Integrated Pest Management of palm oil Control of Oryctes rhinoceros Oryctes rhinoceros‚ as has been indicated in the section on zero burning‚ is a severe pest in such replants. A combination of fore-described cultural‚ chemical and biological control is now being used in an integrated manner to successfully manage outbreaks of the pest. Bagworms and Nettle Caterpillars Bagworms and nettle caterpillars are opportunistic pests that can devastate large areas of oil palm if not detected and treated
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Appendix - Porter five forces model: Competitive situation of printing industry Threat of new entrants |Factors (affecting the threat of new entrants) |Analysis |Threat Rating of New | | | |Entrants | |Economies of scale: |The printing product is usually required large
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5 Competitive Forces Analysis 1. Rivalry among existing firms(competitors) Competitiveness of enterprises and the current does not play a very important role in Disney’s external business environment. That is true‚ the company’s very high exit barriers. In addition‚ the ability to increase in a very large investment. Therefore‚ there is no strong direct competitors Disney’s business. Competitors‚ such as "Lonely Tunes" retail stores bear the expensive advertising to gain market share.
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Bargaining Power of Suppliers In the apparel industry‚ commodities and undifferentiated products‚ such as cotton‚ are purchased in the manufacturing of goods sold to customers. Also‚ cheap labor is abundant overseas for manufacturing needed products. Switching costs are low for this industry‚ allowing firms to easily pick and choose which suppliers they would like to do business with since suppliers offer very similar products‚ which gives suppliers in this industry low bargaining power. Price
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* Example: * Let’s take the Sky TV case as a typical example of penetration pricing. Sky TV is launched with a very low price‚ when many companies started using them‚ their prices continued to climb‚ however the product offered is good‚ so it continues to be used. This example also means that when Manac applies this method for their customized product‚ they need to concern more about after-sale service. * For instance‚ Manac is specializing in electrical goods‚ thus‚ the safety as well as
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Porter’s Five Forces The Threat of New Entrants (Low) There is a great amount of economies of learning and scale in the oil industry for Example BP has been searching for oil since 1901. They invest a huge amount in up-to-date technologies making it difficult for new entrants to compete. His obviously requires huge capital investments in R&D as well as start-up cost‚ for example a truck just to carry the oil costs over $1‚000‚000. There is a lot of regulation in the industry especially with
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PFAD MANUFACTURING PROCESS Crude Palm oil is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of the palm Elaeis guineensis. Crude palm oil (CPO) is refined by physical refining to get Refined‚ Bleached and Deodourised Palm oil. Palm Fatty acid distillate is produced as by product. The method of manufacturing of PFAD is as follows: The initial temperature of CPO is raised to 60 – 90°C. . After that‚ there is about 20% of the CPO feed to into the slurry and mix with the bleaching earth (6
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THE PROCESS OF PROCESSING PALM FRUIT INTO PALM OIL The production of crude palm oil includes a series of phases beginning with harvesting the fruit and ending with storing the oil‚ each using different methods and machines. Oil palm fruit can be processed in batch‚ continuous‚ or semi-continuous system. A batch system extracts oil from consecutive batches of fruits‚ while in a continuous system‚ each step in the oil extraction process feeds into the next. In a semi-continuous system‚ there may be
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Palm Oil; Poverty Fighter or Environmental Killer? The rapid globalization and dismantling of trade barriers is resulting in many changes in today’s international trade environment. According to Luthans (1) globalization is the process of social‚ political‚ economic‚ cultural and technological integration among countries around the world. Many challenges are facing agro-food producers‚ but also retailers such as our company Tesda‚ an international supermarket based in UK‚ that seek to remain
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Awareness of the five forces can help a company understand the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack. 78 Harvard Business Review | January 2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter
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