...What's the Buzz on Smart Grids? CASE STUDY h e existing elec trici ty infrastructure in the Un ited States is outda te d and in efficient. Energy com pa nies provide power to con su mers, but the grid pro vides no infor m ation abo ut ho w th e con sumers are usin g th at energy, makin g it difficult to develop m ore efficie nt approache s to distribution . Also, the current elec tric ity grid offers few ways to h andle power provided by alte rnative energy sources, wh ich are critical com po nents of mo st efforts to go "gre en ." Enter th e smart grid. A smart grid deliv ers electric ity fro m supplie rs to cons umers using digital technology to save ene rgy, reduce costs, and increase reliability and trans parency. The smart grid enables in formation to flow ba ck and forth b etwe en electric power providers and individual households to allow both cons umers an d energy com pa nies to make more intelligent decision s regarding ene rgy cons um ption an d production. Information from smart grids would show utilities when to raise prices when demand is high and lower th em when demand lessens. Smart grids would also h elp cons u mers program h igh-use electrica l applia nces lik e h eating and air condition ing systems to reduce cons um ption du ring times of peak u sage. If implemented nati onwide, proponents beli eve, sm art grids would lead to a 5 to 15 percent decrease in energy cons um ption . Electricity grids are sized to m eet th e m aximum electricity n eed , so a...
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...BUSINESS QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES. project NAME : JUNAID SHAFQAT SHARMEEN ARSHAD HASSAN ROLL NUM : 12133004 12133009 12133012 PROGRAM : MBA (BANKING & FINANCE) SUBMITTED TO : SIR ABID AWAN ABOUT THE AUTHORS 1st JUNAID SHAFQAT 12133004 3RD SEMESTER MBA (BANKING & FINANCE) 12133004@GIFT.EDU.PK 2ND SHARMEEN ARSHAD 12133009 3RD SEMESTER MBA(BANKING & FINANCE) 12133009@GIFT.EDU.PK 3RD HASSAN 12133012 3RD SEMESTER MBA(BANKING & FINANCE) 12133012@GIFT.EDU.PK Acknowledgement In the name of ALLHA ALMIGHITY the lord of the world who has bestowed us with abilities and blessed with knowledge so that we can make best of opportunities provide to us. First of all we are indebted toward ALLHA ALMIGHTY who has created us and made capable enough to with stand in the competitive world. If words could pay gratitude then we would like to pay our esteem gratitude to our most respected SIR ABID AWAN for assigning us this project of BUSINESS QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES. Throughout the course period he has been extremely cooperated with us and guided us at every single step he has been very encouraging and kind to us. At...
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...S. RAMESH KUMAR AND KASTURI BARAL rP os t IMB 349 XYLYS: Exploring Consumer Perception about Premium Watches in the Indian Context BACKGROUND op yo Manoj Chakravarti, Senior Advisor, Titan Industries reflected on his 28 years in the watch industry, both in India and abroad, and contemplated about Xylys, Titan’s premium watch brand, and its foray into the Indian market. He had formulated several aspects of marketing mix strategies in the past to face diverse kinds of challenges. For Chakravarti, any challenge in the watch industry, especially in an emerging market such as India, was something he looked forward to, as it gave him immense satisfaction when he was able to find some insights. Xylys was a premium watch brand launched by Titan a few years ago; the brand was aimed at creating a unique perception among consumers. The challenge was to create and shape a perception unique to the brand, since premium watches in India were associated with the Swiss brands Omega and Rolex, or Tag Heuer and other similar brands, which were more contemporary in nature. There were several interesting possibilities for Chakravarti to consider. Would a conventional-positioning approach be sufficient? Was it necessary to obtain some insights regarding the application of the uniqueness aspect to the self-perception of consumers? How were such aspects of uniqueness related to other established brands? How important was the “Swiss-made” label? Did the buyers and prospective...
