THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES A CASE STUDY OF VODACOM TANZANIA LIMITED DAR – ES – SALAAM By Rachel Magoire A Research report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts in Procurement and Supply Management of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Moshi September‚ 2009 CERTIFICATION The undersigned certify that they have read and hereby recommend for acceptance
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Management” NIKE Introduction- The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978. Nike markets its products under its own brand‚ as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan‚etc. Nike is the leading maker of athletic shoes‚ equipment and apparel. Nike products cover a broad range of sports including basketball‚ football‚ running and soccer. Sneakers made by Nike are sold for $40-$200
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Goings‚ Chairman and CEO‚Brownie Wise Products Preparation‚ storage‚ containment‚ serving products for the kitchen and home and beauty products Revenue US$2‚300.4 million (2010) [1] Operating income US$326.5 million (2010)[1] Net income US$225.6 million (2010)[1] Total assets US$2‚015.8 million (2010)[1] Total equity US$789.8 million (2010)[1] Employees 13‚500 (2010) [1] Parent Tupperware Brands Website tupperwarebrands.com Tupperware is the name of a home products line that includes preparation‚
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Ethics of Globalization 4/12/2012 Adriano The Perils of Globalization & Learning Social Responsibility: Nike‚ Inc. As time has gone on‚ the world has begun to transform due to a phenomenon that affects just about everyone‚ the phenomenon is referred to many as globalization. In the past‚ it was somewhat accepted that the people of one country owed no obligation to the people of another nation. Each nation kept to themselves and worried predominantly about themselves and no one else. But
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Nike Case Analysis Prepared for Consumer Behavior Introduction Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world with subsidiaries in over 200 countries across the world. It is a company that was founded by Phil Knight in the 1960’s‚ who was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland. He approached the Onitsuka Co. in Kobe‚ Japan‚ and persuaded the manufacturer of Tiger shoes to make
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History of Nike Nike‚ who currently ranks as 136 in the fortune 500 for America’s largest corporations‚ has come a long way since its humble beginning of in the 1960’s. Founded by visionaries Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight who at the time had no clue how much of an impact this footwear would make in the marketing world. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at the University of Oregon with enormous amount of knowledge on athletics and was always looking to help his players maintain the advantage
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Nike 1. Family‚ Household and reference groups 1.1. Reference groups Reference groups are the most important groups to marketers since they affect behavior and purchasing (Rice‚ 1997).Value-expressive influence is one form of reference group influence (Solomon ‚ Bamossy ‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006) in which “The individual sometimes feels that it would be nice to be like the type of person that advertisements show using a particular brand”.(Solomon‚ Bamossy‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006 p.351).Following
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Nike Air Nike Air was the first technology Nike put into their shoes. It was a different way to have cushioning in a shoe. It has been put into a lot of the Nike shoes since. It was said it would make you jump higher and run faster. Its been over 20 years since its creation and its still going strong. (Sneakerhead) Nike Max Air/ Air Max Nike Air Max or Max Air provedes maximum cushion. The air pocket in the heel was now used for the mid and front of the foot. The air max 360s have air
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In mathematics‚ a matrix (plural matrices) is a rectangular array of numbers‚ symbols‚ or expressions‚ arranged in rows and columns.[1][2] The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns is Matrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element. But the rule for matrix multiplication is that two matrices can be multiplied only when the number of columns in the first equals the number of rows in the second. A
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Marketing Customer analysis on equine industry and products Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Rationale for a new product 3.0 Target Market 4.0 Rationale for Brand Position 5.0 Marketing Mix 6.1 Product 6.2 Price 6.3 Place 6.4 Promotion 6.0 Conclusion 7.0 References Marketing strategy for a new product 1.0 Introduction Marketing a new product requires strategic planning and research into the target market. The equestrian market is vast
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