Applications of RFID in Supply Chains Gary M. Gaukler gaukler@tamu.edu RFID and Supply Chain Systems Lab Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering Texas A&M University College Station‚ Texas 77843-3131‚ USA Ralf W. Seifert seifert@imd.ch IMD - International Institute for Management Development Chemin de Bellerive 23‚ PO Box 915 CH-1001 Lausanne‚ Switzerland Copyright This paper is published as a book chapter in “Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management: Technologies and
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STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION FINAL ESSAY Topic: When A Company Likely To Choose Related Diversification and When Is It Likely To Choose Unrelated Diversification? Introduction First of all‚ “corporate strategy is what makes the corporate whole add up to more than the sum of its business unit parts” (Porter‚ M. E.‚ 1987 cited in Mintzberg et al 2003‚ p.451). In this regard‚ corporate-level strategy is concerned with two related issues; “first one is what businesses a corporation should compete
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QUESTIONS ON THE CASES These questions are provided in order to help you read and prepare these cases more efficiently.They show the key topics which should be covered in class. Week 1 : Read and prepare TOMTOM or RIM Krispy Kreme Nouvelles Frontières TOMTOM Questions 1. What strategy is TomTom pursuing‚ is it working? 2. Does the satellite navigation industry offer attractive opportunities for growth? What kind of competitive forces are industry members facing and how
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Course Title Principles of Marketing (MKT 101) Prepared by Mithila Islam Tisha Id# 2010-2-10-270 TanzilaHossain Id# 2010-2-10-267 SupriaDebnath Id# 2010-2-10-122 Masuda Mustari Sun Id# 2010-2-10-272 Kazi Lubaba Islam id# 2010-2-10-201 Prepared for Kashfia Ahmed Senior lecturer Department of Business Administration Date of submission 21thApril 21st April 2011 Kashifia Ahmed Senior Lecturer‚ Department of Business Administration‚ EastWest University‚ 43
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Hedley Co. in England which made them a global organization. Gradually they acquired Folgers Coffee‚ Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals‚ Richardson-Vicks‚ Noxell (Noxzema)‚ Shulton’s Old Spice‚ Max Factor. In January 2005‚ they acquired Gillette and added brands like Gillette razor‚ DuracelL‚ Oral-B. P&G established its India subsidiary “P&G India” in 1964. According to their Indian website‚ they now serve over 650 million customers in India. Currently P&G India is present in the following market segments:-
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BIC Corporation: How a global icon develops its strategy Case questionsAnalyse the BIC case study and discuss the following questions: 1. What strategy did BIC use to succeed in the ball point pen market? 2. How did the strategy change with porous point pens and disposable lighters? 3. Which of the new product options should BIC pursue? Why/why not? 4. On the basis of your analysis in Questions 1 to 3‚ what do you think are the strategic strengths and weaknesses of BIC? 5. What strategies
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countries does P&Gs Market Development Organization operate in? Describe five uncertainties that complicate P&Gs efforts to accurately forecast its sales and expenses. P&Gs annual report briefly discuss the acquisition of Gillette (see pages 10-11). It acknowledges that Gillette has some different cultural norms in terms of how it defines accountability and communicates internally. Although not discussed in the annual report‚ how could differences in two organizations budgeting practices be responsible
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BRAND CANNIBALIZATION: EAT OR BE EATEN With increasing commoditization of brands‚ differentiation is hard to come in every industry. Consumers are now flooded with options‚ single company having several brands in same product category. Positioning‚ targeting‚ segmenting can serve as strategies no more. Rather it is the basic hygiene which any company needs to follow if it needs to sustain in the race for market share. So‚ what should a marketer adopt as a strategy? There are unconventional
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items pass through dock doors and at transshipment points. Pallets and cases are scanned to provide accurate shipment and inventory data‚ which is transmitted to the project’s SAP system. Suppliers‚ including Gillette‚ Kraft‚ and Procter & Gamble are working with Metro to tag goods. Gillette is tagging its razors‚ which are tracked using smart shelves that were developed by OAT Systems. The shelves monitor the number of items on it‚ and alert staff when more product needs to be brought out from the
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A Capital Budgeting Decision — Gillette Prepared by Ray Kerlagon The following capital budgeting situation is up for review. Things to consider include: Identification of incremental cash flows. Any working capital requirements and/or sunk costs. What is the appropriate capital budgeting technique? How should we address risk? What is the cost of capital? What is the project’s IRR? PROJECT DEFINITION: A market research study was conducted in 1997 at a cost of $1‚500‚000 that indicates a high receptivity
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