1. Discuss the importance of manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Manufacturing is the use of machines‚ tools and labor to produce goods for sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity from handicraft to high tech‚ but is most commonly applied to industrial production‚ in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such finished goods may be used for manufacturing other‚ more complex products‚ such as household appliances‚ automobiles or sold town whole sellers
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DKK 37.1bn Operating profit DKK 4bn See page 28 for regional performance. 47% OF TOTAL VOLUME % Operating profit Share of operating profit* DKKbn 5 4 3 2 1 0 60 50 40 30 20 10 07 * Before not allocated expenses and other activities (rhs) 20 20 08 Eastern Europe Operating profit Share of operating profit* DKKbn 5 4 3 2 1 0 % 50 40 30 20 10 0 43% OF TOTAL VOLUME Beer volume 46.8m hl Net revenue DKK 19.1bn Operating profit DKK 4.1bn See page 32 for regional performance
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis on Air Asia 1. Threat of new Entrants The extent of barriers to entry depends on the strength of: Customer has little brand loyalty. If consumers of Air asia do not have brand loyalty‚ then the strength of the threat of new entrants is very high. The high numbers of competitors in the industry also decrease Air asia’s customer loyalty. Most of the travelers prefer low cost. New competitors which want to come in the industry have to spend little to compete
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Porter Analysis “Starbucks Case” I. Threats of Competitors Now a day‚ Starbucks is very well known in the market‚ so with this competitors are arising rampantly. Small coffee retail outlets are growing rapidly in America and it seems to be multiplying. Based on the study of the Ivey Management‚ there are more than 3485 competitors in the market. All are coffee retailing or even café or with carts. In US‚ they have low barrier to entry in the retail specialty coffee market. This has resulted
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Competitive Analysis of the UK’s Fast Food Industry Executive Summary The food industry in the UK is a multi-billion pound industry that is mainly dominated by a few competitors such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ KFC and Subway. Most of the food sold in these fast food restaurants is unhealthy‚ which is becoming a huge concern as there are many people dying of obesity and other health related problems. This is one of the key social factors facing the fast food market at the moment. The fast food industry
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What is Porter’s 5 Forces? Porter’s fives forces model is a strategic analysis model that can help analyse a particular environment of a market/sector. It considers the impact and influence of 5 main forces: 1) Competitive Rivalry 2) Power of suppliers 3) Power of buyers 4) Threats of substitutes 5) Threat of new entrants. The above five main factors are key factors that influence industry/market performance; hence it is common sense and practical to find out about these factors when working
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greatest power is information. There has been no period of access to information is more advantageous. So‚ instead of accessing the information‚ managing and using the information determines the level of prosperity of nations and their competitive force. Informatics is the concept that is used for all the information servces that can be connected by computer systems. "Information" examined the activities of companies in the sector consists of the following: * Hardware Vendors * Software Vendors
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The UK food industry is one of the most important and well established sectors in the UK. It has been growing rapidly and very competitive. Because of the competitive market the retailers have developed good deals to UK customers‚ especially during the recession when people’s life style trends changed and started to consume more products from supermarkets. PEST ANAYSIS Political Food industry in the UK provides many political and legal factors that can have affect on the food industry. The food
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Porter Analysis of the Zara Fashion Chain The Zara fashion chain‚ with 546 stores in 30 countries today ?from which 340 are outside Spain- and ?2914‚3 millions of total sales in 2002‚ is undoubtedly the group?s locomotive (Inditex‚ 2003). In 2002 it represented 33% of the group?s total stores‚ accounted for 72% of the group?s total sales and contributed to the holding?s total profits for ?540.4 millions (Inditex FY2002 Results Presentation‚ 2003). Moreover‚ Zara with 75-90 new stores within 2003
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5 day food analysis During the 5 day span I met the calorie requirement of 2850 in daily food intake due to my high activity level. I pretty much had a balanced diet in terms of having each food group represented in my daily intake. I plan on to keeping my muscle mass‚ so I pretty much had a diet plan before. But going through the calorie tracker in the website made me realize that I was eating too much junk food than intended. It really didn’t have any adverse on my physique due to my early mentioned
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