Gillette Safety Razor Division: Blank Cassette Project 1. What are your decisions about the quality level(s)‚ prices and advertising expenditures to offer for blank cassettes? After calculating the options for all three quality levels‚ it makes the most sense to enter the market with standard quality blank tapes to be sold at a retail value of $1.95 ($0.97 sales price to the retailer). This decision came primarily as I compared the break-even quantities for each product quality level in comparison
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Corporation has undergone several significant structural changes in order to cater to its rapid growth in the past three years. Each of these structural changes just generally improved the operating performance of Appex Corporation for a short period of time‚ ultimately each different structure has generated a new set of barriers and problems that constrained the innovation‚ performance and growth of the company. Based on the changes Appex Corporation did and the result of the changes‚ two major
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Guidelines for your case write-up: What follows is a pretty exhaustive outline for case preparation. You are likely to work on plenty of cases while at Bocconi and may already have done so. I have found that this detailed outline steers students towards the right approach and outcome. A. Preparation 1. Read cases carefully and analyze all statistical data. It may be useful to read the case two‚ three or more times if necessary. Most cases are short‚ but loaded with relevant facts. 2. Determine
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Case Write-up Sunshine Foods Problem Sunshine Foods biggest problem is their declining profits. They also have had minimal growth and have high overhead costs‚ which are a large part of their declining profits. Causes Sunshine Foods has three major areas that need to be address in order to increase their profits. First‚ their motto: “As long as new products look like they will increase the company’s sales volume‚ they are introduced.” This is causing the company to take on too many products
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General Guidelines for Case Write-up Why Cases? • Case studies contain real or hypothetical business situations. • Provide tools to effectively: -Apply theories to real business situations -Generate solutions to real business problems Steps to Complete a Case Report • Read the case carefully • Determine the main problem and any associated problems • Establish the important relevant facts • Analyze the situational factors (external‚ internal)
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Systems in Global Business Today Case 1: UPS Global Operations with the DIAD IV Tags: UPS global operations; handheld computers; wireless mobile platform; digital firm; integration of business; customer value generation. Summary How IT drives the UPS operation worldwide. Using smart people and smart technology‚ UPS delivers over 14 million packages daily to 200 countries and territories‚ requiring the talents of 70‚000 drivers who are wirelessly connected to UPS main databases located in seventeen
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does the Web site provide for individuals‚ small businesses‚ and large businesses? List these services and write several paragraphs describing one of them‚ such as UPS Trade Direct or Automated Shipment Processing. Explain how you or your business would benefit from the service. United Parcel Service (UPS) started out in 1907 with intention to serve people with best services and lowest rates. UPS is a company that delivers packages and also documents to more than 6.1million customers in more than 200
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Case Study Questions 1. What are UPS "Smart Labels?" What role do they play in UPS operations? The UPS Smart Label is a computer-generated shipping label that you can create using your personal computer. One of the key elements of the smart label is the barcode. The information contained in a smart-label barcode can benefit you significantly. Among these‚ a UPS Smart Label provides you with the following: Increased reliability‚ since the barcode contains data imported directly from your system
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Change Management & Change Process (Case Study Analysis on an Organisation) Introduction TrueLocal.com.au is one of the fastest growing online business directory services website in Australia. It operates as its own functioning business unit under the umbrella of News Digital Media (NDM) organisation‚ a managing group for a cluster of individual digital companies that is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s
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Case Study: UPS ( page 54) 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location (while en route)‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing: The data is transmitted to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data is also reorganized so that it can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver‚ and other criteria. Outputs:
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