...Located in rural Claremont, New Hampshire, Crown Point supplied high-end custom kitchen cabinets to customers throughout the United States. The company was a respected and desirable employer in its small community, boasting an inspired and motivated workforce. It had earned the trust of thousands of customers nationwide. But it wasn’t always that way. Industry The U.S. cabinet industry was highly fragmented, with more than 5,000 manufacturers supplying stock, semi-custom, and custom cabinets1 through multiple distribution channels. In 1998 the largest manufacturer held 15 percent of the market, while the second largest held just 7 percent. Over half the manufacturers employed fewer than 10 people. Demand for cabinets followed residential construction industry trends. Distributors and dealers each represented about 30 percent of manufacturers’ cabinet purchases, while home centers and builders shared the remainder evenly. Less than 1 percent of cabinets were purchased direct from manufacturers. As big-box home improvement retailers emerged in the ’90s, the trend toward stock cabinets strengthened while the custom share of the market weakened, from 26 percent in 1989 to less than 15 percent by 1999.2 1 Stock cabinets, typically sold by large home-center retailers, are pre-designed, often unassembled cabinets that come in specific widths and heights, with minimal optional features. Custom cabinets are “one off,” designed specifically for a particular customer, with no restrictions...
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...Barker cabinets’ manufactures and sells a wide range of custom built and well-designed ready to assemble kitchen cabinets at an affordable price. They create their products using only the finest quality of lumber and American made components. The ready to assemble cabinets are designed around a price that allows them to maintain innovation, quality style and functionality for the end user. Their product offering comprises of base cabinets, wall cabinets, pantry cabinets and cabinet millwork finishing. They also offer additional services through a variety of wood types and forms of finishing. Furthermore, Barker Cabinets’ makes it easy for the client to assemble their custom cabinets. Their state of the art website provides online cabinet layout tutorials to demonstrate how simple and easy it is to install their cabinets without the help of a third-party. Additionally, their website allows the client to compile all their cabinet choices, with the various wood types, sizes and finishes before placing an order. It provides the client with a direct price, without having to wait for quotations by the pushy salespeople. The geographic focus for this project is based within Quebec, Canada. Barker Cabinets’ will set up a retail outlet based in Montreal, Quebec and will serve the remaining resident within Quebec through their online website. It is the first region where Barker Cabinets’ will test out their products in the Canadian market. Quebec and Montreal are the nation’s second...
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...Located in rural Claremont, New Hampshire, Crown Point supplied high-end custom kitchen cabinets to customers throughout the United States. The company was a respected and desirable employer in its small community, boasting an inspired and motivated workforce. It had earned the trust of thousands of customers nationwide. But it wasn’t always that way. Industry The U.S. cabinet industry was highly fragmented, with more than 5,000 manufacturers supplying stock, semi-custom, and custom cabinets1 through multiple distribution channels. In 1998 the largest manufacturer held 15 percent of the market, while the second largest held just 7 percent. Over half the manufacturers employed fewer than 10 people. Demand for cabinets followed residential construction industry trends. Distributors and dealers each represented about 30 percent of manufacturers’ cabinet purchases, while home centers and builders shared the remainder evenly. Less than 1 percent of cabinets were purchased direct from manufacturers. As big-box home improvement retailers emerged in the ’90s, the trend toward stock cabinets strengthened while the custom share of the market weakened, from 26 percent in 1989 to less than 15 percent by 1999.2 1 Stock cabinets, typically sold by large home-center retailers, are pre-designed, often unassembled cabinets that come in specific widths and heights, with minimal optional features. Custom cabinets are “one off,” designed specifically for a particular customer, with no restrictions...
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...their own party, therefore they have a mandate to rule. The principle job and source of power for the PM is to set up a government. Ratified by the Queen this gives the PM the power of patronage. They can hire and fire; this gives them control and power over the careers of party members and peers. As a result party member and ministers want to impress the PM and often agree with his or her policies. Much of the PM’s power comes from being able to “hire and fire”. Although this does come with constraints; firing members of the cabinet can cause tensions within the party. However, substantial reshuffles have secures a PM’s power such as Blair’s. In addition during a coalition government management of the cabinet is more complex and less likely to strengthen the power of the PM. Not only does the PM control who sits as part of the the executive it is also the duty and responsibility (and power) of the PM to manage the administration of the Cabinet. The setting of agenda meetings along with their duration and...
