Introduction …..……………………………………………………….. Page 3 Nike history ….………………………………………………………... Page 3-4 Marketing ….…………………………………………………………. Page 4-6 Nike factories ………………………………………………………….. Page 6 Nike financial results ………………………………………………….. Page 7 SWOT analysis …………………………………………………………. Page 8 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………… Page 9 Bibliography…………………………………………………………….. Page 10 Nike – Just do it Today Nike is a multinational corporation and also the leading
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Lean Management When managing the operation in a skilled industry‚ the business leaders must understand two main goals in creating a successful business - to increase profit and minimize or maintain the costs involved. Targeting these two goals has been a mystery for the entrepreneurs‚ especially with the increasing level of competition. The lean operation offers new perspectives on operation and it will achieve a balanced‚ smooth flow of operations. With lean operation and Just-in-time philosophy
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beginning staages of Reebok‚ J.W. Foster devveloped the novelty ¨spiked running shoe¨ while he was producing the item. He then changed the company´s name from J.W. Foster and Sons to Reebok. Although Reebok has been in the shadows of major competitors Nike and Adidas‚ they still manage to be a successfful sports wear market. Reebok underrstands customers neeeds and continue to enhance as an international brand. While sportswear is becoming increasingly popular the bulk of sales ccome from the Rss 2000
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Readiness Center FSS Forward Supply Stores IMA Intermediate Maintenance Activities JIT Just-in-Time LSS Lean Six-Sigma MATCON Material Control MC Mission Capable MDT Mean Down Time MDU Material Delivery Unit MEI Major Engine Inspection MTBF Mean Time Between Failure NMC Non-Mission-Capable NRFI Not Ready for Issue OIC Officer-in-Charge PC Production Control QAR Quality Assurance Representative QECK Quick Engine Change Kit RFI Ready for Issue RFT Ready
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Nike. The Positioning statement of Nike is “For serious athletes‚ Nike gives confidence that provides the perfect shoe for every sport”. In today’s competitive environment‚ Nike‚ one of the global leaders in sporting goods industry‚ has established a strong position for enhancing athletic life style. It’s the number one sports manufacturer in the world design by Nolan Breitbarth in the 1970s with Phil knight founder of Nike Inc. It is the leading sporting goods Company in the United States and
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more efficient. Lean production principles‚ pioneered by Toyota in the last half of the 20th century (Womack et al‚ 1990)‚ proved consistent results for the manufacturing companies that understood mass production strategy had become obsolete‚ after almost a century of dominance. Applicable successfully to the manufacturing industries‚ the lean philosophy will be analysed in the present synopsis through the perspective of services industry‚ usually dealing with intangibles. Lean Manufacturing In
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Lean implementation The lean implementation described in the book “Journey to lean”‚ written by Drew‚ McCallum Roggenhoffer describes lean‚ the set of principles‚ practices‚ tools and techniques to address the root causes of the operational under performance. Lean is a systematic approach of eliminating the sources of loss from entire value stream in order to gap between actual performance and the requirement of stakeholders. They authors describes the three kinds of losses as variability‚ inflexibility
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INTEGRATING PEOPLE‚ PROCESS‚ AND TECHNOLOGY IN LEAN HEALTHCARE by Brock C. Husby A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial and Operations Engineering) in The University of Michigan 2012 Doctoral Committee: Professor Jeffrey K. Liker‚ Chair Professor Lawrence Martin Seiford Professor Richard Van Harrison Associate Professor Young Kyun Ro
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Management” NIKE Introduction- The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978. Nike markets its products under its own brand‚ as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan‚etc. Nike is the leading maker of athletic shoes‚ equipment and apparel. Nike products cover a broad range of sports including basketball‚ football‚ running and soccer. Sneakers made by Nike are sold for $40-$200
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why lean Lean Manufacturing is not especially new. It is derived from the Toyota Production System or Just in Time Production‚ Henry Ford and other predecessors. The lineage of Lean manufacturing and Just In Time (JIT) Production goes back to Eli Whitney and the concept of interchangeable part in the 1850’s. It was finally when Taichii Ohno and Shigeo Shingo introduced Toyota Production System which in true sense talked about lean manufacturing. Todd(2000) defines lean production as “initiative
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