...Project Feasibility The current state of affairs and ability for Kudler Fine Foods to initiate a frequent shopper program are at an all-time high. With an estimated net capital of just under two million dollars, Kudler can and should invest in the frequent shopper program to reward its customers. This program will ultimately sustain economic growth for other businesses as well, such as airline ticket sales, when Kudler offers this type of reward for its customers or other high end merchandise and specialty foods. Technically speaking, Kudler already has a system in place that records what is sold and to whom, (once the frequent shopper program takes place), and should be able to compensate this change in the system with the current information systems that they have in place. The only addition would be a customer database that would contain all pertinent information when the customer signs up for this program which will be kept confidential and not sold to third parties. Operations within the company should remain constant, or actually increase due to the outstanding benefits that the company is willing to offer its customers. With such fine rewards, the amount of customers should increase due to word of mouth advertising. Initially, the cost of inputting this system should be minimal, in the range of 25,000 dollars for setup and installation, promotional needs, and advertising costs. The added benefits of this program will far outweigh the costs of this startup...
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...A Day at KeySpan Park Feasibility Study & Marketing Plan Executive Summary As a result of the Brooklyn Dodgers leaving New York to relocate to Los Angeles in 1957, the absence of baseball in Brooklyn created for a void within the community (Osborne, 2004). The Coney Island area needed something to help rebuild and rejuvenate the area. On June 25, 2001, baseball returned to Brooklyn “in the form of a Class A minor league franchise of the New York Mets,” (Person, 2001). Upon the introduction of the Brooklyn Cyclones, the void in which the Dodgers left was filled. There are many underprivileged neighborhoods in the areas surrounding KeySpan Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. These neighborhoods include Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Flatbush, East New York, as well as Brownsville. Sports have been an outlet for many children, and in some cases a way to stay out of trouble. Staging an All-Star One-Day event such as “A Day at KeySpan Park” would provide underprivileged youth with the opportunity of meeting major and minor league players, as well as the opportunity of playing with them. Following the mingling session, the Mets will play in a game vs. the Cyclones in which the children as well as their families can enjoy. Giving back to the community is the main focus of this proposed event, and it will create for awareness of Baseball. Choice of Place and Time One of the deciding factors in choosing KeySpan Park as the site of the event was the...
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...It is very common for businesses and franchises to want to expand overseas to explore new market in different countries. Although this sounds good and beneficial, it comes with many difficulties and risks. It is guaranteed that in an organisations lifetime they will come across the decision to expand their business overseas to either make more money or just to expand business. All businesses that seek to do this will come across risks that they are going to have to take for it to work and be a benefit to them. It all depends on what type of business it is that seeks expansion. As stated earlier there are many risks that involve international expansion. A common problem that small businesses run into when they dabble with setting up international relationships, for example, is that they sometimes don’t really know who they’re dealing with. No matter where you go to, unless it an English speaking country, the language barrier is always going to be a problem. Even if you are able to access a translator to help it will still be hard to fully connect with other countries in terms of business. Another risk is not being familiar or accustom with their culture practises and etiquette. A big thing with expanding overseas is knowing where you are going and what they are like in that country because if you don’t you could run into trouble because some of the thing that are normal to people in their home countries can be an offence in other countries.one thing that ties in with that risk...
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...Diabetes Prevention as the Best Intervention Lorri Johnson Grand Canyon University Diabetes Prevention as the Best Intervention With diabetes having become an epidemic that is still growing, we as a society and healthcare community are seeing its effects on the economy. The exorbitant costs associated with diabetes and complications of diabetes have hit an all-time high. “The total cost of diabetes and its complications, along with gestational diabetes and prediabetes, was estimated to be $218 billion in 2007.” (Anderson, Riley & Everette 2012) Healthcare professionals and diabetes advocates alike have begun pushing policymakers to recognize and take action with regard to focusing on the prevention of type 2 diabetes to slow down these costly trends. Clinical Trial The Diabetes Prevention Program (DDP) is a landmark National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases clinical trial which provided the best evidence indicating individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay the onset of the disease. The DDP was a major randomized trial that had the one simple goal, “to determine whether modest weight loss and physical activity could prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in individuals with prediabetes.” (Anderson, Riley & Everette 2012) The subjects were categorized randomly into the Metformin group and the Lifestyle group. It was the Lifestyle group that showed the greatest success. Results1 The Lifestyle...
