...artisanal produce for urban markets,”2 Industree sources products and materials from small-scale artisan groups across Southern India and sells their products, primarily home textiles, gifts, and natural fiber furniture, to domestic and international markets. It currently operates three Industree-branded retail shops, sells via shop- in-shops in leading domestic retail stores, and exports products for international retailers such as IKEA. Industree’s annual revenue reached $1 million USD in 2007. What hinted you to start this venture? There are some 40 million rural artisans in India today. While global demand for Indian artisan products is growing both in India and abroad, rural artisans largely remain poor. Prior to the industrial revolution, high quality artisan products were historically crafted in rural areas for domestic and international consumption. Governments support for manufacturing centers in urban hubs has increasingly isolated rural producers and decreased their access to functioning markets. As a result, much of India’s rural population has migrated to cities in search of work, sadly trading rural unemployment for urban displacement and poverty. I found a new generation of socially responsible consumers emerging in India’s urban centers, one that is rooted in ethnicity yet aspires to modernity and I thought addressing this gap between rural unemployment, traditional artisan craft, and India’s growing consumer market will be a great business venture and will support...
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...from India. Later, in 1976, BRAC began training women in sericulture in Manikganj and Ayesha Abed, who worked at BRAC, initiated many of the major activities of Aarong by identifying and experimenting with various crafts that women could produce at home. At that time there were only a few buyers who were scattered across Dhaka. Weeks, even months, would pass before the women would get their payment. The idea of Aarong was born out of a need to ensure that the women silk rearers, embroiderers and block printers of Manikganj were paid for their goods upfront, so that they could feed their families. When BRAC decided to open its own retail outlet under the brand name Aarong, meaning ‘village fair’, it broadened its arms to include other artisans and master craftsmen throughout Bangladesh who were involved in the making of handicrafts for generations, and were finding it extremely difficult to survive in the newly formed country. Bangladesh has a long history of folk art and crafts but in general art and crafts were infrequently marketed as a meaningful enterprise for the poor. In the 1970s, BRAC was examining any and all possibilities for alternative forms of productive livelihood, especially for women, and the proper commercialization of art and crafts turned out to be a promising option. The first Aarong outlet opened its doors in December 1978 with jamdani and block printed silk sarees, nakshi kantha quilts, jute products, clay pottery, silver jewellery, leather goods and...
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...jkSteinway’s reputation among consumers is unparalleled in the piano industry. The quality of Steinway pianos is directly attributed to the craftsmanship of the piano by skilled artisans and tradesmen. However, Steinway is also a corporation that must provide returns on investment, and it has recently embraced automation in its production. There is no evidence that this compromises quality. In fact, automation might actually improve quality through process standardization and eliminating human error. The question is whether the benefits of automation outweigh the potential reputational risks of automation. This brief examines the following issues: 1. The use of automated equipment by Steinway 2. The costs/benefits of automated equipment given Steinway’s Discussion The concept of Total Quality Management recognizes the importance of customer satisfaction. Total Quality Management is not simply the result of process design, purchasing, benchmarking, problem-solving tools, product design and other administrative and technical factors. Indeed, customer satisfaction represents the primary target of Total Quality Management, and these factors are only intended to facilitate the mission to achieve customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction also involves more than experience with the product. Customer satisfaction includes psychological impressions. Atmosphere, image and aesthetics influence the psychological experience between the customer and the product. These...
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...differentiating factor is LVMH’s diversity in their products from other brands like providing fragrances, shoes, and leather goods. - LVMH also had the most notable names in the business. 2) Gucci’s tangible resources include loyal suppliers, human resources, distribution, Human resources include Tom Ford’s and De Sole’s skills, knowledge and commitment. De sole was the financial and operations guy and Ford was the creative and stylistic inspiration behind the operation. – the relationship between Ford and De Sole was so unique distribution network directly operated stores quality craftsmanship Gucci’s ability to expand into Switzerland, France, US and Hong Kong Flexible production system built on three pillars: skilled artisans, advanced technology and efficient logistics. Production and distribution system will be hard to replicate (4th paragraph, page 11) Tom Ford’s creativity and position as in relaunching Directly Operated Stores – 66% of revenue Valuable – not unique in luxury goods segment of market Eases distribution Unique resource – merchandising function Cost advantage – lowered price by 30% within luxury segment Below Hermes and Chanel Competitive with LVMH and Prada Tom Ford is not sustainable – he left Centralized Management is not a long term sustainable structure because if/when De Sole and Ford leave,...
