...Summary of the Case Study The Container Store, an American store, holds their position for several years at the top of Fortune magazine’s ‘100 Best Companies to Work for’. The company was established in 1978 by Tindell and Garrett Bonne. The structure of the company stores were split into different sections like kitchen, laundry, office with their individual showcase. The company had a fundamental HR philosophy behind their ongoing success. Their philosophy was reflected in their activities and practice used which helped to develop an excellent organizational culture. The company provided huge effort and time to recruit and select employees by HR staffs. The firm spent enough time training its employee. They paid higher salary than other retail stores. The company was committed to provide excellent career opportunity for employees. The managers of the company used to keep constant communication with their employees, play as more team leader than supervisor. Sales at the firm have increased 20–25% each year. On HR measure, the employee turnover rate has averaged 15–25% yearly, compared to the 100% rate common in retail jobs. Obviously, the Container Store has the “right package” that enables its employees to be significant contributors to its success. General overview of the Company The Container Store: the original storage and Organization Store The Container Store established by Kip Tindell (Tindell), Garrett Boone (Boone), and John Mullen in...
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...Volume 2, No. 4, April 2011 Journal of Global Research in Computer Science RESEARCH PAPER Available Online at www.jgrcs.info A MULTI AGENT BASED E-SHOPPING SYSTEM Sougata Khatua*1, Zhang Yuheng 2, Arijit Das 3 and N.Ch.S.N. Iyengar 4 School of Computing Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, INDIA sougatakhatua@yahoo.com*1, yuer.zhang1987@gmail.com2, arijitdasmid@yahoo.com3and nchsniyengar48@gmail.com4 ------------------------------------------------- Abstract: Current e-shopping systems use the Internet as its primary medium for transactions. e-shopping has grown in popularity over the years, mainly because people find it convenient and easy to buy various items comfortably from their office or home. This paper has proposed a personalized e-shopping system, which makes use of agent technology to enhance the automation and efficiency of shopping process in Internet commerce. The agent technology is used to enhance the customer‟s needs which include availability, speedy response time, and efficiency. Agent for e-Shopping creates connectivity on an anytime-anywhereany-device-basis to provide the specific goods required by the consumers based on transaction cost optimization and scalability. The client agent connects with the controller agent which controls all the agent information. The controller agent sends the item information to the client agent and the client chooses items and puts in to the shopping cart. Finally the conclusion shows...
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...The Cola Wars Competitive Strategy Introduction Coke and Pepsi have been going to war for over a century. This war has been fought with prices, with taste challenges, and with advertising. Throughout this bottle battle both companies have remained dominant players in the carbonated soft drink industry and have moved beyond their original products into many new areas. Resources The core resources that have allowed Coke and Pepsi to maintain dominance are their brand image and their marketing strategies. Coke has focused on a brand image that relates more to a way of life then to a soft drink. With “Buy the world a Coke” and other such campaigns Coke has strived to position itself in the minds of consumers as a lifestyle choice to choose Coke instead of just a purchase decision. Pepsi has pursued a similar yet differentiated version of Coke’s strategy. “The Pepsi Generation” was an ad campaign aimed at making Pepsi the drink of the next generation. Advertising was trying to position Pepsi as the preferred drink of the youth of America. Pepsi furthered this image as the preferred drink through the Pepsi challenge, a campaign aimed at boosting total soft drink sales as well as allowing the two soda giants to be directly compared. What makes these resources valuable? The large anchor-bottling corporations and the contracts that bind them to Coke and Pepsi are also huge resources. Both companies own large equity stakes in these major bottlers and are able to use this to...
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...Adenuga Executive Summary The Ralont Pill Bottle is dedicated to producing newly redesigned pharmaceutical medicine bottles that offer an “at a glance” view of “what medicine” belongs to “what person” in a medicine cabinet. This redesign came about after careful years of market research against the conventional “brown bottle” used for 90% of all medicine dispensed. We believe that our “color coordinated” bottles for Male Adults, Female Adults, Male Children and Female Children are exactly what the public has been asking for, thereby meeting market demand as well as metrics for predictable revenue. In addition, a patented “dosage control” mechanism will allow for “as needed pills” to be properly dispensed. Included you will find a SWOT analysis including redesign Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats. The Ralont Pill Bottle will offer customers a new shift in paradigm in the way medicine is identified, dispensed and maintained in storage. No longer will there be any kind of confusion as to what medicine belongs to what person and most importantly the differences between adult and child medication. Our goal is simple, to change public perception and trust in medication bottles and create a “new standard” which will in and of itself become a product by which other products can offspring. Pricing will be very competitive with the retail price to be set at $10.95 for the first year. Our Ralont Pill Bottle is not for sale at the consumer level, but sold to Pharmaceutical...
