Davenport’s article “Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System” discusses the pros and cons of Enterprise Systems. These systems gather data—manufacturing‚ sales‚ logistics‚ financial‚ etc.‚ and then pull this data into a central warehouse that helps companies make informed business decisions. However‚ the Article’s main theme is‚ that while these can be powerful tools for an organization‚ the adoption of a cookie cutter solution may be counterproductive. The part that most interested me
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Chapter 4 Case Study Questions REI Climbs the Web Mountain 1. Create a simple logical design and physical design for REI.com A simple logical design for REI.com would include the following concepts: HTTP requests and other data from a customer’s client computer that travels to Web servers‚ application servers‚ and data servers which displays specific Web pages in response to those requests. When the customer’s order is submitted‚ it is then forward to an order-processing application database
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CHAPTER 4 PRODUCT and SERVICE DESIGN 1. Why is product or service design strategically important? For the success and prosperity of an organization. It has an impact on future activities. Consequently decisions in this area of the most fundamental that managers must make. 2. List some of the things that product and service design does. 1) Translates customer wants and needs into product and service requirements. (marketing‚ operations) 2) Develop new products and services
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Questions for Critical Thinking 4 Salvatore’s Chapter 8: a. Discussion Questions: 2 and 10. 2. (a) What is the distinction between marginal cost and incremental cost? (b) How are sunk costs treated in managerial decision making? Why? (a) Maringal cost is the change in total costs or in total variable costs per unit change in output (Salvatore‚ 2012‚ pg. 718). The main reason to determine marginal cost is to gain understanding and knowledge of when a company reaches economics of scale. However
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Workshop Questions – Week 4 1. Search the Web for a company that is purely Web based. Next‚ find the Web site of a competing company that is a hybrid (i.e.‚ they have a traditional brick-and-mortar business plus a presence on the Web). ASOS vs Westfield (a) Explain the pros and cons of dealing with each type of company. An example of a company that is purely Web based would be ASOS and an example of a competing company that is a hybrid would be Westfield. One of the pros of ASOS
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Destin Brass Products Co. Case Report Q1: When Activity Based Costing (Weetman‚ 2010‚ p. 85) is used to calculate the monthly cost per unit‚ two types of costs are distinguished. Firstly the direct costs‚ consisting of the direct manufacturing costs and the run labor costs‚ and secondly the indirect costs‚ consisting of the machine usage costs or depreciation and the overhead costs. These costs allow us to calculate the monthly cost per unit‚ see Appendix 1 for the Excel file
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venture and subsequent breakup of Corning Glass Works‚ and American company‚ and Vitro‚ a Mexican firm. Suggested Questions for Class Discussion 1. Did Vitro and Corning do enough research before engaging in a joint venture? 2. Was it wise to start with such a large venture? 3. Could some of the problems have been mitigated through cultural training during the joint venture? 4. Was two and one half years long enough to try to make the joint venture work? Was it too long? 5. What can the two
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BIBL 104 Quiz 4 Question 1 3 out of 3 points According to Hindson and the biblical record Saul did not have a heart for God‚ his kingship was a failure‚ and his kingdom was about to collapse. Question 2 3 out of 3 points A key advantage the authors mention that poetry has over prose is it is easier to memorize. Question 3 3 out of 3 points According to Hindson David showed all of the essential qualities of leadership. Question 4 3 out of 3 points According to Harbin Sauls death was
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Emily Drennan APHG Chapter 4 Questions and Vocab What are local and popular cultures? 1. We define culture as the way of life of a particular people‚ it is what defines us as people‚ language‚ religion‚ food‚ and sports are all aspects of culture. 2. The difference between folk culture and popular culture is folk culture is the practice of a custom by a relatively small group of people in a focused area‚ popular culture is the practice of customs that span several different cultures and may even
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Week 4 Discussions Week 4 Discussion Question 1 What is break-even analysis and how does it work with cost–volume–profit analysis? As a manager‚ what decisions would you make to achieve a lower break-even point? The CVP analysis is the level of activity at which total revenues equal total costs (both fixed and variable). A break-even analysis is the process of finding the break-even point. The cost-value-profit is the study of how specific costs respond to changes in the level of business
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