Using value-chain analysis to discover customers’ strategic needs David W. Crain and Stan Abraham David Crain‚ a marketing and strategy consultant‚ is visiting professor of marketing at Whittier College‚ CA‚ and former Director of Marketing at Fluor Corporation (davidwcrain@aol.com). Stan Abraham is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly Pomona (scabraham@ csupomona.edu) and author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success (Thomson South-Western‚ 2006).
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definition of the Supply Chain 2020 research initiative‚ and this thesis’ position within that overall project. Additionally‚ this chapter discusses the motivation and methodology behind this paper as well as provides an outline for future chapters. 1.1 Thesis Scope The Supply Chain 2020 Project is a multi-year project initiated by the Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The major research goal for the Supply Chain 2020 Project is to identify
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VALUE CHAIN AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF PT.TOYOTA (BASED ON THE THEORY M. Porter) COMPANY PROFILE * PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia * Headquarters Jl. Yos Sudarso‚ Sunter II‚ Jakarta 14330‚Tel (021) 6515551 (hunting)‚Fax (021) 6515360 Established: July 15‚ 2003 * Paid-in Capital: Rp. 400 000 000 000 * Shareholders: PT. Astra International Tbk (51%) & Toyota Motor Corporation (49%) * Toyota Dealer Network 5 Primary Dealer: * PT Astra International‚
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FBE 421 Marriott Corporation ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Founded in 1927‚ Marriott Corporation has become one of the leading food service companies in the United States. As of 1987‚ Marriott recorded a profit of $233 million on sales of $6.5 billion and retained a high sales growth rate of 24%. Marriott runs on three major lines of business lodging‚ contract services‚ and restaurants. Lodging division which includes 361 hotels generated 41% of 1987 sales
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Value-Chain Analysis to Identify Resources and Capabilities at Under Armour The resource-based view (RBV) of a firm lies primarily in the application of bundle of valuable interchangeable and intangible or tangible resources at the firm’s disposal. For a firm to transform a short-run competitive advantage into a sustained competitive advantage requires these resources be heterogeneous and immobile. This is perhaps the biggest struggle Under Armour faces – the challenge of maintaining a differentiated
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VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF GRAPE CROP FROM NASIK‚ MAHARASHTRA Submitted by Ms. Pallavi Balaso Mane Roll No. 20‚ PGDRDM 8th Batch National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj‚ Hyderabad. Executive Summary Value chain analysis (VCA) focuses on three key areas: First‚ the dynamics of information in the value chain‚ from final consumption through to primary production and input suppliers and back again. Second‚ the creation and flow of value‚ in the eyes of the final consumer‚ at each
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Applying the principles of the value chain (ie. adding value within each and at the interface between business processes to create value for the end consumer) can assist companies in achieving this. A winning company always works for improving and adding values to its business in Zero Time. To attain its business activities‚ the companies perform the primary activities supported by the supporting units. In this assignment paper we will try to see how BSRM adds values in their supporting activities
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Marriott Corporation The Cost of Capital Author Student Number 董晖 林桐 吴正浩 祝承懿 Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance‚ Shanghai Jiao Tong University Table of Contents Background The hurdle rate is the required return or opportunity cost of each division and company. Only project with positive NPV discounted by hurdle rate will be invested‚ and the total return of Marriott up to all projects invested. Though there are many subjective aspects in estimation
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Prepared by: Noted by: MABEL F. BANGGAWAN JULIET P. LUCAS Coordinator/DTI COFFEE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS As of December 31‚ 2012 THE INDUSTRY SITUATIONER Coffee Arabica grows well in the province. It grows well from 900 meters up to 1‚800 meters above sea level. This variety commends the best taste and aroma among the other coffee varieties namely Robusta‚ Liberia and excelsa. In Mountain Province‚ the terrain‚ weather and altitude is very much suited to these two most common coffee
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Amazon Your Industry: Extracting Value from the Value Chain "Way cool" Web sites and measures of "hits" and "eyeballs" are clearly driving revenue in the dot-com world. To date‚ these metrics have provided the basis for the extraordinary market valuation of the new generation of Web retailers. In the near term‚ most "e-tailers" must focus on surviving the incubator phase of the Internet retail industry by gaining enough market shares to become a sustainable player. "Efficiency and productivity lie
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