1.0 INTRODUCTION According to Michael Porter‚ in order to survive in a dynamic and competitive world‚ a firm must be able to gain competitive advantages over its competitors by understanding itself and the environmental changes. A firm with wealthy resources may not be able to sustain the competitive advantages if it does not have a well effective management. An effective management should be able to come out with different strategies to deal with different situation based on the remote and industry
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value are critical elements in developing a competitive strategy. The concept was first introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 book “Competitive Advantage.” A value chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers. Porter proposed a general-purpose value chain in which he felt it was important for companies to examine all of their activities and see how they’re connected. According to Porter‚ going through the chain of organization activities will
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION: KFC is one of the largest franchise company. One of the branch of KFC consists of 100 employees. This business report critically underpin the issues which emerge during the processes‚ designs and supply chain of the business. It will also unveil that how can KFC become the market leader and gain the competitive advantage over all the rivals. It also reveal that brand name like KFC can increase the productivity‚ market share avoid wastage
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Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy For almost two decades‚ managers have been learning to play by a new set of rules. Companies must be flexible to respond rapidly to competitive and market changes. They must benchmark continuously to achieve best practices. They must outsource aggressively to gain efficiencies. And they must nurture a few core competencies in the race to stay ahead of rivals. Positioning-once the heart of strategy-is rejected as too static for today’s dynamic
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[pic] ----------------------- Substitutes Beer‚ Milk‚ Coffee‚ Bottled Water‚ Juice‚ Tea‚ Powdered Drinks‚ Wine‚ Sports Drink‚ Distilled Spirits‚ Tap Water etc… There is a wide array of substitutes that consumers may choose. These products are widely and easily available at low price. Hence the threat posed by these substitutes exist at a high level. However these risks can be mitigated through diversification and offering more products in the portfolio. Since the range and the number of
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Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. Although this is a simple definition‚ when we think about how we may communicate the subject becomes a lot more complex. There are various categories of communication and more than one may occur at any time. The different categories of communication are spoken or verbal communication‚ face-to-face‚ telephone‚ radio or television and other media. Non-verbal communication: body language‚ gestures‚ how we dress
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CHAPTER 2: Porter’s Five Forces (Detailed Analysis of Present Environment) -Threats of new entrants A couple of years ago there were just a couple of casinos in Manila‚ all owned and operated by Pagcor (owned by the government)‚ but in the recent years a lot has changed and The Philippines is now expected to be one of the world’s top casino destinations in the near future. Resorts World Bayshore is the 4th casino to open in Entertainment City Manila. Construction on the first phase of the resort
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profitable. Both concentrate and bottling businesses are interrelated‚ because they create one product‚ but at different stages‚ they have the same consumers‚ however‚ there is a big difference in the structure and most significant is gaining profitability. 5 forces structure of both businesses would help to explain the phenomenon: The power of suppliers: Concentrate and bottling producers would need sugar and corn syrup‚ flavors‚ sweeteners‚ packages and some other additives suppliers. However‚ they are
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preferences of KFC revealed that healthy eating‚ animal welfare and ethics are three of the most consumer’ desires KFC are facing today. The issue of animal welfare has intrigued KFC as the People for Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 2008 claimed KFC suppliers exercised unethical treatment for the chickens in their farms. This group believed that KFC suppliers should improve the living conditions of the chicken and address ethical issues in raising them in the farm are needed (KFC Menu‚ 2010). In
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SECTION 2. OPERATION 2.1 INTRODUCTION The KFC Programmable Controller has two fundamental modes of operation: cook and program. In the cook mode the melt‚ stand-by‚ heat‚ and timer functions are active. In program‚ these modes are set by the operator. Melt Indicator - The display will read “LO” when the control is in the automatic melt mode. If the temperature of the shortening is below 185º the control will enter the melt mode. When the temperature of the shortening reaches 185º hte control will
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