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...INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SUPDELUXE Alain VIOT November 19th, 2015. INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION Agenda Introduction + Quiz Different business models Structure and organization decision making Local partners selection Partnership implementation Opening a subsidiary Next class : Distribution networks + E-commerce INTRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR LUXURY BRANDS BUT WHAT ? Case by case according to brand specificities WHY ? Gaining new customers and making them loyal WHERE ? Development strategy : Understanding local specificities HOW ? Different Business Models : The right choice at the right time QUIZ I want to launch and develop my brand and its products in one (or several) international market(s) What is your market strategy : your decisions on your project ? QUIZ : YOUR MARKET STRATEGY Project Sizing : Market critical size Brand/Product Positioning : volume estimation ? A- Access B- High end C- Niche D- Hyperlux Locations : Market Potential ? A- Large Area B- National C- Local D- Destination Customers target profile : number of customers ? A- CSP+ B- Specific categories C- Defined Profile D- Very affluent (HNWI) Sales Development : planification ? A- Quick breakthrough B- Step by step C- According to results D- Long term Resources : budget ? A- Consequent B- Annual C- Limited D- Weak A-B-C-D numbers ? QUIZ : YOUR...
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...| 5160 – Global Business Vietnam Country Feasability Study | Executive Summary | | Adam MoranGunasekar GopalHari GovulaJohn O’Halloran | 2/24/2014 | | Vietnam, located in South East Asia, is a rapidly developing country with a dynamic and the emerging market economy with the population of 88.78 million. Major Vietnamese cities include Hanoi in the north, DaNang in the mid coast region, and Ho Chi Minh City to the south. Hanoi is the capital city, and Ho Chi Minh City is the largest commercial center. Vietnamese is the national language and English is the most popular foreign language spoken other than French, Mandarin and Japanese. Vietnam is a one party communist party and the government has recognized the importance of having an effective infrastructure for economic development. The main transport and communication networks are in Vietnam are road, railways, shipping lines and airlines. Vietnam Today Today Vietnam’s economic growth as outpaced every other Asian economy outside of China. 2013 GDP growth rate was 5.42% vs. 2012 at 5.25%. The Vietnamese Government has a projected GDP growth rate of 5.8% for 2014. Foreign Direct Investment continues to positively impact the economic growth. This past year FDI in Vietnam was $11.5 billion; a 10% increase over 2012. Today there are over 500 US companies that have a presence in Vietnam. The rising costs and wages in China have helped Vietnam become a more attractive alternative for manufacturing...
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...Market Assessment EXCEL Business Consulting 1 Market Plan Weakness One of the most critical flaws when you “know all about” your technology, is that often you over look what you don’t know about your business. Market plans based on assumptions and secondary research do not give you enough information about your customers Consumers perceptions may differ from the reality, and are as important to understand. ? 2 Determining Your Market? Your Business Plan should be based on market research to avoid pitfalls, including: Too small or to broad a target market Lack of real product/service advantage Not knowing which features / benefits drive consumption Bad timing Not knowing what the customer wants 3 The Marketing Planning Process Build the Foundation With a Market Assessment 4 Assessment of the Current Situation The entrepreneur must perform both: 1. Research and Analyze • Secondary 2. Understand markets and customers • Primary 5 What does research provide? Answers the question “who is your customer”. Determines best distribution channels to reach these customers Determines market positioning; uniqueness, pricing, competitive advantage, who cares and why. Enables you to complete the remaining steps of the market planning process with more accuracy 6 Understanding your customer External analysis involves – – – – – – – What are you really selling? savings, safety, new market access??? What are the regulations and legal barriers...
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...BUSINESS ETHICS CASE STUDY: GAS OR GROUSE? BY ARINDA OKTAVYASTI SATRIO HARYOSENO MASTER OF MANAGEMENT GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY 2010 OVERALL Questar corporation is an energy company with asset valued at about $4 billion which is the main developer of the gas wells arround the Pinedale Mesa, an area that is famous at the gateway to the hunting, fishing, and hiking treasures. Ocassionally elk, mule deer, pronghorn antelope and other wild life, including the imperiled greater sage grouse, descent from their habitats atop the mesa and gingerly make their way around and between the questar wells around Pinedale. Not suprisingly, environmentalist are at war with questar, whose expanding operations are increasingly encroaching on the wild life habitats that lies atop the mesa. Yet the natural gas that questar pumps up from beneath the mesa is a desperately needed resource that provides the nation with clean and cheap source energy. CHRONOLOGICAL It was not until the mid 1990s industry developed techniques for fracturing the sandstone and freeing the gas In 1998, Questar Corporation drilled its first succesful test wall on the Pinedale Mesa. Before, it was not feasible because the gas was trapped in tightly packed sandstone that prevented it from flowing to the wells and no one knew how to get it out. In mid-2000, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved drilling up to 900 wells on federal lands sitting on a top of the Pinedale Mesa. By the beginning of 2004, Questar had drilled...