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...BBA MERIT LIST FOR BBA(Hons) Program FALL 2012 SEMESTER Ref No Name 1 ABDUL REHMAN 2 HESHAM NAEEM 3 SUMBAL EJAZ 4 MUHAMMAD ZAIN AKRAM 6 HAMMAD SHAHID 7 AWAIS-UL-HASSAN EJAZ 8 HASHIR ALI 9 MUHAMMAD SAAD SALEEM 10 NOUMAN FARRUKH 14 FARA SHABBIR 15 MUHAMMAD AHMAD LODHI 16 WAJID TALAL 17 MOHAMMAD SHAKIR KHAN 19 MOHSIN RIAZ 24 MAAZ NAZAR 25 MUHAMMAD SALMAN KHAN 27 ALI MAQSOOD 28 SEHBA FAYYAZ 30 SANA YAHYA 31 MUHAMMAD KAMRAN MANZOOR 32 HAFIZ JHANZAB ANJUM 33 ASLAM IRSHAD 34 MUHAMMAD SOHAIB ANWER 35 MUHAMMAD KHURRAM SAEED 42 HAMMAD SADDIQUE 43 SAAD DANIYAL MUSSADIQ 50 ABDUL WALEED BUTT 51 ZUBAIR TANVEER 52 SAJID KHALID 53 SULAIMAN DAWOOD 54 HUNAIN FAISAL 55 TAMOOR SADIQ 56 MUHAMMAD ABEER AZMAT 57 MUHAMMAD BILAL SAJJAD 58 HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ASHIR 61 MUHAMMAD MURAD NAWAZ 64 NAYAB MAZHAR 65 FAIZAN KHALID 66 ARBAAZ ALI KHAN 67 MUHAMMAD UZAIR UL HASSAN 68 KHISAL IFTIKHAR 70 HAMZA KHALID BUTT 74 FAREEHA NADEEM 75 ABAD HAYEE 78 NAMRA SOHAIL 79 ABEER JALEEL DAR 80 MUHAMMAD KHIZER ASHFAQ 81 USAMA AKMAL 85 TALAL QASIM 89 MUHAMMAD JUNAID 90 MUHAMMAD SAJID 92 MAHNOOR MURTAZA 93 YAMAN SHARIF 96 RASHID IQBAL 97 KHATIJA SHAFIQ 98 AMMAR 99 USMAN AZAM 101 SAYED MUHAMMAD ANAS ZAIDI 103 ABDUL RAHEEM QAZI 104 WAQAS NADEEM 107 AREEBA WASEEM 112 HAMID ALI 113 AYESHA SATTAR 115 JAHNZEB IQBAL 117 AIMAN 118 HUSSNAIN SAFDAR 120 DURRAB NADEEM 122 IRFAN SHAHID 125 SABA BAQAI 126 MUHAMMAD FARRUKH NAWAZ 127 ABDUL HASEEB 128 MUHAMMAD SOHAIB SHAFIQUE ...
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...Frankly, to know more about Islamic economic, lets briefly look at differentiation between Islamic economic and conventional economic. The first different is the role of moral values. Basically, conventional economics is more concern towards behavior and preferences of individuals as given. However, Islamic economics more concern on individual and social improvement throughout the moral elevation. This moral evaluation or known as uplift moral aims to the changes of individual and preferences of the individuals which is complement the price mechanism in promoting general well being. (Chapra Umer M, 2010) This obviously show that conventional economic considers about the behavior and preference that given while Islamic economic consider about the changes of behavior and preferences. In Islamic economics, before customers entering the market place and being exposed to the price filter, the consumers are expected to pass their claims through the moral filter. With this, the preposterous, wasteful and unnecessary demand on resources can be discarding and filter out. Here then the price mechanism take over and lessen all the claims on resources and subsequently lead to meet market equilibrium. Sometimes, two filters (Islamic and conventional) can make it possible in making optimum economy, due to may be one filter not able to fulfill the market needs of all human being. This two filter can be together in order to use only the necessary resources to satisfy the material as well as spiritual...
