period‚ navigation was considered part of the set of seven mechanical arts‚ none of which were used for long voyages across open ocean. Polynesian navigation is probably the earliest form of open ocean navigation‚ though it was based on memory and observation rather than on scientific methods or instruments. Early Pacific Polynesians used the motion of stars‚ weather‚ the position of certain wildlife species‚ or the size of waves to find the path from one island to another. Maritime navigation using
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suppliers’ financial situation‚ their estimated per unit total cost‚ evaluation as well as a sourcing risk management plan for the supplier selected. Terms of reference To prepare sourcing strategies for key purchased items for Pacific Systems Corporation (PSC)‚ starting with selecting the most appropriate supplier for potentially the next few years Recommendations After carefully considering the estimated per unit total cost‚ SureTech did come out with the lowest cost at $162.5 per unit
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RESTRUCTURING SONY The electronics and media giant Sony was struggling through the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century. With each disappointment‚ it seemed that Sony’s management launched another restructuring of the company. By 2003‚ commentators were beginning to ask whether restructuring was part of the solution or part of the problem. How should Sony be managing its strategic renewal? Introduction For the first quarter ending 30 June 2003‚ Japan based Sony Corporation (Sony)2 stunned the
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rigidities of Sony In their own success‚ Sony created a problem for themselves – resisting changing‚ and failing to recognize that changes were happening rapidly. All core competencies have the potential to become core rigidities (死板). Core rigidities inhibit Sony’s ability to access and develop new capabilities‚ and it prevents Sony from responding appropriately to changes‚ in particular the rapid changes in technology‚ thus losing their competitiveness. The culture for Sony appears to be
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Celestial Navigation is the art and science of finding your way by the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets‚ and‚ in one form or another‚ is one of the oldest practices in human history. Celestial navigation‚ also known as astronavigation‚ is a position fixing technique that has evolved over several thousand years to help sailors cross oceans without having to rely on estimated calculations‚ or dead reckoning‚ to know their position. Celestial navigation uses "sights‚" or angular measurements taken between
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planning to open a new navigation equipment company with my friends. However‚ I am not sure if I can make profits in this market. As new entrant‚ I have to get to know of the current competitive condition of the navigation industry. Thus I do the navigation industry business environment analysis based on Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ and further try to effectively dodge and reduce entrepreneurial risks of failure. 1. Threat from potential new entrants( High) Current‚ the navigation market exists some
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company‚ Sony Corporation‚ was subjected to a spate of restructuring exercises since 1994 to improve the financial performance and competitiveness of the company. With the initial efforts to restructure the company not yielding results‚ Sony went in for a revamp of the top management in 2000. The efforts by the top management in organizational restructuring failed to put Sony back on the growth track. At this juncture‚ in 2005‚ Howard Stringer became the first non-Japanese CEO of Sony. Under his
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CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (CSC) Executive Summary: Since CSC has decided to broaden its reach by entering the personal computing industry and made a strategic decision to outsource the DVD drives due to the manufacturing costs involved‚ it needs to decide on the sourcing strategy and select a supplier which would optimize its cost over the long run and result in profits for the company. On the basis of the suppliers considered‚ an evaluation scorecard has been formed which would rate the
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Analysis The case study of: “Sony Targets Laptop Consumers in China” -By: Kellogg School of Management‚ Sachin Waikar PROBLEM DEFINITION BACKGROUND AND DATA ANALYSIS In China 74% of the people own a desktop and about half the population owns a laptop‚ considering that half of the country has broadband internet connection‚ and of the households that own a laptop almost 80% have internet at home‚ the market for laptop in China is very interesting for Sony. Howeve‚ in the past years‚ Sony has been
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Brian T Castagna Wilmington University BBM 402 Sony Case Study 1. Sony had been so successful in the past with the Walkman‚ Playstation‚ and other electronics because they were innovative and new for their time. They helped reshape the music and gaming industry as we know it today. Without such developments‚ technology might not be where it is today. Sony’s competition was also vastly different. At the time of the Walkman‚ there were no other major competitors and the purchase of CBS Records
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