...Inventec Corporation lies in the ODM industry which designed and manufactured electronic products for client companies that marketed the products globally. Despite its growth and size, Inventec is not very profitable for the following reasons. To begin with, the ODM industry’s average profitability is low. Net margins of leading taiwan ODM companies range from 1% to 6%. The low profitability is mainly driven by the huge customer bargain power and the fierce competition. ODM’s clients, these global electronic companies face fierce competition themselves and have a need to lower cost. Their strategy to diversify contract manufacturing partnerships reduces their reliance and increase negotiation power against ODM industry. Consolidation within OEM industry further gave them greater bargaining power over the segmented ODM. The fierce competition from both existing competitors in ODM industry and the substitute EMS industry further drives the profitability low. The large manufactory capacity has resulted in ODMs competing with each other for more market shares, which pushed the price down. EMS also provides clients manufacturing, sourcing, procurement, inventory management services. EMS usually doesn’t maintain Intellectual Property and are not likely to compete with OEM clients. This has made them an attractive substitute for those OEM clients who want the design of product to be customized and confidential. In 2004 EMS consumed 61% of contract manufactory revenue...
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...PRIMARY PURPOSE The company caters and provides to the following : I. All types of fire extinguishers II. Sprinkler System III. Foam System IV. Carbon Dioxide System V. Gas Detection System VI. Fire Alarm System VII. Industrial Safety VIII. Emergency Lightning System IX. Consultancy and services for all types of establishments MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – HOTEL & TOURISM MANAGEMENT FIRE OUT MANUFACTURING AND TRADING COMPANY UNDERTAKE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WHICH COME AS PACKAGE DEAL: I. Hazard Analysis Design as per specific requirement. II. Computer Generated hydraulic calculations. III. Engineering work and submittal preparation. IV. Installation of the system supply. V. Testing and commissioning of the systems install. VISION “Serving towards a conflagration free environment for Nation’s Safety, Security and Progress.” MISSION “To provide clientele an innovative, quality and reasonable cost Fire Protection Equipment, Designs, Consultancy and Services to achieve a safe and protected equipment.” OBJECTIVES “To surpass clientele’s expectation by providing quality reliable products and services coupled with outstanding customer service. Providing an appropriate and innovative Fire Protection Products and Services now and into the future of fire safety requirements and to provide technical support, consultancy and training that will empower our clientele to maximize our offered products and services.” MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – HOTEL & TOURISM...
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... Working at Toyota in the past created many obstacles but Toyota is pretty sturdy of creating many practices that are used to plan and improve the performances to meet business objectives. Toyota is one of the leading car manufacturing companies in the world. Since its inception the company has been aiming to conquer the international market, and offbeat the existing competition. The task was not easy, but it could acquire the task with effective planning and by implementing the same. Every business has objectives and this is achieved through effective planning and its implementations. Planning can be a long term and short term process, and there are many factors that have to be considered in this process. The need of the clients in terms of price, demand, and expectations has to be properly evaluated and the same needs to be implemented in an effective manner. Objective setting is done by the experts of the company, and the same is communicated with different departments. This is done with an intention of letting them do what the company expects and what procedure needs to be followed for objective achievement. Performance improvement plan is one of the most important factors, which has helped the management of the Toyota Company to find different ways to improve their performance. Performance of the company completely depends upon the tasks and work done by the staffs. Employees are considered to be the assets of the company, and enough care is taken to ensure...
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...of the above company involves many business pertaining to advertising, this report will only revolve around quality management problem of its personalized trophy product. . The study evaluates how quality management contributes to its position of market leader and analyses the weakness in company’s existing quality management. Furthermore, upon identifying the areas of improvement in Sign-Tech’s Quality Management the recommendations are made to further operational efficiency so as to increasing its value offer as well as maximizing profits. 1.1 Sign-Tech Advertising Services Pvt. Ltd. Sign Tech Advertising Services (pvt) Ltd is a limited liability company founded in 1986 and become one of the Sri Lanka’s leading “Signage Production House” now. The business of Sign Tech covers corporate signs, architectural signs, awards/trophies/labels, indoor & outdoor advertising products, digital printing, gifts and exhibition booths. The Headquarter of Sign Tech is located in Galle Road, which is Colombo's fashionable up-market business district and the main factory is in Gothatuwa...
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...management firm. The company will be primarily service based. This means that most of the cash that is brought in will be dependent on clients paying for the services we offer. Launching this type of company can be a bit of a challenge. Crisis management firms obtain customers based on public awareness and references that help them build reputations within the industry. As a new company, this type of promotion may be difficult to acquire if connections are not established prior to starting the business. Due to this lack of established dependability and familiarity, prospective clients may seek counsel from firms that have settled into the industry for their specific issues and needs. To combat this problem, I’ll probably have to sell my services under some form of credit. My proposed credit policy specifies that the client will pay a small portion (10%) of the service cost prior to any work that is performed. The remaining cost will be collected once services are completed. The factor of this dynamic of cash management that would cause the most harm to my cash flow is the time it will take my clients to pay on their accounts. I could have a very effective credit policy in place, but slow-paying clients and those who don’t pay at all can still pose a threat to the firm. A high volume of cash will be utilized on the services provided to clients. If certain clients are not paying their...
