this purpose‚ Porter identified a range of interrelated generic activities common to a wide range of firms. The resulting model is known as the value chain. According to Porter (1985)‚ " Competitive Advantage arises out of the way firms organise and arrange discrete activities". Through using the Value Chain‚ the activities performed by a firm competing in a particular industry can be grouped into categories as shown in the model below: Upstream Activities Downstream Activities Porter distinguishes
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such as Tata Tea‚ Tetley‚ Kanan Devan‚ Chakra Gold and Gemini catering to all major consumer segments for tea. Tata Tea has subsidiaries in Great Britain‚ United States and India. Also the company has a substantial interest in the Sri Lankan tea industry through Watawala Plantations‚ Sri Lanka and Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company as associate companies. The company has a 100 per cent export-oriented unit (KOSHER & HACCP certified) manufacturing instant tea in Munnar‚ Kerala‚ which is the largest
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TABLET PCs Combines Simplicity of Paper with Full Power of Windows-Based Computing For the past few years‚ the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) has grown tremendously popular. However‚ due to size restrictions‚ it has always served as a secondary device to the desktop computer. So a number of hardware manufacturers unveiled a new form of communication‚ the Tablet PC. What exactly is a Tablet PC? It is a notebook PC with a touch-sensitive screen and is a bit larger than the size of a
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Production‚ Lot size Determination‚ Set up Time reduction MRP I & MRP II –material‚ inventory Manpower planning Benchmarking & Compliance -Importance of Local Laws Strategic Management in Facility Engineering New Setup analysis & Assessment of existing factory Introduction to plant layout system
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Report 3: Organization Structure and Strategy of Orbitz Worldwide‚ Inc. (OWW) ------------------------------------------------- Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) is a leading global online travel agency (OTA) that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research‚ plan‚ and book a broad range of travel services. Orbitz owns and operates a portfolio of consumer brands that includes Orbitz‚ CheapTickets‚ ebookers‚ HotelClub‚ RatesToGo‚ the Away Network‚ and the corporate
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Director’s Request for PCs using MS Word Table‚ MS Access‚ and MS PowerPoint Case Study – Director’s Requirements You will meet the Director’s requirements that are described on this page by creating and submitting an MSWord Table (Part 1)‚ an MS Access Database (Part 2); and a PowerPoint Presentation (Part 3). Review the Case Study Instructions for complete details and assignment criteria. Your office has outgrown its old desktop machines and is in the market for new PCs‚ but would like some
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as an example to discuss and apply Porter’s 5 forces. Current competition: New top range chefs and Michelin type high end dining. These competitors offer similar food choices but at highly competitive prices. They also provide more comfortable ambience and atmosphere. Therefore‚ hawkers have to regularly review their menu to sustain the interest of regular customers and satisfying changing customer preferences Threat of entry: The F&B industry has low barriers to entry. Opening a hawker
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Part B-Results and calculations B4 (i) n(S2O32-) = 0.0025*(5/1000) = 1.25*10-5mol Molar ratio of I2 : S2O32-=1: 2 n(I2)=0.5*n(S2O32-) n(I2)= 0.5*(1.25*10-5) =6.25*10-6mol B4 (ii) n(S2O32-)= 0.0025*(20/1000) = 5*10-5mol Molar ratio of I2: S2O32-=1:2 n(I2)=0.5*n(S2O32-) n(I2)=0.5*(5.0*10-5) =2.5*10-5mol Part B-Results and calculations
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Five Forces of Industry Attractiveness Michael Porter’s Five Forces model explains the importance of how market dynamics can affect competitive rivalry. This model includes three forces from the ‘horizontal’ competition: threat of new entrants‚ threat of substitution products‚ and the degree of rivalry among existing competitors; and two forces from the ‘vertical’ competition: bargaining power of customers and the bargaining power of suppliers. These five factors make up the Porter Five forces.
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Remember the good old days when a bulky machine called a PC was something meant only for geeks. The 8086‚ 286‚ 386‚ 486 and the Pentium revolutionized the world of computing‚ but only for a short period of time. Then came in the laptops‚ notebooks or mobile computing which took technology a step ahead. It’s fair to say laptops have come a long way since the early 1990s‚ LCD displays have been replaced with sleek HD screens and the once plus-size machines are now zero sized models. If laptops have
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