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...Lünen – State-of-theArt Ultra Supercritical Steam Power Plant Under Construction Dr. Frank Cziesla Siemens AG, Energy Sector Dr. Jürgen Bewerunge Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen GmbH & Co.KG Andreas Senzel Siemens AG, Energy Sector POWER-GEN Europe 2009 – Cologne, Germany May 26-29, 2009 Copyright © Siemens AG 2009. All rights reserved. Copyright © Siemens AG 2009. All rights reserved. 1 Abstract Clean and cost-effective power generation is of paramount importance to cope with the challenges imposed by an increasing energy demand throughout the world. Investment cost and fuel costs are the main contributors to the cost of electricity. In recent years, costs associated with CO2 emissions have attracted more and more attention due to its political awareness. The efficiency of the power plant as one key value affects both the fuel costs and the amount of CO2 emitted to the environment. As coal is more abundant in many parts of the world, coal prices are less volatile and more stable than natural gas prices. But larger CO2 emissions increase the need for more efficient coal-based power generation. Ultra supercritical (USC) steam power plants meet notably the requirements for high efficiencies to reduce both fuel costs and emissions as well as for a reliable supply of electric energy at low cost. Recent developments in steam turbine technology and high-temperature materials allowed for significant efficiency gains. Siemens has more than fifteen years of...
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...Software Cost Estimation and COCOMO II ❚ Park, Jung-Won ❚ Univ. of Southern Cal. (USC) ❚ Center for Software Engineering (CSE) ❚ Systems Engineering Research Institute (SERI), Taejon, Korea ❚ December 29, 1997 What is COCOMO? ❚ COnstructive COst MOdel ❚ estimating software development effort and cost ❚ function of the size of the software product in source instructions ❚ function of the most significant software cost drivers Importance of Software Cost Estimation - problems ❚ Software project personnel have no firm basis for telling a manager, customer, or salesperson that their proposed budget and schedule are unrealistic. ❚ Software analysts have no firm basis for making realistic hardware-software tradeoff analysis during the system design phase. ❚ Project managers have no firm basis for determining how much time and effort each software phase and activity should take. USC-CSE Affiliates ❚ Commercial Industry (9) AT&T, Bellcore, EDS, HP, IDE, Motorola, Rational, TI, Xerox ❚ Aerospace Industry (9) E-Systems, Hughes, Litton, Lockheed, Loral, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell, SAIC, TRW ❚ Government (3) DISA, USAF Rome Lab, US Army Research Labs ❚ FFRDC’s and Consortia (5) Aerospace, IDA, JPL, SEI, SPC Partial List of COCOMO Packages ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ CB COCOMO COCOMOID COCOMO1 CoCoPro COSTAR COSTMODL GECOMO Plus ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ GHL COCOMO REVIC SECOMO SWAN Steps in Software Estimation ❚ 1. Establish Objectives * Rough Sizing * Make-or-Buy * Detailed Planning ❚ 2. Allocate...
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...Business Strategies: Feasibility of HR Department in a Public Sector University Shomayl Chowdhury (BS29 2330) Research Methodology (GMAG 301) Final Project Part 2 Dr. Syed Arshad Imam Table of Content Title Page …………………………………………………………………………………1 Question 1…………………………………………………………………………………2 Question 2…………………………………………………………………………………3 Question 3…………………………………………………………………………………7 Question 4………………………………………………………………………………..12 Question 5………………………………………………………………………………..14 Feasibility of HR Department in a Public Sector University Shomayl Chowdhury (BS29 2330) Greenwich University Q1. What research methods have been used by the author in the research paper? Ans1. The current paper discusses and lays lime light on the current situation and the possibility of establishing HR department in a Public Sector University as no HR department is to be found in Public Sector Universities. The paper focus on the marketing, financial and operational aspects of the university and furthermore it also focuses on the importance of an HR department, the level of support and assistance that is provided by the HR department to the entire university and above all to the organizational environment at hand and lastly the cost of establishment and implementation of a HR department. Descriptive study has been undertaken to address this paper due to the absence of HR department in the university. Through this study feasibility of an HR department is inquired. The methods used for data...
