Logistics Practice Paper 2012 Section 1 1. Explain the following concepts 1. Extended enterprise 2. Terminal delays 3. Reorder level 4. VMI 5. Pipeline inventory 2. Read the case and answer the following questions Mumbai Flour mills provide high-quality bakery flours to commercial bakers as well as to the consumer market. The commercial buyers have consistent demand and brand-loyalty‚ whereas consumers have minimal brand-loyalty but also generally prefer
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This information is beneficial as it allows us to proceed to use Porters 5 forces and SWOT analysis to gain knowledge on a company operating environments and sources of competitive advantage. 2.1 POLITICAL FACTORS Before deciding to operate in a new country‚ a thorough political environment scan is necessary. “Elections and other political
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Scottish Economy Scotland has a mixed economy closely interlinked with the rest of the United Kingdom (UK) and with the European Union more widely. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita‚ which stood at £16‚944 in 2005‚ is the 4th highest of the regions and countries of the UK‚ after London‚ South East England and Eastern England. Its annual economic growth in 2006 was 2.2%. The main factors contributing to the Scottish economy are Energy‚ Whiskey and financial services. The
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Rivalry among existing firms It is intense in the global market of discount furniture and the major players in theindustry include Euromarket Designs Inc‚ Galiform plc‚ Wal-Mart Stores Inc‚ Argos andothers. However‚ currently IKEA is the undisputed market leader in the industry of discounted furniture in the global scale.Threats of New entrants to an industry can raise the level of competition‚ thereby reducing itsattractiveness. The threat of new entrants largely depends on the barriers to entry
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PESTEL Analysis & Porter’s five forces – ALDI You are here: Home Business PESTEL Analysis & Porter’s five forces – ALDI 1.0 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: PESTEL FRAMEWORK 1.1 Political Factors Aldi‚ short for “Albrecht Discount”‚ operating in a globalized environment with stores all around the UK. It is a German multinational headquartered in Essen (reference). Hence Aldi’s performance is highly influenced by the political and legislative conditions of these countries‚ including
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SWOT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................3 Internal Factors (Strengths and Weaknesses)......................................3 External Factors ( Opportunities and Threats).......................................4 PESTEL ANALYSIS .......................................................................................5 Understanding the purpose of Pestel Analysis ....................................5 Introduction to Pestel Analysis...
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PESTEL analysis for McDonald’s . In order to support companies and organisations in making decisions and plans for future actions‚ those need to understand the wider ‘micro-economic’ and ‘macro-economic’ environments in which they operate. PESTEL analysis is a useful tool for understanding risks associated with market position and the potential growth or decline. 1 POLITICAL FACTORS: In terms of regulations any organisation are profoundly influenced by the individual state policies enforced by
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PESTEL Analysis of MaCdonalds 1. OVERVIEW McDonald’s Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent
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3.2 TOYOTA PESTEL ANALYSIS Basically PESTLE analysis act as six important factors such as pilitical‚ Economical‚ social‚ Technological‚ Environmental‚ legal factors of an industry. Political factor: Of the Japanese government‚ company has the support and assistance. Due to the government’s influence over a country’s infrastructure it maybe altered. From foreign competitors the governments try to protect Toyota firm in their countries through import restriction and other teriffs. Economical factor:
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combined with increasing prices in particular construction materials and fuel. It will provide recommendations and description on how Euro Disney will look at the end of 2014. Current economic circumstances will be addressed. Strategic analysis PESTEL Analysis Political and Legal Economic Social. The age of the population is increasing. (Office for national statistics). This is bad news for Euro Disney as it will mean a smaller target market. Technological New technology is very important to
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