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...THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF JAMAICAN WOODWORK Submitted May 2, 2010 Amended September 28, 2013 Michaelia Henry ID No. 0210073 M.Arch 1 Course: Critical Theories in Architecture Lecturer: Arch. Jacquiann Lawton Critical Theories in Architecture: Modernity Exploring Research Methodology – Writing Dialectical History Thesis Statement Craftsmanship is the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake. It involves Creative Thought, Precision, Apprenticeship, Crafting an Object Well, adhering to The Structure of the Workshop and the Practice of the Intelligent Hand. Contemporary Jamaican Woodcraft is an example of Craftsmanship. Introduction Fashioning furniture, doors, windows and other architectural elements out of timber is an old practice. Before the industrial period, many of these items would be crafted by hand. The effort and care taken to create each piece; seen in the final product. This is one way of romanticizing traditional woodwork. A more cynical view would be to criticize the minor imperfections of these pieces – the uneven pattern created by carving by hand, the lack of perfect symmetry in the manmade spindle form. This cynical view has some validity – if; the priority of making the object is the actualization of perfection. Social commentators like Richard Sennett believe this kind of priority misses the true point of Craftsmanship – the desire to do something well for its own sake. I agree. The actualization of Craftsmanship is not about the making a perfect object...
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...http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/07/29/jane-birkin-tells-hermes-to-take-her-name-off-cult-bag-after-crocodile-cruelty-allegations/ http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=HRMS.PA#ZcKhSgw8OsvXFLk6.97 http://www.4-traders.com/HERMES-INTL-4657/company/ (SHAREHOLDERS) viewed 4 Dec. http://www.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/ “The main strength of Hermès is the love of craftsmanship” “We see ourselves as creative craftsmen.” The philosophy of Hermès is to keep craftsmanship alive.” doesn’t rely on the technological efficiencies that drive so many others on this ranking. http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/08/20/inside-hermes-luxury-secret-empire/ (IMPORTANT) LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO BE PURSUED • Alliance between creativity and exceptionnal crafsmanship • Control of our know-how • Continuing the development of the distribution network with the opening or renovation of more than twenty stores • Reinforcement of flexibility with the balance of divisions / geographical areas • Increasing production capacities and development of growth drivers • Despite economic, geopolitical and monetary uncertainties around the world, the Group is maintaining its medium-term objective of increasing the turnover at constant rates in the area of 8% • True to its Parisian roots, Hermès invites us to look at 2015 through the eyes of a loafer. A loafer is capable of heading off the beaten track and looking at the world with wide-open eyes:...
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...Name Professor Course Date Artisan Republic Artisans were skilled craftsmen in the 17th century who were paid to perform manufacturing tasks in homes. All the traditional production of crafts was based on the master artisans who always worked together on contractual jobs. The artisans worked with journeymen and apprentice to ensure that they served the masters well. However, the nineteenth century led to increased industrial revolution that tended to bring an end to traditional forms of production to the modern factories. The artisanal work was hard work, but a lot was lost through the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution led to decrease in labor costs significantly causing the decline in the artisanal system. It was seen and thought to be a framework to embrace innovation and to leave the traditional methods. The workers were adversely affected by the revolutionized industry as the male-dominated trades were streamed down to the children and women. Labor movements were experienced in most parts of the cities leading to leaps of population and wealth. It is during this period that the artisans, as well as other skilled laborers, were paid higher than all the unskilled workers. The artisans owned modest homes with servant quarters. The proficiency of the artisans led to them being considered marketable assets especially due to their tools. The older regimes offered a platform for the artisans to become eventually masters in their field of expertise...
