Case Study One: Amazon.com Amazon started as an e-commerce book site and has now added music‚ toys‚ electronics‚ software‚ and home improvement equipment to its list of product offerings. The Amazon supply chain is longer than that of a bookstore chain such as Borders or Barnes and Noble because of the presence of an additional intermediary—the distributor. The distributor margins in the Amazon supply chain can also be viewed as an increase in cost. However‚ Amazon has exploited several opportunities
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economy. Sears Holdings had just launched a bid in November 2007 to purchase Restoration Hardware‚ a home- goods retailer (Wheelen and Hunger‚ 2012). The remainder of this assignment answers discussion questions based on the content of Unit 4 and the Case Analysis of “Kmart and Sears: Stuck in the Middle.” Body - Discussion Questions: a) Give your opinion on the retrenchment strategy(s) used by Kmart. Kmart’s brain trust put heavy emphasis on the planning function. Management perceived the role
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Topic1. What campaigns have been tremendously successful? Have you ever tried to “LEGO”? “LEGO” is toy of men and women of all ages in the world. I want to talk about Lego that has been tremendously successful. • First‚ the origin of “LEGO” The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958)‚ a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark‚ who began making wooden toys in 1932. He made toys for his son. • Second‚ what does “LEGO” means? In 1934‚ his company came to be called "LEGO"‚ derived
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Mattel and Toy Safety Bus 250 Prof. J. Reece Amanda Wagoner November 18‚ 2013 Mattel and Toy Safety Mattel is an American based toy manufacture that was founded in 1945 by Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler. The company has been headquartered in El Segundo‚ California since it first opened. However‚ in 2007 the toy manufacture faced hard times when they had to do multiple recalls on their children’s playthings due to unsafe parts and hazardous materials (such as lead paint) the company faced
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Edward Said and His Concepts: Orientalism and Imaginative Geographies Introduction In an attempt to provide basic knowledge and clarity‚ this paper discusses two of Edward Said’s sociological concepts – Orientalism and imaginative geographies – defines the two concepts‚ and also provides examples for each. The research will be done by digging into the works of academics and average people alike‚ and piecing their works together to explain Edward Said’s two concepts. This paper also discusses
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Sub-question 5: Adults’ attitude about children’s toys has no change. 1. Source 1 (scholar article): Auster and Mansbach cite a study done by Blakemore and Centers in 2005 that many adult‚ including college students have not change their attitude about toys. They still judge and see children’s toys in a gender stereotyped way. The logos‚ packaging‚ color and function of toys are used by adults as “gender markers.” a. Analysis: Most adults live in the era where toys were still perceived and advertised in a
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which written by Branigan. The article outlined that after the global financial crisis‚ Chinese Christmas decoration industry has entered a low. The details to visit the website “http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/14/china-exports-christmas-toys” Mainly factor of this situation is the main customer from European and American decline to import such kind of stuffs thanks to the global financial crisis. As the article mentioned that MC (anonymity) which with 10 years manufacture and wholesale
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Summary of Case Mattel’s Toy Recalls and Supply Chain Management This case talks focuses on the event in the year of 2007 when Mattel – the leading global toymaker – voluntarily recalled its toys from worldwide stores. Mattel’s name is synonymous worldwide for its most famous product – the Barbie Doll. The recall was initially for 83 toys which had excessive lead paint and soon after 6 more products we recalled which had a design problem of small magnets coming off the toys in addition
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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kid or an adult. It distributes a range of toys‚ puzzles‚ and craft-based products worldwide but enjoys greatest success in North America‚ where Mega Bloks is one of the top 10 toy brands. In 2003‚ MAGNETIX® products were introduced to consumers and were a hit. Kids were engaging in building the construction sets for hours at a time. However‚ this popularity would not last long‚ when a mother claimed that her kid choked on a magnet that fell from the toy and died. In this paper I am going to concentrate
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