BUSINESS PROCESS INTEGRATION IN MARITIME FLEET MANAGEMENT (Generic analysis of a large fleet management and recommendation) Initial assessment of the maritime sector in general In the maritime sector there are several IT companies offering a wide variety of software packages supporting business processes specific to fleet management. The aim is to ease the management decision making process and help the ship’s crew with their tasks. The most common applications include voyage planning‚ spares
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The Role of Regional Integration in Promoting Global Business. Regional integration is growing as a means for economic growth for many countries. Throughout this paper we will discuss the promoting of regional integration into the Northern South America region. In addition‚ the paper will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of regional integration as it relates to (NAFTA‚ EU‚ APEC‚ ASEAN‚ CAFTA). Regional Overview The Northern South America region contains two countries Columbia and Venezuela
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Zara: The Technology Giant of the Fashion World Introduction The term “fast-fashion” has come to revolutionize the world of fashion; this business model has created frenzy among competing retailers attempting to capture market share in this ruthless industry. Zara is the clothing and accessories retailer seated atop the industry; Zara is the flagship specialty chain of Spain-based conglomerate Inditex consisting of 1495 stores. Based in Arteixo‚ Galicia‚ and founded in 1975 by Amancio
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Business Excellence through Integration of TQM and HRM Ms. Ankur Jain Research scholar‚ Birla Institute of Technology‚ Mesra‚ Ranchi E mail: rukna_niaj@yahoo.com Phone: +91- 9873431091 Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine employees’ perceptions of business excellence or High Performance Work System (HPWS) and its relationship with TQM/HRM practices within software industry in India. Despite extensive research on TQM/HRM practices and HPWS‚ none examines this scope of investigative
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Abstract Zara has been operating in Europe since the year 1975. This paper includes a study of the strengths and weaknesses of Zara Company supply chain management system. It divides the supply chain process into three distinct phases. It shows how the company has managed to embrace technology to deliver its products to customers in real time. The paper also contains a comparison between Zara and its main global competitor in the market. The paper concludes by outlining some of the challenges the
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business model generation & design workshop business model innovation CNU TECH SUMMER PROG 2013 2 3 paths for business model innovation* Business Model Innovation Industry model (IM) Innovation Innovating the industry value chain by: moving into new industries redefining existing ones or creating entirely new value chains * IBM study Revenue model (RM) Innovation Innovating how revenue is generated through: new value propositions pricing models Enterprise model (EM) Innovation
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Zara Case Study Main Problems Zara need to adapt their strategy to ensure future stability in meeting the demands of a larger customer base. The problems that they need to address are as follows; Rapid Organic growth outside of Spain – Zara have shifted focus into expanding overseas‚ specifically the Asia region. According to Exhibit 8‚ 120 new Zara stores were opened outside of Spain in 2010. Despite the current centralized distribution model working well and at below capacity‚ continuous rapid
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A Case study in Application Integration Stijn Van den Enden Business Integration Company PB 494 2000 Antwerpen 1‚ Belgium stijn@bico.be Erik Van Hoeymissen Gregory Neven* Pierre Verbaeten DistriNet Research Group Dept. Computer Science‚ KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200A 3001 Leuven‚ Belgium {erikv‚ gregory‚ pv}@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Abstract In this position paper‚ we present an architecture that we used in a case study on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The architecture encapsulates
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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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element of the analysis (Appendix B)‚ is that horizontal and vertical analysis have to be done together to avoid misinterpretation of information. The horizontal analysis has shown an average 26.53 percent annual growth in total equity. However‚ when paired with relative vertical analysis‚ a year to year average growth is in decline of -2.36 percent. The “cash” position has increased by 164.2 percent from a base year; the comparative vertical indicator shows a decline from 11.33 percent in 2007 to 6
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