In November 2006‚ Symon Bridle‚ the newly appointed chief operating officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts‚ was reviewing the progress the Hong Kong-based company had made over the previous 10 years as it grew from a regionally focused business into a rapidly expanding international deluxe hotel group. With 18400 employees‚ 50 hotels‚ and $842 million in revenues‚ Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (Shangri-La) was a leading player in the luxury hotel industry and was growing rapidly to satisfy increased
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their own factories‚ they use subcontractors for all sewing operations. These factories are managed as independent profit centers. There are about 500 sewing subcontractors close to La Coruña‚ and they work exclusively for ZARA. Under the closely monitors and sampling methodology controls by ZARA‚ the products quality can be guaranteed. Suppliers The remaining half of ZARA products are produced from 400 outside suppliers‚ 70% of which are in Europe‚ and most of the rest in Asia. Since the
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Adoption of strategic total quality management philosophies Multi-criteria decision analysis model Christian N. Madu‚ John Aheto and Chu-Hua Kuei Lubin School of Business‚ Pace University‚ New York‚ USA Dena Winokur Marketing Department‚ Pace University‚ New York‚ USA Introduction In today’s competitive environment‚ quality is the key to an organization’s success and survival. To compete effectively‚ companies must embrace the principles of total quality management (TQM) and incorporate
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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Zhe Cui Prof. Nicholas MKTG-342 Case Analysis Feb 27‚ 2015 La Casa de Las Botas 1. Summary La Casa de Las Botas is a small company which has luxurious retail space in downtown Buenos Aires and a little workshop located about 10km to the west. El Señor Jorge Da Silva Villagrán‚ the company founder and owner‚ used to work as an apprentice for Pierri Company for fifteen years. When Mr. Pierri was retiring along with some of his employees‚ Jorge decided to buy the business from him in 1989‚ since he
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Rates of reaction Sodium Thiosulphate and Hydrochloric Acid An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between sodium thiosulphate and hydrochloric acid. The equation for this reaction is shown below. Method (1) A measuring cylinder was used to measure 50cm3 of 0.08M sodium thiosulphate solution into a test tube. A bung was placed in the test tube. (2) A pipette was used to measure 5cm3 of 1.0M hydrochloric acid and this was placed into a second
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Laila Lahnin December 5th‚ 2012 Ms. Morrotti ENG 073 Assignment: Final Essay Technology of 21st Century Technology is different types of devices and products that everyone uses nowadays‚ whether it’s internet‚ cell phones‚ to social networking and Skype. Technology is the easier way to discover and do things basing off knowledge‚ connecting and interacting with society‚ personal‚ school‚ and working lives. Technology has differed over the years‚ growing into bigger and better things. It
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the “best practices” of identifying and implementing quality philosophies within an organization. Identifying and documenting best practices serves as a learning tool for those who wish to implement and sustain value added quality processes to their organization in an efficient and effective manner‚ while also avoiding the pitfalls of processes that simply do not work. While this paper will specifically focus on the best practices of Total Quality Management (TQM); it is important to note that these
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The Plasticity of L.A. L.A. Land "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic‚ but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol “Probably no city in the Western world has a more negative image” - Richard Lehan‚ professor emeritus‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles There are two visions of Los Angeles – one of a successful‚ sprawling ‘Jewel of the West Coast’ and one‚ the ‘‘nightmare’ anti-myth’ of superficial soullessness first depicted by
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