T h e c u rren t is su e a n d fu ll te x t a rc h iv e o f th is jo u rn a l is a v a ila b le a t http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm CASE RESEARCH Case research in operations management Chris Voss‚ Nikos Tsikriktsis and Mark Frohlich London Business School‚ London‚ UK Keywords Operations management‚ Research‚ Methodology‚ Case studies Abstract This paper reviews the use of case study research in operations management for theory development and testing. It draws on the literature
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Discuss And Illustrate The Economic Justification For Establishing A Warehouse Storage has always been an important aspect of economic development. For manufacturers‚ strategic warehousing offered a way to reduce holding or dwell time of materials and parts. On the outbound side of manufacturing‚ warehouses can be used to create product assortments for customer shipment. An important charge in warehousing is maximum flexibility. Ideally a warehouse will simultaneously provide economic and service
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u NAME OF STUDENT Nguyễn Vĩnh Trà REGISTRATION NO. 1013105035 UNIT TITLE Unit 7: Business Strategy ASSIGNMENT TITLE Strategy Formation and Planning ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ha Son Tung SUBMISSION DEADLINE 16:00‚ 22 November 2010 I‚ __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment.
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basics and functional sportswear – for women‚ men‚ teenagers and children‚ and for every season or occasion. In addition to clothes‚ shoes‚ bags‚ jewellery‚ make up and underwear there is also H&M Home – fashionable interiors for children and adults. Now we will discuss about Supply Chain Management of H&M… SCM Of H&M-: H&M’s supply chain involves a number of processes and people: * Buyers - Our buying office is based in Stockholm‚ Sweden. Here‚ our designers‚ pattern makers
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND Introduction Hospitality students who graduate today face many challenges when finding a job in today’s competitive job market. Graduates must meet the expectations of the prospective companies as well as recruiters’ expectations. If they are negative‚ it will take a lot of success to reverse the first impression which is marked by frustrated expectations‚ inability to find suitable and decent jobs‚ and inefficient job search. When investment
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1. INTRODUCTION OF POTATO CHIPS: Potato chips also called as potato crisps were invented in the year 1853 by Native American George Crum. The story behind the invention goes like this. George was employed as a chef at an elegant resort in Saratoga Springs‚ New York. One dinner guest felt George’s French fries too thick for his liking and rejected the order. In order to rile the guest Crum decided to make fries too thin and crisp. But seeing the browned‚ paper thin fries the guest
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FAIRTRADE MANGOES FROM INDIA Final Project Project ID: 518 Project name: Fair Tamil Mangoes – Analyze the mango chain to enable the import of Fairtrade mangoes from Tamil Nadu‚ India Coach: Paul van Haperen Commissioner: Resilience Foundation Date: April 2009 Gabriele Cassani Manager Bram Timmerman Secretary Mulatu Wakjira Controller Simon Duesseldorf Team Member Vincenzo Perrini Team Member Dal Prasad Pudasainy Team Member Wageningen UR Resilience Foundation 2 This report (product)
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Key Players • R. Foley Vinton‚ CEO Exceso • Andrea Valdini‚ analyst • Martin Wu‚ Head of Sales • Alice Dias‚ Midwest Regional Manager Flemings ValuMart • Wendell‚ intern from business school • Fred‚ manager of sales Summary Exceso is a manufacturer of gizmos with ClickZipPlus as the flagship of the company. Internal Factors: • Their Objective Control System (set by CEO Foley) fosters unrealistic sales goals of 9% sales growth per year which was based on raw data which is causing a stress
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Executive Summary We have analyzed Coca-Cola India’s supply chain with respect to the following: • Inventory management • Quality management • Vendor management We have detailed out the practices and policies adopted in the company and highlighted noteworthy practices in this project. We have described recent trends in operations in the areas chosen. We also have identified a problem the company is facing‚ analyzed it and have suggested a solution for the same. Introduction
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