Part 1: Executive Summary The current POS system has shown to be successful for Zara‚ however‚ Zara’s IT strategy does not reflect the strategic approach its supply chain has. As Zara’s supply chain is designed to be ahead of its competitors‚ its IT system has fallen behind the crowd. Zara has continued to upgrade its PDA devices but not its technological infrastructure in which it has built its success on. As the head of IT for Inditex I need your‚ Bruno Sanchez’s‚ serious consideration as Inditex’s
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Zara Case Analysis Environmental Analysis: Zara’s primary threat is rivalry in the apparel retailing market. Retail spending on clothing and apparel in 2000 was approximately 900 billion worldwide. This market has been described as a buyer driven market. The GAP (U.S.)‚ H&M (Sweden)‚ and Benetton (Italy) all compete internationally with Inditex‚ owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains. Zara contrasts the buyer driven market model as usually exists in the apparel retailing
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clear that from the early 1990’s‚ Zara had begun to expand into the international apparel market and by the end of 2001 operated five hundred stores in over thirty countries (Exhibit 10). But now that most of the major markets had been exploited Inditex must consider the geographic location of its future Zara store additions that would ultimately have a great impact on the Inditex groups long-term success. Another key issue within this case is even while Zara are continuing to expand over different
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Strategy‚ Organization ZARA perspective To what extent is the Zara production model relevant for other industries? The Zara’s production model is relevant to other industries because it is out of the regular productions frames. It is focused on the product and the customer; it doesn’t separate one from other‚ for Zara the homework is not done until the costumer owns its product. Buying in Zara is taking a chance‚ Zara knows its market very well and knowing this they developed strategy that includes
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summary General introduction (including a concise consumers and category market/ trend overview) Entry mode -The suitable mode of entry for Zara to enter the clothing industry in Vietnam is franchising. -As Vietnam’s joint venture regulations are strict; the Vietnamese investors must own at least 51% of the enterprise’s capital. This will create some difficulties to Zara in term of controlling the business. -Therefore‚ franchising is more suitable because the mode of entry is suitable for entering a small
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COMPETENCY MAPPING ABSTRACT: The term competency is quite generic and related to human behavior and psychology. Competency is often defined as a quality of being adequately qualified‚ intellectually able and emotionally stable. The concept of competency is basically used to define a capability of being able. Competency mapping is a psychological test that helps the human resource management department to test the competence or competency of an employee or a potential employee. It must be noted
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Leadership Communications Inc. 15 Warner Way‚ Suite 100 Canton‚ MA 02021 www.tolead.com Practical Questions for Building Competency Models Richard S. Mansfield Strategic Partner‚ Leadership Communications Inc.1 Presented at Insight Information Company Conference Competency-Based Management for the Federal Public Service Ottawa November 6-7‚ 2000 1 Richard Mansfield‚ 20 Lincoln Lane‚ Sudbury‚ MA 01776‚ USA. Tel.: 978-443-9668‚ Fax: 978443-9669; Email: RSMansfie@AOL.COM Leadership Communications
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ROLE CLARITY THROUGH COMPETENCY MAPPING Rashmi Sharma* ABSTRACT Competency mapping is an area which has been least explored in India.The value of competency mapping is that many employers now purposefully screen employees to hire people with specific competencies. Competency mapping is used for: recruitment and selection‚ identification of training needs‚ role renewal‚ as a basis for conducting assessment development centers‚ creating competency based performance management systems etc. Employers
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The case of Zara – The Postponement strategy I) Introduction In order to compete in the world of rising globalization and shortening of product life cycle nowadays‚ firms have to deal with the demand for increasing product variety to meet the diverse needs of customers. Mass customization has become a requirement for many businesses especially in the dynamic‚ fast-changing industries. However‚ the more product varieties‚ the more difficult it is to forecast demand‚ control inventory and manufacture
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Zara: Apparel Q 1. Ans: Having a very responsible supply chain Zara is enable to keep store inventory to a minimum‚ and keep a fast turnaround of new products. This encourages customers to buy the product as soon as they see it in a store because the same product might not be there the next time and Zara does not always send stores the same product twice. Q 2. Ans : Zara does manufacture some clothing in Asia‚ but not to save cost. It is to save time in supplying the Asian market and to keep its
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