Case: Scotts Miracle-Gro (the Spreader Sourcing Decision) 1. What are the strategic risks and benefits of outsourcing production of the Temecula plant to contract manufacturers in China? Benefits • Significantly low cost supply from contract manufacturers: Labor‚ electricity (government subsidy)‚ overhead Risks • Some costs are expensive: freight cost from China‚ inventory (lead-time increase because of shipping)‚ and quality control (testing shipped products from China in the US require some
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Recruitment documentations: Job description of a Nurse: - Employers aren’t legally obliged to create a job description‚ yet producing one enables them to focus on their thinking and decide how the role must contribute to the business and who is likely to fulfill that role.This document provides an understanding of the position’s major responsibilities‚ details how the responsibilities are accomplished‚ and identifies the knowledge‚ skills and abilities necessary
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The process of a flu vaccine Have you ever gotten a flu shot before? The moment you walk in the doctor’s office and sit on the table. Just waiting for the doctor to come in makes you have even more anxiety. Then the doctor comes thru the door with the tiniest needle‚ that needle has a vaccine that will be injected into your arm to help kill off the flu virus. I’ve always wondered why we needed to get vaccines for different kinds of illnesses. I’ve also wondered what it takes to make a flu vaccine
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IKEA’s Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A) and (B) Questions to the (A) case: 1. Marianna Barner should decline the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming forecast of the German video program. The producers of the documentary invited them to take part in a live discussion during the airing‚ and while this offer does sound beneficial for IKEA to educate the public and the producers of the current efforts taken to fight child labor‚ it would not be
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Audit Process Typically an audit flows through a series of logical steps culminating in the ‘Audit Report’. Background Research Preparation of the Audit Plan Accounting Systems review Internal Control System review Substantive Testing Analytical review techniques Analytical review of financial statements Preparation and signing of the Audit Report Background Research 1. Present condition and future prospects for the industry 2. History‚ present and future prospects
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Proposal Case: IKEA Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor Summary In this case‚ it is known that IKEA ’s procurement model is the mode of global sourcing. IKEA products are shipped to the 26 distribution centres from the trade area after procurement‚ and then delivered to the shopping malls in the world. IKEA ’s procurement philosophy and assessment of suppliers mainly include four aspects: continuous price improvement; strict supplier performance and service levels;
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Describe two models for change. Include appropriate examples in your answer. The two models for to be considered and discussed in this section are the Business Process Re-engineering and Kaizen models. Business Process Re-engineering Definition The world today is ever changing‚ moving from one phase to the other and the only thing that does not change is ‘change’ itself. As the modern business environment is propelled by the three Cs namely Customer‚ Competition and Change‚ organisations are
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Evaluation of management process Content 1. Executive summery 2. Back ground of the organization 2.1 History 2.2 Current business scope 3. Prevailing management practices 3.1 Planning and decision making 3.2 Organizational structure 3.3 Leadership style 3.4 Communication 3.5 Motivational strategies 3.6 Controlling procedure 4. Weaknesses of the prevailing management practices 5. Recommendations 6. Reference 1. Executive Summery MAS Holdings
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INDEX Sr.no | Chapter | Page.no | 1. | Introduction to Indian Oil Corporation Limited | 2-10 | 2. | Gujarat Refinery‚ IOCL | 11-13 | 3. | Recruitment Process at IOCL‚ Gujarat Refinery. | 14-17 | 4. | Job Qualification | 18-21 | 5. | Sources of Recruitment | 22-27 | 6. | Factors Affecting Recruitment | 28-32 | 7. | Selection Committee for Recruitment at IOCL‚ Gujarat Refinery. | 33 | 8. | Special Provisions of Recruitment at IOCL Gujarat Refinery. | 34-35 | 9. | Experience |
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managers might start by looking at the relationship with the suppliers and analyzing the complaints from customers. Next step is to define scope. This implies looking at the process and discover where the bottlenecks are‚ from where to where a process reaches and then‚ using flowcharts and diagrams to map out and document the process. In the case of Custom Molds‚ the management of the supply chain is faulty. Metrics‚ the following step‚ helps quantify problems and usually Histograms‚ Pareto charts‚ Cause-and-effect
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