CONTEXT (p.1) DATA * David Glass (CEO); Don Soderquist (COO) * ROA= 33% ; Sales growth= 35% * 1993. market value= $57.5 billion * Sales/square foot= $300 vs. $210 of competitors * Total sales: $16B (1987) → $67B (1993) * Earnings quadrupling: $628 million → $2.3B * Revolutionized many aspects of retailing + heavy investment in information technology. * Main Challenge: “HOW TO SUSTAIN THE COMPANY’S PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE.” * Growth in 1993: (7%–8%) range‚
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ALDI CASE 1.How does ALDI ’s strategy lead to a competitive advantage ? How does the company achieve this strategy? ALDI gains a competitive advantage by several factors. ALDI offers its consumers an excellent value‚ so selling good quality products at a low price‚ thus obtain good market share‚ for example in Germany has a share of about 40 %. With this strategy ALDI and are available to any consumer purchasing power
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Hello‚ Wal-Mart? Ashford University BUS644 Operation Management Dr. Ronald Beach November 26‚ 2011 Hello‚ Wal-Mart? It is very common for everyone that lives in a small town to get all their groceries at Wal-Mart. During the last 50 years of creation‚ from a small town on Arkansas‚ Wal-Mart became the biggest retail company of the world. At this time‚ this company is one of the major employers of the world and has more than 4‚000 stores just in America. It is very difficult for a small
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Inventory Management of a Fast Fashion Fast-Fashion Retail Network Felipe Caro UCLA Anderson School of Management fcaro@anderson.ucla.edu 2012 KUMPEM FORUM ANNUAL RETAIL CONFERENCE Koç University May 18‚ 2012 University‚ 18 Caro: “Inventory Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network” Industry-Academia Collaboration • Felipe Caro‚ UCLA Anderson • Jé é i G lli Jérémie Gallien‚ London Business S h l L d B i School • Miguel Díaz‚ Zara CFO • Javier García‚ Zara • José Manuel Corredoira‚ Zara
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Case Presentation Guideline Time allocated: Presentation – 20 mins Class discussion – 10 mins (more if time permits) Where to start – Start the presentation with a thorough presentation of the case facts. Bring the class up to speed with the case facts. Assume an audience who do not know anything about the case. Set up presentation quickly – We cannot afford the time. Therefore choose the quickest way to set up‚ either by plugging in your thumbdrive/s in the Instructor’s computer or using
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A logistics department of a company Analysis of Business Operations Group 7 Chao Chen Mu Liu Abstract This paper mainly talks about a logistics department of a company which I worked for nearly three years. At first‚ it provides an introduction of this company and its logistics department. And after that‚ it indicates the problem the department faced now and points out the requirements of it when faces those problems. The main problems are too many workers in this department; unfair working
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References: Wal-mart Lays Out Future Plans to Shareholders. (2010). Retrieved: May 17‚ 2013‚ from Talk Business Web Site: http://talkbusiness.net/2010/06/wal-mart-lays-out-future-plans-to-shareholders Walmart. (2013). Retrieved: May 17‚ 2013‚ form Wikipedia Web Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart History of Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (2013). Retrieved: May 17‚ 2013‚ from Reference for Business Web Site: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/20/Wal-Mart-Stores-Inc.html Wal-Mart Dividend Stock
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QUESTIONS: How does Elizabeth currently organize her logistics? What do you think are her aims and priorities? Logistics is the function responsible for all aspects of the movement and storage of materials on their journey from suppliers to final customers. In the Hessingen Herb Farm‚ Elizabeth Kole personally manages the logistics matters. She personally monitors the movement and storage of her products from the raw materials to the customers. Logistics would have played a great part in the expansion
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process design‚ production engineering‚ market testing‚ R&D Procurement Supplier management‚ funding‚ subcontracting‚ specialization Primary Activities Inbound Logistics Quality control‚ receiving‚ raw materials control‚ supply schedules Operation Manufacturing‚ packaging‚ production control‚ quality control‚ maintenance Outbound Logistics Finished goods‚ Order handling‚ Dispatch‚ delivery‚ invoicing Sales and Marketing Customer management‚ order taking‚ promotion‚ sales analysis‚ market research
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International Academy for Business and Administration Logistics cost management Thesis Paper Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Harmeling Student’s name: Li Li Student’s number: 05213116 Date: May 31‚ 2008 Synopsis In recent years‚ the logistics industry of China is developing rapidly. Even some big-size enterprises fizz in the first‚ second and third industry. It has become the huge and complex industry. The status of the logistics industry is more and more important. As we know‚ the
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