...The US Carpet and rug industry is experienced a decline in the number of manufactures because of mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies. Mid 1980, more than 300 companies in early 2000, about 100 companies were eliminated from industry, 96 US based and Canadian based, most of which are private held companies. By 1999, it was estimated that 10 companies in the industry produced 91% of carpet and rug sales in US. Three companies, Shaw industry, Mohawk Industry and Beaulieu of America, accounted for about 85% of US residential carpet and rug sales. There have been three major competitive trends that occurred within the industry. Firstly, In Mid-1980, the largest carpet and rug manufacturer began to eliminate floorcovering wholesaler. Then, they sell directly to retailer in large numbers. The company establishes their sales offices located in manufacturer-operated distribution in order to capture the margin paid to manufactures and to decline negative manufacturer profit margin. Secondly, in early 1990, wholesale and retail distribution for residential carpet and rugs in US was experienced. Department stores, furniture outlets and independent retail stores were being replaced by large mass-merchandise and discount stores such as K-mart and Wall-mart, and by home centers such as home depot in order to capturing an increasing share of residential carpet and rug sale. This create a new occurrence among specialty outlets; the buying group. That is type an organization of similar retailers...
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...My career : Textile Design What is textile design? Most people have never heard of textile design. The word textile means a type of woven material made from natural or synthetic fibers some are animal based materials like wool ,silk others are plant-based like linens and cotton. A basic and simple explanation of textile design is to create or designs a structure of woven ,knitted and other fabrics . for example your table cloths , textiles of a towel, and the decorative elements of a carpet or rug. Textile designers process it from a raw material to a final product, which are mostly associated with clothing production. What does a textile designer do? Textile design can vary, designers can design many things like, textiles for clothing accessories ,fabrics and furnishings, printed paper based products .They need to under stand what the consumers want and needs and meet their requirements , before producing the design they need to sketch the idea, forecast the outcome and create a sample and then present it to the customer. They are required to meet deadlines, they are based in an office or a studio, most of their work involve sitting in front of the computer screen. To be a good textile designer one needs to be artistic and creative , have the ability to draw and have a good attention to detail, know your market and be able to predict trends. What jobs do textile designers do? Textile designer jobs can be jobs such as textile/pattern designers of home...
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...Peter Pap is an established businessman specializing in textiles and tribal weavings, and antique rugs and carpets (Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated). He operates a business by the name Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated. Peter is in his own level dealing in the most valuable rugs in the United States. His customers are mostly well off individuals. At present, Peter Pap operates a highly profitable business but sales have from recently been declining consistently day by day. The reason behind this decline is the absence of financial, technological, and administrative skills aspects of his business (O’Reilly 1). He himself lacks all these skills. His business is a one-man show. That is, he spends 80 percent of his time doing things he should be delegating to others. Peter Pap is an expert in educating people on Oriental rugs, appraising, and buying but he spends most of his time performing technological and administrative tasks (O’Reilly 1). Analysis The major concern of the Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated is the declining sales. Pap would rather follow up a new client willing to purchase a $5000 rug than addressing an old customer interested in a $250,000 antique (O’Reilly 2). Pap’s business has many customers many of whom he has lost or failed to collect their e-mail addresses. Altogether, Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated lacks a working online marketing program (O’Reilly 2). Alternatives and Conclusions The popularity of Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Incorporated...
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...n 2009 businesses spent near $17 billion for floorcoverings. ·The largest floor covering product is carpet and rugs followed by ceramic tile, vinyl, hardwood, stone, laminate and rubber floorings. ·Residential sales accounted about 11.33 billion sales (2/ 3 of the sales) in the flooring industry and commercial accounted 5.67 billion sales. ·The dollar sales of U.S. floorcoverings went down from $23,227 million in 2007 to $17,122 million in 2009 leaving a difference of $6,105 million. ·In 2007 the industry sales tumbled 29% at the current prices and 27% after adjusting for inflation. -The U.S. Carpet and Rug Industry ·The market share for carpet and rug industry went down from 68.1% in 1999 to 56.7% to 54.5% in two years between 2007 and 2009. ·The sales were down by $3,383 million. ·The U.S. carpet and rug manufacturer posted sales of $9.36 billion at manufactures prices in 2009. ·The low profit margin due to the cause of mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies for Carpet and Rug manufacturers reduced down the number of companies from 300 in mid 1980s to 100 companies today. ·The carpet and rug industry only spent 0.9% of its sales or $84 million in 2009 on consumer advertising while other manufactures such as household furniture spent 2.7% and household appliances spent 1.7% of its sales on advertising. ·In 2009 five companies produced 75% or $6,993 million of the carpet and rug sales in U.S. The companies were: oShaw Industries...
