...Benefits and Drivers Paper Name University Benefits and Drivers Paper Benefits and drivers are essential for inspiring innovation and creativity within a company. As a prime example, Sara Lee Food Company is an organization that has declined within the Fortune 1000 list. Currently, Sara Lee operates on a global scale offering prepackaged foods that will be consumed by retail buyers. The company is a publically held and generates over $12 Billion in annual revenue (Sara Lee 2012). A further increase in revenue will allow Sara Lee to pursue avenues of innovation that can increase profit margins and spark new growth. In this paper, our team will be exploring the internal and external driving factors that influence the innovation at Sara Lee. In addition, we will provide an overview of how these tactics can benefit the company. The information covered in this paper is important in ensuring that Sara Lee will be able to meet their organizational objectives. Sara Lee External Drives of Innovation External innovation is the comparison of a company’s own to a competitor’s product or service. The external drives of innovation within Sara Lee are frequent shopper program, website, and catering. Sara Lee has created a program for their customers where they sign up to receive news about the stores events, featured products, and sales (Sara Lee, Inc., 2011). With competitors they do not provide such access to information for frequent customers they receive preventing customers from...
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...Benefit and Drivers Paper Kudler Fine Foods Name OI 361 Date Instructor Name Benefit and Drivers Paper Kudler Fine Foods When Kathy Kudler decided that she was not going to continue with the frustration of travel to find fresh gourmet ingredients, she decided to open up shop. Thus, Kudler Fine Foods was created, and grown into three locations. Kathy was passionate about her gourmet cooking and ultimately wanted to share her passion with the San Diego community. Her passion was not left at just quality products. Price point was a large focus for Kathy and her customers. With a huge success of her first store in La Jolla, she was able to move on to the Del Mar market then finishing up with her latest Encinitas store. As we dissect the decision and ultimate issues that Kathy faced opening these stores, we will concentrate on the internal and external drivers of her innovation. We will show-case how innovation, design and creative thinking help cultivate the business know as Kudler Fine Foods. Internal driver is one key success in creating an innovative organization. Top executives and leaders at Kudler Fine Foods Incorporation must have a vision and a mission statement. Kudler’s management team hires knowledgeable employees in the gourmet foods industry. Management offers their employees educational opportunities for growth in the company. Employees are rewarded with pay bonuses and pay raises as well as food discounts when performing exceptionally...
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...Benefit and Drivers Paper Creativity is the ability to bring or create a new idea that would bring something new to life. Without creativity a company is not able to make improvements to keep the organization competitive. The creativity of bringing new ideas will only support an organization with the goals and objectives of the organization. Creativity is a necessary skill in any workplace because it brings new ideas into the company. University of Phoenix can use and implement new ideas that can make learning more exciting and easier with online classes. Huffman Trucking is open to new ideas because they are a leader in transportation industry and has prospered with continual growth since they were founded in 1936. Allowing new ideas from staff, drivers, warehouse workers, and other key personnel will only help the reach the goals as stated in the company mission. Not all companies are willing to allow new ideas to be brought forward and other companies are always looking at ways to increase creativity. “One of the big concerns for many companies is therefore how to generate more and better ideas – how to become more creative” (Stamm, 2003, p. 2). Allowing and implementing new ideas has been an important step for Huffman Trucking. The most efficient way a company can bring new ideas to help achieve the objectives of the organization is to hire creative team members who bring different thinking to the table. Using a creative team can bring new ideas to the organization...
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...Individual Assignment Definitions Paper OI 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment – Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Case Study Creative Thinkers Outline Paper and Presentation OI 361 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment – Organizational Transformation Q&A OI 361 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment – Innovation Process Paper and Presentation OI 361 Entire Course Purchase here http://homeworkonestop.com/OI%20361/oi-361-entire-course Product Description OI 361 Weeks 1-5 All DQ’s OI 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Definitions Paper OI 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment – Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Case Study Creative Thinkers Outline Paper and Presentation OI 361 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment – Organizational Transformation Q&A OI 361 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment – Innovation Process Paper and Presentation OI 361...
