low-income neighborhoods was assessed‚ while controlling for environmental confounders that might also influence the placement of restaurants (commercial activity‚ presence of major highways‚ and median home values). Results In 156 census tracts‚ a total of 155 fast food restaurants were identified. In the regression analysis that included the environmental confounders‚ fast-food restaurant density in shopping
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orporation T he first Burger King restaurant in M iami in t he mid-1950s featu red a w alk-up w indow‚ a limited m enu ( burgers a nd s hakes for 19~‚ s odas a nd fries for 1 0~)‚ a nd "your food rea dy b y t he time y ou’d p aid for it." As one early m anager r ecalled‚ " Our w indows faced front s o w e c ould see customers d riving in. With t he l imited m enu‚ w e p retty m uch k new w hat t hey’d o rder a nd w e’d have it ready." In the 19605 a nd 1970s‚ Burger King d eveloped an assembly-line
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Burger King: Selling Whoppers in Japan “International is where it’s at‚” said Ron Paul‚ a Technomic consultant. “The fast-food burger category is going to find its better growth opportunity overseas. We’re close to saturation in the United States. That’s why McDonald’s has been so aggressive in overseas markets.” That’s also why Burger King has to be so aggressive in Japan. McDonald’s entered the Japanese market 25 years ago and now has 2‚000 outlets there generating $2.5 billion in sales – that’s
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MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY Introduction Quality refers to the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer requirements or expectations. Different customers will have different requirements‚ so a working definition of quality is customer-dependent. In order to rebuild its economy after the Second World War‚ Japan focused on quality improvement‚ making it a national imperative. This took place during a time when quality was not uppermost in the minds of business organizations
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1. Introduction Quality management has come forth as a management theory for heightening organizational efficiency and competitiveness (Dow et al.‚ 1999; Grandzol and Greshon‚ 1997; Sila‚ 2007; Sanchez-Rodriguez and Martinez-Lorente‚ 2004). Several experimental surveys and studies propose that organizations attain higher levels of productivity and organizational functioning via successful execution of quality management (Easton and Jarrell‚ 1998; Powell‚ 1995; Das et al.‚ 2000; Yeung et al.‚ 2006;
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PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 QUALITY MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 Quality Management Benefits of Quality Control I. II. Minimum scrap or rework due to reduced defectives. Reduced cost of labour and material as a result of reduced defectives. III. Uniform quality and reliability of product help in increasing sales turn over. IV. Reduced variability resulting in-higher quality and reduced production bottle necks. V. Reduced inspection and reduced inspection costs
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Burger King: Promoting a Food Fight ALL ABOUT THE CASE CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM Events: 2003 and 2004 2003 – Outcome of BK’s performance and its competitors - it turned out that: - MC Do (No. 1)‚ reported 9% sales jump to a total of $22.1 billion - BK (No. 2)‚ sales slipped about 5% to $7.9 billion - Wendy (No. 3)‚ had spiked 11% to $7.4 billion‚ putting it in a position to overtake BK 2004 – Burger King CEO Grad Blum’s move
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Dai Wei East Asia Institute of Management 9 Ah Hood Road Singapore 329975 Dai Wei East Asia Institute of Management 9 Ah Hood Road Singapore 329975 Date : Jun 03‚ 2013 Fun Promotion B.V. PO BOX 5025 Rubberstraat 24 1411 AL Naarden - The Netherlands Dear Ingrid Loebb: I am submitting herewith my essay entitled the Mercedes-Benz quality system The main purpose of this essay is to analyzed and discussed the Mercedes-Benz quality system. We hope that this essay will
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queries on the food they sell? Very Poor 1 2 3 4 5 Excellent 5. Rate the reliability of the staff. Were they able to deliver or do what you asked them to? Very Unreliable 1 2 3 4 5 Very Reliable 6. Rate the quality of food they serve. Did they serve quality food and according to standard? Very Poor 1 2 3 4 5 Excellent 7. Rate the adequacy and availability of the food in their menu. Was the food you want available? Was it adequate? Very Inadequate 1 2 3 4 5 Very Adequate
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MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY Quality cannot be ignored; every purchasing decision is based on price and quality What is Quality? It’s the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer expectations. Slogans related to quality: * Talk is cheap but recalls are not. * There is nothing is more frustrating than working hard and then knowing that what you did‚ didn’t work out. * People want to do good job‚ and we have to enable them. To meet or exceed customer expectations
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