Since the beginning of time‚ men have strived to educate themselves with knowledge. The purposes of equipping themselves with proper learning ways are no other than to improve day to day living experiences and routine. Names like Plato‚ Aristotle‚ Einstein‚ Kirchhoff and others often springs to our mind. Many had forgotten those Islamic scholars that were once growing like mushrooms. Sadly‚ even Muslim these days are unaware of these people. 1) Ibn Khaldun Given name is Abu Zaid Abdul Rahman
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ZARA: Fast Fashion The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy‚ which is supported by competencies in logistic management‚ design and information systems‚ allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is
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Zara Zara varies in price‚ promotion‚ and positioning from some of its main competitors‚ H&M and Gap. Zara uses very little of its budget on promotion and marketing and relies more on its store windows to advertise its name to the public. Zara also places stores in busy areas and predominantly in more affluent areas in order to attract the most customers who will have the financial resources to purchase clothes from them. Zara’s store windows are designed to capture and entice customers and
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1. What makes Zara different from other specialty apparel retailers? What are the main differences in the business models of Zara and H&M? Zara’s greatest strength and at the same time the difference from other specialty apparel retailers lies in its supply chain ‚ which allows Zara to turn over new styles in a fraction of the time ( three weeks ) it takes conventional retailers. It is interesting how the two leading fashion retailers ( Zara and H&M ) have totally opposite
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PRODUCT CHANGE 자라는 끊임없는 디자인을 통해 상품을 매 시기마다 제작하며‚ 매장의 디스플레이 또한 같은형태로 2주 이상을 지속시키지 않는다. WORD-OF-MOUTH MARKETING 자라는 매장 디스플레이 외에 일절의 미디어 홍보를 하지 않으며 잡지화보 또한 찍지 않는다. 모든 사진은 매장 전시용‚ 혹은 공식홈페이지 전시용이며 오로지 제품에 대한 신뢰를 바탕으로 고객을 통한 입소문을 마케팅 전략으로 삼는다. GREAT STORE LOCATION IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS 자라는 매장위치 선정에 있어서 공을 들이며 매출을 기대하며 아무 자리에나 들어서지 않는다. 자라 매장 선정요소에 경우 공개하지 않는 자체기준이 있다. 큰 시장이라고 무조건 입점하지 않으며 매장이 마케팅이자 세일즈인만큼 매장선정에 큰 노력을 가한다. FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM 유럽시장을 위해 포르투갈‚스페인에‚ 미국시장을 위해 멕시코에‚ 아시아시장을 위해 중국에
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bilities — Physical Abilities Abilities that influence strength‚ endurance‚ flexibility‚ balance and coordination Dynamic Flexibility — The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend‚ stretch‚ twist‚ or reach out with your body‚ arms‚ and/or legs. Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. Explosive Strength — The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping
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* INTRODUCTION “Adequate inventories facilitates production activities and help to customers satisfaction by providing good service.” The basic financial aim of an enterprise is maximization of its value. At the same time‚ a large both theoretical and practical meaning has the research for determinants increasing the firm value. Most financial literature contains information about numerous factors influencing the value. Among those factors is the net working capital and
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Zara - IT for Fast Fashion Management Information Systems EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this document is to discuss the issue of Inditex’s DOS-base IT infrastructure and how it affects Zara’s performance. Inditex is concerned about its IT infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and
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Spanish retailer‚ Zara‚ has crafted a sweet success story riding on its image as a low-cost‚ high fashion store. Nirmalya Kumar and Sophie Linguri take to the High Street to look at Zara’s route from rags to riches. I n 1975‚ the first Zara store was opened in La Coruña‚ in Northwest Spain. By 2005‚ Zara’s 723 stores had a selling area of 811‚100 square metres in 56 countries. With sales of e3.8 billion in the financial year 2004‚ Zara had become Spain’s best-known fashion brand and the flagship
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Executive Summary Spanish Inditex’s most successful retail clothing store Zara is known all across the world for its trendy apparel (Mcafee‚ Dessain‚ & Sjoman‚ 2004). The company has been very successful throughout the years but management has recently decided that the IT infrastructure may need updating. The store currently runs off of a POS system supported by DOS‚ which has not been supported by Microsoft for several years (Ferdows‚ Lewis‚ & Machuca‚ 2004). The POS system has been working flawlessly
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