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...SELECTING FABRICS, COLORS, AND SUSTAINABLE FLOORING Charita Y Parker ID121Rp Donna Pennella February 4,2013 Flooring Living Room I chose the Bamboo flooring foe the living room area because it is a truly sustainable harvested grass that regenerates at a speed faster than hardwood. Bamboo mature rapidly but harvesting does not kill the plant. Duro-design uses only fully mature Moso bamboo which is selected for superior strength and maximum hardness. I think it fits in to my overall concept because I believe wood flooring is traditional. Duro Design Ash Brown bamboo flooring Flooring Bedroom I chose carpet for the bedroom because carpet is a natural insulator. Using it in a wall to wall application increases the R-Value or insulation level of the carpet area. Having carpet helps you save money on your utility cost while reducing energy. Clear Tech Filament PET Caret id the sustainable soft flooring I chose because it is made form recycled plastic bottles. It has the attributes of polyester as well as exceptional performance characteristics such as excellent appearance retention and longterm wear.(shawfloors.com) Shaw Floor 00244 Maple Flooring for Hobby Area I chose the same flooring in the Hobby area as I did in the Living Room Duro Design Ash brown bamboo flooring Color Selection for Living Room SHERWIN WILLIAMS- ANTIGUITY WALL COLOR SW6402 I CHOSE THESE COLORS FOR THE LIVING ROOM BECAUSE THE CLIENT LIKES EARTHY COLORS , SO I TRIED MY BEST TO STAY...
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...Veren Veren Ceri Nishihara Ikea Case July 5 2016 IKEA is a world known company, it is a furniture company that was first found in Sweden. IKEA’s headquarters is in Delft, Netherlands, the company was first found by Ingvar Kamprad. Ikea is also the world’s largest retailer of household goods and furniture, in my house you can at least find five furniture that comes from IKEA, they are cheap and reliable. A problem first rose in May 1995 when a German television broadcasted a report regarding child labor that involved IKEA. They believe child labor was involved during the process of making the carpet in IKEA. Many companies make their rugs there however only IKEA was involved most as IKEA is the most well known company out of the others. Another problem is that IKEA didn’t know that child labor was involved in the process of making these rugs. IKEA proceeded to put some actions to stop child labor, they apologized for not paying full attention on the process of the rug making. They tried to stop the problem by hiring a third party company to make sure no child labor will be involved in the future. They tried to resolve the problem by stating that if any child labor was involved and IKEA is notified about it they would cancel all contracts that are involved. The reason why IKEA was so involved in child labor is because not only it could drag down it’s sales but it could lead a problem as IKEA’s mission statement is to create a better...
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...1) How should M. Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative? appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program? Marianne Barner business manager for IKEA’s carpets should respond with a firm no to the invitation. The German video program would only bring detriment to the company, rather than relief or support for the issue at hand. In comparison to the Swedish program, which did not target a specific company, this German-produced program planned to take a confrontational and aggressive approach targeted directly at IKEA and one of its suppliers. Germany currently brings in the most sales for IKEA with $10.4 and 29.7%. Since Marianne Barner’s goal was to stop the issue, accepting this invitation would only bring fuel to the fire. The producers of the German documentary invited IKEA to send a representative to take part in a live discussion during the airing of the program. The benefit of accepting this invitation is the opportunity for IKEA to educate the producers and the public on their current efforts to fight child labor. However, the fact that the producers won’t allow the company to preview the video and that the program clearly planned to take a confrontational and aggressive approach aimed directly at IKEA raise the possibility that the representative would be blindsided and IKEA’s message not accurately portrayed. Thus, declining the invitation and respond to the allegations in the video would be advantageous only when they’ve had...