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...Architecture and the Environment Paper PSY/460 Tuesday 6, 2012 Design Paper When discussion of the design of any building, it is a balancing act with the environment and the material that will be used to build buildings. The very core of building design is to find a solution between the affects upon of the building and the environment. According to Arkkelin and Veitch, there are two basic types of buildings, commercial and residence, are designed in order to meet the needs of the clients as well: requirements, needs, and activities which are the commercial and residential (1995). Designing a commercial build needs to address the concern of serving the general public, corporate aspect, and to fulfill the needs of the needs of the society: like schools, prisons, and hospitals to name a few. Taking a closer look at the overall reasoning behind the design of a commercial building is two sided. The first is how the building needs to operate; the building must offer an easy avenue t atients, inmates, merchandise as well as the design must be to facilitate a smooth operation of the building. The second aspect is what the building is offering and maintaining security, privacy, and yet at the same time the means for the ability to interact with others. On the other side of the coin is the design of residential, strives to streamline the functioning of the private needs behind close doors of the residence. This paper will address the differences between the areas referred...
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...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 most-populated metropolitan areas, where 23.2% of Canada’s total population resides (18). The...
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...own basic needs. Human Services is a profession that serves the public and was design to promote improvement in society for those individuals that cannot meet their own basic physical and emotional needs (Martin, 2011). A good example of understanding an individual needs is Maslow’s Hierarchy, which is based on five different stages of development (Feldman, 2009). The lowest stage of this hierarchy is basic needs such as: water, food and the highest stage is self-actualization where the person reaches his or her highest potential (Feldman, 2009). According to the Maslow’s Hierarchy theory a person cannot reach the highest level if they are struggling with the a lower level and each level is a type of progression to reach the highest level. This understanding of Maslow’s Hierarchy assist professional in evaluation where their clients are at in their stage of needs development. The goal of human services is to assist individual in the community to overcome their personal struggle to meet their needs caused by personal and social obstacles (Martin, 2011). Human services support these people by teaching them to maximize their potential and by providing services design to assist them in achieving what they desire from life. This field of servitude to our community in the form of human services encompass a broad range of areas, which includes but is not limited to group homes, halfway houses, correctional, mental retardation, family and child agencies, alcohol and drug abuses...
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...|MD.MOINUL HUQ | |[pic] | | | |H # 703, Road # Joy Bangla Road, lane#11,ward#9, Block #A, | |Bogertek, South Khailkur, Barabari, National University-1704, | |Dist# Gazipur. Mobile +8801710912285, moinul_h2003@yahoo.co.in | | | | | | | Career Summary: Dedicated professional with 12+ year's solid Business Management Experience in Sales and Marketing field with Multi Diversified Industries. Professional Experiences: 1. Chief Executive Officer.- Moinul Corporation , July 2000 – Present...
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...BIRCHBOX Case Analysis BIRCHBOX Case Analysis Section One: The Ecosystem 1. What entities (market and non-market) are important for understanding Birchbox’s ecosystem? There are many important entities in the Birchbox ecosystem. Those directly involved with Birchbox include the following: Suppliers * Packaging companies | * Cosmetic and skincare companies (and testing facilities) | Birchbox Employees * Founders * Packaging designers * Creators of initial media and marketing campaign * Vendor relations/account managers | * Website managers * Data analysts/VI system designers * Makeup and grooming experts/product selectors | Vendors * On-line community builder and maintainer | * Marketing and promo campaign executer | Logistics * Warehouse staff, including shipping and packaging experts | * Shipping company | Consumers * Consumers who like to try new things * Consumers who don’t have time to shop, or test products in a physical store | * Consumers who are intimidated by makeup counters * General makeup users | *Other entities are less directly involved with Birchbox, but are still essential to the ecosystem. These include the following: Other Retailers (Substitutes) * Cosmetic specialty stores (e.g. Sephora) * Online retailers (e.g. Amazon) * Drug and bargain stores | * Businesses with the ability to scale up to include cosmetics * Department stores’ makeup counters | ...
