General Electric (“GE”)‚ similar to many major corporations in the 1980s and 1990s‚ underwent a restructuring phase in line with the McKinsey Restructuring Pentagon. Through this restructuring‚ General Electric implemented a portfolio-planning model to manage the ever-increasing demands of a company involved in over 190 businesses. Ultimately‚ this model allowed GE to formally??? GE set lofty goals of increasing earnings per share 25% faster than the growth of GNP. In order to achieve this the
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The value chain of a company‚ the concept introduced by porter is its entire product flow from the supplies to the customers and manageing the information flow such that the customer derives maximum satisfaction while the company increases its profidt. Dell’s value chaing is unique in the sense that the company sources all its components from vendors across the world‚ undertakes the financial assemply and sells it directly to the consumer. Dell’s model of selling and build-to-order have
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Did value chain mapping wherein the product and information flow is examined across different departments. My objective was to identify opportunities for improvement of processes. Examined the various processes/activities from the procurement of raw materials to the production of finished goods. Segregated them into value added and non-value added activities (on the basis of the transformation brought about to the product at each stage) I visited each department and learnt about the processes
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Dell’s Value Chain 1. How has Dell used its direct sales and build-to-order model to develop an exceptional supply chain? Dell has used its direct sales and build-to-order model to develop an exceptional supply chain by taking customer feedback very seriously. Dell uses the feedback to further evaluate and when necessary‚ implement change to improve their supply chain. The company maintains close-knit relationships with customers‚ and maintains very close‚ professional relations with their suppliers
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General Motors: Packard Electric Division Luiz Zuneda BU-502 Applied Business Research and Communication Skills Instructor: Dr. Peggy Bilbruck Southern States University Abstract In this case study we will analyze the options which David Schramm will be submitted to decider the use of a new product‚ RIM groomet is the best option to be used in the 1992 year of cars manufactured by the company General Motors. Throughout the text‚ concepts will be reviewed on decision making (William Ellet
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Introduction Ethics is the breach of values that seek to understand the nature‚ purpose‚ and founding of principles of moral rules and the system it comprises (Pozgar‚ 2012). General Electric (GE) Healthcare introduced an ultrasound device that led to the abortion of female fetuses in China and India where the majority of males are preferred. General Electric Healthcare is facing a dilemma on the use of the device. This device could be used in unethical and illegal practices of aborting females
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Primary activities – create customer value Inbound logistics – routines and processes that bring resources into the organization Because McDonald’s criteria is very high‚ so they require the products are of top quality base on the low cost. They purchase raw vegetables and other raw materials from its fixed‚ pre- defined suppliers only‚ some like local grocery and farm‚ to make raw materials is fresh. For example the soft drinks‚ the only supplier is Coca-Cola. McDonald’s has practiced a backward
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After doing a bit of a research on the banking industry Value Chain (VC) I came across multiple references indicating that a generic VC for Banking is the opposite to the industrial VC (Figure 1 in the attachment). The Banking VC starts from the customer side‚ where the products are offered to the market‚ sold‚ provided to the customer and finally corresponding transaction is executed. I decided to look closely at one of our core businesses‚ Premier Consumer Credit‚ to evaluate activities within
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positive beta has high risk compare to the one with negative beta. Stock analysis use beta to measure stock risk. High . A negative beta implies that security A would stabilize the returns on a portfolio since the returns on A are negatively correlated to the market. The riskiness of a portfolio is determined by its beta value. Security A has a negative beta (-0.5)‚ which makes it less risky when compared with positive beta value for security B (0.5). In addition‚ if we consider a standalone risk
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Machael Porter’s Value Chain SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Support activities assist the primary activities in helping the organisation achieve its competitive advantage. They include: Procurement: This department must source raw materials for the business and obtain the best price for doing so. The challenge for procurement is to obtain the best possible quality available (on the market) for their budget. Technology development: The use of technology to obtain a competitive advantage is very important
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