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...4/14/2015 4/14/2015 Umer Rizwan Umer Rizwan S.M.RAZA S.M.RAZA Faiq Mehfooz Faiq Mehfooz Arsalan Waseem Arsalan Waseem CONFECTIONERY IN PAKISTAN CONFECTIONERY IN PAKISTAN Table of Contents OVERIVEW 2 CONFECTIONERS 2 BAKERS 2 TRADE BODY 3 DEMAND: 3 SUPPLY 3 RAW MATERIAL AND ITS SUPPLY 4 MARKET ASSESSMENT: 5 MARKET SIZING AND LENDING POTENTIAL 5 OWNERS PROFILE 7 BUSINESS CYCLE 7 OVERIVEW Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. In general, though, confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories, bakers' confections and sugar confections. Bakers' Confectionary, also called confectionery, includes principally sweet pastries, cakes, and similar baked goods. In the Middle East and Asia, flour-based confections are more dominant. At present, bakers and confectionery segment in Pakistan is relatively less organized. Pakistan’s confectionery industry has enjoyed an emerging and growing trend in the recent past yet its size and growth pattern has been far inconsequential compared to other countries of Asia-pacific region. The industry has grown with an average annual rate of 6.5 to 7.5 % during 2002-2008. Domestic brands dominate the market accounting for more than 85% of total value sales of the industry. The industry as a whole...
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...business strategy Program: BBA (H) Section: a Assignment # 2 BATA: STRATEGIC CHOICES Submitted to: Mr. Ghulam Ahmad Rana Submitted by: Sohail Mazhar 083805013 Moeez Saleem 083805016 Umer Ashraf 083805027 Shahbaz Arshad 083805030 Zain fazal Ahmad 083805032 Furqan Tariq 083805046 Omer Sher 083805129 DATE: 26-03-12 BATA PAKISTAN LTD PAKISTAN FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY: ➢ Pakistan has a large footwear industry. It had a footwear market of above 150 million pairs per year. ➢ In Pakistan footwear industry can be divided into two sectors formal sector and informal sector ➢ Formal sector consist of about 500 small manufacturers, each producing from 500 to 40,000 pairs per day. Firms in this sector included giants such as Bata and servis ➢ Informal sector has the big market share of about 80 percent, was comprised of over 17,000 units, each with the average of two employees. ➢ Exports About dozen firms are involved in the exports but only Servis, Bata, Firhaj, Epcot. Shafi and Rajex participated regularly in the major annual footwear exhibitions in the Dusseldorf, Germany. ➢ Government Policy has big influence on the large players of the footwear industry through their import and export policies and duty rates. ➢ Sales Tax Small manufacturers prefer not to grow too large. They just want to remain under...
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...worked in different departments and under different supervisors. All of them were so cooperative. Following is the facet of those supervisors with designation; • Sir Ibrahim (Branch Manager) • Sir Furqan (Manager Accounts Department) • Sir Jibran (Manager Lockers Department) • Sir Umer (Manager Outward Clearing Department) • Sir Adnan (Manager Inward Clearing Department) • Sir Farooq (Marketing Manager) • Miss Rebecca (Manager Activity List) • Miss Aalia (Manager Accounts Opening Department) • Miss Mubashra (Manager Cheque book/ ATM activation) • Sir Bilal (Operation manager) • Sir Nisar (Incharge General Banking) • Miss Humaira (Customer Service Officer) • Sir Ali (Manager Car Financing) • Sir Haider (Manager Agricultural Loan) • Sir Hassan (Manager Foreign Currency Accounts) 1.4.3 Weekly Timetables: Days Date INTERNSHIP ACTIVITY NAMES OF DEPARTMENT NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE Monday-Wednesday 3-5 August Outward cheques, types and process of stamping, step of clearing the outward cheques Clearing/Cheques collection Sir Umer Thursday-Friday 6-7 August Inward cheques, process of checking the outward cheques, posting the salaries and pensions of customers Salaries and Pension Sir Adnan Monday-Tuesday 10-11 August Re-checking accounts activity and making monthly budget of bank’s expenses. Accounts department Sir Furqan Wednesday-Friday...
