Strategic Value Chain Analysis Wednesday‚ December 04‚ 2013 8:48 AM "Competitive Advantage" 1986 Companies are not groups of people‚ they are sets of activities. There are 2 sets of activities: Cost and willingness to pay (WTP) PRIMARY: In-bound / raw material ==> Process ==> Marketing ==> Service SECONDARY: Accounting‚ Exec Management‚ CIA Cost of distribution drivers (for cinnamon buns): # of stops (greater # raises cost) # of packages they drop per stop (greater # lowers
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Huge Profits and Salaries for the Owners In order to best maximize their profits‚ the big fast food giant ’s created the franchise system. This system allows the companies to maintain overall control of the product‚ and give them a guaranteed rate of return‚ while at the same time allowing local owners to create a low-wage work force best suited to local conditions. For us‚ as workers‚ that means our immediate employers are often small business owners‚ and franchise owners who plead poverty when
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Proposal: Change in the fast food industry (we can take a specific restaurant like McDonald’s) to fight obesity Fast food and obesity The relationship between a nation’s fast food consumption and its rate of obesity has been studied. Schlosser said "it seems wherever America’s fast food chains go‚ waistlines inevitably start expanding." Schlosser argues that the North America has the highest obesity rate of any industrialized nation. More than half of all adults and about one-quarter of all children
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FRANCHISE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Nov 11th 2008 Mr. Saghir Mohammad‚ Computers Concepts Teacher‚ Institute of Business Management‚ Karachi. Term Report on Franchise Food Industries in Pakistan Respected Sir‚ This is with reference to your requirement regarding the term report on our “Computer Concepts” course; we are pleased to submit to you the report on the above stated subject
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1. What are the differences between Benihana’s production process and that of a typical restaurant? How do these differences affect a customer’s dining experience? Method Typical American food: you order form the menu and the bus boy will bring to your table Food is prepared table-side. Provides unique “dinner and a show” type of experience. Floor plan: Allows more floor area for dining (only 22% of space is for preparation‚ storage and office space) Small bar/lounge area - Attentive:
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“Gretel‚ please come downstairs‚ dinner is being served!” Mother yelled‚ clearly exasperated. “NO!” I screamed‚ “I refuse to eat dinner with any of you!” “Please‚ just come downstairs‚ we’ll be eating roast beef” mother said‚ sighing. “ROAST BEEF? ROAST BEEF?” I replied‚ raising my voice. I hate roast beef. I absolutely hate it. It used to be my favorite meal‚ but that was before my brother‚ oh‚ that little pain went missing. We were going to eat roast beef for dinner that night. It was almost as
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Jessica Brandon Fast Food Driven Society In a recent documentary film I’ve seen called‚ “Super-Size Me‚” it was stated that in the past 20-25 years‚ obesity levels in America have doubled. Why you may wonder? Many factors contribute to the way we live in our society today‚ but the main reason for obesity levels being so high is the fast food industry and its effects on everyone it comes in contact with. Anyone who has ever had junk food in their life know its addicting features. Seeing it everywhere
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COMPETITION ANALYSIS Of MC DONALDS By Nihit Agarwal "Billions served." indeed. McDonald’s is the world’s #1 fast-food company by sales‚ with more than 30‚000 of its flagship restaurants serving burgers and fries in more than 100 countries” . Today‚ “McDonald’s operates over 31‚000 restaurants worldwide‚ employing more than 1.5 million people.” In terms of countries‚ it operates in more than 119 countries on six continents. 70% of the locations are run by franchises while the corporation
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When it comes to fast foods the right choices have to be made prior to ordering. Today the purpose of this introduction is to show how the fast food industry can offer healthier foods on their menus or if not then the healthy choices that can be chosen. Chose healthy eating when eating on the go and there is no time to prepare meals ourselves. Look at the number of calories on their regular day to day menu and compare them
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Total Quality in Fast Food MGT 449 2011 Total Quality in Fast Food In the world of fast food restaurants product and service quality are what make or break a chain. Both Wendy’s and McDonald’s have spent years and millions of dollars to get the level of quality that they produce just right. The key to the success of both of these fast food giants is total quality management. While they both may share some marketplaces‚ they both use different processes to get the results that they are looking
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