before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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Simulation game (Beer Distribution Game) to understand the actions of simple and widely use of this system in the Supply Chain Management (SCM). The Beer Game was developed in the 1960s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management (Sterman‚1989; Senge‚1992)‚ it has been successful to attract the attention of SCM practitioners and academics. The layout of the Beer Distribution Game (BDG) is illustrated in figure 1 below. Figure 1 Beer Distribution Game Layout
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The Effects of the Internet on Channel Strategy Ryan Andrew MM 574 June 11‚ 2009 Consumers walk into a grocery store on any given day‚ pick up the food or beverages they need‚ pay and head home. Few people stop to think or contemplate how the Tombstone pizza they purchased for dinner ended up in the frozen food section of the local grocer. They merely place the pizza in the oven and in 15 minutes dinner is served. The process of delivering the Tombstone pizza to the consumer‚ through
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Sales and Marketing Channel Plan Fun 4 Life Fitness Center‚ LLC understands that over the last five years‚ there has been an increased emphasis on living a healthy life. This includes eating and living healthy. One of the goals of the business is to provide a facility that can cater to the needs of customers in the area of healthy living. This means that our product and service offerings have been designed with the customer in mind. Fun 4 Life Fitness Center wants to assist in helping the
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The unequal distribution of wealth has always been a huge problem that has plagued society throughout the ages. As forms of governments of each nation have changed‚ the unequal distribution of wealth has remained a constant. Even in Communist countries‚ which were supposed to eliminate this problem by abolishing the private ownership of land‚ the unequal distribution of wealth was still a problem in their society. It is difficult for society as a whole to make advancements‚ because of the unequal
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How Distribution Is Arranged To Provide Customer Convenience? There are several ways in which businesses arrange distribution to provide customer convenience. The methods used may vary slightly based on what sort of business is being operated. For example‚ those who are running an e-commerce business will have different techniques than those who have a standard "real world" business headquarters. Also‚ different real world businesses may have different techniques dependent upon the size of the
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Probability Distribution Essay Example Suppose you flip a coin two times. This simple statistical experiment can have four possible outcomes: HH‚ HT‚ TH‚ and TT. Now‚ let the random variable X represent the number of Heads that result from this experiment. The random variable X can only take on the values 0‚ 1‚ or 2‚ so it is a discrete random variable Binomial Probability Function: it is a discrete distribution. The distribution is done when the results are not ranged along a wide range‚ but are
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Condom Distribution to Teens Over the past 30 years‚ condom distribution has not effectively helped against sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or teen pregnancies because condoms are used incorrectly or not at all. The question remains: does it encourage teens to engage in sex by pushing condoms in their hands? We will explore the effectiveness of the program‚ taxpayer views‚ and religious views. The theory generally accepted in justifying the distribution of condoms to teenagers is that this
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10.1 HSC Topic One – The Global Economy Investigate the global distribution of income and wealth-- When analysing the specific distribution of wealth and income at a global level‚ the frequency of the term ‘Inequality’ is quite often brought to attention. This is simply because (and as expanded upon below) the distribution of wealth is anything but equal. To present a proverb or maxim of sorts‚ “The rich continue getting richer‚ while the poor; poorer”‚ generally summing up the current state
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The Nature and Importance of Marketing Channels Few producers sell their goods directly to the final users. Instead‚ most use intermediaries to bring their products to market. They try to forge a marketing channel (or distribution channel)—a set of interdependent organizations that help make a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user. A company’s channel decisions directly affect every other marketing decision. Pricing depends on whether
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