number three on Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 List for 2012. This was recently announced at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May of this year. McDonald’s started in 1937 as a drive-in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. Hamburgers were just ten cents. In 1948‚ after realizing that most of their profits came from hamburgers‚ they closed the drive-in and made it a self-serve operation. They set up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency
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I Software industry overview of global marketing channels 1. Overview of the software industry The software industry is the most important and one of the most rapidly growing segment of the information and communication technology (ICT) industries. According to DataMonitor‚ the size of the worldwide software industry in 2008 was US$ 303.8 billion‚ an increase of 6.5% compared to 2007. The United States is estimated to have approximately 50% of the global software market ’s value. U.S. software
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chain Starbucks‚ McDonalds and Burger King. On 20 July‚ 2014‚ Shanghai TV news channel and Dragon TV reported news of Shanghai Husi Food Corporate Limited (Husi) ‚ which is one of the suppliers of McDonalds in China and Hong Kong. The news is about Husi using processed expired chicken to produce chicken nuggets or fried chicken and then supplied them to McDonalds. There were 18 tons of expired materials in total. McDonalds is the biggest sufferer in this case. Although McDonalds has a routine inspection
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What is (Just In Time) Inventory Management? It’s an strategy that is aimed at monitoring the inventory process in such a manner as to minimize the costs associated with inventory control and maintenance. Just-in-time inventory process relies on the efficient monitoring of the usage of materials in the production of goods and ordering replacement goods that arrive shortly before they are needed. This simple strategy helps to prevent incurring the costs associated with carrying large inventories
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Simple Math Tricks There are many ‘math tricks’‚ which ask you to choose a number or two and work through several steps‚ often ending up with your original number(s) mixed up somehow‚ or with a value that’s the same every time. When they arrive by email‚ they will often be described as ‘amazing’‚ or ‘impressive’‚ as if they were magical. There isn’t any magic‚ and you don’t have to be Harry Potter to understand how these tricks work‚ or to make up tricks of your own. All you have to do
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Corporate Finance Valuation Project Yes‚ I would invest in McDonald’s stock‚ specifically for it’s consistently “high yielding” dividend. According to Morningstar‚ MCD’s dividends started to show a significant leap in earnings per share in 2008‚ which I am attributing to their significant increase in net income from 2007’s $2395 million to 2008’s $4313 million. I would want this stock in my portfolio specifically for its growth. I do realize that the stock price continues to fluctuate several
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Samsung Electronics Company‚ created in 1969‚ was first considered as a low-cost third-tier commodity brand with a little product differentiation. By exploring marketing strategies‚ market research and analysis‚ Samsung has easily change into a major player in the electronic products and home appliances market. The company has climbed up the rank in the past decade and was in 2003 at the 25th position of the world’s most valuable brand. The goal is now to reach the top 10 by 2005. For that‚ the brand
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1. Executive Summary This case study seeks to evaluate the interests of various stakeholders of McDonald’s Corporation‚ its relation and impact to the organisation’s sustainability‚ with recommendations aimed at propelling the organization into a sustainable corporation. Among the strategic issues affecting sustainability are identified as obesity‚ advertisements targeting children‚ environmental pollution and treatments of animals. These and others factors have pressured McDonald’s to shift to
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Case Study Individual Report – International Management 15/02/2012 McDonald’s in India by Kishore Dash Until late 1980s‚ India was a very closed and protective country in terms of economic‚ political and social perspectives. However‚ after this period dramatic changes happened in all of these areas. At the time‚ the political leaders pursued policies of economic nationalism but these policies were inefficient and by 1990‚ India was facing a severe economic crisis. In response‚ the government introduced
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the world you can find a fast-food franchise such as McDonalds. When I think of McDonalds of course the first thing that comes to mind is‚ Big Mac‚ Large fries and a Milkshake‚ but to the employees of McDonalds it’s a much bigger picture. Have to ever drove out of a mcdolads “drive thru” and thought about the employee that just served you a meal? Do you know that McDonald’s employees are making 7.35 hour? Well it’s a shocking fact. McDonalds and many other fast food chain restaurants are profiting
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