I. The textile industry Inditex is a textile group‚ which owns the famous brand Zara. It has published its last figures testifying of its growing share value on the market. The group is leader in the European textile market and owns more than 4000 stores around the world and generates more than 85 000 jobs. Its headquarters are located in Arteixo in the North of Spain where most of the production is done. The group owns 8 brands: Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Since the late 1980s‚ Business School marketing professor Itamar Simonson has looked for ways to understand how consumers make choices. Much of his work debunks the accepted theory that giving consumers what they want and making a profit are the most basic principles of marketing. Customers may not know what they want‚ and second-guessing them can be expensive‚ says the professor who teaches MBA and PhD marketing and consumer decision-making courses. In Simonson’s words
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W138 ONLINE FILE W8.4 FOXMEYER CASE: A FAILURE IMPLEMENTATION 1. 1.1 OF LARGE ERP BACKGROUND BUSINESS OF FOXMEYER FoxMeyer was the fifth largest drug wholesaler in the United States (1995) with annual sales of about 5 billion US$ and daily shipments of over 500‚000 items. The business of the company was principally in healthcare services‚ which included the followings: 1. Distribute a full line of pharmaceutical products and health and beauty aids to chain stores‚ independent
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Nike Sweatshops Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. The company is primarily engaged in the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ the Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. (Datamonitor‚ 2006‚ p 4) By shifting manufacturing to developing countries‚ Nike is able to achieve significant cost savings owing to the lower
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Comparison of Three ERP Systems From early 2008‚ after about 5-year feeding period‚ China ’s collaboration software market was beginning to mature. Survey data show that‚ for nowadays‚ China-related ERP software vendors are more than 500‚ and stable but not that world-famous products may has been over 100. Beijing‚ Shanghai‚ Guangdong‚ as the main location of the headquarters of collaboration software vendors‚ are the biggest consumer areas as well. We now choose two of these‚ and compare them
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IT Project Implementations Failures Joseph Garcia HCS/483 7/4/2011 Eric Rios IT Project Implementations Failures There are many factors that play into failures of implementing an IT project. As in the Case Study – Memorial Health System CPOE Implementation there were clearly barriers set in place that affected leadership and staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine CPOE implementation barriers within the Memorial Health System and to determine possible methods to overcoming these challenges
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Supply Chain: Nike‚ Inc. Mariapaz D. Ruiz University of Phoenix MBA 550 Supply Chain: Nike‚ Inc. The supply chain plays a critical role in the transformation and global growth of a company especially in the current economic situation. The global supply chain is the transformation flow linking the raw materials‚ parts suppliers‚ manufacturers‚ and service support operations into products and services and distributing these products locally for consumers (Chase
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Ashley Williams Project Implementation March 15‚ 2013 HCS/483 IT Project Implementation Failures To implement new information technology (IT) system into an organization many steps will need to be taken for the system to be successful. All too often many organizations will try to leave out steps or make short-cuts‚ and the result is IT system failure. Therefore‚ the subject of this reading
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Application of SCM in Automotive Industry ABSTRACT: Supply chain management (SCM)‚ a management method to optimize internal costs and productivities‚ has evolved as an application of e-business technologies. SCM is a powerful strategic function capable of radically improving customer value propositions by the reengineering of intranet and internet-enabled collaborative channel partnerships. Latest developments in information technology have propelled the e-Supply Chain Management (e-SCM) concept
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implementing Project Atlantic‚ an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system‚ to allow the smooth flow of information across the entire organization‚ thus improving operating effectiveness and efficiency in its overall operations. But before making any final decision‚ the company needs to evaluate the financial aspects of this significant investment plus take into account qualitative issues that can arise during and after its implementation. Project Analysis Appliances fall in the category of innovative
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