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...Marketing Research In The Name of ALLAH, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficial. MANAGEMENT Presented To: Sir Salman Saif Presented By: Iqra Umer Eram Chaman Iqra Khan Jamal Akram Usman Saddique Department Of Banking & Finance GC University of Faisalabad 1 To Almighty Allah The Most merciful The Most beneficent Who enabled us the ability To Understand And comprehend things Around us. 2 We would like to thank our professor “SIR SULMAN SAIF” who was always there to help and guide us when we needed help. His perceptive criticism kept us working to make this project more full proof. We are thankful to him for his encouraging and valuable support. Working under him was an extremely knowledgeable and enriching experience for us. We are very thankful to him for all the value addition and enhancement done to us. No words can adequately express my overriding debt of gratitude to my parents whose support helps me in all the way. Above all I shall thank my friends who constantly encouraged and blessed me so as to enable me to do this work successfully. 3 Telenor’s Management Project First of all we would like to thank that great entity that helped us to get through this report safely, the one who was always there when no one was! SHUKER- ALL- HUMDULILLAH! Would that we have words to pay tribute to our loving parents and teachers whose invaluable prays salutary admire and embodying attitude kept our spirit alive to strive for knowledge and integrity which enable...
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...Two voices Kashmir can join Hands with Pakistan or It can choose To be independent Kashmir is one of the most disputed issue of the world since the partition of the Subcontinent. At the time of partition, Kashmir was under the control of Hindu Dogra and for this reason this area was considered as a princely state. According to partition act of law that all princely states would be given full opportunity to join any country or be independent. So it makes sense that Kashmir can still join hands with Pakistan or choose to be independent. Kashmir can join Pakistan, the reason why Kashmir should is that this would be beneficial for both the countries. First the advantages Kashmir would get are industrial revolution, freedom to follow any religion, and defense system. Kashmir has no industries at all so it would be beneficial to the people of Kashmir to get jobs and alleviate their poverty. Pakistan is an Islamic state but it has freedom to follow any culture, religion, or any ideology so it would enable Kashmiri people to practice any religion. Kashmir has no defense system so joining hands with Pakistan (Seventh Atomic Nation) can provide it defense. The advantages Pakistan would get when Kashmir is in its premises are rivers, Siachen Glacier, tourism, and agriculture. Rivers are the most important of all, Pakistan needs water to fertile its lands to escalate its agriculture and this would surge the building of dams. Siachen Glacial is Pakistani military based area but...
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...Principles Of Marketing Submitted to: Final project on: Ms. Nadia Rahim Submitted by: Madiha Fazal Sheeba Siddiqui Syed Umer Noman Abdul Sheikh Moiz Afsheen Raza Zaidi Certificate: It is to certify that all the work submitted is authentic and genuine. Preface This project report has been prepared to meet the requirement of the final project of Principles of Marketing of program MBA. For the preparation of this project we have visited K&N’s outlets and its head office and had a meeting with marketing manager of K&N’s. The rationale behind visiting the company is to study and evaluate the marketing and positioning strategies of K&N’s products the history and development of the food market. The report starts with the basic history and introduction of the company, its products and competitors it also covers the general information of the market. The information presented in this report has been obtained from the company’s personnel consumers and the market and company’s websites. Group members Sheeba Siddiqui Syed Umer Noman Madiha Fazal Afsheen Raza Abdul Moiz Contents Introduction 3 History: 3 Working Process: 3 PRODUCTS: 4 CURRENT MARKET SITUATION: 4 COMPETITORS 5 Menu foods: 5 Man-o-salwa 5 Pk Foods 5 Dawn foods 5 Competing products 5 Earlier product to satisfy need: 5 Researching Organizational Marketing Positioning: 6 Target Marketing Segments 6 • Working...
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...team mammoth effort against Bangladesh and shocking India to go through to the Finals. Throughout the tournament there were areas of concern for the team in view of global trophy success in 2015 held in Australia. First, Shahid Afridi did play well in terms of batting by pulling off the amazing heist against India and decimating Bengalis to achieve a gigantic score. Shahid Afridi is one of the most iconic cricketers the country has produced but there must be a serious concern about fitness since he has become more prone to injuries. The all-rounder has not set world alight with his bowling since few years. It is imperative for the team management to manage the work load of stalwart in order to be in full throttle in the global tournament. Umer Gul one of the most reliable spearheads powers started to wane since he has looked off-color and has bowled poorly to add worries for the coach and selectors. The fast bowler might be out of favor any time soon in near future. The third big worry for the Pakistan is over-reliance of Saeed Ajmal to deliver the unthinkable every game.The argument holds validity when watching final to marked difference between him and the rest. The Champion must be looked after well since his workload is immense these days. Moin Khan and team management must try to circumvent these problems since the defeat in the tournament was a blessing in disguise for the Mercurial Green...
