Risk Analysis on Investment Decision Silicon Arts Inc. (SAI) is a four year old company that manufactures digital imaging integrated Circuits (IC’s) that are used in digital cameras‚ DVD players‚ computers‚ and medical and scientific instruments. Hal Eichner‚ SAI’s Chairman‚ has a two-point agenda for the company to increase market share and keep pace with technology. As the Financial Analyst for the company one must analyze two mutually exclusive capital investment proposals. The two options
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Strategy Management (Case study 1: Li& Fung) SWOT Analysis Strength Opportunity Extensive network of suppliers (global reach supplier with SCM) Provision of value added service (customer centric structure) Entrepreneur corporate culture Low –end with hard goods Emerging Market Weakness Threaten Over dependence on US Market Vast supplier network makes it tough to maintain Increasing expense from acquisiton Continuing global economy downturn - Collapse of the American
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for solving such models. 2 Must-Read Article Inventory • • • • “Decision trees”‚ Robin Greenwood (HBR‚ March 2006) “Note on Linear Programming”‚ Jonathan Eckstein (HBR‚ November 1992) “Sampling and Statistical Inference”‚ Arthur Schleifer (HBR‚ August 1996) “Decision Analysis”‚ (HBR‚ December 1997) 3 Widely used Books for Quantitative Methods • Dance with Chance • Black Swan 4 QUANTITATIVE METHODS CASE MAPPING Chapter Basic Concepts of Scales & Measurements Detailed Syllabus
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Global Sourcing Scenario In Indian Apparel Trade ‚ 90% of Buyers are from US and EU . These two giants had started sourcing from other developing Nations only from post 1970s . Till then they were sourcing domestically . Due to soaring domestic prices and demand for varied sewing skills ‚ buyers at US and UK started shifting to developing Nations. Evolution of Global Sourcing (Till Mid 1990s) Till First Half of Twntieth Century - US Retailers procured garments from their owned Factories
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Case-Study Analysis Canyon Ranch Sheetal Rahate (20719871) Document Organization Section 1: Introduction Purpose‚ Limitations Section 2: Company Overview Background‚ Situation (Core issues/problems)‚ Current Strategy‚ Stakeholders Section 3: Analysis and Evaluation CRM‚ Major identified problems and analysis‚ SWOT Analysis Section 4: Recommendations/Alternate Approaches Section 5: Conclusion References Section 1: Introduction 1.1 : Purpose This document
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Source Software Customisation‚ Custom Software Development‚ Ecommerce Website Development. Digital Marketing- Search Engine Optimisation‚ Email Marketing‚ Digital Advertising‚ Affiliate Marketing‚ Social Media Marketing. With reference to the case study given‚ one would realise that the supply chain operations of Hathway Technologies could be classified as mechanical. They were transaction focus as captured in the statement by John Brown‚ the Project manager‚ “make sure 3C understands that I will
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We all make decisions of varying importance in the workplace every day‚ so the idea that decision making can be a rather sophisticated process may at first seem strange. However‚ studies have shown that a large percentage of people are much poorer at decision making than they think. An understanding of what decision making involves‚ together with an effective techniques‚ will help produce better decisions. Decision making is the study of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and
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CASE STUDY 5 SUBHIKSHA Uprising discount stores – the next Retail Revolution Discount chain Subhiksha is on the move. After having established itself as a niche player catering to the middle class through its neighbourhood stores in Tamil Nadu‚ Subhikaha is now expanding — both geographically and in terms of customer profile. It has big plans for new stores in Bangalore‚ Mumbai and other place. Its acquisition of Fabmall has given it an opportunity to tap the high
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ASTRAL CASE STUDY FEEDBACK MNGT 5650 MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY‚ SPRING 2‚ 2013 Introduction ‣ This case gives a good flavor of the challenges of a general manager‚ in particular when one is new to the job. The case explores the “parachuting in” of Sarah Conner‚ a venture-capitalist (BLL‚ 60% owner of Astral) employee‚ to take over the running of Astral (North America) following the sudden death of its long-time president (Maxwell). Astral is mostly a manufacturer of CD records for other labels‚ though
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1.0 Introduction This case study is based on the company Elektra Product Inc .It is enough mature publicly held company that had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. But‚ nowadays the company is facing a host of problems. Market share was declining in the face of increased foreign and domestic competition‚ new product ideas were few and far between and departments such as manufacturing and sales barely spoke to one another. The confidence was
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