1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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BSM 302 PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING ASSIGNMENT 4 CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL OPERATIONS ____________________________________________________________ ____ CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL OPERATIONS OWNERSHIP Retailers can be broadly classified by form of ownership; independent‚ part of chain‚ or franchise outlet. Retailers owned by a single person or partnership and not operated as part of a larger retail institution are independent retailers. Around the world‚ most retailers are independent‚
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Shikshak Seva Mandal [pic] Government Registered INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Government Recognized An ISO 9001: 2008 International B-School SUB: PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Section –A Fill in the blanks 1. Production planning functions can be broadly identified as ______‚ _______ and _______. a) Estimating ‚ routing ‚ distribution b) Estimating‚ routing‚ scheduling c) Estimating
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An operations strategy focuses on specific capabilities of the operation that give the company a competitive edge. Factors used in developing an operations strategy includes: Cost Competition is used when a company uses cost as a strategy by offering a product at a low price relative to the prices of competing products. Take for example: Wal-Mart‚ this company is cost competitive often outsourcing their labor to impoverished countries that are willing and able to make any product for mere pennies
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Discuss what is meant by sustainable competitive advantage Sustainable competitive is what all the companies want to gain it and maintain it‚ it can let the company to keep the position of market leadership and let the company be successful. Evans et al. (2003‚ p.225) states that “no advantage is sustainable for ever‚ as competitors will seek to imitate it. “It has told that a sustainable competitive advantage it should be unique and can’t be copy easily by the competitors‚ also Evans et
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the mobile phone today ? It can be widely acknowledged that mobile phones have became a necesity nowadays being a fundamental part of technology’s evolution and progress. This magic device was first invented in the late 80’s being very special‚ rare and really expensive at that time. Using a mobile phone nowadays implays a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Talking about the positive side‚ a major benefit of using mobile phones nowadays
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retail market sector. • HPM has been the dominant player in the Australian domestic market for many years. • The company has also managed to break into a number of special niches. • It employs‚ at present‚ more than 1‚100 employees working in various factory sites‚ warehouses and sales offices around the country‚ from which it supplies over 3‚500 product lines. Goals of HPM: To effectively compete in the most challenging market that is continually evolving. To improve its product
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|[pic] | | | | | |WAL MART STRATEGIES IN WAREHOUSING
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Operation Bluestar The topic of “Operation Bluestar” is a very controversial issue because of where the Operation took place and all the events that occured. Operation Bluestar‚ was the code name given by the Indian government. It was an operation to evict Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers from the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple is one of the most sacred places of worship for the Sikh community. It is also one of the oldest Sikh temples around
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a view on operations of SAINSBURY’S ‚ the third largest supermarket chain across United Kingdom. SAINSBURY’S ‚ in spite of being the longest standing retail chain has been facing stiff competition from rivals like TESCO ‚ MORRISONS. The competitors seemed to have developed at a faster pace since SAINSBURY’S has been through a difficult time in recent years and TESCO is now twice the size in terms of turnover. Matter of analysis in terms of SAINSBURY’s supermarket
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