Service Capacity * Service Capacity is defined as the maximum level of value-added activity‚ which can be consistently achieved over a period of time under normal operating conditions. * The important consideration is that the service provider should be able to sustain provision of service at such a rate comfortably under normal working conditions. * It can be expressed as : 1. Max. number of patient attended by a Doctor / hr. 2. Max. number of calls attended by a Executive
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Madrid How did Zara become a successful player in the global fashion market? 1. Abstract This academic report is connected to the study trip topic “Adaption of Spain to a globalized economy”. It is focused on the international development of Zara Clothing in an international competitive market and is based on current news‚ statistics and the company his annual report. A few years ago‚ the retailer introduced a unique business process‚ which makes them the leader in fast fashion. Although nobody
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pg. 56 1111 MANAGING THE MoST IMPORTANT AssET: BRAND EQUITY by David A. Aaker hat is going on in branding? • Gatorade‚ like many strong brands throughout the world‚ is facing the specter of major competitors entering their market and price erosion. They wonder how to respond without damaging their equity. • 3M decided that their branding was getting out of control‚ so they developed a committee of the top executive vice presidents in the company to approve all new brand names
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ara * 1. ZARA: Fast Fashion Case Study M anagement I nformation S ystems January 26‚ 2010 Presented By: Group- 1 * 2. Agenda About Company Information Systems Analysis & Conclusion * 3. About the Company * 4. ZARA Zara‚ the most profitable brand of Inditex SA the Spanish clothing retail group‚ opened its first store in 1975 in La Coruña‚ Spain operations into 45 countries with 531 stores located in the most important shopping districts of more than 400 cities in Europe‚ the Americas
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Background Zara Zara is a chain of stores Belonging to the Spanish fashion group INDITEX founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. It is the company ’s flagship chain and is represented in Europe‚ America‚ Africa and Asia with 1412 stores in 69 countries‚ 500 of them in Spain. During 2007 it opened 560 stores across the group. . It has three logistics centers‚ located in the main Arteixo‚ province of La Coruna (Spain)‚ where he opened the first store in 1975 and two in Zaragoza and Madrid. In 1975 he
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Fast is Never Free: Critical Analysis of Fast Fashion and its condition of Freedom vs. Repression of Freedom Alejandra Carrillo-Muñoz A&D 603 October 22‚ 2012 Abstract Known to be a revolutionizing model for the ability of freedom that promotes artistic novelty while fulfilling function‚ fashion has certainly managed to establish some of those intents. In other ways‚ it has juxtaposed those intents and has functioned against its proposals. More specifically‚ what began as a utilitarian
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CASE STUDY Zara The case describes how Zara‚ operating out of the Galician port of La Coruña in north-west Spain has managed to become a benchmark for speed and flexibility in the garment industry. The case offers an illustration of a fast-response global supply‚ production and retail network. In 2003 Zara was the only retailer that could deliver garments to its stores worldwide (507 in 33 countries) in just fifteen days after they were designed. It could do that because of its unique systems
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management strategy 8 b Fast fashion strategy 8 c Global distribution strategy 9 3.3.2 Strategy analysis 9 a Strategic Advantages 9 b Strategic Drawbacks 10 4.0 Recommendation 10 5.0 Conclusion 12 6.0 Reference 13 1.0 Introduction This report is about ZARA which is a global brand of clothing owned by the Inditex Group. It is the world’s third-clothing retailer‚ one of the world’s four major fashion chain (the other three are the United States of casual fashion giant GAP‚ the Swedish
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Case discussion ZARA: FAST FAHION 1) What is Zara’s basis of competitive advantage? How does it travel globally? At the heart of Zara ’s success is a vertically integrated business model spanning design‚ just-in-time production‚ marketing and sales. The key to this model is the ability to adapt the offer to customers desires in the shortest time possible. For Zara ‚ time is the main factor to be considered‚ above and beyond production cost. The group believed that vertical integration gave
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means that Zara has been successful by meeting the ‘risk of cannibalization’. Compare with the other competitors‚ Inditex has some advantages. For example‚ the first one is the repeat visits. An average high-street store in Spain expects customers to visit 3 times a year‚ but that figure will be up to 17 times for Zara. And Zara can offer considerably more products than similar companies. It launches about 30‚000 model items .annually compared with 10‚000 items for its key competitors. Zara is also
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