NIILM Center for Management Studies 2009-11 Rajesh Kumar Singh Roll No 29084 Production and Operation Management Assignment Question: Discuss operations strategies of three companies. Answer: Operational Strategy: Amazon.com Introduction: Amazon.com has become the largest customer friendly online retailer and provides one click purchase facility to its wide range of products including books‚ music‚ toys‚ gifts‚ electronics etc. For 2011 Amazon’s net sales documented the value of $48077
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A. U.S industry crisis‚ and Ford By 2008‚ a global-scale economy crisis affected the United States economy‚ followed by several years of automobile sales declining. By the years of 2008 and 2009 that automobile sale declining‚ lead to crisis in the United States automobile industry. Affected by the United states economy crisis‚ the big three U.S. automakers General Motors (GM)‚ Ford Motor Company‚ and Chrysler were very affected that they requested emergency loans to help them fill in the money
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Firestone and ford: the tire tread separation strategy (case for discusiion for bba iii b on Tuesday 21 May 2013) It is often tricky to know when an ethical orsocial issue really begins. Does it begin before it is “recognized” or “identified” as an issue? Does it begin when an isolated manager recognizes an incident or a trend and reports it via a memo to his superiors? Does it begin once the media get hold of information and the frenzy begins? Such questions arise in the case of the Firestone–Ford
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In 2006 Ford Motor Company was in tough shape and had lost 25% of its market share since 1990. They had lost $12.7 billion‚ its worst performance ever. They held a portfolio of brands that require major capital infusions like Jaguar‚ Land Rover‚ Aston Martin‚ and Volvo. Labor costs were as high as $76/hour and was making the company’s operating margins uncompetitive here in the U.S. and overseas. Japanese automakers development of new automobiles were months ahead of Ford’s at the time also leading
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Assignment #1 (Individual) SMU 2812 Introduction & Chapter 1 Question 1 * Search from internet or newspaper advertisement: - Which company/organization hire industrial engineers - what are typical skills required for an industrial engineering position. - List what are the typical duties for industrial engineers Question 2 * Compare the differences between goods and services. Give five reasons productivity is difficult to improve in the service sector * Page 53 (problem 1.6)
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Operations Strategy : Hyundai Automotive Industry Question 1. The automotive industry is one of the main ingredients of the Korean national growth. In 2004‚ Hyundai Motor Company had $57.2 billion in sales in South Korea making it the country ’s second largest corporation. It is also the world ’s seventh largest car maker. In 1998‚ Hyundai acquired rival Kia Motors. This acquisition brings the first element of the firm competitive strategy
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New Balance is the big five sneaker companies in the world. Comparing to other big five‚ including Nike‚ Adidas‚ and Reebok‚ it has its specific operations strategy. In fact‚ the idea of ‘Keeping unique’ is what they insist from the day one of its business. New balance emphasize on values of fit‚ performance‚ and manufacturing. It builds a distinct culture in its network internally and externally. The owners of New Balance would like to differentiate from their competitors. It includes the following
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Page |1 LG Operations strategy Final Report Introduction Founded in 1947 as Lucky Chemical Industrial Corporation‚ they established their electronics arm‚ called GoldStar in 1958. It did a sizeable business in manufacturing radio sets and went on to make one of the first and highly selling color TVs in Asia. Domestic competition led them to restructure their operations in early 90s‚ merging the two major business heads under a new name – LG Electronics. In 2006‚ they launched the now popular “Blue
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Operation Strategy In today’s fast moving world‚ it is very important for companies to have a clear operation strategy to achieve their business goals. An operation strategy is a long-term development plan which uses the major resources in order to achieve the business strategy in a company. Speaking simply‚ the operation strategy is to add value for the customers (Davis‚ Aquilano & Chase‚ 2002). The role of operation strategy is to offer a plan for operation function in order to make the best
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The success of Henry Ford till 1925s Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He didn’t even invent the assembly line. But more than any other single individual‚ he was responsible for transforming the automobile from an invention of unknown utility into an innovation that profoundly shaped the 20th century and continues to affect our lives today. Model T (A car for everyman) In simple terms‚ the Model T changed the world. It was a powerful car with a possible speed of 45 mph. It could
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