Business logistics The way business is done was revolutionised by the Internet and caused emergence of the e-commerce. The main changes from the business perspective happened in the supply chain. Supply chain is important for any business‚ because it literally shows the way inputs go through to reach the customers. It is often very sophisticated and complex‚ but simple version could be shown in the following scheme: As far as the logistics is concerned‚ we can look closely to that aspect
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Electronic Commerce – Application Case: Boeing’s spare PART marketplace 1. What motivated Boeing to create PART? Boeing‚ the world’s largest maker of airlines was disposed to deliver a good customer service‚ especially for maintenance needs and spare parts. Before Boeing established the PART marketplace‚ it was a very complex and costly process for customers to get a specific part they needed. These parts were ordered by telephone or fax‚ that’s why Boeing had to install a lot of labor to
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create and develop a logistics plan Formulate a logistics plan (create for an existing Company or make your own Company) Five key steps to logistics planning process: 1) Business Goal and Strategies Business goals and strategy comes from overall corporate strategy and the detailed operational strategies. Logistics receives its direction from these sources‚ like all other operational functions of the organization. 2) Specific Customer Service Requirements Logistics planning needs the CS
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Online Selling Online shopping or e-shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store‚ e-shop‚ e-store‚ Internet shop‚ web-shop‚ web-store‚ online store‚ online storefront and virtual store. Mobile commerce (or m-commerce) describes purchasing from an online retailer’s mobile optimized online site or app. An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying
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Flexibility on the workplace: crucial element for companies to consider In today`s fast changing world‚ enhancing transformation is crucial for survival of every business. Old practices are being replaced with new methods which change the working environment in terms of relations‚ competitiveness and benefits. Flexibility on the workplace is a concept that has been widely discussed and implemented in the past few years. The key objective of flexibility on the workplace is to “loosen up” the rigid
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In ancient Greece era (ca 800-323 BCE)‚ Greece was consisted of hundred of city states called “Poleis”. Each polis was an independent small country and many were only like a small town or a small village. A polis sometimes controlled very small territories. However‚ among all of the “Polies” in Greece‚ there were two poweful city states named Athens and Sparta. These two city states were powerful and influential among other Greek city states or poleis1. This written assignment will address these
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Country notebook: developing an international marketing plan Overview Working in teams of 4 – 5 students you will analyze a country’s cultural and economic environment in order to develop a marketing program for a specific product or service. The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate cross-cultural understanding and evaluate a country’s market potential. You should work as if you represent a company planning to expand operations to several new countries. Your job is to analyze and tentatively
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performance toward the company. Noe‚ Holienbeck‚ Gerhart‚ and Wrigt (2006‚ p.5) said that HRM is a strategic‚ policies or practices to influence the people in an organization toward their company mission and vision. Thus‚ HRM is responsible for HR planning‚ recruiting‚ selection‚ training and development‚ compensation‚ employees relation‚ safety and healthy‚ and performance management. Therefore‚ the purpose of this report is to find out the difference between the international HRM (IHRM) and domestic
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True / False Questions 1. International marketing is the performance of business activities designed to plan‚ price‚ promote‚ and direct the flow of a company ’s goods and services to consumers or users in more than one nation for a profit. 2. A good illustration of an uncontrollable variable that might impact international business is a marketing decision with respect to research. 3. The foreign uncontrollable environment is the same as the domestic uncontrollable environment. 4. The level
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The Global Branding of Stella ArtoisAssignment 11)The international beer market is a large and growing one with consumption levels at 1.3 billion hectoliters (hls) annually. Surprisingly‚ the top 4 breweries account for only 22 percent of the total beer market. This means that the profit margin for these breweries is significantly smaller than that of top companies in the tobacco‚ soft drink‚ and spirits industry which are far less fragmented. With this in mind there is great potential if Interbrew
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