Wally Obermeyer is facing a challenge in accurately forecasting the market response and demand for the upcoming season. Historically‚ the company founder‚ Klaus Obermeyer‚ relied minimally on forecast data‚ and more on intuition and artistic tastes. In comparison‚ his son Wally prefers to make decisions based on analytical techniques and information gathering. If Wally’s approach proves successful‚ it can change how Sport Obermeyer approaches its manufacturing processes‚ secure its position long-term
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Sport Obermeyer 1 Sport Obermeyer’s Time Line and “Speculative” versus “Reactive” Production "NOW" Initial Forecast 9 months Feb … Oct 1992 … 1992 Design of 1993-94 Line. Las Vegas Revised Forecast 5 months Nov … Mar 1992 … 1993 5 months April … Aug 1993 … 1993 "Speculative" Production "Reactive" Production of 1993-94 Line of 1993-94 Line In Feb 1993‚ start design of 1994-95 line. “Speculative” Production 27 Months Sept 1993 Oct 1993 Nov 1993 8 months Dec Jan 1993 1994 Selling of
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Sport Obermeyer | October 4 BUAD 6600 | SCMers Meagan Frances AyersJames FranksEmelie HallJean-Hubert Trahan | Instructor: Sachin Modi | Objective/Scope The purpose of this article is to determine how many units of each style Sport Obermeyer should produce during its initial phase of production (November through March) and during its second phase of production (March through October). Factors that need to be considered in this decision are the risk associated with each style‚ from where
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College of Management 63.371 T. Sloan Case Study Write-up #3 SPORT OBERMEYER‚ LTD. Sport Obermeyer is a high-end fashion skiwear design and merchandising company headquartered in Aspen‚ Colorado that sells its products through U.S. department stores and ski shops. Although the company has a global supply network‚ most of its critical outerwear products are sourced through the Hong Kong-based company Obersport‚ a joint venture between Sport Obermeyer and a Hong Kong partner. Obersport‚ in
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Andrew Vaccarrazza Jennifer Wadsworth Ryan Ordonez Matt McKinney John Fung OPM 181 T-TR 4:30PM 1. Based on analyzing the Optimal Cycle service Level for seasonal items (single order) we were able to come up with the following recommendation for the initial phase. Style O* (Hong Kong) Gail 1288 Isis 1429 Entice 1550 Assault 2870 Teri 1707 Electra 3025 Stephanie 2019 Seduced 4337 Anita 4426 Daphne 3671 Total 28705 What if capicity was limited to 10‚000 units? Style O* Ratio
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Supply Chain Management Case Study Report: Sport Obermeyer Q #1. Where would you place production? Although the article argues that they intended to place about half of its all production to China‚ I would personally shift more than half of its production toward Hong Kong if you are talking about the current market. I’m not quite sure if it’s about population of skiers/snowborders‚ but apprently a number of ski resorts went out of business in the past decade and we are faced with the
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Sport Obermeyer is a Skiwear Company‚ established in 1947 by Klaus Obermeyer in Aspen‚ Colorado. The management: His management approaches: took more intuitive style & was informed by his extensive industry experience. Klaus son Wally‚ MBA‚ is the company’s vice president. His management approaches: relied on formal data gathering and analytical techniques. Suppliers: Obersport plays a huge role in the production‚ it gathers and sources the supplies
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Journal of Knowledge Management Practice‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 3‚ September 2011 A Study Of The Predictive Effect Of Pre-Service Teacher Personal Knowledge Management Competency On Their Instructional Design Skills Eric Cheng‚ The Hong Kong Institute of Education‚ Tai Po‚ Hong Kong ABSTRACT: This paper aims to examine the relationship between the personal knowledge management (PKM) competency of pre-service teachers and their instructional design skills. Supporting the sustainable development
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Case solution: Ethical Dilemma What course themes do you see present in the case? Experimental exercise Who Can Catch a Liar is about emotional intelligence and its effect on the productivity of the workers at workplace. Human have inherited the ability to respond various stimulus differently. Being differs from each other in terms of their personality‚ behavior‚ needs‚ wants‚ demands and expressing their emotions at different situation. Emotional intelligence is the ability of the person to know
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Solution: Moving from “make do” to “can do” Meeting SUBWAY’s expectations meant IPC needed topnotch management of key issues: Card programs: A newly implemented Gift card program – and management of an existing loyalty card program – brought high customer demand for IPC to handle card issues and placed a serious burden on them to respond efficiently. Customer service: Efforts to address issues were being duplicated and the process was managed manually. There was no real control of customer
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