Products and services: WestJet started its services in 1996 with just 3 aircrafts and landing rights to five destinations in Canada. By the end of 2011‚ WestJet had become one of the leading airlines in Canada‚ by providing services to a total of 76 destinations within continent North America. The airline currently offers scheduled services‚ international charter services and Trans-border services to the United States‚ the Caribbean‚ Mexico and Canada. As per the annual report of 2011‚ WestJet currently
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company in the world with some of the competitors such as Yahoo!‚ Apple and Microsoft that compete in the same technology customer market with their products such as iOS‚ Windows Phone 7 and many more. To make sure Google’s business is in the market‚ Google needs to keep create and innovate their products so that customers are using Google products and keep their business in the market. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Figure 1: Google Logo (Google‚ 2012) Google is a world known company
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growth in services has also been accompanied by the rising share of services in world transactions. Not only has the services sector grown in terms of its share in global output and employment‚ its share in total trade has also grown rapidly in this period. The growing importance of services sector and the corresponding rise in its role in integrating the world economy has led to a stream of literature that examines different aspects of trade in services. The service production process is much more
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eyeglasses (custom made and cannot be made in advance) Process selection is based on variety and volume of demand. (Variety (y) vs volume (x)) chart Continuous process: very standardize product and large volumes of it (best manufacturing choice)It uses highly specialized equipment with very little flexibility and almost completely automated. Its production is continuous. This process is made to match outputs-outcomes with demand of product. Cost effectiveness (large capacity of operation). BP´s
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Thompson−Strickland−Gamble: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 16th Edition I. Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy 1. What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? chapter one © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2008 1 What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. —Jack Welch Former CEO‚ General Electric A strategy is a commitment to undertake one set of actions rather than
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Product and Service Costs Output represents one of the most important cost objects. There are two types of output: products and services. Products are goods produced by converting raw materials through the use of labor and indirect manufacturing resources‚ such as the manufacturing plant‚ land‚ and machinery. Televisions‚ hamburgers‚ automobiles‚ computers‚ clothes‚ and furniture are examples of products. Services are tasks or activities performed for a customer or an activity performed by a customer
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For the exclusive use of J. CO www.hbr.org What Is Strategy? by Michael E. Porter Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 What Is Strategy? 21 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint 96608 This document is authorized for use only by James Co in Food and Agribusiness Strategic
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Product Process Matrix A common classification of production process structures We often classify processes based on their physical configuration‚ material and product flow‚ flexibility‚ and volume expectation. There are four different process types‚ which a manager can choose‚ keeping in mind the relative importance of the following attributes:- Quality‚ Time‚ Flexibility‚ and Cost. These are: 1. Job process 2. Batch process 3. Line process‚ and 4. Continuous process Job
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The International Marketing Dilemma Standardization VS . Customization Spiderman Becomes an Indian Product Idea P&G – Connect & Develop Strategy • Develop brands tailored for similar consumer cohorts living in different countries‚ rather than producing strategies on a nation-by-nation basis – Consumers in Mumbai have more common with consumers in Shanghai‚ Tokyo‚ New York than with consumers in rural India • Expertise from one part of the globe to another – Taboos over feminine hygiene
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faculty‚ I believe keeping on current and new strategies in health innovation can improve the quality care for our patient lives. Staying current on health innovations not only improve the patient lives but it also keep improving health policies‚ system‚ products‚ technology and services that are all contributing to the well being of the patient care. As members of the health care faculty we all should engage ourselves on the current health innovations because it aids in our critical thinking and
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