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...GLOBAL LOGISTICS CASE STUDY COASTAL LOGISTICS INC. ESTABLISHING THIRD-PARTY (3PL) LOGISTICS SERVICES ‘’We declare that the material contained in this project is the end result of our own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography to ALL sources, be they printed, electronic or personal. ‘’ Contents Introduction 2 Overview of the organisation 3 CLI’s 3PL service provision objectives 4 Main issues raised 5 1. The need for an effective and successful sales pitch 5 3. High spot-rate cost of boat leasing 6 4. Delivery route and shore base operating costs 6 5. Resource requirements for 3PL service 6 6. Establishment of a trusting and reliable partnership 7 Approaches to issues raised 8 1. “AS IS” process documentation and operation analysis 8 2. The Morgan City Benchmark Study 8 3. Cost comparison and utilization of long-term vs. spot-rate leases 9 4. 2 months, 24 hours activity log book 9 5. Drawing of support and expertise 9 6. Information sharing and in-depth study of operational and cost data .…………………………….………………………………………………….………………….…………….…………..10 Effectiveness of approach adopted 10 Recommendations 13 1. Provision of a consolidated logistics service 13 2. Delivery route and shore base operation costs 13 3. Establishment of a trusting, reliable partnership 14 4. Customer Service Audit 15 References 19 Introduction With increasing global competition and the streamlining of the supply chain management...
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...A study on the franchising opportunities and the barriers to it in Pakistan A Proposal Submitted by: Faizan mujtaba malik TP027822 BA (hons).International Business Management In Partial fulfilment of requirements of the programme Bachelors of Arts in International Business Management Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation 06-11-2013 Abstract Recently countries over the world have been in a very fast economic development race with the most modern and appropriate strategies and technologies. However, franchising has been of the most successful and useful strategies that helped in the development and improvement of countries. On the other hand Pakistan is one of the developing countries that suffer from the lack of such strategies and technologies that would play the role in the economic development of the country. This report provides an overview of franchising strategy with its advantages and drawbacks. Moreover the report is about the market in Pakistan and provides a much clear image of the environmental factors and current situation in the country. The aim of research is to study the opportunities of franchising in Pakistan as well as the challenges that organizations face in the market of Pakistan specially in franchising. The research focuses on the environmental factors, political and social and cultural factors and its impact on the franchising market in Pakistan. The report also focuses on how technology and infrastructure can...
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...Estimating the Costs of a Reengineering Project Harry M. Sneed Anecon GmbH, Vienna Austria Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, University of Regensburg, Bavaria Email: Harry.Sneed@T-Online.de Abstract: Accurate estimation of project costs is an essential prerequisite to making a reengineering project. Existing systems are usually reengineered because it is cheaper to reengineer them than to redevelop or to replace them. However, to make this decision, management must know what the reengineering will cost. This contribution describes an eight step tool supported process for calculating the time and the costs required to reengineer an existing system. The process is derived from the author’s 20 year experience in estimating reengineering projects and has been validated by several real life field experiments in which it has been refined and calibrated. Keywords: Reengineering, cost estimation, risk analysis, software measurement, gap analysis. It has been 15 years since the first studies on the economics of software reengineering projects appeared and since then a great deal of research has been done and a wide range of practical experience gathered.[1] At that time, reengineering projects were being calculated on the basis of the size alone, without consideration of complexity and quality. In the meantime, we have learned a lot more about how the complexity and quality of the software effect reengineering costs. The topic of estimating the costs of...
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...Minex Introducing itself as one of the pioneers, Minex organization is based in India. Minex is an ISO 9001-2008 certified company serving Aluminum, Iron & Steel Industries & Non-Ferrous Industries for 30 years. The company is in operation since 1984 and has 3 operating plants in Central India, in the vicinity of Nagpur. In the past decade, Minex has emerged as a benchmark in providing total alloying solutions making it a $100 million company. The following products are regularly being used by reputed foundry industries: IRON FOUNDRIES: Ferro Silicon Magnesium Alloys for S.G. Iron production. Barium, Strontium, Calcium and Zirconium based inoculants. Nickel Magnesium Alloys. Rare Earth and Mischmetal Cored wires for S.G.Iron production, inoculating wires of various specifications for S.G. Iron production.Minex Wire Injection system for injection of Ferro Silico Magnesium cored wires and Inoculants cored wires. STEEL FOUNDRIES: Ferro, Aluminum Ferro, Silico, Calcium Ferro, Titanium Ferro, & Zirconium Cored Wires. ALUMINUM FOUNDRIES: Titanium, Boron, Aluminum, Aluminum-Boron, Iron Tablets. Aluminum-Chromium, Aluminum-Strontium, Aluminum-Iron Cored Wire Injection System. In the field of Cored Wire Feeder and Cored Wire, Minex is pioneer in this part of the world, having introduced this technology during the Eighties, initially with Wire Feeder and Metallurgical Cored Wires. Minex has installed, provided technological support and evolved Wire Injection...
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