MANUFACTURING IT INFRASTRUCTURE STORES WORLDWIDE 2) How does Zara’s situation support‚ or not support‚ its supply chain strategy? -There is a decentralized autonomous Pull System. -Flexibility and Fast Response compare to competitors. Average Lead Time 15 days vs 4-6 weeks for the competitors. -Because the company is in the Fast Fashion industry‚ the company spend less that 1% in advertising vs 4% from competitors. Their income is higher than competitors. 3) Is Zara organized
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Case 5:"Dell Inc. in 2008: Can it Overtake Hewlett Packard as the World Leader in Personal Computers?" Question 1: a. 1992: Michael Dell becomes the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at age 27b. b. Michael Dell has been the key factor for Dell‚ Inc. growing into the corporation it is today. In my opinion‚ his top 5 key strengths that helped Dell‚ Inc. grow include: 1. Competitive nature 2. Foresight & Vision 3. Willingness to take risks 4. Aggressiveness 5. Ability to execute c. 5 Tasks
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Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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Case Write-up Week 1 1. Supply Chain 2. Who are the various customers for textbooks? What do these customers want in terms of goods and services related to textbooks? From the publisher’s point of view‚ who is the critical customer? The various customers are professors‚ students‚ bookstores‚ schools‚ and online retailers. The customers want “on demand” accessibility‚ flexibility‚ and more content in the textbooks. The professors are the critical customer because they directly impact the
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Case 6: The Financial Detective MBA 730-01 Group 2 Introduction Financial characteristics of companies vary both from industry to industry and within a single industry for a variety of reasons. The challenge for any company in planning its strategy is the consideration of the industry’s economics in conjunction with their own strategy to help the company’s financial statements remain strong and competitive across both lines. In this case‚ we are asked to use this consideration of strategies
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CASE STUDY 4. TOYOTA Toyota case study questions: 1. How the corporate strategy of Toyota has evolved from the 30s up to 2010? 2. Describe the elements of the TPS system. Do you know any other “lean” firms? 3. Comment on Toyota’s focus on the customer. How this approach is related to quality? 4. Describe Toyota’s supply chain network (complexity of global SC) 5. Under your point of view‚ which are the reasons behind Toyota’s recalls? 6. Describe the communication actions Toyota undertook for
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Southeastern University In this case‚ we are focusing on Southeastern University‚ one of the largest universities in the state‚ and its purchasing department. There was recently an issue with a purchase made‚ because the transaction not gone through the correct procedures a purchase must follow. The purchasing process begins with a purchase request being submitted to the purchasing department‚ where a clerk stamps and checks it. The policy was to solicit at least two written quotations for purchases
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Q1 Value: Angiomax is a blood-thinning drug‚ or anticoagulant‚ used in emergency coronary heart care. Angiomax is positioned as an alternative to heparin‚ the most commonly used anticoagulant in emergency coronary heart care‚ so to assess Angiomax value to a hospital is required to compare these two drugs. First of all is necessary to analyze the differences in effectiveness of the products in treatments. The use of heparin has associated some general disadvantages like: • Unpredictable effects:
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�� Case Analysis Strategic Marketing in Asia ~ CATHAY PACIFIC ~ INTRODUCTION Since its establishment in 1946‚ Cathay Pacific has been a profitable airline company‚ which experienced periodical growth. In 1998 however‚ the airline experienced a loss of US $70 million‚ a stark contrast from earning $218 million in profits in the previous year. For Cathay Pacific‚ this was the first loss experienced by the air carrier since 1963�. Cathay Pacific ’s economic hardship was mainly the result of a
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investments Current assets Stock Trade and other receivables Liquid funds Year 2008 rank No.1 in this index. And asset in 2009 is less than that in 2007‚ annual report adress that during the depression‚ Cathay Pacific tried to kept its profit by cutting expenditure and selling assets. We cannot judge the performance through a sole number. Fewer assets means less capacity or smaller scale‚ however‚ fewer assets also results in less cost and efficient operating.
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