Case study 4-2 1)What rationale is offered by Ocean Spray in support of the idea of using a 3PL? Do you agree with the reasons cited for the interest in 3PL? Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc. offered several reasons for using a 3PL for their transportation and logistics area. They looked at the transportation within the logistics chain and realized there was a lot of variability in this area. The company decided that it wants to centralize and bring all of it’s transportation logistics into uniformity
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Matching Dell 1. Analyzing Dell’s value chain and competitive strategy‚ explain how Dell was able to succeed (build competitive advantage) in the low profitable situation of the PC market. “Value Chain Analysis” is a tool for analyzing the value creation system of competitors. Objective is to develop a value creating system with competitive advantage. A value chain is a chain of activities. Products pass all activities of the chain in order and at each activity the product gains some value. The
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agricultural cooperative‚ also known as a farmers’ co-op‚ is a cooperative where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity. A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperatives‚ which provide various services to their individually farming members‚ and agricultural production cooperatives‚ where production resources (land‚ machinery) are pooled and members farm jointly.[1] Examples of agricultural production cooperatives include collective
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Linda Albert – Cooperative Discipline Linda Albert’s Cooperative Discipline Model was designed to allow teachers to utilize specific strategies to reach individual students and help modify their behavior. According to Albert‚ students choose their own behavior. As teachers‚ we cannot control a student’s behavior choices‚ but we can influence them. “Using a comprehensive approach‚ "Cooperative Discipline" deals with all three discipline types: corrective‚ preventive‚ and supportive. It addresses
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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES: GOING BEYOND THE WIRES It’s Tuesday October 31st; today is Halloween and there will be so many houses decorated and lit up. Mrs. Tori dropped Cindy off at her best friend Amanda’s house so they could go trick-or-treating in the evening. Mrs. Tori is a member of Tennessee’s Electric Co-ops. “When I get older‚ I want to be a member and buy a co-op‚ like my mom‚” said Cindy. Amanda didn’t know anything about Tennessee’s Electric Co-ops‚ so she didn’t seem interested
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Critically discuss the underlying motivations and associated competitive advantages that explain why MNEs enter into cooperative structures and strategies‚ using examples. In recent years there has been an upsurge in the number of MNEs entering cooperative structures and strategies. According to Jones cooperative structure is a means of a substitute or complementary to multinational strategies. It is a strategy in which firms work together to achieve shared objectives. They form partnerships
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the foundation and operational systems of the cooperative bank and its attempt to position itself within the context of two generic identities; the cooperative movement and the generic identity of the banking industry. It takes a look at the ethical policy concepts of the bank as its business model and how this has evolved as a differentiation characteristic for the banking industry. It also explores briefly the evolution of the bank since conception‚ its successes and
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Summary Priceline.com is an e-commerce site which when founded in 1998‚ brought forth a new angle to conduct business. Traditionally marketers scan the market to determine which prices purchasers are willing and able to pay for products or services. The sellers then offer their product for a price which meets their internal criteria. With priceline‚ instead of the seller setting the price‚ the buyer makes an offer of what he or she is willing to pay and sellers compete for the buyers business
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1. Assess general situation with Port Aventura’s performance in 1995 and what are the prospects for 1996 – 2000. 2760000 visits (25 % repeating)‚ 110000 more than the forecast. Revenues had exceed the target by almost 2 billion pesetas‚ so‚ they didn’t lose 1.3 billion as it was expected Income from ticket sales was less than expected (64%). But‚ in return‚ Incomes from purchases made inside exceeded the initial budget by 40%. The prospects for 1996-200 were to overcome the champaign effect and
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1. What is the strategic significance of the BMW Z3 launch? Firstly‚ the launch of the BMW Z3 is significant for the company as it helped the company inch closer towards their long term goal in becoming a global brand. Prior to the introduction of BMW Z3‚ the most common mindset of the general public about BMW is that the superior quality of their products are due to the fact that it was made in Germany. With the Z3 manufactured in Spartanburg USA‚ BMW can show that they can be a successful global
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