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...1 Executive summary This report discusses the feasibility of opening up a Public Kitchen which is served for college students in China. It is necessary to use several management research tools to assess the feasibility, such as PESTLE, Porter’s Five Forces and Cash Flow, based on those researches, it seems that this business could success and have much developing space to improve itself in the future, for example, adding more recreational facilities in ‘Our Kitchen ’ to attract more customers. 2 Introduction The reason why I choose China as the target market is that I come from China and I am more familiar with the Chinese market than the United Kingdom’s, especially Chinese colleges and students. When I arrived at my new dormitory in the University of Birmingham, I was shocked by the big and bright kitchen for 15 students. There is no public kitchen in Chinese colleges, so almost all the students must have three meals in one or several crowded canteens or order takeout every day. As a new graduate from a Chinese college, I could realize that some students are eager to cook for themselves or host a party with their friends. What they calling for is a comparatively private and comfortable environment. At the same time, I know economic environment around Chinese colleges well. Thus I come up with an idea that launching a public kitchen for college students and it could be a brand new food service in the market of Chinese colleges. Moreover, if the idea were to come true...
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...RMIT International University Vietnam Bachelor of Commerce Program ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE Your assessment will not be accepted unless all fields below are completed Subject Code: | OMGT2085 | Subject Name: | Intro to Logistics & Supply Chain Mgt | Location where you study: | RMIT Vietnam – Hanoi Campus | Title of Assignment: | Practical Assignment Report | File(s) Submitted | Practical Assignment Report (1).docx | Student name: | Tran Bao Ngoc | Student Number: | S3324103 | Student Email Address: | S3324103@rmit.edu.vn | Learning Facilitator in charge: | Buatier de Mongeot, Matteo | Assignment due date: | 16/04/2012 | Date of Submission: | 15/04/2012 | Late Submission Approval | Yes | Number of pages including this one: (Please number your pages like this: page 1 of 7, page 2 of 7, etc) | 9 | Word Count: (Main Content) | 1579 words | Practical Assignment Report Tran Bao Ngoc – s3324103 Profile of the company: Nhat Nam is one of very few company in Vietnam started to vanguard in supermarket field in the North of Vietnam. In 1997, Fivimart – the name of very first Nhat Nam’s supermarket system was launched. It received very good response as well as valuations from the capital’s citizens. Nowadays, they have over 10 supermarkets in Hanoi. Since the very first start, Fivimart invested a lot of financial resources to buy model equipment with high quality and up-to-date regularly (Fivimart, 2011). Fivimart supermarkets...
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...on Section B SECTION A QUESTION ONE PRIME MINISTERIAL POWER “For too long the big political decisions in this country have been made in the wrong place. They are not made around the Cabinet table where they should be, but they are taken on the sofa in Tony Blair’s office. No notes are kept and no one takes the blame when things go wrong. That arrogant style of government must come to an end. I will restore the proper process of government. I want to be Prime Minister of this country not a President (Source: David Cameron, The Times, 5th October 2006) “The Cabinet is the committee at the centre of the British political system. Every Thursday during Parliament, Secretaries of State from all departments as well as other ministers meet in the Cabinet Room in Downing Street to discuss the big issues of the day. The Prime Minister chairs the meeting, selects its members and also recommends their appointment as ministers to the monarch. The present Cabinet has 23 members (21 MPs and two peers). The secretary of the Cabinet is responsible for preparing records of its discussions and decisions”. (Source: From a modern textbook) (a) What criticism is David Cameron making of Tony Blair’s style of decision making in source 1? [5] (b) Explain the main functions of the cabinet [10] (c) To what extent have UK Prime Ministers become “presidential”? [25] Or 2 QUESTION TWO THE JUDICIARY A powerful coalition of judges, senior lawyers and politicians has warned...