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...Name Professor Course Date Artisan Republic Artisans were skilled craftsmen in the 17th century who were paid to perform manufacturing tasks in homes. All the traditional production of crafts was based on the master artisans who always worked together on contractual jobs. The artisans worked with journeymen and apprentice to ensure that they served the masters well. However, the nineteenth century led to increased industrial revolution that tended to bring an end to traditional forms of production to the modern factories. The artisanal work was hard work, but a lot was lost through the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution led to decrease in labor costs significantly causing the decline in the artisanal system. It was seen and thought to be a framework to embrace innovation and to leave the traditional methods. The workers were adversely affected by the revolutionized industry as the male-dominated trades were streamed down to the children and women. Labor movements were experienced in most parts of the cities leading to leaps of population and wealth. It is during this period that the artisans, as well as other skilled laborers, were paid higher than all the unskilled workers. The artisans owned modest homes with servant quarters. The proficiency of the artisans led to them being considered marketable assets especially due to their tools. The older regimes offered a platform for the artisans to become eventually masters in their field of expertise...
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...A Day As An-Artisan Living in Corinth. I am a Jew expelled from Rome and has settled in Corinth. I am a Craftsman of Corinth Bronze, which is well sought after by traders from all over the empire. I also have lodgings, which I hire to traders and tourists. This business is so good during this period of Isthmian Games. G-d Elohim Adonai has blessed me indeed in my ventures. I have a Roman citizenship and speak Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. However, due to interacting with people from far and wide, I understand some other pagan and barbarian languages though I am not fluent in them. These days, business is booming and my merchandise are selling like hot cakes. I trade mostly with ship and boat traders. Corinth has prospered thanks to the Diolkos. It is paved now paved connecting Cechrene and Lechaeum. Everyday I see many people of diverse cultures and languages. These people bring with them different food, dressing, knowledge, religions and cultures to enrich our city Corinth. Corinth has a background of Greek culture and the current Roman culture. It has predominantly become a melting pot of these pagan nations. I am utterly disgusted by their many pagan temples such as the Aphrodite and Kore temples, G_d forbid! Their pagan meals and festivals include sexual activities and even temple prostitution. Daily they worship many gods such as Apollo, Zeus, Hera, and Demeter to name a few. There is imperial cult worship; I mean that these people worship Emperor Caesar a man...
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...111. PI.Is.III111.rsflllll M. Phenomenon Keirsey and Bates's Please Understand Me, first published in 1978, sold nearly 2 million copies in its first 20 years, becoming a perennial best seller ~ll ov~r ~he world. Advertised only by word of mouth, the book became a favo~te tralmng and counseling guide in many institutions-government, church, buslnes.s-and colleges across the nation adopted it as an auxiliary text in a dozen dIfferent departments. Why? Perhaps it was the user-friendly way that Please Understand Me helped people find their personality style. Perhaps it was the simple accuracy of Keirsey's portraits of temperament and character types. Or perhaps it was the book's essential messag~: that members of families and institutions are OK, even though they are fundamentally different from each other, and that they would all do well to appreciate their differences and give up trying to change others into copies of themselves. Now: P"IS' IllIIrstalllll H For the past twenty years Professor Keirsey has continued to investigate personality differences-to refine his theory of the four temperaments and to define the facets of character that distinguish one from another. His findings form the basis of Please Understand Me II, an updated and greatly expanded edition of the book, far more comprehensive and coherent than the original, and yet with much of the same easy accessibility. One major addition is Keirsey's view of how the temperaments differ in the intelligent roles they...
