Innovative Integrated Management System (IIMS) for Sustainable Food Industry Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Suttiprasit Director of The Centre for Standards and Quality Development of Production and Services Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Nonthaburi 11120‚ Thailand Tel. +668-1346-9000 Email. prasert_sp@yahoo.com ABSTRACT It is evident that the long-term survival and growth of global food industry depend on the availability and efficient use of raw materials‚ energy and water and other
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Five forces Analysis of Crown Cork& Seal in 1989 Part1. Competition analysis of metal container industry Bargaining power of suppliers 1. There are only three major aluminum suppliers‚ Alcan Aluminum‚ Alcoa‚ Reynolds Metal. They have obtained strong power by dominating and controlling the primary aluminum and aluminum production market. They are more concentrated than metal container industry. 2. These aluminum producers control huge aluminum resource so that the can manufacturer
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the AGCO Corporation Economic Strategy Paper Introduction AGCO Corporation is a German based company established in 1990 with the purchase of Deutz Allis Corporation. Prior to the official purchase in 1990‚ ACGO had purchased parts of the agriculture equipment business five years ago from Deutz Allis Corporation. Since the purchase‚ AGCO have become one of the innovative corporations in manufacturing‚ farming‚ and machinery equipment through market growth
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Threat of Substitutes The threat of substitutes is high. Amazon.com is in the Internet Services and Retailing Industry. With the exception of its patented technology (such as 1-Click Ordering)‚ there are quite a lot of alternatives to Amazon’s products and services. It is important to note that most companies‚ in addition to brick and mortar stores‚ have an online store. Both the physical store and online store act as a substitute for Amazon.com because brick and mortar companies do not compete
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attributable to industry attractiveness Retailers purchase merchandise from manufacturers in large quantities for resale to consumers at a profit. The domestic Retail Store industry is mature and highly competitive. We can use the Porter’s five forces analysis to assess the attractiveness of Retail industry and its profitability in long run: Threat of New Entrants The number of independent retailers has been decreasing over the years; most of the retailers are chain stores nowadays. The vertical
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS MICRO - Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1) Threat of New Entrants: The toy industry is highly competitive. Further‚ the existence of established competitors combined with the need for huge capital investment‚ economies of scale and strong distribution network; keep the threat of new entrants into the traditional games industry is relatively low. 2) Threat of Substitutes: The highest pressure faced by Lego comes from substitutes. A substitute is anything which competes
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other industries‚ bringing together with them a faith that is both‚ intriguing and bizarre with its various gods and goddesses. One of the biggest and most prominent examples of Hindu influences in America is the fact that approximately 20 million Americans practice the ancient physical‚ spiritual and mental exercise of yoga – one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. With 800+ temples spread across the United States‚ festivals such as Holi‚ the spring festival of colors‚ is today celebrated
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make it possible to make innovations easily. Nokia products are easy to use for everyone‚ even an illiterate person in some developing countries use Nokia easily. Nokia has high range of products which is attractive for the customers. Nokia mobile sets have high re-sell value as compared to others which is favorable for Nokia as well as for the customers. Weaknesses Nokia have high prices as compared to others but its good quality and reliable products somehow cover this weakness of Nokia but still
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Audit Checklists & Continuous Auditing for Financial Close and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Audit Procedures December 2006 This document provides a consolidated set of audit checklists typical of those used by internal and external auditors to evaluate the financial close process and test compliance with SarbanesOxley (SOX). These checklists identify all of the typical controls that comprise a typical audit and highlight ways that you can automate many of the tasks by using an independent controls monitoring
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their competitors. One of these factors is how group work can be improved by determining the most essential traits of individual group members. With regards to the Big Five Model‚ we investigated how group success relates to these five traits: conscientiousness‚ agreeableness‚ openness to experience‚ emotional stability and extroversion. We searched for indications that would support the notion that the personality traits pertaining to the Big Five Model positively affect group success. The personality
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