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...CHAPTER 2 COMPANY AND MARKETING STRATEGY: PARTNERING TO BUILD CUSTOMER VALUE AND RELATIONSHIPS PREVIEWING THE CONCEPTS – CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Explain company-wide strategic planning and its four steps. 2. Discuss how to design business portfolios and develop growth strategies. 3. Explain marketing’s role in strategic planning and how marketing works with its partners to create and deliver customer value. 4. Describe the elements of a customer-driven marketing strategy and mix and the forces that influence it. 5. List the marketing management functions, including the elements of a marketing plan, and discuss the importance of measuring and managing return on marketing investment. JUST THE BASICS CHAPTER OVERVIEW In this chapter, we dig deeper into steps two and three of the marketing process—designing customer-driven marketing strategies and constructing marketing programs. First, we look at the organization’s overall strategic planning. Next, we discuss how marketers partner closely with others inside and outside the firm to serve customers. We then examine marketing strategy and planning—how marketers choose target markets, position their market offerings, develop a marketing mix, and manage their marketing programs. Finally, we look at measuring and managing return on marketing investment. ANNOTATED CHAPTER NOTES/OUTLINE FIRST STOP Nike’s Customer-Driven Marketing: Building Brand Engagement and Community The Nike “swoosh”...
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...The (un)Official United States History Cram Packet This is not intended as a substitute for regular study ……. But it is a powerful tool for review. 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas – divides world between Portugal and Spain 1497: John Cabot lands in North America. 1513: Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain. 1524: Verrazano explores North American Coast. 1539-1542: Hernando de Soto explores the Mississippi River Valley. 1540-1542: Coronado explores what will be the Southwestern United States. 1565: Spanish found the city of St. Augustine in Florida. 1579: Sir Francis Drake explores the coast of California. 1584 – 1587: Roanoke – the lost colony 1607: British establish Jamestown Colony – bad land, malaria, rich men, no gold - Headright System – land for population – people spread out 1608: French establish colony at Quebec. 1609: United Provinces establish claims in North America. 1614: Tobacco cultivation introduced in Virginia. – by Rolfe 1619: First African slaves brought to British America. 15. Virginia begins representative assembly – House of Burgesses 1620: Plymouth Colony is founded. - Mayflower Compact signed – agreed rule by majority • 1624 – New York founded by Dutch 1629: Mass. Bay founded – “City Upon a Hill” - Gov. Winthrop - Bi-cameral legislature, schools 1630: The Puritan Migration 1632: Maryland – for profit – proprietorship 1634 – Roger Williams banished from Mass. Bay Colony 1635:...
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...Institute of Business and Information Technology PU, Lahore Project Report “Procter and Gamble” Organization Theory and Design F10BB (Morning) Submitted To: Ma’am Heena Saleem Submission Date 11th June, 2014 Group Members: Abeeha Mahmood F10BB038 Taliha Ghazi F10BB037 Saba Javed F10BB008 Komal Asim F10BB036 Fatima Mushtaq F10BB004 Zunaira Mumtaz F10BB018 Table of Contents Brief History and Background of the Organization: 3 Structure of the Organization: 6 Structural Dimensions of the Organization: 7 Goals, Strategies and Effectiveness: 10 P&G Goals and Objectives: 10 P&G Company Strategies: 13 Organizational Strategies: 14 The External Environment Analysis: 16 Technology: 17 Life Cycle Assessments: 20 Innovation and Change: 21 Conflict, Power and Politics: 25 Procter and Gamble Brief History and Background of the Organization: Procter & Gamble is the largest consumer goods company in the world and sells products under more than 80 brand names. The Procter and Gamble Company is today more familiarly known as P&G, and it has grown from its humble roots as a Cincinnati soap maker to one of the 20 largest multinational corporations in the world (based on sales). P&G took a long time to become the wonder brand they are today. The path to success took a lot of creativity and innovation. P&G invented branding in the 19th century; since then it has acquired products...
