Managing Business Operations Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033) Submitted by: Tushar Kothavale (130) NMIMS‚ FT MBA 2009-2011 1) Correct the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Reorder point (ROP) quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. We first predict the annual demand for the year 1972 based on trend for 4 months of 1972 based on corresponding months of 1971. Calculations for Annual demand (R): The assumption made here is
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Distributing Condoms to High School Students Distributing Condoms to High School Students High school students are a group of young and curious individuals. They suffer from the peer pressure of other students and are often judged by their social status. Everyone wants to fit in and most students will do anything to do just that. One of the popular topics of the age group (15-18) is who is sexually involved. Not knowing what is involved with sexual activity can be detrimental to a youths present
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Size-Up Narnia Inc is in the manufacturing industry‚ and is competing against three companies‚ that are newly releasing the same unique products as Narnia’s. Narnia originally competed through their new innovative products‚ but will be forced to compete through low cost when the other companies release their products. The organization needs to take control and allocate their costs appropriately in order to be able to price their products lower‚ to where the new companies have said to be pricing
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Case 15 Mattel Inc. ‘’The serious business of making toys’’ Mattel‚ Inc.: the serious business of making toys Case 15 Mattel‚ Inc. is the world leader in designing and manufacturing family products such as Barbie‚ American girl‚ hot wheels and cabbage patch kids. With a 5.5 billion in annual revenue and products being marketed in more than 150 countries around the world this company has managed to stay very successful and incredibly ethical throughout the years. These are some of the
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any stress on the company. You have successfully made a brand of the product setting price beginning at $100. This allows you to achieve margins of 50-60%. This company has continued to be profitable with high margins and no debt. Strategy Dansko‚ Inc. trains employees by what they call a “Home Schooling” approach. You have typically hired younger motivated people with little to no business experience‚ let alone footwear industry experience. Time is taken to mentor and train the employees and give
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offered in light of the result of the forces assessment. Attention is paid to several outstanding issues and to what actions Apple Corporation needs to be sensitive to and to act upon if it is going to continue to be successful. II. Overview Apple‚ Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries design‚ manufacture‚ and market personal computers‚ portable digital music players‚ and mobile communication devices and sell a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ and networking solutions. Apple sells
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MOGEN‚ INC. Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In 2006‚ Merrill Lynch became the lead book runner for a $5 billion convertible bond issue for MoGen‚ Inc. This was the single‚ largest convertible bond issuance in history and required a considerable amount of effort on the part of Merrill Lynch’s Equity Derivatives Group to convince MoGen’s management to choose Merrill Lynch over its competitors. The case is focused on Merrill Lynch’s choice of the conversion premium and coupon rate
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HISTORY:- Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California[2] that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers‚ the iPod music player‚ the iPhone smartphone‚ and the iPad tablet computer. Its consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems‚ the iTunes media browser‚ the Safari web browser‚ and the iLife and iWork creativity
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over. If Loctite is working with a new distributor‚ they put in effort to train people about their product and how to market/sell it. Loctite relies heavily on the relationships it builds and works hard to make sure the company will benefit from distributing Loctite products. 2. How would you compare direct sales‚ independent distribution‚ captive distribution‚ and agents for Loctite’s core products? The direct sales method works best in Loctite’s North America distribution region. This is because
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Apple and Dell 1. Explain how each business differentiates itself. 2. Evaluate the benefits to apple of differentiating itself from its competitors. Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. are both regarded as reputable‚ distinguished businesses. They both provide products and services which are associated with consumer electronics‚ computer software and/or hardware‚ and general‚ personal computing devices. This means that both companies produce products which are sold within the same market. However‚ even though
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