company’s outlook. Economic Segment Apple Computers Inc. was positioned in the computer industry and still is‚ but it has managed to avoid direct competition in the personal computer industry by defining a target audience and maintaining its loyal customers. It competes horizontally to the major competitors in the computer industry like DELL‚ HP and Gateway. Political/Legal Segment There were not any political activities listed in this case. However‚ outsourcing and globalization has made
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Lighting‚ Inc. Case Company Description * In 2005‚ the profit was approximately ($144‚000 / $5‚500‚000) 2.6% of sales; does this number indicate whether the company is doing well or not? * I like how this company’s strategic position is to offer products‚ lighting fixtures‚ to specifically meet the needs of their customers; they have identified their target consumers and have strategically positioned and marketed themselves accordingly * It’s interesting that Midwest Lighting‚ Inc. owns
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LG Electronics‚ a Korea electronics company headquartered in Seoul‚ South Korea. The company was established in 1958 by GoldStar Co.‚ producing radios‚ TVs and home appliances. LG was formed by the merger of two Korean companies‚ Lucky and GoldStar‚ which the name ‘LG’ was the short form of these two companies’ first alphabet. LG Corp. founder Koo In-Hwoi established Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. (now LG Chem) in 1947. The name Lak-Hui was then been pronounced as “Lucky” and in 1952 “Lucky”
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Case Study: LaJolla Software‚ Inc. LaJolla Inc. is a young business information software company based in California outside the Silicon Valley. The company is interested in forming an alliance with a Japanese firm and has for the last several months been negotiating with several firms in Japan to realize their goals of distributing their product in Asia. The owners have finally found a Japanese firm that will create an alliance with them. The firm is now sending a contingent of managers to
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Uncollectible Accounts Lesley-Ann Herard ACC 281 John Istvan November 17‚ 2014 Uncollectible Accounts Charity care in a health care environment gives patients reduced or even free services to those who have low incomes. The idea of charity care was associated to the way hospitals helped low- income families. The write-offs and potential costs that are provided to the patients are determined before anything is done. It is up to the discretion of the hospital if any or all the cost is
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Case Study #2 FHE Inc. Operations Management FHE is a multimillion-dollar company that manufactures pumps and related fluid-handling equipment. The manufactured equipment transfers various types of liquids‚ from paint to food products. These pump are used by automobile and appliance industries‚ allowing performance in vehicle servicing and home construction‚ to name a few. Over the past five years‚ sales and profits have increased as a result of new product introductions. The organizational
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Case study 1 Taracare‚ Inc Summary The case is about a conversation between Jorge Gonzales‚ the CEO from Taracare Inc.‚ and his manufacturing manager Alfredo Diaz. Alfredo was hired because Taracare was having difficulties in meeting the deliveries and in quality. After some time and only making little progress‚ Alfred scheduled a meeting with Jorge to discuss the problems. The main points Alfredo concerns was: Problems with Purchasing materials Delivery promises from the sales that can´t
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well as launching new products such as the iPod in the market which brought Apple back into the spotlight. Discussion about this issue is elaborated in the main discussion section. The first section briefly describes the current situation in the case study‚ and applies using analysis tools. This will further relate to Apple’s strategic factors and success and how it uses the STP (Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning) tool to explain its market position. The report will also give recommendations
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Ty Cormier Gemini Electronics 1. What was the business model of Gemini? The business model was to produce TV’s on a just-in-time basis to pass on most of the distribution savings to the consumers. He planned to cater to the big box retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart to name a few‚ who wanted to cut down their supply chains by sourcing TV’s in North America. By shortening the supply chain you increase reliability making it easier to address uncertainties as well as building lean production
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CASE: PETRIE’S ELECTRONICS Determining Systems Requirements Although the customer loyalty project at Petrie’s Electronics had gone slowly at first‚ the past few weeks had been fast paced and busy‚ Jim Watanabe‚ the project manager‚ thought to himself. He had spent much of his time planning and conducting interviews with key stakeholders inside the company. He had also worked with the marketing group to put together some focus groups made up of loyal customers‚ to get some ideas about what they
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