Faculty of Business Studies Tutor Marked Assignment B203 A: Business functions in context I Second Semester 2012 – 2013 Supply chain from manufacturing to shelf Introduction 1 -The Kellogg’s Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan‚ USA. They experimented with different ways to cook cereals without losing the goodness. Their philosophy was ’improved diet leads to improved health’. 2-Between 1938 and the present day Kellogg’s opened
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Case Study NUPATH FOODS‚ INC. James Ornath read the latest sales figures with a great deal of satisfaction. The vice president of marketing at Nupath Foods‚ Inc.‚ was pleased to see that the marketing campaign to improve sagging sales of Prowess cat food was working. Sales volume of the product had increased 20 percent in the past quarter compared with the previous year and market share was up. The improved sales of Prowess could be credited to Denise Washington‚ the brand manager responsible
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Case studies Temsa Globals product strategy Temsa global is an automotive company with factories in Adana‚ Adapazari ‚ Egypt. It produces buses‚ minibuses‚ and light trucks in its factories in Turkey. The company started out its business as a licensor of Mitsubishi products in 1984‚ when it could manufacture only the licensed products. Since 2001‚ Temsa Global has gradually developed design capabilities to support the shift in its products strategy .In 2009‚ Temsa R&D and Technology Inc
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across urban and rural India‚ through every day food like bakery and dairy products. Biscuits straddle nutrition‚ delight and convenience benefits and reach over 90% of all households in the country. Biscuits are consumed as healthy in-between meal fillers and make very effective energy providers (100 gm of most of Britannia biscuits provide around 10-15% of energy‚ proteins‚ required by an adult). The fortified range of products also provides vitamins‚ Iron & Calcium. Britannia innovates for
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Adam Madacsi (HRYRTQ) – Product and Brand Strategies Case Analysis 2 2012.04.15. (ACV) is estimated 58%‚ thus after the Marketing plan adjustment the trial rate is 0.313*0.37*0.58 =0.0672‚ or 6.72%. The concept test indicated average purchase amounts of 1.2 units for the ―Toppingconcept‖. Therefore the trial volume is 95.5 million households * 6.72% * 1.2 average purchaseunits = 7.7 million and the repeat volume is 7.7*22% (repeat rate)*2 (repeat purchase occasion)*1(average repeat transaction
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Jude Excell L. Morales BSCS IV-A CASE STUDY 1 You Are Your Own Worst Enemy Q1. Think of yourself as a business manager. You have employees you supervise and you are responsible for ensuring that they meet daily work quotas. But you find they are spending a couple hours per day shopping online‚ chatting with their friends through instant messaging‚ and so on. How do you motivate your employee to perform their work? How do you restrict them from non-work-elated activities without creating
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Case Study: PPG’s Corporate Ethics Program Brian Ingram BUS 250 Steven Mathews August 16‚ 2010 Which of the ethical safeguards described in chapter six does PPG Industries adopt in its corporate ethics program? Since 1883‚ PPG has grown and thrived by making sound business decisions that ensure their company’s long-term viability and success. PPG’s commitment to sustainability goes beyond making products. Their innovations is helping to address some of the world’s most pressing problems related
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Subject: UNICEF wages guerilla warfare – Case Study #1 Question 1: Do you think UNICEF’s campaigns will be effective? Why or Why not? I believe UNICEF’s campaign will not be as effective‚ given the fact that is hard to compete with other companies with more sophisticated and more economic advantages. We all know that if a product is bad but with the right marketing tactics it will attract people’s attention and gain great demand. It is difficult for UNICEF to compete with the many other companies
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CASE STUDY : 7-3 QUAlLITY METAL SERVCE CENTER Q1. Is the capital investment proposal described in Exhibit 3 an attractive one for Quality Metal Service Center? Yes‚ the purpose of a company is to maximum the profit‚ and as Elizabeth Barret suggested‚it can help company to make more profit. So the capital investment proposal described in Exhibit 3 is an attractive on for QMSC. Investment in machine $540‚000 10 years cash inflow $286‚000 PV of cash inflow $39‚182 Payback period = 4.5 years NPV=
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Case Study Questions 1. What are the inputs‚ process‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? 2. What technologies are used by UPS? How are these technologies related to UPS’s business strategy? 3. What strategic business objectives do UPS’s information systems address? 4. What would happen if UPS’s information systems were not available? Answer: 1. A. Inputs * Package Information * Customer Information * Destination * Current Location of the parcels B. Process
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