Chopra/Process Flows 1 How can operations help a company compete? The changing sources of competitive advantage • Low Cost & Scale Economies (< 1960s) – You can have any color you want as long as it is black Focused Factories (mid 1960s) Flexible Factories and Product variety (1970s) – A car for every taste and purse. Quality (1980s) – Quality is free. Time (late 1980s-1990s) – We love your product but where is it? – Don’t sell what you produce. Produce what sells. S. Chopra/Process Flows • •
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The impact of Blue Ocean Strategy In the earlier work (See Blue Ocean Strategy: how to create uncontested market ‚ 2005) it has been argued two types of strategies: blue ocean strategy and red ocean strategy. Red ocean strategists compete to win market share in traditional mature markets and pursue either a differentiation or cost leader strategy. On the other hand‚ Blue ocean strategists‚ create new environments‚ redefine products or services or the nature of competition‚ make competition irrelevant
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Taim Awad Ms. Mocarski A.P. British Literature 09/07/2014 Art‚ Literature‚ and the Carriers of Civilization. In 1848‚ Thomas de Quincey wrote an essay titled “The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power.” De Quincey was a 19th century British author. He is well known for “Confessions of an English Opium Eater.” In his essay‚ he divides literature – books to be precise‚ into two separate roles: the literature of knowledge which conveys information that has a clear use (such as a cookbook)
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Future of Our Oceans The fact of the matter is that the levels of CO2 that this planet we call Earth is expelling is incredible. Like 30 billion tons per year incredible. This rate of change drastically effects everything‚ including the most popular type of surface we have on Earth‚ our oceans. Although the oceans are delaying the effects of global warming by taking in heaps of carbon dioxide‚ this does not mean the oceans go unaffected. This is not a small problem either. As oceans take in more
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Circular Flow Diagrams Introduction Money flows into and out of the economy. The circular flow diagram explains how money moves through the economic system involving households‚ businesses‚ the government‚ and foreign agents (Editorial Board‚ 2011). Circular flow diagrams are visual models that show firms who employ workers‚ the workers then spend on goods produced by firms‚ and the money is then used to compensate the worker and buy raw materials to make the goods and the circle continues.
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RUTH D. CHAPPEL 1918 Blk. 5 South Daang Bakal Dau‚ Mabalacat Pampanga 0923-502-0813 ruthchappel@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVE: To have a job that will utilize both my educational background and professional experience to contribute to the organization’s goals and simultaneously provide excellent opportunities for career development and personal growth. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: * Ability
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Will the Atlantic Ocean ever be bigger than the Pacific Ocean? The earth first started off as one huge continent called Pangea. Pangea was surrounded by one giant body of water. Over the course of millions and millions of years‚ Pangea began to break off and separate. After millions of years of movement‚ that is why the earth has the formation that it currently has‚ with seven large continents. With an area of 41‚105‚000 square miles‚ the Atlantic Ocean is currently just a little over half the
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Executive Summary: Indian wholesale and retail space represents unique opportunities and challenges for any company. Metro Cash & Carry forayed into India with its cash & carry (C&C) model. Although Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India in retail space requires a joint venture‚ the wholesale segment has no such requirement. The case mentions that it was possible for Metro C&C to get approvals for setting up operations in India‚ however‚ they were not allowed to source agricultural
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BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY Ryan Rosenbaum Donald Gregory Businesses are always striving to be the better contenders than their competitors. Different theories have been thrown out to see which the best one would be. The Blue Ocean Strategy theory says that companies would be better looking for ways in which they compete against themselves and that is all. W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne wrote a book called “Blue Ocean Strategy”. There is a term called Red Ocean which consists of businesses
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identify strengths and weaknesses competitors‚ specializes‚ to control one simple word in the head‚ which provide leadership and direction to understand the reality of the market by becoming the first of which became better.”_ RED OCEAN STRATEGY: Definition: Red Ocean Strategy is a head to head battle where the players of a particular segment compete with each other remaining in the same market space i.e. within the boundaries of the same industry on the principle of ‘competitive advantage’. Characteristics:
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