OPERATIONS STRATEGY PRODUCTIVITY‚ COMPETITIVENESS‚ STRATEGY Productivity is about how effective an organization is in the use of its resources. Competitiveness is how effective an organization is in the marketplace compared with other organizations that offer similar products/services. Strategy shapes the plans that determine the direction an organization takes in pursuing its goals. (US companies‚ suffering from impressive success of foreign companies on the US marketplace place increased
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engaged in portfolio investment C. It was engaged in a cross-border acquisition D. None of the above. 26.3.45. Government controlled investment funds‚ known as sovereign wealth funds‚ A. Are playing a less-important role in international finance following the end of the fixed exchange rate era B. Are mostly domiciled in Asian and Middle Eastern countries. C. Are usually are responsible for converting trade surpluses and oil revenues into foreign exchange reserves. D. None of the above 27.3.46
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Source: Honda Motor Company Introduction If any operation wants to understand its strategic contribution it must answer two questions. First‚ what part is it expected to play within the business - that is‚ its role in the business? Second‚ what are its specific performance objectives? Both these issues are vital to any operation. Without an appreciation of its role within the business‚ the people who manage the operation can never be sure that they really are contributing to the long-term success
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1990 ’s peacekeeping operation. Case of Somalia. Peacekeeping has no one definition and has been evolving since the beginning of its existence‚ from the end of 1940’s. The end of Cold War opened up the doors for UN to take steps towards collective actions that had been handicapped for decades due to the ideological and self-interest differences of great powers. As a result‚ the number of peacekeeping operations and similar interventions increased significantly during the end of 1980’s and 1990’s
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Operation Bagration: The “Unknown” D-Day At the Tehran Conference‚ the first World War II conference amongst the Big Three: the Soviet Union‚ the United States‚ and the United Kingdom the final plan to defeat Nazi Germany was agreed upon in unison. As promised at the Tehran Conference at the end of 1943‚ as the United States revealed the date for their Western offense‚ the Red Army began planning a powerful offensive to coincide with it. Operation Bagration‚ the main summer offensive of 1944
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paper argues that a fiat currency system is superior to a gold-backed currency system. Unarguably‚ the precious metal makes a great store of wealth. It lasts the test of time and its value is easily tracked throughout history. During the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar‚ around 600 BC‚ an ounce of gold would buy roughly 450 loaves of bread. Today an ounce of gold will buy roughly 450 loaves of bread. Gold never goes bad and is an incredible resource for storing value. As a currency‚ however‚ it has severe
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they are needed. Consequently‚ this approach requires much more frequent delivery of stocks. Developing a JIT approach requires sophisticated planning and considerable experience in this field. This is why leading companies contract out their supply chain management to a specialist company like Exel with considerable experience of this area. Just-In-Time is the key element in what is termed lean production. Lean production is a philosophy and a way of working involving eliminating all forms of waste
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Issues Affecting the Aged Charity Booth BSHS/342 February 18‚ 2013 Barbara Kennedy Issues Affecting the Aged There are several issues‚ trends‚ and problems that are affecting the aged population in today’s society. Not only are they dealing with the biological‚ physical‚ emotional‚ and mental issues that go along with aging‚ they are also dealing with economy and societal acceptance of the aged. There are many misconceptions of the elderly and this causes a stigma between the younger and
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Tom and Mason Miller realized that the electronics industry they supply‚ along with their own business‚ was changing. The company began to struggle as manufacturers began developing strategic partnerships with parts suppliers rather than the traditional route of making their own parts. This new approach ensured the timely delivery of high-quality‚ cost-effective parts and allowed funds to be diverted to other uses that produce a higher return on investment. The sales mix was changing as
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Strategically‚ operations management involves the long-term planning and structuring of work. Indeed‚ the task of operations strategy is to design the operating system‚ which is the joint configuration of resources and processes‚ such that its resulting competencies are aligned with the organization’s desired competitive position. In other words‚ operations strategy focuses on how to best enable and implement the organization’s strategy. (For for-profit organizations‚ “best” can be measured as maximizing
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