Case Study: Zara: IT for Fashion Background Zara‚ high fashion clothing producer and retailer‚ opened its first store in Galicia‚ Spain in 1975‚ and by 2003‚ had grown to 550 stores worldwide. Zara is the largest holding of its mother company‚ Inditex‚ and is evaluating whether to invest in modernizing its IT infrastructure‚ specifically its in-store Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals which are running a DOS Operating System that is now EOL. Business Model Zara has a unique and very effective business
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SPOTLIGHT CAN ENTREPRENEURS SAVE THE WORLD? Spotlight ARTWORK Josh Keyes‚ Burst I‚ 2009 acrylic on panel‚ 30" x 80" A New Alliance 56 Harvard Business Review September 2010 HBR.ORG Bill Drayton is the CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public‚ a global organization with headquarters in Arlington‚ Virginia. Valeria Budinich is the founder and chief entrepreneur of Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship Initiative. Working together‚ corporations and social entrepreneurs can reshape
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After arriving in Mexico‚ the alliance with the Tlaxcalan Indians was the smartest move made by the Spaniards. It was unchallenging for the Aztec soldiers to occupy the smaller Spanish forces without the help of the native tribes. By the time Tenochtitlan was beleaguered‚ 300‚000 Aztec soldiers were overreached and the Spanish entered the mainland of Mexico with 600 men‚ 17 horses and 10 cannons. But the real question is that why did Tlaxcalan choose to make alliance with the Spanish and not the Indians
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Three generations of Data Management in Decision Support 1. Early 1970s - required a repository of data : sourced from operational system + other data (e.g. external data) - Data was customized for the specific DSS - Application-centric approach : data support a single or a few related applications used to help make the business case for the warahouse - Sprague provided the Data-Dialog-Models (DDM) paradigm 2. Late 1980s - Telecommunications‚ retailing and financial services
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Strategic Relationships •The formation of strategic relationships among suppliers‚ producers‚ distribution channel organizations and customers (intermediate customers and end users). •The goal may be gaining access to markets‚ enhancing value offerings‚ reducing the risks caused by rapid environmental change‚ sharing complementary skills‚ acquiring new knowledge‚ building assigned close relationships with major customers‚ or obtaining resources beyond those available to a single company. •Strategic
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Zara Marketing Case Study Analysis: Design & Development of Integrated Communication Plan for Zara Zara Marketing Case Study Analysis Overview: Introduction Zara‚ the world’s biggest retail chain store of Inditex Group was founded by Amancio Ortega in Spain in the year 1975. The most profitable brand of Inditex is headquartered in La Coruna in Spain. The group has global presence in all the continents Asia‚ Europe‚ Australia‚ America and Africa. The business model of Zara is completely based
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Zara Fast Fashion Case Study 1- What’s behind Zara success? Zara success comes not only from adapting the latest to the latest trend in fashion through what they sell‚ it’s mostly from how fast they deliver their cutting edge fashion and the most current trend to eagerly awaiting customers ahead of all the competitors through their fast distribution system. Zara can take new fashion concept through design‚ manufacturing and store shelf-placement in as little as 2 weeks whereas competitors take
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step in the negotiation process Specific objectives are established. Effective negotiation team is built. Clear and concise long-term contracts govern successful alliances. 2. Building the contract Even when using the same words‚ definitions or actions can be different. On going improvement clauses are standard in most alliances. A problem resolution methodology must be in place. 3. Continuous communication and alignment monitoring: Finding compromise and a frequent communicating can
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Nowadays‚ Zara and Chanel are known worldwide as two successful brands. The former is a mass clothing retailer whose production takes only weeks whereas the latter is perceived as one of the most established retailers in haute couture‚ specialising in luxury goods whose production takes months. Zara has more than 800 stores worldwide‚ in sharp contrast to Chanel which has about 160 boutiques (wilkepedia). Coco Chanel founded her brand 106 years ago while Amancio Ortega created the Zara label 35
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Alliance Supermarket & Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems Pete Garcia BUS644: Operations Management November 02‚ 2014 Dr.: Gail Hoskyns-Long Ashford University Alliance Supermarket & Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems Introduction A universal product code (UPC) can be easily read by a laser system scanner‚ which then can be forecasted as a product as a point-of-sale (POS)‚ thus then allowing for a better account of the businesses inventory. In this case‚ Alliance Supermarket using both
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