚ and truly great water. The brand’s creator‚ Hollywood screenwriter Kevin Boyd‚ envisioned a fine water presentation that made a statement equivalent to Cristal Champagne and Tiffany jewels. Boyd knows the importance of image and what your choice in bottled water conveys
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