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...GLOBAL MARKET ASSESSMENT FOR HANDICRAFTS VOLUME I FINAL DRAFT JULY 2006 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Ted Barber and Marina Krivoshlykova of Development Alternatives, Inc. GLOBAL MARKET ASSESSMENT FOR HANDICRAFTS VOLUME I FINAL DRAFT The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FOREWORD This paper was written as part of the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP) Business Development Services Knowledge and Practice (BDS K&P) research initiative. The AMAP BDS initiative’s major objective is “integrating micro and small enterprises into productive value chains to create wealth in poor communities.” The research draws on experience and insights from: • Interviews with leading handicraft buyers in the United States, the European Union, and the Caribbean, including importers and retailers currently sourcing from Haiti, those who have done so in the past, and those who source handmade products from other destinations; • Interviews with market experts, such as product development consultants, designers, enterprise development consultants, and marketing specialists who work with handicraft producers in developing countries; • Discussions with market experts and USAID at a roundtable conducted in Washington...
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...Professional Presence and Influence C351 WGU Sarah Belmont Healthcare, and Medicine is advancing more and more each day. As healthcare workers, our understanding of health and healing has improved and changed in the way we care for our patients. Dossey believed in the three eras of medicine. Era 1 began in the 1800s and its focus was solely on the body. The belief that healing and overall health are totally physical. The therapies and treatment were either medications or surgical procedures. The thought that healing all humans based on bodily functions, and how they can be treated will change as time changes. Era 2 began in the 1950s and it focused on the mind and body. Health care providers realized that feelings, emotions, and attitudes impacted health. The mind is boundless and it affects a human’s body. (Dossey, n.d) The mind can play tricks and be your own worst enemy if not properly addressed and treated. Although, the world continues to evolve with healthcare and the approach in which we care for patients, there is still much to learn. Mind and body is similar in my professional presence with regards to using your mind to analyze and be aware of each patient’s similarities and differences. Having a positive attitude and mind will help make better choices for your health and well-being. I have adapted a more positive outlook and added prayer to my personal life. Doing certain procedures with Veterans to diagnose and stage cancer has been eye...
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...The Keirsey Temperament Sorter® II Classic Temperament Report Report prepared for: CFM 3046 Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II Classic Temperament Report Copyright © 2000-2010 Keirsey.com. All rights reserved. This report is based on Please Understand Me II by David W. Keirsey, PhD Copyright © 1998 Prometheus Nemesis Book Company The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II Copyright 1998 Prometheus Nemesis Book Company. Keirsey Temperament Sorter, Guardian, Artisan, Idealist, and Rational are registered trademarks of Prometheus Nemesis Book Company. Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II ® Classic Temperament Report CFM 3046 Guardian Inspector (ISTJ) Name: CFM 3046 BMQ52873 Temperament: Guardian ™ Type: Inspector (ISTJ) In a world filled with unique individuals, when it comes to personality there are only four different temperaments and sixteen types of people. Understanding these personality types and mastering your own can be the keys to achieving your goals. Your temperament is the Guardian (SJ). You have a lot of company out there, as Guardians make up as much as 40 to 45 percent of the population. This is a good thing, because Guardians usually end up doing all the indispensable but thankless jobs the rest of the world takes for granted. Your particular personality type, the Inspector (ISTJ), makes up just about 10 to 11 percent of the total population. This report is designed to help you understand how the needs and preferences of ...
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...Carpets produced in different states across India. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Kashmiri handicrafts, the traditional sector of J&K, are known throughout the world for their artistic work and grandeur. The vast cultural and ethnic diversity of Kashmir has enabled a variety of techniques and crafts to flourish on this land. The various handicrafts are in tune with its age-old splendid civilization, which has been perfected over centuries. Be it Kashmiri carpets, shawls, paper machie or any other craft, it is only the Kashmiri artisan who can show his mastery to crave out those master pieces of Kashmiri art & craft. The tradition of weaving by hand constitutes one of the richest and most vibrant aspects of the Kashmiri handicrafts. So, technically speaking it has been the Kashmiri artisan who has helped the handicraft industry to set itself on a journey toward excellence. But the Handloom weaving is largely decentralized and unorganised, and weavers in the sector are mainly from the vulnerable and weaker sections of the society, who weave for their basic household needs and not for the cause to help the industry to reach new heights. However, the Kashmiri handicraft sector has the inherent potential to co-participate in the...
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