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...A.P. Moller–Maersk Group: a Danish business conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk (“Maersk Group") is an international conglomerate. A.P. Moller (1876–1965) and his father Captain Peter Maersk Moller founded what would become the Maersk Group in Svendborg, Denmark in 1904. Maersk is a diversified enterprise owning one of the world's largest shipping companies; Maersk is involved in a wide range of activities; it has business operations in the logistics including shipping, transportation and offshore activities. It additionally provides various services in the areas of energy, banking, retail, and manufacturing sectors. Furthermore the Group is involved in the production of Oil, gas and other Oil related activities, including drilling and offshore services. The Maersk Group operates through five core business divisions, which include Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling and Services & Other Shipping. The last business area is comprised of Maersk Supply Service, Maersk Tankers, Damco and Svitzer. The Group owns and operates container carriers, bulk carriers, supply and specialty ships and tankers. The Group is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and comprises approximately 1,000 companies and they employ roughly around 89,000 people with operations spread across more than 130 countries including the triads (Maersk.com). Maersk primarily operates in the Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. The company generated revenues of DKK 277 billion (approximately...
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...Water Refilling Station: an alternative source of drinking water supply in the Philippines by B. B. Magtibay The demand at the water refilling stations – water stores that sell purified water – is now increasing. The quality of purified water conforms with the national standards for drinking water and is even better than the quality of water produced by traditional water supply systems in terms of removed impurities. Over the years, as the demand for cleaner water becomes higher, the price of household water purifiers and bottled water has become prohibitive. Water refilling stations managed by private entrepreneurs offer a cheaper and more convenient solution to the public’s drinking water needs than bottled water or the use of household filters. At present, about 3,000 water refilling stations have proliferated nationwide. They sell purified water of comparable quality with bottled water at a lower price. For example, the current price per gallon of refilled purified water in Metro Manila ranges from P 50 to P 120 per 5-gallon container or about P 2.50 to P 6.00 per liter while the bottled water is sold at P 12.00 to P 25.00 per liter. Household filters, on the other hand, cost P 5,000 to P 25,000 per unit ( 1 US $ = P 56 in 2004). In Metro Manila, most of the water refilling stations are connected to the pipes of two concessionaires: Maynilad Water Company or Manila Water Company for their source of raw water while in other areas they opt to use private deep wells. The...
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...of INT 4300 – Internship School of Business Administration Optimization of the Trucks Transit in Marsa Maroc Terminal Dr. Youssef Boulaksil Fall Term 2013 Executive Summary The container terminal is a flat modal form that binds the ship to truck, train or to another vessel in the case of transshipment. This connection is done via interfaces: truck / area inter exchange, train / buffer zone, ship / dock. Thus, the major container flows are channeled to or from this system are the result or the source of a multitude of internal flow system (sorting, inspection, shifting, connection, full containers, empty containers). These flows are treated with different tools and different locations around the terminal. That means, the container terminal is to optimize the processing of massive volumes of containers in order to achieve economies of scale (749,000 TEUs'' 20-foot equivalent'' per year), improving the use of resources and more special equipments that are expensive. In fact, responsible for handling division have the prospect of having a solution to balancing and optimization of the supply chain through the design of equipment used (tractors) to import and export in delivery to the end customer. My final project study is in the heart of this approach. It has as an objective, the study of solutions that meet the diverse needs. To do this, I had some operational research to minimize the process of delivery of containers to customers. Then, I implemented a simulation...
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...The demand at the water refilling stations – water stores that sell purified water – is now increasing. The quality of purified water conforms with the national standards for drinking water and is even better than the quality of water produced by traditional water supply systems in terms of removed impurities. Over the years, as the demand for cleaner water becomes higher, the price of household water purifiers and bottled water has become prohibitive. Water refilling stations managed by private entrepreneurs offer a cheaper and more convenient solution to the public’s drinking water needs than bottled water or the use of household filters. At present, about 3,000 water refilling stations have proliferated nationwide. They sell purified water of comparable quality with bottled water at a lower price. For example, the current price per gallon of refilled purified water in Metro Manila ranges from P 50 to P 120 per 5-gallon container or about P 2.50 to P 6.00 per liter while the bottled water is sold at P 12.00 to P 25.00 per liter. Household filters, on the other hand, cost P 5,000 to P 25,000 per unit ( 1 US $ = P 56 in 2004). In Metro Manila, most of the water refilling stations are connected to the pipes of two concessionaires: Maynilad Water Company or Manila Water Company for their source of raw water while in other areas they opt to use private deep wells. The “potable water” supplied by the providers is then further purified by utilizing a combination of water treatment...
