Comparison of Zara and Benetton Supply Chains REPORT Master Supply Chain and Purchasing Management (MSCP) Date 11.02.2010 Outline I. Supply Chain strategy 3 II. Supply Chain structure 5 III. Supply Chain processes 6 IV. Supply Chain management practices 7 V. Supply Chain performance 8 VI. Strengths and weaknesses 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 I. Supply Chain strategy The purpose of this report is to compare the supply chains of Zara and Benetton‚ two global players of
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Case Report: Zara – Fast Fashion Group #10 David Aparicio‚ Steven Hurley‚ Jonathan Williams‚ & Arjun Yadav 1 External Environment Analyses 1.1 Analysis of General Environment and Driving Forces The designer apparel environment is influenced by different segments of the external environment such as demographic‚ socio-cultural‚ economic‚ political‚ technological‚ global‚ and physical forces. The designer apparel industry spans globally and is highly competitive among different rivals. It is very
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------------------------------------------------- ACCOUNTING SEMINAR 2012/13 MEETING MINUTES 1. Opening: The regular meeting of Accounting Seminar 2012/2013 duly called and held on January 7‚ 2013 commencing at 6:20pm. With the approval of directors present‚ Douglas Philip acted as chairperson of the meeting and Oshane Ashman as recording secretary. 2. Announcements: 3.1. Carl Winter and Carlette Jameson from Human Resource Management seminar announced there will be an event about
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Home Appliance Industry Heading 1: General environment Subheading 1: Demographic The aging of baby boomers and increase of two income family homes increased the demand for appliances with more style and costly features Subheading 2: Socio-cultural In 2002‚ design aesthetics became more important in appliances as the look of appliances became more of a concern for consumers In 2002‚ there was an increase on global emphasis of environmentally safe
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis Amy Nguyen STR581 December 22‚ 2014 External and Internal Environmental Analysis Both external and internal environmental analyses are very important process for any company’s strategy plan. To find out which way compete competitor and be successful‚ every organization needs to review both of these environments enables the company. Through this planning an organization may identify the weakness and strengths of its. Apple Inc. was first launched into
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QUESTION 1 As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. ANSWER ZARA’S SUPPLY CHAIN Description Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in
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Porter’s Five Forces analysis Except for the PEST model‚ Porter’s five forces model is also an important tool to do an external appraisal. The difference between those two models is that they apply to different levels of the environment. For example‚ PESTEL model is used to analyse the macro-level factors‚ which impacts almost all industries within this broad environment; however‚ Porter’s five forces model is more focused on the specific industry that the company is operating in. Porter’s five
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Introduction Zara is a fashion retailer established in 1975 by the Spanish group Inditex founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. Inditex runs over more than 5400 stores worldwide and owns brands other than Zara such as Massimo Dutti‚ Breshka‚ Oysho‚ Pull and Bear and Stradivarius. Inditex headquarters
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Root cause 3 – Pressure of external forces A cause-and-effect analysis was conducted on the external forces that caused the company to be pressured and choose its illicit strategy. The main causes to the problem of pressures from external forces were: technology‚ the industry forces‚ the emission standards and regulations‚ and the controls and monitoring. The automotive industry is going through a transformational era. There is a course of smaller automobile companies being acquired or merged by
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Marketing I | Phase I I. Environmental Analysis Competitive Forces Our major competitor in Egypt is Coca Cola since many of our products are similar to almost the same packaging. Therefore‚ due to our similarity we target the same customers; which makes a 50/50 percent to gain or lose a customer by how successful our market mix can take over. Their strengths lie above all in their customer loyalty‚ then comes their popularity‚ branding‚ finance strength‚ and international trade. Its logo can be
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