XBOX 360 Kinect VS PlayStation 3 Move Nikia Matthews COM/155 12/18/2011 Rhea Riegal XBOX 360 Kinect VS PlayStation 3 Move The ultimate showdown in video games today is becoming a great deal. The Wii was the first to start the gaming systems without having to use a joystick. Today the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 have made a huge come back‚ by introducing the Kinect and Move. Though gaming systems may encourage the player to move‚ each device has it is on way of getting this
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Executive Summary Born out of the vision of two creative‚ technological supply chain trailblazers‚ Flextronics- the world’s second-largest provider of electronics manufacturing services and the largest global manufacturer of cell phones- took form. Tapping into a burgeoning market of overflow manufacturing services‚ this unique electronic visionary busted onto the technological scene‚ through its humble origins. With service offerings ranging from “stuffing” printed circuit boards‚ for electronic
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Flextronics Case Analysis Team Member: Kerry Cunningham‚ Feng Hu‚ Tian Tian‚ Shuo Zhang Nov. 5th 1. Cause of McCuster’s Dilemma Several organizational factors haves contributed to McCuster’s dilemma: First‚ the Flextronics’s decision makers failed to appropriately evaluate the ability and condition of the organization in bidding for Xbox project and assigning tasks. While it is enticing that this project would bring about good reputation as well as substantial financial gain‚ decision-makers
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outsourcing Xbox production to Flextronics? When Microsoft decided to enter the video game market with its Xbox gaming console executives had to make a strategic decision whether to manufacture the Xbox or outsource the manufacturing. After some studies‚ it was decided that they did not have manufacturing and logistics capabilities and decided to outsource the assembly and significant logistics functions to Flextronics‚ a Singapore-based contract manufacture. Microsoft already knew Flextronics because
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manufactured by Flextronics on a contract basis using designs created by its customers‚ the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers)‚ Phone 4 was designed and manufactured entirely by Flextronics. This new initiative by this EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) is not only a product design initiative‚ but an entirely new business approach that have Intellectual Property (IP)‚ product design and supplier development implications‚ among others. Who is Flextronics? Flextronics is a Singapore-base
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cross-regional project team in Flextronics. McCusker should reach a decision with regards to which shop-floor system to implement in the facilities as soon as possible. Main stakeholders in this decision are Mexico team‚ Hungary team and Microsoft. From long term perspective‚ Flextronics needs to integrate the different shop-floor systems present in each facility into one system. The growing complexity and rapid changes facing the business world today makes it imperative for Flextronics to develop an integrated
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The Ethics of the Xbox In today’s world‚ information technology has not only changed the way we live‚ learn and work‚ but also the way we entertain. The impact of technology evolvement on our life is thus by far profound‚ either positive or negative. In the case of Brandon Crisp that we discussed in Business Ethics class about the Ethics of the Xbox‚ it unfortunately turned out to be on the negative side. Brandon Crisp‚ a 15-year-old teenager living in Barrie‚ Ontario‚ ran away from home
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Strategic Initiative UOPX Finance for Business FIN/370 Davidson Jensen November 13‚ 2013 In this paper the team will be discussing the relationship between strategic planning and financial planning for Microsoft. The paper will discuss strategic planning initiative and identify a strategic initiative discussed in the Microsoft annual report. The team will also discuss how the initiative affects Microsoft financial planning. It will then go on to discuss how the plan affects costs and how
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Introduction to Information Management IST621 Summer 2014 Research and Reflection on IM Success and Failure Syracuse University School of Information Studies Dexi Kong Success case #1: Yo‚ an English slang is now the name of a widely successful app. How it works? Nothing but sending “Yo” to your friends--Stupid but simple. The app‚ which debuted in April‚ has been downloaded two million times‚ according to Or Arbel‚ the chief executive. "We Yo with co-workers
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Flextronics Case Summary Flextronics International case study discusses the challenges that the CEO‚ Michael Marks‚ faces in a global economy where the technology industry keeps changing at a rapid pace. Flextronics is trying to discover a new identity and not just manufacture a product for customers‚ but design and sell a phone to potential customers. Flextronics went from taking the designs from companies and building them‚ to developing their own designs. Marks needed to decide if creating
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