1) The primary advantages for entering international markets are the expansion of the brand to satisfy the needs of consumers abroad and profit growth. The disadvantages are the risk factors involved with not being knowledgeable about a specific market‚ for instance the surprise that CNS encountered with UPC bar codes. 2) a) The advantage with the three stage process is that it pays close attention to the needs and customs associated with the markets that CNS enters and gives the company enough
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Student: Trần Thị Hà ID: 1111120089 TOPIC: Advantages and disadvantages of living in a city and in the countryside. The rapid economic growth in many countries has led to widening gap between cities and rural areas. One of the most controversial issues rising today is which place is better to live. I think everything has 2 sides‚ both the city and the countryside have the advantages and disadvantages. It isn’t deniable that living in such a big city has a lot of convenience. People can approach
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people who have come to live in rural areas and commute to work in the cities have ruined the rural communities by not using the village shops‚ pubs‚ post offices‚ schools‚ etc. They think that living in the country is wonderful‚ but at the end of the day they go back to their city employment and amenities. The countryside is a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there. There’s so much about living in a city I’d miss such as restaurants‚ theatres‚ gigs even shopping. Disadvantages in the
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Resilient Supply Chain Introduction In the recent years many disasters and catastrophic events such as hurricane Mitch‚ tsunamis‚ SARS‚ terrorist attacks and earthquakes have shown that we live in world with increasing uncertainty. These events can cause major disruptions in the supply chain. Although similar events have occurred‚ since the terrorist attacks of September 11 of 2001 the firms began to reassess the benefits of commonly accepted strategies for sourcing‚ transportation‚ demand
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goods and/or services globally. Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain. Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems. Write a 4–5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change: • Addresses the importance of quality management and measurement within the global context • Construct
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protected from unexpected market conditions as the technological industry is evolving too fast. Moreover this new strategy will help them avoiding past mistakes. 2- According to the success of Dell company which adopted a make to order concept as a pillar of its supply chain management‚ this strategy can be successful. The advantages of this strategy are decreasing risks as they have more time to adapt to the market and increasing profits. The disadvantage is that they will have longer lead times‚ which
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us relies on getting our nourishment by buying in fast food chains. Fast food chains are store that provide meal and serving it with just minutes after we made our order. Buying in fast food chains saves us time in cooking and some of us also think that we save extra money in cooking food for us. Fast food chain are also available anywhere we go. Some of this fastfood chain also operates in 24hours basis. So there would be an advantage on the part of the customer to fill their stomach anytime they
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brands‚ however some of their steps from the “supplier of raw materials to the end-customer” in this case these steps are designing‚ manufacturing‚ distribution and retailing not always same. “All stages in chain must include consideration of the final customer; moreover each operation in chain should be satisfying its own customer.” Benetton First was Benetton‚ created by Luciano Benetton during the time‚ when knitted clothes were expensive in or handmade by old people in boring colours. Once when
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France-Presse — Getty Images In Washington’s view‚ Chinese goods‚ like circuit boards‚ should be more costly in dollar terms. Multimedia Graphic A Slower Rise for the Renminbi While praising the Chinese government for its progress‚ Treasury officials have promised to maintain the pressure. “The process of correcting the misalignment of the exchange rate remains incomplete‚” Mr. Geithner said in a speech in April. “The Chinese currency needs to appreciate further against the dollar and the other major
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PROOF CHAPTER 1 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS Contents Learning objectives 3 Role of logistics 4 Supply chains 8 Aims of logistics 14 Activities of logistics 18 Importance of logistics 22 Chapter review 28 Case study – Ace Dairies 29 Project – useful websites 30 Discussion questions 31 References 31 Further reading 32 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: • understand the broad role of logistics • see how logistics support the operations of an organisation
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