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...A Study on Water Refilling Station Water Refilling Station: an alternative source of drinking water supply in the Philippines by B. B. Magtibay The demand at the water refilling stations – water stores that sell purified water – is now increasing. The quality of purified water conforms with the national standards for drinking water and is even better than the quality of water produced by traditional water supply systems in terms of removed impurities. Over the years, as the demand for cleaner water becomes higher, the price of household water purifiers and bottled water has become prohibitive. Water refilling stations managed by private entrepreneurs offer a cheaper and more convenient solution to the public’s drinking water needs than bottled water or the use of household filters. At present, about 3,000 water refilling stations have proliferated nationwide. They sell purified water of comparable quality with bottled water at a lower price. For example, the current price per gallon of refilled purified water in Metro Manila ranges from P 50 to P 120 per 5-gallon container or about P 2.50 to P 6.00 per liter while the bottled water is sold at P 12.00 to P 25.00 per liter. Household filters, on the other hand, cost P 5,000 to P 25,000 per unit ( 1 US $ = P 56 in 2004). In Metro Manila, most of the water refilling stations are connected to the pipes of two concessionaires: Maynilad Water Company or Manila Water Company for their source of raw water while in other areas they...
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...them to adopt a customer-relationship system. Riordan’s HR reward and compensation policy program needs to be revised to deal with the existing problem. HR professionals over the world know that their toughest job is recruiting and retaining top-notch employees for their companies. With unemployment at its current rate, expanding businesses search for qualified workers like big-game hunters stalking the most elusive prey. Compensation plans and benefit plans are two compensation packages companies are using to invest in its employees. To assist Riordan Manufacturing in changing its sales process, Team D has chose the following companies to use as a benchmark: Liz Claiborne, QUALCOMM, Home Depot, Hertz, Coke Cola, Lafarge, Ford and The Container Store. Team D will then analyze each company by providing key concepts such as designing the elements of an effective employee relations program, create a career development planning model that will incorporate attention to key development success factors, evaluate compensation and motivation practices as they relate to organizational strategy, and discuss the impact of ethics on the determination of compensation and rewards systems. Effective Employee Relations Programs. "Success requires satisfied, loyal employees," as stated by Dreher and Dougherty (2001). Employee performance increases when employees are happy and satisfied not only in what jobs they perform but with the company they are working for, the atmosphere in which the work...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 3 1.1 Brief Company Overview 3 1.2 Speciality Coffee Industry and Starbucks Coffee Supply Chain 3 1.4 Problem Definition 4 Literature Review 4 2.1 Current Situation of Starbucks and Older Supply Chain Method 4 2.2 Supply Chain Visibility 5 2.5 C.A.F.E (Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices) Practices 6 Findings 7 3.1 Starbucks’ Operations 7 3.1.1. Material Flow 7 3.1.2 Purchasing System 9 Discussion and Analysis 10 4.1 Starbucks’ 3PLs Strategy 10 4.2 Value Change Analysis 10 Conclusion 11 Appendix A 15 Appendix B 16 Appendix C 17 Appendix D 18 Appendix E 19 Appendix F 20 Appendix G 21 Appendix H 22 Appendix I 23 Introduction 1.1 Brief Company Overview Starbucks is the world’s #1 speciality coffee retailer with more than 20,000 stores n 65 countries (See Appendix G). It operates an estimate of 8,800 of its shops, while licensing and franchises operate the remainder of the stores. The company also owns Seattle’s Best Coffee, Torrefazione Italia coffee brands, Teavana, Tazo, Evolution Fresh, and La Boulange (SCC 2014). Starbucks offers consumers various products including: coffee, handcrafted beverages, merchandise, fresh food, and consumer products of coffee and tea and ready-to-drink (RTD) goods (SCC). 1.2 Speciality Coffee Industry and Starbucks Coffee Supply Chain The speciality coffee industry has seen drastic growth with increase in sales between the 1980s and 1990s. A great number of coffee specialists...
