Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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The Solution In Synaptics Solutions’ recommendation‚ Filton College chose to purchase some sort of Meru Networks wi-fi system. Synaptic Solutions began the changeover by disconnecting the legacy equipment thought to be causing the networking problems. Shortly thereafter‚ they began deploying the Meru Networks networking kit. Within the primary period‚ twenty-one Meru AP201 Entry Points (APs) have been set up through the entire WISE campus and a Meru MC3050 controller had been combined with
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Jones Distribution Case Finance Team -13 Executive Summary: The Company Jones Electrical Distribution was founded in 1997. The company distributes and wholesales electrical components. It is a sole proprietorship owned by Nelson Jones who is looking for a new banking relationship that will allow him to receive a larger loan to sustain his business. Even though the company has been turning in profits‚ the ineffective collection practice‚ not availing trade discounts on time and ineffective
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inventory holding costs. Therefore‚ quantitative and qualitative analysis needs to be done to check the feasibility of having a common National Distribution Centre (NDC) or combining the demand of certain regions or products to have an optimized solution to minimize the total cost by trading off the increased distribution cost and warehouse cost with reduced inventory holding cost Calculating the annual inventory and distribution cost of the current distribution system: In the current system
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1) What caused the existing system at ETO to fail? This system was based on the assumption that direct costs and overhead are consumed in the same proportion for all product testing. However‚ this is not the case and therefore the system failed. For example‚ due to the implementation of the vendor certification and the just-in-time delivery‚ some products are already tested and do not need any further tests‚ and ETO faces a decreasing number of the tests performed. On the other hand‚ new components
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Q. What are the unique features of Shouldice’s services‚ as compared to that of a typical hospital? A. The hospital focused on this new procedure for treatment of external types of abdominal hernias. Some differentiating features of the Shouldice process were the arranging of abdominal muscles into three distinct layers‚ reinforcing the abdominal wall with six rows of sutures and did not involve any insertion of screen and mesh under the skin. Beyond the surgical procedure‚ it was the service
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Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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Case 1 | Warren Buffet | Group 7 | According to the case‚ there are stock price changes for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement. Also‚ the bid price for PacifiCorp is $9.4 billion. After knowing this announcement‚ Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A shares price went up and make them gained in market value $2.17 billion. In Berkshire and other investors’ point of view‚ After Berkshire takeover PacifiCorp‚ it might have a good development and future
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KRISTEN’S COOKIE CASE FOR DR. JUN-YEON LEE MGMT 6355 FALL 2010 BY: AMIN DADWANI KRISTEN’S COOKIE COMPANY INTRODUCTION: A couple of students‚ roommates‚ planned to launch a cookie company in there on campus apartment. The purpose was to serve freshly baked cookies to hungry students late night by taking orders online. They needed following equipments and ingredients in process of making Cookies: - 1-Equipment: - Oven‚ Food processor‚ Cooking tray‚ Spoons. 2-Ingredient:
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