of 20th century operational management strategies such as Just in Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing‚ companies had to alter its operational efficiency and the way it conducted its business in order to grow and stay competitive. Costco Wholesale Corporation entered the wholesale club industry in the early 1980s (Tayan‚ 2003). The idea behind a wholesale club was to maximize profits by minimizing operational costs and maximizing inventory turnover ratio. The company experienced tremendous growth from
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CASE: MAKING NORWICH TOOLS LATHE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PAR T A: PAYBACK PERIOD years cash flows 0 1 2 3 4 5 (660‚000) 128‚000 182‚000 166‚000 168‚000 450‚000 PBPA LATHE A cumulative cash flows cash flows LATHE B cumulative cash flows 128‚000 310‚000 476‚000 644‚000 1‚094‚000 (360‚000) 88‚000 120‚000 96‚000 86‚000 207‚000 88‚000 208‚000 304‚000 390‚000 597‚000 4.04 PBPB 3.65 ACCEPTABILTY OF EACH PROJECT: Lathe A will be
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Case Study: ‘Ocean Carriers’ By: Alyssa Linder Wenliang Zhang Xhangoli‚ Eva 1. Daily spot hire rates are determined according to supply and demand of the shipping capacity. According to the article‚ the supply of ships available equals the number of ships currently in the fleet plus any new ships added‚ minus any scrapings and sinking. According to Exhibit 2‚ there are a limited number of ships older than 24 years which are likely to be scraped. For those ships under the age group
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has been using the Qualitative method rather than Quantitative method. 2. What is the importance of accurate forecasting for YFHC? Justify with case specific information and avoid general comments. (5 marks) (max.150 words) 3. What should be an appropriate forecasting horizon (duration)? Justify with one specific example connected to the case. (5 marks) (max. 150 words) 4. Please draw the graph of 4 years demand data and write down your observations (5 marks) (max.100 words for observations)
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months. They would launch and run business for another six months until when they decide to either expand or not and continue to run business for six more months. At the end of 18 months‚ Bernard would definitely sell his interests. According to the case‚ Bernard’s value of original opportunity was $68.465K. Subtracted by the initial investment of $90K‚ the NPV was $21.535K. Thus‚ he planned to pass the opportunity. But his friends offered him alternatives which may generate positive outcomes to the
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Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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Marketing management CASE 1: McDonald’s CORPORATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM How are Customer tastes changing in the fast-food industry? What impact do these changes have on McDonald’s? First‚ people are trying to eat more and more healthy food. This has an impact on the fast food industry and especially on McDonald’s‚ the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. As people think about their health‚ they eat less often at McDonald’s and it as an impact on the sales. Secondly
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Read the case “Zychol Chemicals Corporation” given below and concisely answer the questions that follow at the end of the case study. As a general guideline‚ please try to limit your answers to a paragraph or two for each of the questions. Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations
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Is Isom’s business vision responsive to the situation? In general‚ most of the companies in property and casualty insurance business would want to be high performing specialists rather than generalists. Yes‚ in this case however his vision was responsive to the situation. He had a good view of the situation and knew that radical shift in the divisions strategy is required to turn around the future. P&C was a low performing generalist insurance division • Years of
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business-specific customizations to enable clients to improve business performance. SMITS has one of the largest and most experienced pools of SAP consultants in the Philippines and has had experience in providing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to its clients. With exceptional functional and technical expertise‚ extensive industry knowledge and a strong vision for growth‚ SMITS is the ideal choice for IT consulting to drive business growth and transformation. * Company Profile
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