After doing a bit of a research on the banking industry Value Chain (VC) I came across multiple references indicating that a generic VC for Banking is the opposite to the industrial VC (Figure 1 in the attachment). The Banking VC starts from the customer side‚ where the products are offered to the market‚ sold‚ provided to the customer and finally corresponding transaction is executed. I decided to look closely at one of our core businesses‚ Premier Consumer Credit‚ to evaluate activities within
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Machael Porter’s Value Chain SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Support activities assist the primary activities in helping the organisation achieve its competitive advantage. They include: Procurement: This department must source raw materials for the business and obtain the best price for doing so. The challenge for procurement is to obtain the best possible quality available (on the market) for their budget. Technology development: The use of technology to obtain a competitive advantage is very important
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Value Chain Analysis Inbound Logistic 1. Farm : Coffee Bean begins at the farm on coffee trees. After trees are planted‚ it takes between one and three years for the trees to bear coffee "cherries". Than the farmer will harvest the coffee trees to get cherries. After that‚ they will use coffee mills to process the product from cherry to bean. 2. Exporter : The coffee export process varied greatly depending on origin country and buyer. In some countries‚ beans were exported through government
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Strategic Value Chain Analysis Wednesday‚ December 04‚ 2013 8:48 AM "Competitive Advantage" 1986 Companies are not groups of people‚ they are sets of activities. There are 2 sets of activities: Cost and willingness to pay (WTP) PRIMARY: In-bound / raw material ==> Process ==> Marketing ==> Service SECONDARY: Accounting‚ Exec Management‚ CIA Cost of distribution drivers (for cinnamon buns): # of stops (greater # raises cost) # of packages they drop per stop (greater # lowers
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at how JCPenney ’s competitors have taken advantage of the retail giant’s failure to make a comeback. Based on the information obtained from the companies 10-K reports JCPenney’s has had a decline in customer satisfaction since the 1990s customers have been leaving and spending their money elsewhere. It looks as though JCPenney
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JCPenney: Every Day Low Prices Versus Macy’s: Differentiated and Localized 11/29/12 Executive Summary The industry we have chosen is the department store-retail industry. Within this industry‚ we have chosen the department stores of JCPenney and Macy’s. We find this industry‚ as well as these two companies‚ interesting from a strategic perspective. JCPenney has recently undergone a massive strategic restructuring in regards to its pricing‚ brand offerings‚ and store layout‚ pushing
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beginning of 2012‚ J.C. Penney was trying to remodel its business. Ron Johnson‚ the chief executive of J.C. Penney‚ announced in January to take out all of the coupon discount system. Instead‚ J.C. Penney would introduce “everyday low prices”‚ “month long values specials”‚ and “clearance events” every month. However‚ the result does not work well. In May‚ J.C. Penney announced their first-quarter report that dropped 18.9% of sales comparing with the same quarter last year. It was $163 million loss for only
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negative beta implies that security A would stabilize the returns on a portfolio since the returns on A are negatively correlated to the market. The riskiness of a portfolio is determined by its beta value. Security A has a negative beta (-0.5)‚ which makes it less risky when compared with positive beta value for security B (0.5). In addition‚ if we consider a standalone risk‚ standard deviation plays an important role. It is used as an indicator of risk‚ security A has 30% standard deviation which
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Turn around of JCPenney Strengths JCPenney Company‚ Inc. has realized the need for a company overhaul in order to remain competitive in their market. They have made positive changes like hiring Vanessa Castagna as the new Chief Operating Officer to incorporate new processes and systems and to ensure that senior management would be educated and on top of things. Her prior experiences with Wal-Mart and Target will ensure that JCPenney has an insight into their competitor’s marketability. Additionally
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ANALYSIS 32 Tangible Resources 32 Intangible Resources 34 Capabilities 36 Core Competancies 37 Four Criteria Test 38 Distinctive Competances (Four Criteria Test Analysis) 39 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 42 Supply Chain Management 42 Operations 44 Distribution 45 Receiving 46
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