FEBRUARY 2002 Core Competence for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Structured Methodology for Identifying Core Competence Khalid Hafeez‚ YanBing Zhang‚ and Naila Malak Abstract—Core competencies are the crown jewels of a company and‚ therefore‚ should be carefully nurtured and developed. Companies can determine their future business directions based on the strengths of competencies. However‚ because generalized terms such as resource‚ asset‚ capability‚ and competence are not clearly explained
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HONDA: Operations-based core competence The resource-based view argues that companies posses some unique resources (assets and capabilities) and competitive advantage is acquired by accumulating those strategic assets. Resources are any tangible (e.g. equipment‚ raw material) or intangible (e.g. firm image‚ processes‚ routines) things that a company owns and can use to carry out its crucial processes. Capabilities‚ are dynamic of a “doing” nature. Capabilities are “the ability of make use of resources
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INTRODUCTION OF SAINSBURY:- J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury) is a retail chain based in the UK. Sainsbury is engaged in grocery retailing through its supermarkets and convenience stores principally in the UK. The company operates its business through three divisions‚ namely‚ Retailing‚ Financial Services and Property Investment. Sainsbury serves its customers through a chain of 537 supermarkets and 335 convenience stores under the brand Sainsburys‚ and financial services via Sainsburys Bank. Sainsbury offers
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of a better inventory management ‚ Robust technological advancements and creating a better customer base. The report discusses the various successful implementations and certain flaws that can be wiped in order to attain smoother operations at SAINSBURY’ OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT INTRODUCTION: An operation is a process transforming a set of resources into services and goods. The input resources may be raw materials‚ information‚ or even the customer. These resources are transformed into
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Making Use of Resources‚ Capabilities and Core Competences. Resources‚ capabilities and core competences Resources‚ capabilities and core competencies are the foundation of competitive advantage. Resources are bundled to create organizational capabilities. In turn‚ capabilities are the source of a firm’s core competencies‚ which are the basis of competitive advantages. Here‚ we define and provide examples of these building blocks of competitive advantage. 1. Resources Broad in scope‚ resources
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3) Core competence / sustainable competitive advantage Online Services Division: Microsoft’s search‚ portal‚ advertising and personal communications services‚ including online information offerings such as Bing and the MSN portals and channels. Server and Tools Business: Microsoft infrastructure software‚ developer tools and cloud platform‚ including products such as Windows Server‚ SQL Server‚ Visual Studio‚ System Center and the Windows Azure Platform. Microsoft Business Solutions: A portfolio
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Sainsbury’s case report Sainsbury’s position Sainsbury faces other two major retailer’s competition—Tesco and ASDA‚ meanwhile‚ these retailers changed their strategy from bargain to quality retailing and offering increased value‚ combined with a supply chain system. In 2000‚ top management of Sainsbury’s group decided to launch the ‘7-in-3’ supply chain management programme‚ which involved a major overhaul of the firm’s physical infrastructure‚ systems‚ processes and skill sets. Sainsbury’s
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successful that at the time the Sainsbury Family took the company public in 1973‚ it was the largest initial public offering ever tendered on the London Stock Exchange. In 1975‚ Sainsbury’s launched into the hypermarket format in a joint venture with British Home Stores. A pioneering event in the United Kingdom‚ they were mega‐format supermarkets with an extensive selection of both food and non‐food items. Changing strategies in the late 1980’s‚ it SALES GROWTH COMPARISON
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involves definite rules about what abilities and information is required for the workers‚ and also how to select‚ test‚ recruit and train the new employee. Human resources managers of Sainsbury are currently associated with their top directors for executing and planning the strategies of their company. HR managers must communicate their plans so they can concentrate all the more towards operational improvement and competitiveness for improvement of new product. Financial Resources A strategy
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