CHAPTER 2 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY-CHAIN NETWORKS An overview JACK G.A.J. VAN DER VORST Logistics and Operations Research Group‚ Wageningen University‚ Hollandseweg 1‚ 6706 KN Wageningen‚ The Netherlands Abstract. Many researchers and practitioners are working on the enhancement of supply-chain collaboration in order to improve performance of the individual supply-chain members and supply-chain performance as a whole. Performance measurement fulfils a crucial role
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Executive Summary After carefully undertook a critical review of the five papers which are written by Daniel Chan on the story of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Girl‚ it has in fact bring us a lot of thought and the strategies which SIA has used which attain SIA becomes one of the world’s leading airlines company. While SIA is one of the world ’s leading carriers with an advanced fleet and it is internationally respected as the innovative market leader combining a quality product with
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES: THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS STRATEGY AND HIRING PRACTICES By: Aric Hall Completed in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of OM 5210 – Human Resource Management Capella University Winter‚ 2007 Address: City‚ State‚ Zip: Phone: E-Mail: Instructor: P. O. Box 952 Bullard‚ TX 75757 (903) 894-8780 arichall@yahoo.com Phillip Randall‚ PhD Abstract This short paper is an overview of Southwest Airlines‚ its strategy‚ and what role Human Resources plays in
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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: A CRITICAL REVIEW Abstract: Performance appraisal is used in many organizations in order to assess the performance of their employees. But there are some issues and problems that are associated with performance appraisal can have negative impacts on the performance of employees and can make it useless. These issues and problems are: absence of objective criteria‚ gender issues‚ rater’s bias‚ social and ethnic issues. And there are empirical research evidences that
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A case study of Virgin Airlines Introduction Internationalization of the business nowadays apparently became a trend for the organizations to expand their market position and gain the competitive advantage among their contemporaries. The extent and nature of business activities are almost as diverse and comprehensive as the totality of the social and economic interest of a man. Various business activities acknowledged the opportunities that the internationalization may deliver. Through their
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Sustainable Development (SD) Performance Measurement in the Mauritian context. PROBLEM STATEMENT We want to measure Sustainable Development (SD) Performance in the Mauritian context. Today we have reached a point where it not very clear if Mauritius has a weak sustainability or a strong sustainability. Due to the intensity of economic (boom in the Business Process Outsourcing sectors leading to construction of more buildings‚ industrial developments and increase in use of IT equipment)‚ social
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Table of contents Introduction 2 ROI and EVA® as Performance measures and their effects on managerial behaviour 2 Conclusion 4 Transfer pricing 5 Market-based Transfer Pricing 5 Full Cost Transfer Pricing 6 Cost-plus a mark-up transfer Pricing 6 Negotiated Transfer Pricing 7 References 8 Bibliography 8 Introduction “Managing for value has become the mantra of today’s executives as the reality of competitive environments force businesses to focus on improving profitability
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Impact of performance Management on Employees in the Retail Industry Philip J LSP 700 BB Dr. Puneet Luthra February 18‚ 2013 Flow Chart In today’s competitive market organizations are looking for ways to meet there organizations goals by reducing the gap between employee’s actual performance and optimal performance. One way of doing that is through performance management. Performance management is a continuous process of communicating and
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Headwind for Spirit Airlines Shares of low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines (SAVE) are down close to 20% this year. Spirit thrives on being a low-cost carrier and generates a massive portion of its revenue from add-on sales. The company provides the cheapest ticket in the airline industry‚ however the company ranks lowest in customer satisfaction. Spirit Airlines ranked last in the latest travel report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). According to a Spirit Airlines’ report‚ ticket price
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El caso Southwest ilustra que el factor humano puede ser un elemento de diferenciación para conseguir ventajas competitivas duraderas. El objetivo que se pretende con este caso es que el alumno identifique la relación entre gestión de personas‚ estrategia y ventaja competitiva. La mayoría de los directivos no saben cómo hacerlo. - Ann Rhoades‚ vice president of people for Southwest Airlines. - United’s share in this market had fallen from 38 percent in 1991 to 30 percent in 1993.
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