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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Porter set out to define a strategic model to which all companies conform. He maintained that failing to fit into one of his pre-defined categories “the firm stuck in the middle is almost guaranteed low profitability.” (Porter‚ 1980). The pre-defined categories are noted in appendix 1. Apple Inc. falls under a differentiation strategy‚ “Differentiation is the ability of the firm to provide unique and superior value to the buyer in terms of product quality‚ special features‚ or after-sale services”
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MGMT7.04 Strategic Operations Management Case Study 1 Due Date: 20.03.2015 Structure 1. Introduction 3 2. Hagen Style’s important operations resources 3 3. Hagen Style’s market requirements 4 4. Courses of action 5 4.1 Three alternative courses of action 5 4.2 Evaluation and justification of courses of action 6 5. Recommendation 6 References 8 List of figures 8 1. Introduction Hagen Style was a firm which sold kitchen equipment‚ tableware and small gadgets. It was a very strong
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CONCEPTUAL/THEORETICAL PAPER Strategic marketing and marketing strategy: domain‚ definition‚ fundamental issues and foundational premises Rajan Varadarajan Received: 20 April 2009 / Accepted: 24 September 2009 / Published online: 28 October 2009 # Academy of Marketing Science 2009 Abstract This paper proposes a domain statement for strategic marketing as a field of study and delineates certain issues fundamental to the field. It also proposes a definition for marketing strategy‚ the focal organizational
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Strategic Human Resource Management “HR strategy‚ policy and practice can assist organisations to achieve competitive advantage. Critically analyse this statement using one or more theoretical perspectives that explain the link between strategic HRM and performance outcomes.” Abstract The focus of this paper is on the relationship between Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and organisational performance outcomes‚ specifically sustained competitive advantage. Using the resource-based
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“connect‚ disconnect‚” was choreographed by Mikaela Laxton to music by Max Richer. The name of the music that was used was “Running.” This piece was performed by four female dancers that wore different costumes. The four females were costumed in black tights with either a blue‚ purple or both colors in their tops. The designs of the tops were either tank top or around the neck scraped tops. The choreographer did not use any props in her piece‚ but the dancers’ movement were in unison. There were
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Strategy and Operations: FreshDirect * Visit freshdirect.com and type 10012 for zip-code. * What is FreshDirect’s business concept/strategy? Value proposition to customers? * How well have earlier online grocery stores performed? * Is FreshDirect successful? * If so‚ what are the reasons for its success? * “…Webvan’s founders erroneously thought… a competitive advantage simply by being Internet based. * From experience‚ Mr. Ackerman can say the Web itself confers no
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1985 Moog established a manufacturing operation in Baguio‚ City‚ Philippines which currently has more than 1‚000 employees. The civil servo valves undergo final phase manufacture and assembly in this facility. Almost sixty years later and with fourteen top-of-the line facilities distributed worldwide‚ and surviving several internal and external crises‚ Moog Inc. has greatly superseded the founder’s expectations. This report would like to present current strategic operational processes being used by
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Chapters 1‚ 2‚ and 6 1. Describe the main elements of an “Operations Systems” model. a. The main elements of an Operations Systems model are the inputs‚ that go through the transformation process‚ then they become outputs. There is also the planning and control subsystem which is the feedback mechanism. 2. What are the primary differences between manufacturing and service operations? b. There are 5 differences between services and
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The organization’s strategic position 3 External drivers affecting this organization 6 Value adding in Starbucks 9 Sustainability of Starbucks’s strategic position 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 Introduction Starbucks‚ the biggest coffee retailer in the world‚ grows from a small‚ regional business into the undisputable leader in the specialty coffee industry. It arrives in the UK in 1998 with the acquisition of Seattle Coffee Company in the UK as
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