Running Head: PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE IT/IS STRATEGY AT ZARA Proposal to Improve the IT/IS Strategy at ZARA Be future ready!!! Oct. 3‚ 2011 Executive Summary To grow at the same pace in the fast changing fashion industry‚ Zara should use advanced IT/IS systems as an enabler to improve the overall business process. Zara is facing a challenge today by using obsolete technology. Also due to a number of internally developed applications‚ there is no clear picture of the entire sales or inventory
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Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Identification of issues: The case study‚ Zara: IT for Fast Fashion‚ focuses on the retail giant‚ Inditex‚ and how its largest retail chain‚ Zara‚ has been so successful with their business model of high fashion‚ product variation‚ low cost‚ speed‚ and flexibility. Several issues are identified in this case study. One glaring issue that is apparent relates to the fact that a long term Information Technology (IT) strategy does not exist. There is no formal
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Automobile Industry Manufacturing process Forecasting. Operations management AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING FORCASTING. Why automotive sector? Projected growth of the Indian auto industry translates to 10 -11 % of India GDP by 2016 Auto- component industry in India expected to be USD 45 billion. Policy initiative to market India as an attractive manufacturing destination. Automotive industry promises significant employment opportunities
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VS. H&M vs. Zara Comparing Marketing Strategies By: Heather Lynn‚ Shannon Bennett‚ Harriet Joines Table of Contents Introduction Zara History Performance Financials Recent Expansions Threats and Opportunities Current Marketing Strategy H&M History Performance Financials Recent Expansions Threats and Opportunities Current Marketing Strategy Our Marketing Plan Marketing Objectives SWOT Analysis Marketing Mix Competitors Summary Works Cited 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 15 15 17 17
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Technology (IT) play in enabling Zara’s counter-intuitive strategy quite opposite to this conventional wisdom? Could the firm have executed its strategy without the help of IT? Why or why not? Answer: IT plays an important role in the success of Zara. It is crucial in the processes of: "DATA GATHERING"‚ "DESIGN" AND "MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS" Zara’s store managers lead the intelligence-gathering effort that ultimately determines what ends up on each store’s racks. Armed WITH PERSONAL DIGITAL
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SPANISH FASHION BRAND ZARA Carmen Lopez Ying Fan Brunel Business School Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (2009)‚ 13:2‚ 279-296 INTRODUCTION Zara is one of the world’s most successful fashion retailers operating in 59 countries. However‚ there is little research about the firm in English as the majority of publications have been written in Spanish. This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature by examining the internationalisation process of Zara. This study adopts an
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recommendations for Zara 11-13 Bibliography 14 Appendix 15-29 Introduction It can be found that the fashion retail of Zara is the flagship brand
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Zara case Zara uses a vertically integrated system (VMS): In this system‚ wholesalers‚ retailers and distributors work as a unified system. One channel owns the others. They have a corporate VMS system‚ because Zara has managed to build a system that is controlled from the headquarters and it allows a quick response to decide and solve problems. Inditex‚ Zara’s parent company owns most of the resources to design‚ produce and distribute. Recommendations: Instead of doing everything themselves
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analysis of Zara - fast fashion Structure of paper analysis: ∙Description of Zara ∙Achievement and core competence ∙Problem analysis ∙SWOT of Zara ∙Recommendation ●Description of Zara Zara was founded in La Coruna in 1975‚ which is one of the largest international fashion brands of Inditex. At 1985‚ the Inditex became the holding company atop Zara and other retail chains. The customer is at the heart of the Zara’s business model. Zara use the
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Introduction: Forecasting has long been important to marketing practitioners. Today forecasting is one of the most important activities in the company. Marketing forecasting allows company to understand the implications of changes in demand and sales. In other words forecast is prepared to reflect the anticipated results‚ with projected sales‚ profitability and cash flow (Mercer 1998). Forecast may and will influence future marketing plans. Managers ’ forecasting needs vary considerably. They may
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