Supply Chain Management – Case Assignment 2 Guidelines for submission The questions in this document should be answered for the Zara case‚ which can be found on pages 267 – 279 of the text book. The questions on page 294 should NOT be answered. Please keep your answers concise and to the point. Include the numbering of the questions. You are allowed to use bullet points. Use MS Word‚ 12 point font size‚ standard margins for A4 paper. Start the document with your student number and name on
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Threats - ZARA Some threats that affect ZARA include international expansion‚ geographic scope‚ and intense competition. Zara recognizes that the company needs to have a competitive advantage in order to survive‚ so they are constructing a second distribution centre in Zaragoza. Also the company is still looking to expand internationally. Expanding in Spain is difficult for the company because of past experience in Sweden. Zara is considering expansion in North America‚ but is concerned that it
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and discussion As complete as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. Raw material – High tech automated cutting facilities – Small workshops – Ware houses – Stores – customers – Stores – Commercial managers Raw material Zara makes 40 percent of its own fabrics and produces more than half of its own clothes (maximize time efficiency) Cuts fabric in-house As it completes designs‚ Zara cuts fabric in-house. The cutting is done in Zara’s own high-tech
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chains: Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Stradivarius and Oysho were organized as separate business units‚ responsible for their own business strategies‚ product design and other activities. Nonetheless‚ coordination across the chains increased an expansion power of Inditex as the Group and induced the management to open some multichain locations (Gnemawat & Nueno‚ p. 8‚ 2006). Visionary management The founder of Inditex‚ Amancio Ortega is a person‚ who created the “fast-fashion” model
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fairly low. Not much capital is needed to enter the industry‚ as franchises and joint ventures are popular methods of establishing retail stores while keeping costs low. Buyers do not have much bargaining power. Since buyers are aware apparel companies are quick to do away with failed fashion trends‚ they usually purchase products as soon as they are available. Most fashion conscious shoppers come from middle to upper income families and therefore‚ have the discretionary income to spend on clothes. The
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Structure for essay on Speed: This century is witnessing a profound transformation in the nature of business organizations. Driven by new competitive demands and fuelled by an abundance of capital‚ companies have massively rearranged their portfolios‚ adding and discarding businesses to sharpen their strategic focus. The opening of markets‚ global competition‚ widespread industry deregulation‚ and the erosion of trade union power as a result of neoliberalism has created a new context in which organizations
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ZARA (Study case) Vladimíra Olívia Gáborová Vlada.gaborova@gmail.com ISL 356 Phd. Emre Demirci Study case 11.4.2014 Manufacturing and clothing business has a long tradition and it is well established. People always feel need to protect themselves against the wind‚ cold‚ sun etc…. In the past there was not a high demand for clothes‚ since it was much as a cottage industry. Everything starts to change by industrial revolution‚ when development in technology opened
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Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies which belongs to the Inditex Group operating in textile design‚ manufacturing and distribution. Inditex is known to be the most successful fashion retailers in the world. The Inditex Group is made up of more than one hundred different companies which each have helped gain the success of the group. The Fashion Companies owned by the group include Pull and Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius and Zara being its Flagship chain store. The
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Retail Glossary 2/10 Net 30: 2% is the discount rate if payment is made within ten days. Otherwise‚ payment is due in 30 days. 3/10 ROG: 3% discount is allowed within 10 days of receipt of goods. 8/10 EOM: 8% discount is allowed if the invoice is paid within 10 days from the end of the month. Add on sale: Additional items customers buy due to in store suggestions or promotions. Ad slicks: Camera-ready ad‚ usually on glossy paper. Many vendors supply these for newspaper ads. Advertising: Paid message
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The Intuit-HP Retail Solution comes complete with: HP’s Point of Sale System‚ monitor‚ USB keyboard and mouse‚ Receipt Printer‚ Credit Card Reader‚ Cash Drawer‚ Barcode Scanner‚ and Intuit Point of Sale software. To upgrade Zara’s current POS system‚ Zara should keep the old POS system running until the new system is ready for cut-over. The first plan is to upgrade the Information Infrastructure to support the new system. Zara must first upgrade its company’s network infrastructure from modem based
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