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...Benefit and Drivers Paper- Kudler Fine Foods Marlene Banton Harriett Clay Demetrias Odom OI/361 June 23, 2014 Ruth Todd Benefit and Drivers Paper- Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods known as the best for servicing their customers is an upscale epicurean shop located in La Jolla, California founded by Kathy Kudler on June 18, 1998 was the opening of the first store. With such great innovation Kathy decided to open more stores and provide a service where they would be second to none. The service of providing freshly baked pastries, cheese, wines, fresh produce, specialty dairy products, packaged condiments and food, along with meat and seafood ("Kudler Fine Foods," 2013). Kathy’s innovative skills would be put to work in her expanding the service to own more stores and spread her wings to This paper will be identifying the organization’s innovation internal and external drivers along with the description of how innovation, design, and creative thinking might benefit Kudler Fine Foods organizational intentions. Kathy and her team’s collaboration proved that innovative and creative minds owned three more stores. Consistently seeking ways to enhance service and products, innovation, design, and creativity plays a vital role. Internal and External Drivers Internal driving takes place in an organization to assist in the development and adaption of changes that will take place in Kudler Fine Foods will be more innovative when changes do take place. Drivers internally demonstrate...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |OI/361 Version 1 | | |Innovation, Design, and Creativity | | |for a Competitive Advantage | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change...
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...experience at the stores) improve sales, there is limited evidence indicating their effect on profitability. When the costs of increasing labor are obvious and benefits are indirect, managers may not employ more staff. And this paper studies the effect of labor on profitability through its impact on quality, both conformance quality and service quality. Key words: labor; quality; retail corporation 1. Literature review and hypothesis of this paper 1.1 Service quality(SQ) SQ is measured by customers’ assessment of their service experience. the writer present some studies that show profitability is stimulated by loyal customers. But the evidence is limited. Some other studies show that the relationship between profitability and customer loyalty is not strong. In a study of Swedish firms, Anderson et al.(1997) find that the relationship between customer satisfaction and return on investment varies across industries.The mixed evidence about the effect of SQ on profitability suggests that the effect depends on the operating context. 1.2 Conformance quality(CQ) CQ is an internal measure of quality and is defined as the degree to which stores conform to prescribed standards related to logistics activities. Many scholars like Maani et al. (1994), White (1996), and Krishnan et al. (2000) argue that investment in CQ may benefit the company in a long term, but there is limited empirical evidence for the positive effect of CQ on financial...
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...Compensation and Benefits Strategies Recommendations for Landslide Limousines Team A HRM531 November 10, 2014 Instructor Foy Wallace, III Compensation and Benefits Strategies Introduction to the assignment for the week. Recommendations for Landslide Limousines As we put this paper together, let’s make sure we cover all the requirements: • Conduct a market evaluation by researching what companies in the relevant market are providing to employees from a total compensation perspective. • Recommend a compensation structure. • Recommend the position in the market. • Create a total compensation and benefits strategy. • Consider the use of performance incentives and merit pay to recognize and engage employees. • Identify laws related to the benefits and pay program. A. Cody – Comparable to other businesses in the Area (what should the client choose as a benefit package)? Austin, TX average salary for a driver with experience is 38k. Other services are hiring in new drivers with clean credentials for $15 an hour plus tips. Austin drivers make about 6% less then the national median. This data was collected from indeed.com B. Patricia – Depending on the location check the Market or Strategy to see if it will work there. Landslide Limousine must take a close look at all competitors before building...
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...aspect of the drive. AVs have the potential to alter the landscape of driving like it has never been altered before. They have the potential to reduce the number of deadly crashes, provide transportation to elderly and disabled people and provide more capacity on the road. This paper will address the overall safety benefit of these vehicles. The first section will provide details into the technology behind the AV. This technology is the main component of the AV and will provide the safety factors in the system. The technology is currently in some cars and will advance to cover more systems as the AV becomes more accepted. The second section will cover the safety of the vehicle. It will delve into the number of accidents currently happening with human drivers to the tests of AVs. It will also bring up different factors which cause human accidents which are not present in a computer. Finally the third section will cover the health benefits of AVs. Stress is a major cause of most medical conditions. Driving in some instances cause major stress. So if a computer is driving the car then that should lessen the overall stress. This section will explore this benefit. Technology of Autonomous Vehicles The development of autonomous vehicles is in high demand. Many universities and private companies are leading the way in this development. “Self-driving cars rely on...
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...Supporters argued that the savings of this policy could be significant. However, this provision was opposed by the Teamsters Union in the United States, which represents truck drivers. The union argued that Mexican truck drivers had poor safety records and that Mexican trucks did not adhere the safety and environmental standards of the United States. The Mexican government in March, 2009 increased tariffs on 89 products, with a value of $2.4 billion. Tariffs ranged from 10 to 45 percent and covered a variety of products that included paper, home appliances, vegetables, fruit, Christmas trees, suntan lotion, and other consumer goods. Among the states hit hardest by Mexico’s tariffs were California, Oregon, and Washington, which exported these products to Mexico. In March 2011, President Obama and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico unveiled a deal to resolve the dispute that kept Mexican trucks off American roads and resulted in billions of dollars in tariffs on U.S. exports to Mexico. The American Trucking Association praised the announcement, saying it will promote two-way trade between the United States and Mexico. However, the Teamsters Union and certain trucking companies oppose the deal, saying it sacrifices American jobs when unemployment is high so that big business can save money partly by hiring cheaper drivers. In July 2011, it was all resolved...