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...Gillette Marketing Research Examination Project By Virtual University Dear Informative Friends: This survey is about the Razor of the company namely Gillette. The purpose of the survey to analyze the marketing strategies of Gillette Razor. This is an examination research project which is assigned be the Virtual university. The people who are selected for the participation of this survey are of great importance. In the selection educated people is considered as a criteria to participate in it. Your sincerely, Umer shahzad MBA (final semester) Virtual university Questionnaire 1) How often do you shave? a) Daily b) After two days c) Weekly d) Forth nightly 2) Which type of shaving instrument you use: a) Razor with disposable Blade b) Disposable Razor 3) Have you shaved with Gillette Razor? a) Yes b) No 4) Which Gillette razor you use? a) Blue II b) Mach 3 c) Fusion d) Fusion Plus 5) To use Gillette Razor is easy? a) Strongly Agree b) Agree c) Neutral d) Disagree e) Strongly Disagree 6) Do you agree that Gillette’ Razor has a positive psychological factors on consumer? a) Strongly Agree b) Agree c) Neutral d) Disagree e) Strongly Disagree 7) Gillette makes...
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...Arif, Umer MGMT 303 Mary Ann Bautista Aug 9, 2013 The Temptations of Tempting Case Study 1. A senior manager at a growing business and you’re ready to add employees. Your HR manager has recommended a temp-to-perm policy. You know the advantages of this approach, but what might some of the disadvantages? As a person who has worked many temporary positions, if I had to look at the disadvantages of temp to perm I am not sure what I would say. I think the biggest disadvantage would have to be having to retrain a new person every time someone didn’t work out. The more time you spend training someone the less time you and that person spend doing the job they were hired to do. There also may be a decrease in company morale. If you bring in a temp working putting in the same hours every week and the same amount of hard work as your permanent employees, but they are not getting the same benefits this could lead to problems (Schaefer, 2005). Studies show that there are more safety issues in places where there are a lot of temporary workers hired. It is never safe to assume that a temporary worker is able to work unsupervised no matter how much training they may have (Schaefer, 2005). 2. Assume that you’re a prospective job seeker (which you may very well be). What do you personally see as the advantages and disadvantages of taking a temp-to-perm position? Under what circumstances are you most likely to take a temp-to-perm position? ...
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...Preparing Leaders for the Corporate World through Executive MBA – Corporate Managers Program Register for the Aptitude Test NOW -Online Registration is ending on March 16, 2012 -Entry Test on March 18, 2012 For Information and queries Muhammad Saleem Umer Telephone # 9926 1802 or 38104700-10 Ext: 2800 Email: msumer@iba.edu.pk Safder Abbas Telephone # 38104700-10 Ext: 1876 Email: safderabbas@iba.edu.pk Preparing leaders for the Corporate World through Executive MBA Corporate Managers Program In 2009, IBA offered the Executive MBA for Corporate Managers Program, a flagship product carrying value propositions through courses conducted over the weekends. This unique program aims to equip the participants with the tools and knowledge to develop their entrepreneurial and leadership skills, enabling them to become corporate leaders ready to face diverse challenges of the corporate world. The program is specifically designed for mid-career managers, and it emphasizes on their personal development, enhanced productivity and strategic thinking. Participants’ Eligibility In-service professionals having: - 16 years education with three years’ post qualification work experience; or - 14 years education with six years’ post qualification work experience - Minimum 45% aggregate marks in the last degree. Satisfactory performance in the IBA admission test and interview. Ideal Group Size is Thirty (30) in-service professionals/mid-career managers. Executive MBA degree from...
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