with competition from foreign companies who have operations across geographies‚ in their local markets. At the same time‚ firms are no longer catering only to the customers in their local markets. They are increasingly catering to customers from various markets and geographies. These changes in business environment made globalisation of operations a must for firms to sustain their competitive advantage. Today firms need to have diverse operations to be fast and flexible to demands of customers from
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Greg Fleming Assignment #2 Operations Strategy 5/28/13 BMW of Minnetonka BMW of Minnetonka is a well renowned automotive dealership that I have selected to write about. The company is owned by (TCA) Twin Cities Automotive group. The value discipline that we operate under is customer intimacy. I have been working here under management as an assistant for over three years now. BMW of Minnetonka has maintained its customer intimacy through the four C’s‚ target marketing‚ and ultimately
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CHAPTER Operations Strategy and Competitiveness Before studying this chapter you should know or‚ if necessary‚ review 1. 2. The role of the OM function in organizations‚ Chapter 1‚ pp. 3–4. Differences between strategic and tactical decisions‚ Chapter 1‚ 9–10. 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter you should be able to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Define the role of business strategy. Explain how a business strategy is developed. Explain the role of operations strategy in the organization
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STRATEGIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Assignment 3 DUE: Monday‚ 27 May 2013‚ at 8.15 am. Weighting: 30 % of final mark Semester 1‚ 2013 Background This assignment is based on Chapters 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 and 10 of the text (Slack & Lewis‚ 3rd edition) as detailed below. You will need to study and use some of the models or frameworks from these chapters to complete this assignment. Chapter 5: Purchasing and Supply Strategy Chapter
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Corporate Strategy Corporate strategies involve seeing a company as a system of interconnected parts. Just as the muscles of the heart depend on brain functions in a human body‚ each department in a company depends on the others to stay healthy and achieve desired outcomes. The additional core strategies that a company uses should support the corporate strategy and use cross-functional interactions. Customer-driven Strategies Operational strategies should include customer-driven approaches to
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Machine Design HES3350 Lecture 2 – Gears Semester 1‚ 2013 1 Learning Objectives • • • • • Familiar with gear nomenclature Able to select a suitable gear type for different applications Able to determine gear train ratios Determine the AGMA bending and contact stress Able to select appropriate gears from supplier’s catalogue 2 Outline • • • • • • • Introduction Gear Nomenclature Gear Ratios Gear Forces Lewis’s Equation AGMA Bending Stress AGMA Contact Stress 3 Introduction
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Mayuram Module 2- GEARS Lecture – 11 HELICAL GEARS Contents 11.1 Helical gears – an introduction 11.2 Helical gears – Kinematics 11.3 Helical gears – geometry and nomenclature 11.4 Helical gears – force analysis 11.5 Helical gears – bending stress 11.6 Helical gears – contact stress 11.7 Crossed helical gears 11.7.1 Tips for crossed helical gear design 11.1 HELICAL GEARS – an introduction In spur gears Fig.11.1 dealt earlier‚ the teeth are parallel to the axis whereas in helical gears Fig.11.2 the teeth
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Topic Outline 1. Introduction (Gear terminologies‚ definitions and identifying the parts) (Identifying the types of gears) (Gear applications or uses) 2. Body (History of gears) (Gear calculations or formula) (Materials for manufacturing gears) 3. Conclusion (Advantages of gears in the industry) (Advantages of gears compare to other drive mechanism) 4. References 5. Thesis Statement: Gears are important in the mechanical fields and industries
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of risk for non-government debt papers. Let us look at some of the strategies that debt fund managers adopt. Buy and hold: It is also known as the passive debt management strategy‚ wherein the fund manager invests in high-yielding debt securities and aims at holding them till maturity. He en cashes on the regular coupon payments and the returns thus generated are considered sufficient to reward the investors. However‚ the strategy holds good as long as the general interest level remains stable.
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Psychologist Abraham Maslow first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" and his subsequent book Motivation and Personality. This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other‚ more advanced needs. This hierarcy is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs‚ while the more complex needs are located at the top of the pyramid. Needs
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