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...one of the stabilized beverage company in Bangladesh. They provide soft drinks with a brand name “Virgin” which an exclusive franchise agreement with Virgin Enterprise Limited of United Kingdom. GBCL started their business in Bangladesh December in 1999. Gazipur is our only production zone and main office at Mirpur, Dhaka. GBCL produced soft drinks with different flavors and sizes (can and bottle). Cola, Orange, Lemon-lime, Passion fruit, Grape fruit, Tutti-frutti these are all flavors of Virgin. Beside these, Diet cola is exclusive. Its competitors are Tabani Beverage, Bangladesh Beverage, National Beverage, Globe Beverage and Partex Beverage Limited. Its target market is teenager at the age of 13 to 19. It offers good taste with various products, maintaining international standard quality level. Product design and packaging is distinctive rather than the others. It takes better positioning in consumers mind from starting period flavored drinks. GBCL also introduced Mango juice flavor with brand name Cheers. In BCG matrix Virgin cola stays in Dogs but have a better chance to move from Dogs to Cash Cow. GBCL is continuing 13% of total market growth share. Its core benefit is removing the thirst of consumer. It uses aluminum container can, and plastic Container for pet bottle. Virgin drinks have proved their standard quality level by Bangladesh Standard Tasting Institute (BSTI). GBCL delivers its product through factory warehouse to distributors, distributors to retailers...
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...What HR practices do you believe are most critical for starbucks to maintain the coffee experience and customer service it's known for as the company expands in the United States and abroad? Solution 1.Starbucks believes that the key to company success is its employees, called partners. 2. At starbucks the value-and-treat-employees-right approach is part of the company culture. 3. One of the company’s six guiding principles is “to provide a great work environment and treat each other with respect and dignity.” 4.As a result of the important role of starbucks’ paartners, the company emphasizes selecting the right new employees, training them ,and rewarding and retaining employees with above-minimum salaries. 5.Job fairs,in-store advertisements,a cpmpany Web site,and employee referrals are used to recruit new employees. 6.Managers are provided with interview guidelines that are used to question job candidates to determine whether they have the skills and behaviors necessary for the position. 7.Although 85 percent of its employees are part-time, they are still eligible for full-time benefits if they work 240 hours a quarter. 8.Less than 30 percent of part-time workers in the United States receive health care, paid sick leave, or eligibility for bonuses or stock options. 9. Starbucks provides all employees and their same-sex or opposite-sex partners comprehensive health benefits that include medical, dental, and vision care as well as tuition reimbursement...
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...Marketing Assessment 2014 Jackson Legg Tupper-Won’t-Wear Contents Executive Summary 3 Mission Statement 4 Situation Analysis 4-13 Market Analysis …………………………………………………. 4-5 Product Analysis …………………………………………………. 6-7 Competitor Analysis ……………………………………………. 8-11 SWOT Analysis ……………………………………………………. 12-13 Marketing Objectives ……………………………………………………. 14 Identifying Target Markets ……………………………………………. 15 Marketing Strategies …………………………………………………….. 16-18 Developing Financial Forecasts ……………………………………… 19-21 Implementing, Monitoring and Controlling …………………… 22-23 Revising the Marketing Plan ………………………………………….. 24 Reference List ……………………………………………………………….. 25 Appendices …………………………………………………………………… NIL Executive Summary For the best part of 11 years, Tupper-Won’t-Wear has been striving to create the highest possible quality range of plastic containers for the use of storing food which withstands the test of time and is affordable to all without the compromise of quality. The Tupperware products that are sold through us or any other business comes with a lifetime guarantee to emphasise on our confidence with all products sold in our store .Currently we have been successful with the integration of our product with a minority of the population and were satisfied with our position within the market. However in recent times we have felt the need to implement more products aimed towards families...
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...Costco Craze Analysis MGT/230 Costco Craze Analysis Costco, a “no frills” operation that has successfully grown into a prosperous billion dollar empire by taking pride on its goodwill practices. Currently leading as the second largest retailer, it humbly maintains its runner-up spot by practicing smart business tactics, exquisite innovation and leadership. The company’s mission revolves around ethics for profit and price, and strives for satisfaction both internally and externally. The empowering corporation expresses great dignity in its operation, structure and management. Formerly known as “Price Club”, Costco has successfully rose from the top by enforcing a smart operation that would become profitable. CEO, Jim Sinegal had a vision that that consisted of selling bulk purchase items at low prices in a member’s only warehouse. It was important to the CEO that the operation ran on four important code of ethics in mind: obey the law, take care of members, take care of employees and respect vendors (Farfan, 2013). With that ethical approach, the company set out to deliver a unique method over the traditional grocery and retail store. It was considered a bit risky to declare a purchased membership to just be able to shop in the store, memberships start out at $55.00 U.S. dollars and can be upgraded to an executive membership of $110.00 U.S. dollars annually. The membership investment offers customers the opportunity to have access to top quality items purchased in bulk at a...
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