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...CHAPTER – 1 STOCK & EQUITY MARKET GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT | 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT STOCK AND EQUITY MARKET GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT | 2 1.1 What is Stock ? In finance, a stock represents a share in the ownership of an incorporated company. In Industrial societies wealth used in production is owned in the aggregate mostly by Corporations rather than by individuals because of the huge investments required. This trend began in 17th-century England when merchants formed JOINT-STOCK COMAPNIES, pooling capital to be used jointly in trading and manufacturing. Participants then received dividends, shares of the common PROFIT proportionate to their original investments. The Definition of a Stock : Plain and simple, stock is a share in the ownership of a company. Stock represents a claim on the company’s assets and earnings. As you acquire more stock, your ownership stake in the company becomes greater. Whether you say shares, equity, or stock, it all means the same thing. The wealth of individuals includes claims against, or investments in, corporations. These are called securities, the two most common being bonds and stocks. Corporate bonds are evidences of corporate debt to the bondholder. Stocks are evidences of ownership, or equity. GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT | 3 Investors buy stock in the hope that it will yield income from dividends and appreciate, or grow, in value. 1.2 History of Stock Market Indian Stock...
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...its place in attempting to answer questions and meet the needs of an organization. Marketing research can be broken down many ways. One of the most common is to group research into quantitative versus qualitative methodology. Qualitative Research Qualitative research is usually exploratory in nature and is useful for uncovering insights into research questions that may not be well defined or no previous research has been done in the area. Methodologies include focus groups, in-depth one-on-one interviews, observation, etc. Qualitative research is defined by: • • • • • Smaller sample sizes (i.e. < 30 respondents) Non-random sample (i.e. respondents chosen based on their willingness to attend) Less structured/Open-ended survey design Longer interviews in order to uncover and explore attitudes and perceptions Results are not projectable to any group or population For example, let’s assume that research conducted on behalf or the beef industry has shown that consumers rate enjoyment higher than either convenience or nutrition when deciding which protein to choose for in-home dinners. In order to gain an...
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...1119 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC T6E 3H3 Phone: xxx-xxx-1024 Email: xxxxxx_k@hotmail.com January 27, 2013 Mr. James Weaver, Chief Executive Officer Gold's Gym International 125 E. John Carpenter FWY, Suite 1300 Irving, TX 75062, United States Dear Mr. James Weaver: BUSINESS INNOVATION PLAN FOR GOLD’S GYM Gold’s Gym International has been credited as one of the best performing companies in the fitness industry. The company has been able to cope well with changing trends, while remaining competitive. However, due to an increase in the number of fitness clubs, it is currently faced with a lot of competition. In response to this competition, Gold’s Gym International has opened new facilities in various locations, and has also renovated existing gyms to provide its members with cutting-edge equipment and a better environment. I believe that this is a critical time for you and for the company in order to continue to enjoy long-lasting success well into the future. On behalf of Sage Consultants, I have done some research and found various ways that the company can improve its performance through innovation and adapt to the changing market. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this report. Sincerely, xxxxxxxxxxxxx Lead Consultant Current Situation Gold’s Gym International (Gold’s) is an international fitness company that was established by Joe Gold in 1965, and has evolved to become one of the largest in its industry. The company focuses...
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...Agent and Property Management System is a user friendly contact and property manager for real estate professionals. Save time and sell more by empowering to easily keep track of leads, manage listings, and market to new prospects. Estate Agent / Property Management System – e-Property is complete end to end solution to cover all aspects of Estate Agent day to day activity and Property buying selling procedure for small and large organization and individuals. The basic objective of developing this project is: * Maintain client details line, contact details, required property details, client preference like home or apartment. * Maintain property details, registration of property for sale includes property address, property description, price, facilities available. * Save immovable property for rent or sale * Provide the goods to the general public * Record owners of the property and allow them to post ads * Save potential clients of the agency * Allow user to search the property depending on his/her choice. * Allow them to have access to contact owners for purchase or rental of real estate. * System has powerful logical access management in place, each user must be identified by login id and strict password policy is applied to secure the system. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge our sincere thanks towards our study center REGENT UNIVERSITY, and its faculties for their valuable guidance and suggestions that have...
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...Individual Assignment 1 Zara: Fast Fashion 1. + 2. Zara’s business and operating model is focused on speed and the need for fast fashion, I think a word that would classify it is mass customisation. It is targeted at young fashion and price conscious urban dwellers and is built on a vertically integrated system focussed on demand and supply. Zara is constantly updating its design and production base to deliver exactly what the client wants based on their buying habits and the latest trends. They have limited outsourcing and produce almost everything all in house. Zara is very close to its customers and provides them exactly with what they want, making Zara sell a trend value proposition at affordable prices. They can achieve this because of their integrated verticle supply chain; production time of a new product (estimated at under 5 weeks) and re-production and delivery of an existing product (estimated at under 2 weeks). Following this brief introduction it would be best to compare Inditex’s financial results with H&M as they are competing in very much the same markets and although their products and value chains are different their target consumer has the most overlap. Also GAP and to a lesser extent Benetton do not follow the fashion precisely but predict and produce in advance in bulk. Inditex despite being present in 39 countries, compared to H&Ms 14, and having over 50% more stores than H&M, they still manage to have considerably lower operating expenses...
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