outsourcing Xbox production to Flextronics? When Microsoft decided to enter the video game market with its Xbox gaming console executives had to make a strategic decision whether to manufacture the Xbox or outsource the manufacturing. After some studies‚ it was decided that they did not have manufacturing and logistics capabilities and decided to outsource the assembly and significant logistics functions to Flextronics‚ a Singapore-based contract manufacture. Microsoft already knew Flextronics because
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manufactured by Flextronics on a contract basis using designs created by its customers‚ the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers)‚ Phone 4 was designed and manufactured entirely by Flextronics. This new initiative by this EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) is not only a product design initiative‚ but an entirely new business approach that have Intellectual Property (IP)‚ product design and supplier development implications‚ among others. Who is Flextronics? Flextronics is a Singapore-base
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cross-regional project team in Flextronics. McCusker should reach a decision with regards to which shop-floor system to implement in the facilities as soon as possible. Main stakeholders in this decision are Mexico team‚ Hungary team and Microsoft. From long term perspective‚ Flextronics needs to integrate the different shop-floor systems present in each facility into one system. The growing complexity and rapid changes facing the business world today makes it imperative for Flextronics to develop an integrated
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The Ethics of the Xbox In today’s world‚ information technology has not only changed the way we live‚ learn and work‚ but also the way we entertain. The impact of technology evolvement on our life is thus by far profound‚ either positive or negative. In the case of Brandon Crisp that we discussed in Business Ethics class about the Ethics of the Xbox‚ it unfortunately turned out to be on the negative side. Brandon Crisp‚ a 15-year-old teenager living in Barrie‚ Ontario‚ ran away from home
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Strategic Initiative UOPX Finance for Business FIN/370 Davidson Jensen November 13‚ 2013 In this paper the team will be discussing the relationship between strategic planning and financial planning for Microsoft. The paper will discuss strategic planning initiative and identify a strategic initiative discussed in the Microsoft annual report. The team will also discuss how the initiative affects Microsoft financial planning. It will then go on to discuss how the plan affects costs and how
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Introduction to Information Management IST621 Summer 2014 Research and Reflection on IM Success and Failure Syracuse University School of Information Studies Dexi Kong Success case #1: Yo‚ an English slang is now the name of a widely successful app. How it works? Nothing but sending “Yo” to your friends--Stupid but simple. The app‚ which debuted in April‚ has been downloaded two million times‚ according to Or Arbel‚ the chief executive. "We Yo with co-workers
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Flextronics Case Summary Flextronics International case study discusses the challenges that the CEO‚ Michael Marks‚ faces in a global economy where the technology industry keeps changing at a rapid pace. Flextronics is trying to discover a new identity and not just manufacture a product for customers‚ but design and sell a phone to potential customers. Flextronics went from taking the designs from companies and building them‚ to developing their own designs. Marks needed to decide if creating
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Running head: SWOT ANALYSIS ON THE XBOX SWOT Analysis on the XBOX Grand Canyon University AMP 340 22 Nov 2009 SWOT Analysis on the XBOX A SWOT analysis is an examination of an organization’s Strengths and Weaknesses‚ as well as what are the Opportunities and Threats (Schermerhorn‚ 2010‚ p.212). To best do a SWOT‚ it is important to look at the history of the XBOX. When Bill Gates reveled plans for the Xbox at the Game developer’s conference in San Jose‚ Ca. in March
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in relation to Xbox case: Lee‚ Hau; Hoyt David W. and Holloway‚ Chuck‚ “Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain” * Who are the various stakeholders for Xbox that formed the Microsoft ecosystem while developing the supply chain business strategy for Xbox? * What were the challenges faced by Xbox when it first launched Xbox? * How did this compare to the launch of Xbox 360? * Did they consider any changes in the supply chain? Essay: Xbox Stakeholders Microsoft’s Xbox project was started
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