------------------------------------------------- USB flash drive Definition: USB flash drives are compact file storage devices to save your information externally. Flash drives are about the size of a disposable lighter and can be conveniently worn around your neck or attached to your keychain. The end of the flash drive is inserted into the USB port on the computer. Once attached to the computer‚ they operate in much the same way as floppy drives‚ but have capacities currently in the range of up to 2 gigabytes. Pen drives‚ or USB--based
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Subway-Porter Value Chain Introduction: SUBWAY was started 47 years ago in the year of 1965 by Fred Deluca. Subway is the market leader in the sub and sandwich shops offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast foods. Subway’s annual sales exceeded $ 6.3 billion‚ while countless awards and accolades have been bestowed its chain over the past 47 years. Subway has more than 33‚500 units worldwide whilst its rapid growth has attracted many investments and brought it many competitors
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History of Hard Drives The hard disk drive was invented by some IBM engineers working under Rey Johnson at IBM in San Jose‚ CA‚ in about 1952 to 1954. In 1965 a number of engineers left IBM (they were known as the "dirty dozen" within IBM) and founded Memorex. Al Shugart‚ one of them‚ later left Memorex and founded first Shugart Associates where the 5 1/4" floppy disk drive was a major product‚ then Seagate Technology‚ which effectively started today’s industry of small hard disk drives. The early
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Starbucks’ value chain system‚ in the beginning‚ created additional value on its products‚ which the customers are willing to pay for. Hence‚ the firm is not reluctant to charge above-market prices for its products. In fact‚ its customers are not looking for the prices of the coffee but they are seeking for the quality of the products and brand image that the company offers. Let us then examine the Starbucks value chain and how it contributed to the company’s current downfall. In the Starbucks
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A – Supply Chain Strategy The supply chain strategy chosen for the power tool company is a long term partnering relationship with few suppliers. The long term vision of the company is to make quality products and constantly stay ahead of the competition with innovation. The best way to accomplish this strategic long term goal is to partner with key suppliers that operate using a strategy of long term thinking based on trust and transparency. Ray Kroc was one of the pioneers on forming partnerships
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the CRM process? b. WIP inventories(No Answer) 1. Information Management 2. transportation rate 3. CORRECT: are associated with manufacturing 4. short run analysis. b. The logistics/supply chain network transformation team(No Answer) 1. CORRECT: must be aware of the firm’s overall business and corporate strategies and the supply chain in which it participates. 2. is one of the most commonly used techniques. 3. on the movement and storage of product. 4. assumes that the raw materials sources
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For my Mise-en-scene analysis‚ I chose the contemporary film‚ Drive. Released in 2011‚ Drive is a crime and drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Ryan Gosling stars a no-name Driver who lives two lives. By day‚ he is a Hollywood stunt driver and garage mechanic. At night‚ he uses his driving skills to service as a taxi for criminals. Drive is a story of his departure from isolation and connection to the lives of his neighbor‚ Irene (played by Carey Mulligan) and her son. In the film‚ we get
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perform all the activities required to link producers with users to accomplish the marketing task. This channel must be designed such that it delivers a level of value to the customer that creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the supply chain. Today‚ our main focus is on “Retailing” aspect. Retailing involves all the activities of selling products and services to consumers for their personal or family use. Department stores‚ like Macy’s‚ discount stores like Wal-Mart and K-Mart‚ and
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Value Chain Analysis (Starbucks) Primary Activities: • Inbound Logistic: Starbucks had its agents travelled regularly to coffee – growing countries to establish relationship with growers and distributors. In sourcing green coffee beans‚ it was increasingly dealing directly with farmer. It normally offered high prices to ensure that the poor small coffee growers have enough money to cover their production cost and for their families. To buy coffee beans‚ Starbucks used fixed price purchase
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bring their own life experience with them and it influences the way that the content is perceived by that person. It was also stated that‚ whenever a person reads‚ they go through three response stages in what is labeled as their reading response analysis. These three stages are: perceptions‚ affective response‚ and associative response. The perceptions are the reader’s initial impressions in response to the text; the affective response is the raw emotion that the text produces in the reader; and
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