1. What drove the sourcing decisions on the part of all three business organizations described in the case studies for this session? Business Reasons Behind Sourcing Decision Southwest Bank - outsourcing IT is a key enabler of the bank’s operational and management activities Expansion business into the Southwestern United State‚ Mexico and Latin American countries. Southwest is not able to run of a successful IT services organization Need outsourced IT organization to do hardware and software
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GBUS 450 Case Study 3: Developing a Sourcing Strategy at Medwell Pharmaceutical Corporation Case Background Medwell Pharmaceutical Corporation (MPC)‚ Inc. is a medium-sized (but growing) pharmaceutical company located in central New Jersey. The company’s new drugRegenerix has recently been approved for commercialization by FDA. MPC knows it must manage its product launch quickly and effectively‚ in order to occupy the market. As a result of an earlier study
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An Organization’s productivity and efficiency depends to a large extent on what employees think or perceive about their organization. It is a well-known concept that “If you keep your employees happy‚ they will make your customers happy”. So to make them happy or motivated‚ challenging jobs‚ tasks‚ assignments are to be provided along with better or superior environment to excel in. As a result‚ we can have two benefits; on one hand it will enhance the employees’ job experience and on the other hand
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Eskimo Pie 1. What is your estimate of the value of Eskimo Pie Corporation as a stand-alone company? In my opinion‚ Goldman’s estimate of Eskimo Pie’s worth as a stand-alone company was a bit too low. Although they did include somewhat of a premium over Eskimo’s 1990 sales ($47 million in sales versus $57 estimated worth)‚ I still think that it is worth more than that‚ for a couple reasons. First‚ I think that Eskimo Pie’s market share and market presence commands a higher price than what Goldman
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Option one is never a great choice unless it’s the last option available. You should never want to put a growing corporation into further debt by taking out loans. Plus the bank will probably hold more of the share in the company. Also 4 billion dollar is a substantial amount of money having to pay back and could put stress on the organization if any financial situations ever aroused. Taking out this loan will have more people accountable for the company’s wealth. The only thing positive about doing
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IB 92C0 MiM/MiB CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES Case Study: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (VEP) As was announced during the first class in January (and stated in the module outline) you are required to submit a written assignment. Your assignment will be based on the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan (A)”. The case study is distributed separately. Specifically‚ you are required to read carefully the case study and hand
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Introduction A respectable website states that “There are affordable cars‚ and then there are cars that offer thrilling performance. Rarely do the two ever converge‚ but Japanese automaker Mazda has made it a tradition of coming up with vehicles that combine both of these eminently desirable traits” (Mazda Reviews - Mazda Cars). It is not surprising that year 2013 marked yet another milestone in the Mazda Motor Corporation’s success: the company announced and launched a brand new advertising campaign
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Size per se is not what creates a successful roll-up; what matters is the right kind of size. For Service Corporation‚ multiple locations in individual cities have been more important than many branches spread over many cities‚ because the cost savings (such as sharing vehicles) can be realized only if the branches are near one another. Roll-up strategies are hard to disguise‚ so they invite copycats. As others tried to imitate Service Corporation’s strategy‚ prices for some funeral homes were eventually
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information 2 Competitors 3 Target consumers 3 Positioning - the story told by the brand 4 More than just clothes 5 Position from a value chain point of view 6 The consequences on range development 6 Part 2: The Sourcing plan 6 Sourcing Location 6 Continuity product 7 Seasonal product 7 Short-Seasonal product 8 Supplier Relationships 8 Continuity product 8 Seasonal product 9 Short-Seasonal product 10 Production Activity Control 10
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The First Pillar is education. Knowledge is power‚ and through this knowledge we can build a stronger Marine Corps. Marines need to be educated on the process of their transformation‚ if the Marines understand this process then they will understand what good comes from the steps of transformation. The Second Pillar is NCO development. The NCOs are what mold the future of the Marine Corps. The values and warrior ethos that are distilled in the future leaders are picked up from a young Marine’s
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