University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business COMM 399: Logistics and Operations Management Problem Set 1 1. Solution: (a) Some ideas that you can expand on: • • • • Organizational barriers Business culture undervalues operations Top managers often uninterested in operations Lack of “ownership” of operations (b) Some ideas that you can expand on: • Identify and break constraints • Make the special case the norm • Rethink critical dimensions of work (c) Yes‚ even though it may
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| ADVANTAGES OF DEPARTMENTAL STORES | | 1. The departmental store provides all facilities under one roof to enable the customer to by all his requirements. 2. The central location attracts a good number of customers which increases the sales turnover. 3. Large variety of goods is stored. This has a special appeal to the customers. 4. The financial strength of departmental store enables it to have experts in all sections. 5. Centralized buying helps them to get merchandise at lower cost together
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Pet Stores in the USSeptember 2013 1 WWW.IBISWORLD.COM Lucky dog: Pet owners will invest in premium products as disposable income rises IBISWorld Industry Report 45391 Pet Stores in the US September 2013 Andy Brennan 2 About this Industry 15 International Trade 2 Industry Definition 16 Business Locations 2 Main Activities 2 Similar Industries 18 Competitive Landscape 30 Industry Data 2 Additional Resources 18 Market Share
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With the Cement industry showing a downward trend in profit margins‚ better logistics management proves beneficial to many of the cement manufacturers. Let us explores the various modes of logistics that can provide a cost-effective means of cement transportation. Cement‚ being a bulk commodity‚ transporting is a costly affair. The selling and distribution costs account for around 21% of production cost. In 2009-10‚ top 30 cement companies spent more than Rs 10‚000 crore to carry cement to the consumer
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| | |Competing with Operations | Discussion Questions 1. Answering this question demonstrates that processes underlie all of our jobs. What might be surprising is how many students would put their job in the category of “other‚” suggesting that many jobs do not fall neatly into any one functional area. Perhaps many in the “other” category might best be called “operations” on further reflection
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Introduction : Nowadays‚ many organisation are outsourcing their non- core activities to an external agents. Distribution is one of these activities as distribution consider as a non-core activity for many firms. Although‚ there are many advantage for outsourcing‚ there are also risks and disadvantage in this process. In this essay I would explain the term outsourcing and explain why organisations are preferring to outsource some of its functions in today’s environment. Also‚ in this essay
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the table below. David is the manager of store number 88‚ where he began as one of the staff 6 years ago‚ and through hard work has risen to become manager of the store. The operating report shows his budgeted performance for the year and the actual results‚ showing a net improvement of 9% over budget--$405. While his results are positive‚ the small improvement over the budget does not qualify David for the bonus program which awards a $3‚000 bonus for store managers who improve their performance over
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Wal-Mart competes in a variety of industries: -5331 Retail Variety Stores -5411 Grocery Stores -5311 Department Stores -5812 Eating Places -5399 Miscellaneous General Merchandise Store -5912 Drug Stores and Propietary Stores Since the retail giant is best known as an all around retail variety store‚ we will be basing our analysis on this particular segment of its operations. According to the NAICS the “Variety Store” category includes establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale
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Albert Heijn Logistics My name is Charlotte den Heijer and I would like to tell you something about the logistic process of Albert heijn. During my presentation‚ I wouldn’t like if you ask me some questions but if a question pops into your head you can ask it after my presentation. I chose to tell something about this‚ because I work at Albert Heijn in Heemskerk. I told the boss of the supermarket where I work that I had to do an English presentation on the logistics of Albert Heijn. She told
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PEST Political factors are the level of government intervention in the economy that include such as Antitrust regulations‚ tax policy‚ special incentives‚ foreign trade regulations‚ environmental and labor law‚ trade embargo‚ tariffs‚ political stability‚ industrial relations and others. In the context of logistics M&A‚ these will be important especially for firms that are operating in China‚ India‚ Vietnam. Using India as example‚ apart from the non-uniform tax structure‚ logistic companies in India
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