Part 1: Executive Summary The current POS system has shown to be successful for Zara‚ however‚ Zara’s IT strategy does not reflect the strategic approach its supply chain has. As Zara’s supply chain is designed to be ahead of its competitors‚ its IT system has fallen behind the crowd. Zara has continued to upgrade its PDA devices but not its technological infrastructure in which it has built its success on. As the head of IT for Inditex I need your‚ Bruno Sanchez’s‚ serious consideration as Inditex’s
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Case Study: Zara-Fast Fashion Case Summary: Inditex is the parent company of six different apparel retailing chains that includes Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ and‚ most importantly‚ Zara. Zara has historically been the most profitable of the chains‚ operating 282 stores in 32 countries at the end of 2001 (Ghemawat & Nueno‚ 2006). The other five chains that are operated by Inditex have not matched the growth capabilities or revenue of Zara. Zara’s apparel offers
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infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and the fast fashion trend. By assessing the pros and cons of the new IT infrastructure with Zara’s brand image‚ they determined that implementing the new POS networking system is beneficial for Zara because 1) it creates a more robust and scalable system that
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Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Identification of issues: The case study‚ Zara: IT for Fast Fashion‚ focuses on the retail giant‚ Inditex‚ and how its largest retail chain‚ Zara‚ has been so successful with their business model of high fashion‚ product variation‚ low cost‚ speed‚ and flexibility. Several issues are identified in this case study. One glaring issue that is apparent relates to the fact that a long term Information Technology (IT) strategy does not exist. There is no formal
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References: Ferdows‚ K.‚ Lewis‚ M.‚ & Machuca‚ A. (2004). Rapid-Fire Fulfillment. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from http://hbr.org/2004/11/rapid-fire-fulfillment/ar/1 Mcafee‚ A.‚ Dessain‚ V.‚ & Sjoman‚ A. (2004). Zara : IT for Fast Fashion. Harvard Business School‚ 9-604-081.
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1. In this case‚ the parties eventually settled‚ and Dr. Lee went on to run the Google China initiative. If you were running Microsoft‚ what would you have done differently in this situation? In 2000. Dr. Kai-Fu Lee‚ a renowned computer scientist‚ worked at Microsoft‚ his employment with Microsoft beginning with an “agreement with Microsoft contain[ing] a limited covenant not to compete” (Ferrera‚ p. 320) for one year after leaving Microsoft. The agreement also contained a forum selection clause
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Both Adonis and Attis may be considered "resurrection gods." True What are the two names for Aphrodite that are linked with the islands of Cythera and Cyprus? (Spell them carefully.) Cytherea and Cypris According to one tradition‚ Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and _____. Dione What is the distinction between Aphrodite Urania and Aphrodite Pandemos? Urania: sprung from Uranus alone ; Pandemos: sprung from Zeus and Dione According to our textbook‚ Aphrodite is the goddess of love
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2) Which department authorizes changes in employee pay rates? - Production department does the authorizing; Production employees prepare two types of time records. This helps the cost accounting department. They use this to allocate direct labor changes to work-in-process (WIP) Accounts. 3) Why should the employee’s supervisor not distribute paychecks? - Because there is a chance the supervisor could create a non-existent employee and time card him in then taking his checks for themselves.
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Thesis Statement and Outline Thesis statement: While parents are teaching their child the basic life skills‚ celebrities are teaching kids the exact opposite. Introduction • I. Each influences values about money and success. A. Supporting details 1. Parents influences their children to work hard and earn their money the right way. 2. Parents influences their children to finish high school and get a great education to be successful. B. Supporting details 1. Celebrities influences
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Jena‚ a small town in central Louisiana‚ is 85% white and the black population says that racism always has been an issue. In September 2006‚ a black boy sat down next to a tree in Jena High School where usually only white boys sit and the next day three nooses were found hanging in the tree‚ a symbol from when the KKK used to hang black people. No parents were given any information on what happened and the white boys were allowed back to school after only three days. Another example is‚ in October
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