1. A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? De manera general se tiene varias formas en las que una tienda de conveniencia se abastezca de modo que pueda responder a la demanda de los clientes (Chopra & Meindl‚ 2010): * Contar con un inventario lo suficientemente extenso que lo permita
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CASO: BLACK & DECKER 1. How would you explain the considerable smaller market share in the Professional-Tradesmen segment of the market as compared with its leadership or strong position in the others segments? Seis meses luego de la adquisición de C&C‚ su margen bruto a descendido del 60% al 50%. Ellos está gastando mucho dinero en folletos y listas de mail pero no están haciendo foco en la clientela principal de C&C y no les conviene competir con los negocios Retail. 2. What pros and cons
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ANÁLISIS DE LAS PRÁCTICAS DE CONTRATACIÓN DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE PERSONAL DE WELLS Y ASOCIADOS . Lima‚ 21 de mayo de 2010 Resumen Ejecutivo Tras un cuidadoso estudio de todos los aspectos relevantes‚ los autores recomendamos a la División de Personal de Wells y Asociados que las contrataciones futuras se circunscriban en personal que provenga de Escuelas de Calidad del rango Excelentes o Buenas‚ que obtengan en la prueba de contratación un Índice de Éxito mínimo de 70‚ sin importar el sexo
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1) ¿Cuáles son las fortalezas y debilidades de Heineken? ¿Es Heineken una marca global? Todos sabemos que ninguna compañía es perfecta‚ todas tienen sus fortalezas y debilidades‚ Heineken no es la excepción. Al identificar las debilidades estas se pueden convertir en fortalezas y al identificar las fortalezas estas nos pueden dar ventajas competitivas. Fortalezas de Heineken • El sabor - Heineken ha utilizado la receta original creada en el 1886 lo que le ha ayudado a mantener el sabor
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María Alejandra Mora ------------------------------------------------- Strategy in Action "What are the basic problems this manager has to resolve?" The company had experienced a shortage of cash and for that reason needs to increase its borrowing from Suburban National Bank to $247.000. The maximum loan that this bank would make was $250.000‚ and also need to secure the loan with its real property. The president of the company decides to look for a new banking relationship where he would be
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POM4_C13.qxd 6/20/06 1:19 PM Page 575 Concluding concepts 13 Colgate: one squeeze too many? Colgate is the world’s number one toothpaste company but they have their eye on another market – over the counter (OTC) drugs. What would you think of Colgate aspirin or Colgate antacid? Would you buy Colgate laxatives or Colgate dandruff shampoo? That is exactly what ColgatePalmolive would like to know. Colgate wants to investigate the possibility of entering the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs market. Can
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Introduction After years as a teacher and principal frustrated by the inability to effectively track school and student progress‚ Stacey Boyd and HBS classmate Mandy Lee founded Project Achieve‚ an information management system for schools. In a quickly changing industry with fast-moving competitors‚ Project Achieve aimed to use leading-edge technology to reduce the workload of teachers and administrators while simultaneously keeping parents and students aware of performance. In an attempt to
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Business Environment: Australia Euromonitor International 09 March 2012 Australia is a stable and fast growing economy. It ranks highly in the global competitiveness index 2012. FDI inflows and outflows are both rising. Information and communications technology (ICT) penetration is high and its infrastructure is solid. Total taxes are high but do not take long to pay. Skills shortages and an ageing population remain an issue‚ though unemployment is low and per capita consumer expenditure is
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this is to discuss the effects of globalisation‚ and how it has an effect on the footwear industry. Globalisation has no specific definition‚ I believe the best two ways for it to be defined would be‚ “the death of distance” (Frances Cairncross) and the other definition is‚ “Globalisation is the integration of economies through markets across frontiers” (Martin Wolf). The reason I chose to use the industry of footwear is because‚ firstly I find the topic very interesting‚ and secondly the market is
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Caso 6-B: Medidas de Control de Frito Lay 1. Describa el tipo de control que Frito-Lay usa. Porque piensa que eligieron este tipo de sistema de control? En este caso se muestra claramente que Frito-Lay usa el sistema de control concurrente. Este sistema es cuando los controles de un proceso de ejecutan durante el proceso esta en desarrollo. En el caso se explica claramente como los vendedores locales de Frito-Lay introducen la información de las ventas y entregas en sus ordenadores diariamente
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