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...Rusty Rims IT Decision Paper Assignment Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the “Rusty Rims Wheels Case Study,” any feedback on your proposed IT project from your ITSP Part 2 assignment, and the previously assigned chapters in the textbook. Purpose of this Assignment This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the course concepts to develop an IT Decision Paper to explain and defend an IT project at Rusty Rims Distribution Company (RR). This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes to enable you to: Apply best practices in information technology management and governance to make, defend, and justify an IT decision. IT Decision Paper for Your Proposed IT Project For your ITSP, Part 2, you proposed an IT project for RR. Carol, the CIO at RR, has asked you to write an IT Decision Paper to explain your proposed project. She wants to use the Paper to gain approval from the Governance Board to move forward with the project. This assignment uses a format for a Decision Paper that has been tailored to the course material covered in this class. You may work for an organization that has a format for IT decision papers, and it would be a good idea for you to take a look at it, but it will likely be structured a little differently from this one. Each organization develops tools and techniques that will work for them. Assignment You will develop an IT Decision Paper, using the outline below. Each of the topics to be...
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...Benefit and Drivers Paper Success is acquired by driving operational excellence throughout the business by building a brand or company reputation. The reputation drivers are created by a company using innovation and creativity to develop products or services, creatively solve problems, and generate improvements in the quality of his or her products and services, which also creates a sustainable competitive advantage over its competitors. It may be restructuring and improving the processes or delivery of the services, driving visibility of the enterprise’s data and goods, or the initiatives that will make the customers take notice of the innovative and creative changes that are made. Benefits and drivers are essential for inspiring innovation and creativity within the company as the competition evolves. Innovation can be separated into two wide classifications. Evolutionary innovations are the knowledge or procedures, and revolutionary innovations are frequently troublesome and innovative. However, they have their benefits too. Benefits such as, an increase in revenue that will allow the company to research or explore other avenues of innovation that can increase profits and create new growth for the company, which are internal drivers. Innovation also brings new ideas to reality, and one of the drivers of innovation is the encouragement from the organization’s leaders. Companies must do more for their employees' creativity than just acknowledging that he or she has good ideas...
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...Processing: The data are transmitted to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account, date, driver, and other criteria such as the consolidation of orders for efficient final delivery of packages. Outputs: The outputs include pickup and delivery times, location while en route, and package recipient. The outputs also include various reports, such as all packages for a specific account or a specific driver or route, as well as summary reports for management. Technology Used By Ups: Technology has played a large role in UPS’s ability to expand and grow to serve globally in more than 200 countries and territories. UPS relies on several technologies to gain a competitive advantage against rival companies. The company streamlines processes by utilization of bar- code scanning systems, wireless networks, a mainframe computer, a portable computing device, software products and the internets. Using a handheld computer called a Delivery Information Acquisition Device (DIAD), UPS drivers automatically capture customer’s signatures along with pickup, delivery, and time-card information. The drivers then place the DIAD into their truck's vehicle adapter, an information-transmitting device that is connected to the cellular telephone network. (Drivers may also transmit and receive information using an internal radio in the DIAD.) Package tracking information is then transmitted to UPS's computer network for storage...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |OI/361 Version 2 | | |Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a | | |Competitive Advantage | Copyright © 2012, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure...
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...“A driverless car is a robotic vehicle that is designed to travel between destinations without a human operator” (Whatis.com, 2011, September). Plenty of research has been done to explain the benefits of autonomous vehicles. The research covers a wide variety of benefits; however, this paper will bring focus on three major benefits of autonomous vehicles. These benefits will include a reduction in traffic jams, reduced crashes, and increased mobility amongst the disabled. Current theories and research on autonomous vehicles indicate that self-driving cars will reduce congestion. Self-driving cars are adjusted to operate at a particular speed. These cars preserve a regular distance from other automobiles and do much less lane adjustments. According to Bose and Loannou (2003), “if 10% of all vehicles on a given freeway segment are AVs, there will likely be an AV in every lane at regular spacing during congested times, which could smooth traffic for all travelers” (As Cited in Fagnant & Kockelman, 2015). Thus, it has been shown that AVs have the potential to reduce congestion....
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