ERG Smart Cards: Crafting Strategy for a New Horizon CASE BACKGROUND In 1978‚ Associated Electronic Services Ltd (AES)‚ a Perth-based engineering company‚ began developing an automated fare collection (AFC) system. In 1984 AES won a contract for an AFC system in Toronto‚ Canada. That same year Energy Research Group (ERG) was listed on the stock exchange. ERG was a venture capital-backed company‚ researching various technologies including an electronic sign board and a manufacturing process for
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Be a Smart Customer According to an article which was published in USA Today in 2010‚ it reports that the United States is one of the fattest nations in the world and about two-thirds of people are overweight or obese. As we all know‚ consuming too much high-fat food is a cause of why people are obesity; fast food is one kind of it. Since some people believe that fast food restaurants sell high-fat food causes them obese‚ they choose to sue fast food restaurants instead of changing their dietary
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SMART Goals After watching the video about SMART goals‚ I had a whole new outlook on the goals that I made for myself in the past. I had to reevaluate some things. I looked over the goals that I had and knew I had to make some changes. The goals that I had made for myself a few years ago were realistic but I didn’t have a set time frame to complete them. I didn’t give any thought to how I would achieve those goals and I was not motivated to complete them. I plan on going back to the list of goals
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People purchase different items and put them in trolley. After completion of the purchase‚ one needs to go to billing counter for payments. This project proposes a design of smart shopping trolley‚ being developed to assist a person in everyday shopping in terms of reduced time spent while purchasing. MSP430 is main heart of smart trolley which communicates to server to get the product information by identifying the product using RFID when the item is kept in trolley. Customer will come to know the
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of people‚ chances of distortion in middle is so high‚ it’s a time taking method and also is likely to be ignored and not answered by customer. So‚ in addition to mail survey a provision for instant feedback from customer at the time of return of car should be made as it will help to overcome all the above mentioned shortcomings. If possible email or telephonic conversation can also be used. What specific recommendations would you make to enterprise to improve the response rate and the timeliness
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Assignment 3 INF325 Instructor: a. What are smart phones? Cell phones just originally made phones calls and that is it. Smart phones have a various amount of features. Some can take pictures‚ and record videos. Smartphones also have web browsers that allow a connection to the internet. Data service is the focus on smartphones. b. What changed
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Karina Mendoza Mrs. Deutch Avid; Period 3 24 January 2013 SMART Goal Reflection My SMART goals were to have my binder organized‚ always‚ and to take more effective‚ organized and neater notes. Every day‚ when I got home after school‚ I would organize the loose papers I would shove into my backpack at school when I was in a hurry. For my notes‚ I would write down the main points‚ and do more research on the topic‚ and take notes on that. And if I had to take notes from a textbook‚ I would
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles‚ or ground rules‚ by which organizations act. Like the ground
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treasured toy‚ a bright red Ferrari Testarossa Hot Wheels car‚ and rolling it back and forth on the glossy‚ white tiled floor of my house. It never left my hands‚ accompanying me to restaurants‚ my grandparent’s house‚ and even Disney World. Somehow‚ the simplicity of this toy car fascinated me. As I entered elementary school‚ I realized that real cars are more intricate and even more fascinating than the ones that fit in the palm of my hand. Each car has a beating heart of its own called an engine. Intrigued
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Before the market segmentation tool can be tested‚ an AHP setup will have to be established. The topic of the case study is already introduced throughout the report. The focus will be on the widespread electric car acceptance. The aim of this chapter is to answer the following question: How can better use of AHP in this specific phase be achieved? An AHP study will be setup by‚ amongst other things‚ establishing a hierarchy. After the AHP method is ready to be used‚ a survey is designed in order
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