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...Answer: 1. The specials and the standards need to separate for the following reasons: a. They are not the exactly same process. The process for special carpets adds more steps than the standards carpets. So it is not convenient to use the same line. b. The setup time is too long. It costs as much as hours to changeover from the standard products to the special products. It costs money and requires storage space, and some of it will probably go to waste. c. The hurry order. There is third order called hurry order. When it happens, the process need to stop for rush special due, and the standard and special products will be delay to get to customers. If there are two lines, the special order’s influence will be down. The standard products and the special products can run in one line. 2. The JIT philosophy is that getting the right quantity of goods at the right place at the right time. It’s based on the simplicity and emphasis on quality. But in the Katz Carpeting company, the inventories of the carpets were high. They produced a lot what they already had , yet not enough of what was needed. They can’t get the right quantity of goods. 3. The following is the steps to implement the JIT system. First, they should make quality improvements. Their quality was becoming a problem, with customers frequently returning carpets for rips or incorrect dyed colors. They need to solve these problems, because the quality is pervasive and all the JIT objectives are dependent on quality...
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...An Analysis of 'Peter Green’s First Day' The business ethics case “Peter Green’s First Day” presents the dilemma of recent college graduate Peter Green, who has just completed a training program for Scott Carpets and is out on his first sales call with his District Manager, John Murphy. Peter is taking over Murphy’s original sales territory (before Murphy was promoted), and he wants to make a good impression as the two of them call on an important client, Peabody Rug. To Peter’s delight, the owner of Peabody Rug agrees to a large sale but then makes a request for some “help on the freight costs.(运费成本)” Later, Peter asks his manager what such “help” means and is told that Peabody will claim that some of the carpet was damaged in transit to the store. Peter would then be expected to falsify a damaged freight report for Scott Carpets’ front office, and Peabody would be given a discount equal to the cost of shipping the rolls of carpet back to the warehouse for replacement. Peter is told that this is standard practice in doing business with Peabody Rug, both for Scott Carpets and its competitors. Peter does not understand: “Basically, what you’re asking me to do,” he tells his manager, “is to lie to the front office.” The manager is furious with this characterization. Upset and uncertain, Peter returns home to his wife and newborn. He was raised to tell the truth; now, on the first day of his new, job he believes he is being asked to lie. Robert Solomon, Professor of Philosophy...
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... Carpeting is an important part of my home? Strongly Disagree Neutral 1 2 3 4 5 Q4. Carpeting is a fashion item for the home. Strongly Disagree Neutral 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree 6 7 Strongly Agree 6 7 Q5. Carpeting is a central item in my interior design for my home. Strongly Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q6. It is more important for a carpet to last long than look pretty. Strongly Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q7. Suppose your household were to purchase new carpeting, please rate the relative importance of the factors you would consider in selecting carpeting on a 1 to 7 scale where 1 means "Not so Important" and 7 means "Very Important". Not so Important Very Important a. Stain resistance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 b. Long life 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 c. Fashionable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 d. Matches my furniture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 e. Price 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 f. Made by a well known company 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g. Warranty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q8. How likely is your household to buy carpeting in the next three months? Not so Likely Maybe/Maybe Not Very Likely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part B (Show the respondent the samples of designer carpets). Q9. Please rate the attractiveness of the designer styles you have seen on a 1 to 7 scale where 1 means "Definitely Not My Style" and 7 means "Definitely My Style". a. b....
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...Ispahan Carpet Ispahan Carpet explores the writer’s emotions and feelings about the children sitting in the hut all day, weaving with ‘unsupported bird-bones’. This would be somewhere in the middle east, as carpets are very well done there and done by hand which makes it very much more authentic and valuable. People who make these carpets are usually in poverty as they slave away in their huts for at least 6-8 months making one decent sized carpet. The poem describes what goes on in the hut and how sympathetic one would get as the poem then broadens views of the world and how this has an impact on the writer. The poem creates a view of inside the hut, and how a Persian family sits on ‘rough timber gallows’ to weave the carpets. The word ‘gallows’ has a connection to something more darker, it is incorporated in another phrase ‘a gallows tree’ which is where people are executed the connection to this is that the people who weave the carpets will only ever stay indoors all the time and do nothing else but weave a it is their only source of income. The hut where the ‘dark eyed Persian family’ lives is not very filled with anything but ‘blackened pots and jars’. This also supports the idea of this family being in poverty more or less, as their hut is nothing but ‘cavernous hearth’ and a flickering fire to keep warm. The poem then goes into the lifestyle of children weaving the carpet. The poem describes these children against birds. ‘’Eight-year-old girls sit sparrowed on a plank...
