Strategic Operation Management Assignment Zara fashion Zara is a clothing and accessories retailer selling stylish apparel at affordable prices‚ and it is also the most profitable brand of the Spanish clothing retail group Inditex SA. Ortega planned for this new Zara outlet‚ located near his factory in La Coruna in northern Spain‚ to sell this overstock merchandise himself. Since then‚ Zara has expanded into 500 stores in 68 countries as of January 2007 and has become a leader in customized
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Summary: Zara is an apparel chain owned at operated by the Inditex of Spain. It was founded by Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona; currently Spain’s richest man. Zara specializes in fast fashion. At the end of fiscal year 2001 Zara was operating 1‚284 stores world wide and had total revenue of 3‚250 million. Inditex’s headquarters and its major assets are located in the Galacia region of Spain. Inditex also operates five other chains: Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius and Oysho. Zara owns
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Entry Strategy: Case Study of Zara – Internationalisation in China 1. Introduction and Background Amongst the motivations to strategise are to grow fast ahead of the competitors‚ grow in the line with the industry or to simply catch up and defend an existing status. Despite the challenges‚ threats and risks‚ the orientation of various firms are to expand‚ to reach and to penetrate new markets segments. The working title of the research is initially drafted as – Market Entry Strategy: Case
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to BusinessWeek‚ "Zara was a fashion imitator. It focused its attention on understanding the fashion items that its customers wanted and then delivering them‚ rather than on promoting predicted season’s trends via fashion shows and similar channels of influence‚ which the fashion industry traditionally used." 5 Zara‚ the fashion retail chain‚ is a subsidiary of Inditex Group owned and managed by Spanish tycoon Amancio Ortega. Inditex includes several major brands‚ namely‚ Zara‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Pull
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fragmented operations strategy processes on operational performance Steve Browna*‚ Brian Squireb and Mike Lewisc a School of Business‚ University of Exeter‚ Rennes Drive‚ Exeter EX4 4PU‚ UK; Decision Sciences and Operations Management‚ Manchester Business School‚ Booth Street West‚ Manchester‚ M15 6PB‚ UK; cSchool of Management‚ University of Bath‚ Claverton Down‚ Bath‚ BA2 7AY‚ UK b (Received 18 June 2008; final version received 2 April 2009) The links between strategy and performance
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1) What is Zara’s fundamental business strategy? Is it simple? What are the principles for Zara’s business operation?  Fundamental business philosophy of Zara The fundamental business strategy of Zara is very simple which is linking customer demand to manufacturing‚ and liking manufacturing to distribution. Zara has been running their business in fashion industry which is susceptible to seasons and quick changing customer tastes. Zara has been approached to and considered their business
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Operation Strategy within an Organization Raven Davis MGT 4850 Operation Strategy within an Organization Operation strategy has been defined as “the development of a long term plan for using the major resources of the firm for a high degree of culpability between these resources and the firm’s long term corporate strategy.” (Davis‚ 2007) Operation strategy is a very important function for any organization. Operation strategy is the link that brings all of an organizations processes and value
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ZARA CASE 1. Which theory is the best representative of Zara’s (Index’s) internationalization? Zara has applied the Uppsala internationalization model to their strategy‚ and even more than that. This theory shows that international activities require both general knowledge and market-specific knowledge. Therefore‚ the more understanding the company has in a specific market‚ the more value and succeed they can create. That is also exactly what Zara applied to their internationalization strategy during
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Case: Operations Strategy of Zara Question 1: Zara has a variety responsive supply chain. (a) Does it offer a competitive advantage‚ and (b) how does this affect supply chain design and performance? (a) Yes Zara’s responsive strategies improve the efficiency of information exchange in every level of supply chain; customers‚ store managers‚ designers and market specialists‚ production stuffs‚ subcontractors‚ buyers‚ warehouse managers‚ distributors‚ and so on. As a result of efficient exchange
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landscape. Air Deccan’s basic strategy is to make air travel accessible to every Indian by pricing their services at 30-40 percent of regular airline services. Translating this overall strategy into operations calls for making unique choices in several operational elements. At a broader level‚ this resulted in unique methods adopted for procuring aircraft‚ maintenance‚ ticketing & in-flight services & flight & schedule management policies. This constitutes the operations management process.
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