ISOM 319-E Operations Management Case: Seven-Eleven Japan February 7‚ 2013 Part A Some different ways that a convenience store chain can be responsive are they can intergraded information systems‚ additional capacity which are manufacturing‚ distribution centers and retail store‚ they also can increase safety inventory‚ increased number of deliveries‚ and increased product variety and availability. Part B Some challenges and risks with micro-matching supply and demand using rapid replenishment
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Description of FastFit’s Operations FastFit Sporting Goods is a successful New England regional supplier of sporting goods to the high end consumer market. They sell an exclusive selection of equipment and apparel to men and women who exercise and pursue outdoor activities on a regular basis. They operate five (5) upscale retail stores in the New England market that offer a high level of customer attention‚ with a headquarters (HQ) is in Burlington‚ Massachusetts‚ and a single warehouse‚ distribution
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the stores opened for extended hours during weekdays. The stores name was changed from the originally named Tote’m to 7-Eleven around 20 years after the opening because that is when they changed their operating hours daily from 7 in the morning till 11 in the evening. Moreover‚ the company began to open several locations into Florida through Washington D.C. A certain incident gave this national chain it’s defining characteristic of having extended hours. One time the store was so busy after a college
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Watson Case Study #1 How powerful is Watson? Describe its technology. Why does it require so much powerful hardware? Watson has the ability to go far beyond responding to simple commands it has the ability to understand language‚ search millions of data sets within three seconds and learn from its mistakes and its successes. It has 15 terabytes of RAM‚ 2‚880 processor cores and operates at 80 teraflops. It needs this much hardware to process thousands or algorithms that were programmed and can
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Case 11-6 Lessee Ltd. Case 11-6 deals with Lessee Ltd.‚ a company that operates in Britain and uses IFRS. The question in this case is how to classify a lease that Lessee‚ Ltd. acquired from Lessor Inc. The accounting standard that deals with leases under IFRS is IAS 17. IAS 17 was originally issued in September 1982 and was reissued in December 2003. It classifies leases as either finance leases or operating leases. Finance leases make it so that the lessee recognizes an asset and a liability
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Target Corporation Michael Holt Dontae Threatt Target Corporation was founded in 1902 in Minneapolis as the Dayton Dry Goods Company‚ though the first Target store was opened in 1962 in nearby Roseville‚ Minnesota. Not until 1995‚ was the first Super Target was built. In 1999 Target launched their website Target.com. Target grew and eventually became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation‚ culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in August 2000. The Corporation
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Fairchild Professor James Nguyen Poli. 1‚ Tuesdays/Thursdays 11:30- 1:20pm January 28‚ 2016 Part 1: Topic and outline Topic: "Campaign finance reform and the Citizens United Case." The paper will discuss what campaign finance reform looked like prior to and following this case‚ as well as the reasons for unlimited spending on political activities being damaging to democracy. It will also discuss the ideas for reversing the Citizens United case‚ the steps taken towards this so far‚ and the likely outcome
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1. I think that Alden need to establish a policies and procedures manual which would inform employees; a. Of the type of source documents individuals must use to record inventory. b. Include the accurate procedures to organize back up data for these documents. c. An inclusive description of the person in charge and responsibility assigned to each person. d. A chart of accounts that is expresses an explanation of each general ledger account so that staff record
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1. How would you define “business process management” based on this video and text reading? How would you compare it to business process re-engineering‚ continuous improvement‚ and total quality management approaches? Business process management is an approach to business in which aims to continuously improve and manage business processes. Business process management focuses on process improvement‚ process efficiency and effectiveness‚ and management control over processes. 2. What are the major
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Case 9: Horniman Horticulture 1. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the company Horniman Horticulture. Strengths * Constantly growing firm with increasing revenue (15.5% in 2005)‚ net profit‚ total assets and high returns on equity (5.1% in 2005) * Large product offerings‚ with a recent increase of 40%. Majority of offerings are in high demand * Management (in regards to Bob Brown) has good ties with employees and customers * Tax expense hasn’t drastically
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