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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1. Meet the some sub – county Agriculture Sector Heads. 2. Discuss the Agriculture sub – county staff status. 3. Discuss the Agriculture sub – county stakeholder inventory. 4. Discuss and collect data on the current and potential value chains in the sub counties. 5. Distribute invitation letters for sensitization of the entire sub sector heads. Budget implication. |Officer |Lunch allowance
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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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after its family founders‚ Hasbro was founded in 1923 and incorporated in 1968 when the name was changed to Hasbro Inc. Over the years Hasbro has made several changes in its core competencies in to being a top competitor in the toy and game industry. Hasbro has had success in acquire several key companies that have grown to reputable brand names throughout world. Hasbro is not just another toy company‚ in addition to their excellent reputation of their individual brands; Hasbro has held a good reputation
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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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supply chain is so important to Hasbro? Supply chain is defined as the marketing channels that consist of distributors (suppliers)‚ retailers‚ and others who connect the company to its buyers. Thus‚ the supply chain describes a longer channel‚ stretching from raw materials to components to final products that are carried to final buyers – distribution channels‚ demand chain either going upstream or downstream‚ i.e. manufacturers suppliers wholesalers retailers consumers. The supply chain is so
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Value Chain Analysis Inbound Logistic 1. Farm : Coffee Bean begins at the farm on coffee trees. After trees are planted‚ it takes between one and three years for the trees to bear coffee "cherries". Than the farmer will harvest the coffee trees to get cherries. After that‚ they will use coffee mills to process the product from cherry to bean. 2. Exporter : The coffee export process varied greatly depending on origin country and buyer. In some countries‚ beans were exported through government
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Strategic Value Chain Analysis Wednesday‚ December 04‚ 2013 8:48 AM "Competitive Advantage" 1986 Companies are not groups of people‚ they are sets of activities. There are 2 sets of activities: Cost and willingness to pay (WTP) PRIMARY: In-bound / raw material ==> Process ==> Marketing ==> Service SECONDARY: Accounting‚ Exec Management‚ CIA Cost of distribution drivers (for cinnamon buns): # of stops (greater # raises cost) # of packages they drop per stop (greater # lowers
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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‚ standard deviation plays an important role. It is used as an indicator of risk‚ security A has 30% standard deviation which
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Best-in-Class Supply Chain Team October 2012 Supply chain’s long-standing image problem has at times masked the true importance of the function. Those who oversimplified the function as merely a means to transport products and parts from point A to point B often overlooked its strategic significance. As organizations today have become more complex and global‚ supply chain management has been charged with keeping pace. From R&D and product innovation to M&A and customer development‚ supply chain can touch
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