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...NTRODUCTION: AN INVITATION TO BOMBAY The envelope was hand-delivered to our house in Golf Links, Tan enclave in New Delhi whose name captured the clubbable lifestyle of its leisured and propertied Indian residents, soon after we had arrived in the middle of a north Indian winter to begin a long assignment. It contained a large card, with a picture embossed in red and gold of the elephant-headed deity Ganesh, improbably carried on the back of a much smaller mouse. Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani invited us to the wedding of their son Anil to Tina Munim in Bombay. In January 1991, just prior to the explosion in car ownership that in later winters kept the midday warmth trapped in a throat-tearing haze overnight, it was bitterly cold most of the time in Delhi. Our furniture had still not arrived-a day of negotiations about the duty payable lay ahead at the Delhi customs office where the container was broken open and inspected-and we camped on office chairs and fold-up beds, wrapped in blankets. The Indian story was also in a state of suspension, waiting for something to happen. The Gulf War, which we watched at a big hotel on this new thing called satellite television, was under- cutting many of the assumptions on which the Congress Party’s family dynasty, the Nehrus and Gandhis, had built up the Indian state. The Americans were unleashing a new generation of weap- ons on a Third World regime to which New Delhi had been close; its Soviet friends were standing by, even agreeing with...
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...NTRODUCTION: AN INVITATION TO BOMBAY The envelope was hand-delivered to our house in Golf Links, Tan enclave in New Delhi whose name captured the clubbable lifestyle of its leisured and propertied Indian residents, soon after we had arrived in the middle of a north Indian winter to begin a long assignment. It contained a large card, with a picture embossed in red and gold of the elephant-headed deity Ganesh, improbably carried on the back of a much smaller mouse. Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani invited us to the wedding of their son Anil to Tina Munim in Bombay. In January 1991, just prior to the explosion in car ownership that in later winters kept the midday warmth trapped in a throat-tearing haze overnight, it was bitterly cold most of the time in Delhi. Our furniture had still not arrived-a day of negotiations about the duty payable lay ahead at the Delhi customs office where the container was broken open and inspected-and we camped on office chairs and fold-up beds, wrapped in blankets. The Indian story was also in a state of suspension, waiting for something to happen. The Gulf War, which we watched at a big hotel on this new thing called satellite television, was under- cutting many of the assumptions on which the Congress Party’s family dynasty, the Nehrus and Gandhis, had built up the Indian state. The Americans were unleashing a new generation of weap- ons on a Third World regime to which New Delhi had been close; its Soviet friends were standing by, even agreeing with...
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...co Food and Beverage Operations DHM 102 The Official Guide Boston Business School 520 North Bridge Road #03-01 Wisma Alsagoff Singapore 188742 www.bostonbiz.edu.sg All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publisher. This guide may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover, other than that in which is published, without the prior consent of the Publisher. The Guide is a useful resource for those seeking to gain the internationally recognised CTHCM qualifications. The Guide however must be used together with the recommended textbooks. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Food Production Methods 3. Food Service Outlets 4. Food Service Methods 5. Food and Beverage Service Staff 6. Menus and Beverage Lists 7. Food and Beverage Service Area and Equipment 8. Food Service – Accompaniments and Covers 9. Food and Beverage Service Sequence 10. Beverage Service – Non Alcoholic Beverages 11. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Wine and Beer 12. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Spirits, Liqueurs and Bar Operations 13. Customer Care and Selling Skills 14. Functions and Events 15. Supervisory Aspect of Food and Beverage Management 1 5 31 46 65 77 92 113 128 167 181 207 228 244 262 1 Introduction Description The aim of Food and...
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...Food and Beverage Operations DHM 102 The Official Guide Boston Business School 520 North Bridge Road #03-01 Wisma Alsagoff Singapore 188742 www.bostonbiz.edu.sg All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publisher. This guide may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover, other than that in which is published, without the prior consent of the Publisher. The Guide is a useful resource for those seeking to gain the internationally recognised CTHCM qualifications. The Guide however must be used together with the recommended textbooks. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Food Production Methods 3. Food Service Outlets 4. Food Service Methods 5. Food and Beverage Service Staff 6. Menus and Beverage Lists 7. Food and Beverage Service Area and Equipment 8. Food Service – Accompaniments and Covers 9. Food and Beverage Service Sequence 10. Beverage Service – Non Alcoholic Beverages 11. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Wine and Beer 12. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Spirits, Liqueurs and Bar Operations 13. Customer Care and Selling Skills 14. Functions and Events 15. Supervisory Aspect of Food and Beverage Management 1 5 31 46 65 77 92 113 128 167 181 207 228 244 262 1 Introduction Description The aim of Food and...
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...Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown and Hachette Digital Copyright © J.K. Rowling 2012 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ‘Umbrella’: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell © 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March Ninth Music...
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