REVIEW OF ARTICLE USING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND FORECASTING TO IMPROVE STRATEGIS PLANNING BY Joel D. Lapin The Community College of Baltimore County Journal of Applied Research in the Community College‚ Vol.11‚ No.2‚ Spring 2004‚ pg 105-113 Joel D. Lapin is a professor of Sociology at The Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland)‚ Catonsville Campus‚ and Vice President and lead consultant in external environmental scanning and forecasting for The Clements Group which
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Krispy Kreme Case Study To become a Krispy Kreme franchisee‚ an entrepreneur must have the dream of one day owning their own business‚ have a willingness to take risks‚ be able to recognize opportunities when they occur and be a naturally optimistic thinker who can use their time‚ capital‚ and talent to achieve success. To be considered for a Krispy Kreme franchise‚ entrepreneurs must have demonstrated a time standing history of success as a businessperson‚ to be willing to work as part of and
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Case Study 1:- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts inc Maytham Hussein Saeed Question 1 Is Krispy Kreme financially “healthy”? What do the statement show‚ what do the ratio show? Answer Based on the Common Sized Financial Statement of Limited Service Restaurant Averages and Krispy Kreme (KKD) the value of KKD’s cash and equivalents is 3.1 and its lower that the 3 years industry average’s value of 12.8 in 2001‚ 12.4 in 2002 and 13.7 in which is not a good sign
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Case: The Scanning and Planning Internship Debbie Clare is aiming for internship in one of the most known electronics company‚ the Dynamic World ( DWC ) . Fortunately she was invited by Tom Tucker to lead a team consists of 5 members. These members are outstanding students from different excellent schools namely the Arizona State‚ Ohio State‚ Tennessee‚ MIT and Wharton. The main agenda of the team is to perform environmental scanning which will be used to create strategic supply chain road maps
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For this assignment you will be searching for ideas that could help to improve a product or service. Your first task is to choose a product or service that you use frequently‚ something that you are very familiar with. It must be a tool‚ device‚ or process that you use for your profession‚ for a hobby‚ for home life‚ etc. Do not choose something that you are unfamiliar with. Do not choose a smart phone‚ computer pad‚ or notebook PC‚ etc. The product or service that you choose must be deficient
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reflectorless/robotic total stations‚ but until late 2013‚ they hadn’t done much with laser scanning. “We’d tried renting scanners‚ and subcontracting LiDAR work‚ but it didn’t work out particularly well‚” said WestLAND’s Vice-President of Geomatics Mike Angelo‚ EIT‚ PLS. “We also found that purchasing a conventional scanner was just not cost-effective‚ as we did not have scanning projects lined up and it seemed difficult to market scanning to existing clients without an instrument readily available and a workflow
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voting machine is that anybody can increase the vote count‚ since the count is present in the machine itself. In proposed machine that is “E-Voting “. In this the machine is made intelligent which can determine the eligibility of the voter by scanning the eye pattern and also the vote count is not kept into the same machine itself instead of it it is store in the remote server by converting it into radio waves. Here there is no chance of increasing the vote count of machine. Even in case of damage
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Chapter 5: Scanning Marketing Environment Analyzing needs and trends in the Macroenviroment Trends ▫ is a directional or sequence of events that some have momentum and durability. ▫ Has longevity‚ is observable across several market areas and consumer activities and is consistent with other significant indicators occurring or emerging at the same time(Faith Popcorn) Faith Popcorn points to 16 Trends in the Economy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Anchoring Being Alive Cashing Out Clanning
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Krispy Kreme primarily plans to grow through building 200 new stores locations within the United States between the years 2003 and 2006 and selecting varieties of donuts to be carried in many supermarkets‚ convenience stores and other retail outlets throughout the country. Krispy Kreme also moved to expand beyond its brand name on April 7‚ 2003 when the company acquired the Montana Mills Bread Co. in Rochester‚ New York. The company is also following the acquisition strategy when acquired Digital
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propose the following motion: Service companies should outsource environmental scanning to specialists. First of all‚ we would like to clearly define the motion. Service companies are a company that earns income by performing work or offering expertise to individuals and businesses Outsource is defined of Having another company perform the entire environmental scan and not just parts of it. Environmental scanning is Monitoring the external environment beyond the competitors and industry
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