STUDY ANALYSIS February 21‚ 2008 Sommaire I- Introduction 3 II- Analysis 4 III- SWOT Analysis 6 IV- Solutions 7 V- Recommendations 9 I- Introduction This case study presents two companies‚ Marks & Spencer and Zara‚ which are active in the apparel industry‚ and examines supply chains and the product-process linkages of both companies. Marks & Spencer‚ originally named Penny Bazaars‚ was founded by Michael Marks in 1884 in Northern England as a clothing sales
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my organization is ZARA. Based in La Coruna‚ Spain‚ Zara is Inditex’s main brand‚ (Fashion Forward -The Economist‚ 2012). Founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega Zara now has stores in 73 countries. With estimated annual revenue in excess of 7 billion Euro‚ Zara has over 1700 stores worldwide‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Zara has been described by Louis Vuitton fashion director as “possibly the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world”‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). WHY ZARA? I have used 4 suggested
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Executive summary China has been the biggest automobile market in the world. At present‚ we cannot imagine that the automobile industry of China does not have its own brands and core technologies. China has been the third largest economic entity in the world‚ and is bound to cultivate international proprietary brands in the automobile industry. Chery Automobile Co. Ltd was founded on Jan. 8‚ 1997‚is a brand of vehicle that is manufactured by a China automobile company‚ ranging from super-mini
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Analysis of Issues The company Zara uses resources that are to fully utilize the labor regardless of the process-making which contains harmful substances in the production of goods. The stakeholder however has the power to stop the unethical incidents including making an event for the prevention of harm towards the customers. The company concerns about cost saving and efficiency to be made in Taiwan however could cause harm that endanger the wearer and unethical issues. Customers are warned to
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What is Zara value proposition to customers? How is Zara’s Supply Chain helping this value proposition? Zara is able to sell fashionable clothing to consumers. It can quickly respond to consumer trends and bring garments to market that follow trends in the local market. This concept of “fast fashion” allows trends to move from catwalk/conception to retail location quickly‚ in some instances in just a few weeks. It also affords these fashionable items at reasonable prices. Consumers therefore look
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competitors‚ Zara’s supply chain is quite unconventional. Instead of focusing on competitive product prices and advertising Zara has developed a super integrated supply chain paralleled by few (1). This supply chain allows it to rapidly respond to market demand and have extensive control over its design and production process (1). Inditex‚ the clothing company that owns Zara is extremely vertically integrated. It is comprised of over 100 design‚ manufacturing‚ and distribution companies (3). Contrary
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ruled separately from China; and the officials had no intentions to incorporate Chinese culture into the locals in Eurasia as a sign of respect for the different cultures residing there. For example‚ Qing rulers forbid Chinese merchants from entering Eurasia so that their Mongol soldiers would not adapt and learn the covert ways of the Chinese‚ making their soldiers in a sense “weaker”. The Expansion of China was seen as a necessity for defensive reasons‚ however Russia’s expansion eastward
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Technical Paper Presentation (MPProEx 2011) CLOUD COMPUTING Tuheen R.Sukhrani and Suman L.Sabat Institute of Technology‚ Ulhasnagar Abstract: This paper gives a brief about CLOUD COMPUTING and its growing impact in the sector of technology. It covers important parts like: * Architecture‚ * Characteristics‚ * Layers of Cloud Computing‚ * Types of Cloud Computing‚ Introduction:
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In what ways are elements of the classical management and behavioral management approaches evident at Zara International? Inditex’s group known a ZARA had implemented elements of both classical management and behavioral management approaches. Starting off with the Classical Management‚ ZARA has used some of the principles of Henri Fayol’s Administrative principles. Building their business model to identify the following five “duties” of management‚ which are foundations for the four functions of
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The Original Store Expansion Strategy: In 1992 and 1993 Starbucks developed a three-year geographic expansion strategy that targeted areas with favorable demographic profiles‚ that could be serviced and supported by the company’s operations infrastructure. A large city was selected to serve as a focal point for each targeted region. Starbucks professional teams were strategically positioned at these focal points to supervise opening of another 20 stores in each city in the first two years. Following
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