Faculty of Business Studies Tutor Marked Assignment B203 A: Business functions in context I Second Semester 2012 – 2013 Supply chain from manufacturing to shelf Introduction 1 -The Kellogg’s Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan‚ USA. They experimented with different ways to cook cereals without losing the goodness. Their philosophy was ’improved diet leads to improved health’. 2-Between 1938 and the present day Kellogg’s opened
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China Textile in Global Value Chain Jean RUFFIER CNRS searcher‚ CEFC‚ Centre d’Etudes Français sur la Chine Contemporaine‚ Hongkong French chair of Centre franco-chinois de sociologie de recherche sur les organisations 中法组织研究中心‚ SUN Yatsen University‚ Guangzhouruffier@univ-lyon3.fr[->0] After being a worldwide threat‚ Chinese apparel industry is facing a double challenge: 1 - Either to remain a low cost base in the international value chain using low wage advantages with a double
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Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" Presented much like a spontaneous journal or diary entry‚ Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" is a complex and multifaceted poem that stands as an indictment against American government and culture. The opening lines of the poem forward the aforementioned journal-like quality and also present the central focal point of tension in the poem as a whole. The opening line specifically expresses a tone of wistfulness or even sadness: "What
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06 $ 12‚750 40% $ 5‚100 2. What is the project ’s NPV? The Net Present Value is $36‚955.09 Explain the economic rationale behind the NPV. Economists found much of their analyses on a marketplace where supply and demand are based on the perceptions of present value and scarcity. The Net Present Value (NPV) are calculations used to estimate the value over a lifetime which in this case would be of Chicago Valve ’s standard petroleum valve systems. NPV allows decision makers to
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Project #1 Short Case #1: Bed Bath & Beyond’s (BB&B) Plan for Growth 1. Explain how Bed Bath & Beyond practices the retailing concept. The retailing concept is comprised of customer orientation‚ coordinated effort‚ value-driven‚ and goal orientation. With a multitude of open stores the consumer becomes aware of the convenience in location‚ excellent store atmosphere‚ and an assortment of merchandise. BB&B’s customer orientation‚ customers can walk around the store without feeling pressured because
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encouraging companies that already have existing e-commerce capabilities to further expand the scale and scope of their e-commerce activities. eBIDS cofunds companies’ investment in e-commerce projects proportionately based on the total e-commerce value created‚ up to a maximum of S$500‚000. Another example is the Jump-startProgram ‚which extends the existing computerization subsidy scheme for local SMEs to adopt e-business activities by supporting up to 50% of the qualified e-commerce related consultancy
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Subject: Dell’s Value Chain Case 1. How has Dell used its direct sales and build-to-order model to develop an exceptional supply chain? Dell encourages suppliers to focus on their individual technological capabilities to sustain leadership in their components. Suppliers are also pressed to drive down lead times‚ lot sizes‚ and inventories. Dell constructs special Web pages for suppliers to plan based on actual end customer demand. On the distribution side‚ Dell uses direct sales‚ primarily
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guarantee the same values and culture framework between all the employees in a workplace‚ trying to reduce the impacts of the different combinations of individuals’ background inside a company. This essay aims to demonstrate theory behind business ethics‚ corporate culture‚ and value codes. Also to introduce how this topic becomes more important as an executive become more senior inside the company’s hierarchy‚ why he has more responsibilities and how he can influence the whole system with his own discourses
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Sense of Change Management‚ 2nd edition Case studies – text and questions Contents Case study 1: Aster Group 3 Case study text: Aster Group 3 Introduction 3 History‚ culture‚ orientation 4 Drivers for change 6 Leadership 8 No shotgun wedding 9 The transition period – one year on 11 Project management 12 Organizational development 13 Developing management and leadership capacity and capability 14 Case study questions: Aster Group 17 Individual
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list of all 10 Zappos’ corporate values. Pick two of the values and explain how you think those values would influence the way employees do their work. 1. Create Fun and A Little Weirdness. This value would want actually make the employee WANT to come to work and look forward to it as well. 2. Build Open and Honest Relationships with Communication. This would allow them to accomplish much more than they would otherwise. 2. Using the list of corporate values and Exhibit2-4‚ describe Zappos’
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