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...Explore other low cost geography: India is the number one suppliers of IKEA’s rug business. Conclusion are made that some of the reasons why IKEA decided to procure from India are due to cheap labor and high quality. Before entering India, IKEA felt that strategically, India would put them at an advantage compared to its competitors. The question Barner faces in this case is weather it is strategic for IKEA to stay in India. Leaving India If IKEA were to leave India it would need to find a supplier that is comparable to the suppliers in India. The new location must be statically located, where IKEA could capture transportation value. Suppliers in this new geographic location must be able to produce at the level of production, quality, and reliability as the ones in India. There was no mentioned of the performances in India, but it would be safe to assume that rug making was a specialized handicraft that India encompassed. IKEA would need to find suppliers that has or would be able to meet that skill level. Leaving India would mean that IKEA in away is “giving up” on India. Large companies like IKEA, find India attractive to source from because of its cheap labor and skilled labor. If IKEA were to leave India that would demonstrate that they do not support India’s child labor laws. If IKEA were to do so, consumers would look at other companies currently sourcing from India to do the same. That would in turn affect the economy of India; cause the labor force to loose jobs and...
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...Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails Tremont Nail Company is very progressive in providing seamless solutions to meet a broad array of needs of customers from various woodworking industries. The broad array of steel cut nails offered by Tremont has many seamless solutions designed to reinvent the flexibility and amazing control of innumerable applications. Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails are a preferred choice of thousands of woodworking industry professionals who believe strongly in delivering their best hot every time they perform. However, selecting a nail with care is essentials and rest assured, each Tremont nails meets the highest standards of the quality and performance. Black Oxide – The Ultimate Protection Black oxide, the finest chemical conversion coating process indeed comes handy in providing a first class avenue to unleash the potential of maximum protection. Tremont Fire Door Clinch Black Oxide Nails come with excellence of the black oxide coating and are a perfect choice when quality and the aesthetics matter the most. Moreover, these nails are offered in various configurations of length and packing assuring you maximum savings and economical cost of operations. Enhanced corrosion resistance offered by these nails make them a perfect choice for various demanding operations. Face Nailing – Redefine The Realities In Real-Time Jargons and out-of-the-box theories often confuse many from understanding the realities of various woodworking applications...
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...Below are some vital points to consider when seeking out a top-notch rug to beautify your home, office, or any other living quarters! 1. The rear knots on the carpet, along with it's thickness and firmness are some vital factors to employ in making a smart choice with regard to purchasing a high quality rug, worthy of your money well spent! Quality and value can be determined by the amount of knots, located in the unit areas of your potential rug, along with it's colors, pattern, and yarn quality that will assist you in determining the carpet's quality that you are considering. On average, a hand-crafted, knotted carpet of high value might hold between 100-200 knots per square inch. The more knots in a carpet, the higher the rug's worth. Among the most popular rugs include Kashmiri, Bokhara, and Tibetan carpets, which all tend to have knots that number between 2,000 or higher per inch. 2. Another very important consideration to weigh prior to purchasing a rug is where you purchase it, as this can factor greatly into the value of the rug you acquire. The right retail establishment can offer you a high quality rug at a fair price. It's not the best idea to depend on dealers, especially if they are pushy about you...
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...Chapter 1 Introduction to MNC A multinational corporation (MNC) or multinational enterprise (MNE) is a corporation that is registered in more than one country or that has operations in more than one country. It is a large corporation which both produces and sells goods or services in various countries. It can also be referred to as an international corporation. They play an important role in globalization. The first multinational company was the British East India Company, founded in 1600. The second multinational corporation was the Dutch East India Company, founded March 20, 1602. The exact model for an MNC may vary slightly. One common model is for the multinational corporation is the positioning of the executive headquarters in one nation, while production facilities are located in one or more other countries. Another structural model for a multinational organization or MNO is to base the parent company in one nation and operate subsidiaries in other countries around the world. A third approach to the setup of an MNC involves the establishment of a headquarters in one country that oversees a diverse conglomeration that stretches to many different countries and industries. Characteristics of multinational corporations (MNCs) The multinational corporations have certain characteristics which may be discussed below: * Giant Size: The most important feature of these MNCs is their gigantic size. Their assets and sales run into billions of dollars and they also make supernormal...
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