INCORPORATING SYSTEMS THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PROJECTS USING ACTION RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH Dr. Shankar Sankaran Associate Professor‚ Faculty of Design Architecture and Building‚ University of Technology Sydney‚ City Campus‚ PO Box 123‚ NSW 2007‚ Australia Email: Shankar.sankaran@uts.edu.au Dr. Tay Boon Hou Technical Director‚ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory‚ IN Technology Pte Ltd 10‚ Haig Lane‚ Singapore 438814 Email: intech01@singnet.com.sg Dr. Martin
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Chapter 1 An overview of logistics Economic impacts of logistics Economic utility (the value or usefulness of a product in fulfilling customer needs or wants) 4 general types: * Possession utility : the value or usefulness that comes from a customer being able to take possession of a product * Form utility : a product’s being in a form that can be used by the customer and is of value to the customer(allocation; smaller quantities that are desired by customers) * Place utility :having
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CHAPTER I Problem and its background This chapter includes the introduction‚ background of the study‚ statement of objectives‚ scope and delimitation‚ significance of the study and definition of terms used. Introduction In 1990‚ the World Wide Web was created by a CERN physicist Tim Berners-Lee and in 1993‚ the CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to use for anyone. A website is a set of related web pages served from a single web domain and is accessible through a network
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Learning Objectives: At the end of this topic you will be able to; describe‚ by drawing a graph‚ the effect of a capacitor on the output waveform from a rectifier; know that the size of the ripple voltage is dependent on the method of rectification‚ the values of capacitance and load resistance; describe‚ by drawing graphs‚ the effect of loading on the output waveform of a smoothed rectifier. Capacitive smoothing. In our work on power supplies so far we have determined how to calculate
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Quality ZARA become expanding too fast in international market‚ but doing so company needs to increase the capacity of production‚ they started employ original equipment manufacturer(OEM). This leaded to low quality due of using lower qualification by OEM. For example in China they want to have biggest market share as foreign cloth maker with low cost‚ attracting colleague students and young people; but their product were failed frequently in the quality test made by government ‚ out of 57 product
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way for Zara to maintain their sustainable growth is to seek new opportunities in the apparel market. With changing consumer behaviors as a result of globalization‚ and U.S. department stores suffering‚ there are growth options available for specialty retailers like Zara. Zara has the opportunity to be one of the trendiest/low priced retailers that America has seen recently. Zara should most likely develop a second central distribution center in the Americas to decrease logistics in order
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of ZARA: Fast Fashion This report is submitted to Prof. Devanath Tirupati in partial fulfilment of the course requirements of Supply Chain Management at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Saketh Sabbineni Sankalan Prasad Mayur Shrikhande Tushar Bhargava 5th March 2014 Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated‚ any views or opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the authors. Executive Summary Inditex‚ founded by Amancio Ortega‚ operates six different chains: Zara‚ Massimo
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Logistics process Definition of logistics Logistics is a function that is flexible and changes according to the various constraints and demands imposed upon it. Logistics is - Supply + Materials Management + Distribution and logistics is basically the overall management of distributions and supply. There are many different transport methods including- * Air- This is used to deliver goods fast and also internationally. * Water- This can be used to transport goods slower. Sometimes unreliable
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firm (RBV) (Barney‚ 1986‚ 1991)‚ critically evaluate the competitiveness of Zara within the Australian retail industry. The resource based view revolves around the notion of a firms tangible and intangible resources and capabilities allowing the firm to sustain a competitive advantage amongst its competitors. Zara being one of the biggest multinational fashion retailers of our time possesses many resources that enable Zara to maintain a competitive edge. Zara’s most noteworthy tangible resources
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1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? We think H&M’s financial results are the most interesting one to compare with Inditex’s. H&M is the most important and largest competitor of Inditex and due to their similar background‚ both being large international European apparel brands and offers fashionable
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