After reading the IKEA case‚ I find following problems‚ * Reluctance to change furniture: mind set of Americans Americans typically have the mind-set that furniture should last a lifetime‚ which is not in-line with IKEA’s value that does not include durability in its products. Thus to increase market share in America‚ IKEA must change the American’s attitude towards furniture as something fun and disposable‚ furniture is something that add value to lifestyle without incurring too much cost
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[pic] Course: Advance diploma in Business Management Module: Production & Operations Management Date:2013.08.06 Name of lecturer: Daniel Chew The following examples show different products and services working by different model to achieve different customers’ satisfactions. Two products examples and two service examples will be included. Product 1: 5Ps Framework of O.M. is used in the electronic devices company‚ Apple. Apple: Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a famous
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IKEA is a well-known global brand with hundreds of stores across the world. In order to improve performance‚ it must assess its external and competitive environment. This will reveal the key opportunities it can take advantage of and the threats it must deal with. IKEA responds to both internal and external issues in a proactive and dynamic manner by using its strengths and reducing its weaknesses. Through this‚ IKEA is able to generate the strong growth it needs to retain a strong identity in the
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accurate & current records must be maintained □ Guests may pre-pay or organisations may pay on their behalf ■ Credit card imprint □ Internal control on credit limits needs to be maintained □ Provides information for management on departmental revenue □ Compilation of reports 6‚ Jobs duty for receptionist (list 3) A hotel receptionist is responsible for greeting guests with a smile‚ welcoming the guest to the hotel and arranging reservations. Other responsibilities
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produce 30‚000 good T-shirts per month. Their plant operates 200 hours per month‚ but the new machines will be used for T-shirts only 60 percent of the time and the output usually includes 5 percent that are "seconds" and unusable. The stamping operation takes 1 minute per T-shirt‚ and the stamping machines are expected to have 90 percent efficiency considering adjustments‚ changeover of patterns‚ and unavoidable downtime. How many stamping machines are required? Target stamping-30000nos limting
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The Subway sandwich chain is the largest restaurant operation in the world‚ as determined by the number of locations. Subway has been gaining on other fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s for years. It’s smaller format costs less to open and operate than other chain restaurants and lets it squeeze into heavily trafficked locations places such as McDonald’s might bypass. In its clarity‚ simplicity‚ and achievability‚ the Subway restaurants have one of the best mission statements in the U.S.
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amount of money on technological upgrades each year (Ross et al.‚ 2002). UPS always find new and improved technology which the company is able to maintain competitive in their pricing (Clinton‚ 2008). Fuel is a major expense for the company‚ their operations also helps UPS reduce costs. As they always put efforts to increase their achievement‚ UPS became more efficient and developed company compare to before by the UPS transition. As below chart shows Financial Data of UPS from 2007 to 2012. Million
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IKEA 1. A firm advantage of IKEA is they have a dedicated supplier network so they are able to offer quality furniture at low prices. IKEA reaps huge economies of scale from the size of its stores and the big production runs necessary to stock them since the same furniture is sold all over the world. Since IKEA saves‚ they are able to match their rivals on quality and still manage to undercut their furniture by 30 percent. A country advantage is they have more than 2‚300 suppliers in 67 countries
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Markets Motorcycles: Overall Two-wheeler sales of Indian players is dominated by the domestic market and‚ within it‚ by motorcycles. After growing at a sharp clip from the late 1990s‚ motorcycle sales witnessed a 7.8% drop in volume in 2007-08‚ due to falling domestic demand as a result of rising interest rates and many private sector banks reducing their retail lending exposures. 2008-09 saw a modest increase in motorcycle sales of 4%‚ driven largely by growth in cash sales. Even so‚ sales of
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MKT B370 Operations Management SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPER Important Note: This specimen examination paper serves solely as an illustration of the types of questions which may be contained in the examination. Students should not construe these questions as the actual examination questions nor part of the actual examination paper. In addition‚ this specimen examination paper does not purport to represent the complete scope or coverage of the course and the distribution of the topics to be examined
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