...GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FORUM CASE: GS-4 DATE: 8/10/99 (REV’D 8/01/06) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY: NETWORK PRINTER DESIGN FOR UNIVERSALITY INTRODUCTION Sarah Donohoe, manufacturing engineering manager of the network laser printer division at Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), listened intently to her colleagues at the project review meeting for the development of their latest new product. With Sarah at the meeting were Jane Schushinski, marketing manager, Leo Linbeck, head of product design, and David Hooper, the controller of the division. The main topic for this meeting was the decision of whether or not to use a universal power supply for the next generation of network laser printer, code-named Rainbow. Previously, printers in the North American and the European market have distinct power supplies and the associated fusers in the main engine of the printer. For North American printers, a 110 volt power supply was installed. For European printers, a 220 volt power supply was added. This printer engine was built by HP’s manufacturing partner in Japan. Due to the long lead time for engine manufacturing, HP had to specify the requirements of the two types of printers at least fourteen weeks ahead. The time that it takes the Japanese partner to commit the printers for shipments, the transportation times and customs clearance totals about four weeks. Hence, if a universal power supply is used, then HP would have the flexibility of postponing the specification of the printer engine...
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...be a discussion of each store’s vision statement, determining if they are both headed in the same direction and why. By analyzing both stores’ mission and vision statements, information will be obtained to show how each store relates to their customers, employees and stakeholders. Both stores present store mottos that express what they will give to their customers. Trader Joe’s motto is “Great Food, Great Prices, Great Choices.” This means Trader Joe’s will give their customers exotic foods, like buffalo burgers and cookie butter, at a remarkable price. Trader Joe’s succeeds in elevating routine grocery shopping to a Tiki-themed cultural adventure (McNeal, p. 41). While, Whole Food’s is intent on giving their customers more than just a supply of foodstuff, because their motto is “Whole Food, Whole People, Whole Planet (www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-va). Even though they both have store mottos, they plan to carry out their work in a different way. Trader Joe’s will deal with changing the shopping experience making it more than an average retail...
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...ANALYSIS OF GLOBALIZATION TRENDS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE REFLEXIVE SOCIETY AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RETAIL INDUSTRY Michael Adiwijaya Lecturer Staff, Petra Christian University Surabaya S. Pantja Djati Lecturer Staff, Petra Christian University Surabaya ABSTRACT Globalization is continuing process which could not be avoided by every nation in this world where the globalization trends contribute big impact toward society life and toward the development of retail industry. The impact of globalization toward society can be seen on the changing in several aspects such as economic, politic and legal, social and culture, and technology as well. Meanwhile the globalization impact toward the development of retail industry can be seen on online retailing activities and on the internalization process of retail operation. Key word: Globalization Trends, Impact of Globalization, Society Changing, Development of Retail Industry. 1.1 Backgrounds Backgrounds for this analysis are separated into two main parts; they are globalization trends and the typology of reflexive society . 1 1.2 Globalization Trends Globalization or the global exchange of goods and ideas between human populations is a process that has been existed for 2.5 million years, but that has been intensified during the last 500 years, mainly under the influence of the Western European expansions. (Schulp,2006). Every nation in all around the world experiences the process of globalization...
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...ANALYSIS OF INTERNET RETAILING SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: CASE STUDY OF THE GHANAIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY BY DUMENU CHARLES, SELORM Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. JULY, 2015 ANALYSIS OF INTERNET RETAILING SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: CASE STUDY OF GHANAIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY By Dumenu Charles Selorm, BBA (HONS) Management A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of EXECUTIVE MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION K.N.U.S.T. School of Business. Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences July, 2015 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Walmart Information Systems Overview Walmart Technology In its relentless pursuit of low consumer prices, Wal-Mart embraced technology to become an innovator in the way stores track inventory and restock their shelves, cutting costs and passing the savings along to customers. In the process the company became synonymous with the concept of successful supply chain management. Wal-Mart isn’t just the largest retailer in the world over the past several years it has popped in and out of the top spot on the fortune 500 list—meaning that the firm has had revenues greater than any firm in the United States. Wal-Mart is so big that in three months it sells more than a whole year’s worth of sales at number two U.S. retailer, Home Depot. At that size, it’s clear that Wal-Mart’s key source of competitive advantage is scale. But firms don’t turn into giants overnight. Wal-Mart grew in large part by leveraging information systems to an extent never before seen in the retail industry. Technology tightly coordinates the Wal-Mart value chain from tip to tail, while these systems also deliver a mineable data asset that’s...
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...Universal School Supply Retailer, Inc (“USSR”) is a retailer of clothing, equipment, supplies, and other products targeted at students from grade school to college level. USSR is offering a promotion during August in which customers who spend a minimum of $100 will receive a $20 gift card that can be applied to their next purchase at USSR. These gift cards expire on November 1 of the current year and cannot be redeemed for cash. The main issues involved in this situation are when to recognize the revenue associated with the gift cards and how to record the transaction. These issues are addressed by multiple sections of GAAP, including the following: * ASC 605-50-20 * ASC 605-50-25 * ASC 405-40-30 * ASC 460-10-25 According to ASC 605-50-25-7, a vendor may offer a customer a rebate or refund or a specified amount of cash consideration that is redeemable only if the customer completes a specified cumulative level of revenue transactions for a specified time period. Cash consideration, as defined in ASC 605-50-20, includes cash payments and credits that the customer can apply against trade amounts owed to the vendor. In this situation, USSR is offering its customers a specified amount of cash consideration in the form of gift cards, which are only redeemable if the customer spends over $100 during the month of August. ASC 605-50-25-7 also specifies that the vendor – USSR – shall recognize the refund obligation as a reduction of revenue based on a systematic...
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...ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS PRACTICE PROCESS BALANCE PERFORMANCE SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN THE &THE VS. HYPE REALITY 46 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT REVIEW · SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2001 www.scmr.com The conventional wisdom is that competition in the future will not be company vs. company but supply chain vs. supply chain. But the reality is that instances of head-to-head supply chain competition will be limited. The more likely scenario will find companies competing— and winning—based on the capabilities they can assemble across their supply networks. By James B. Rice, Jr. and Richard M. Hoppe A n increasingly vocal and popular sentiment holds that the nature of competition in the future will not be between companies but rather between supply chains. If this does, in fact, represent the future, how will these chains actually compete against each other? And what can practitioners do now in anticipation of this future? In contemplating the much-ballyhooed supply chain vs. supply chain (SC vs. SC) proposition, we first sought examples of this competition in action. Yet for as many examples of SC vs. SC competition that we found, there were at least as many places where the model didn’t fit. On the one hand, we saw vivid examples where one company or a series of companies had designed supply networks to act with singular focus against other unique companies or groups of companies—for example, Brax, Perdue Farms, and Tyson Foods. Yet more...
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...(Apple Industry to Enter In Indian Market) A Project Report Presented to the Faculty of the School of Management & Entrepreneurship AURO University Surat. In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration Submitted by: ANJESH DOKA ASTHABEN INTWALA SHIVAM MANDVIWALA VINITA GUNECHA Submitted to: Dr. ROHIT SINGH 28th November 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS SR. NO | TITLE | PAGE NO | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 | 2. | RATIONALE OF ENTRY | 2 | 3. | SALES AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY | 3-4 | 4. | DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | 5-6 | 5. | MANAGING AND OPERATING THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | 7-10 | 6. | CONCLUSION | 11 | Introduction The electronics industry emerged in the 20th century and have mixed with the generation in development of all manner in their invention. Electronics have made life a bit easy and modern to the society. Early Invention was the phone which is now the fastest growing industry worldwide in electronics. A large part of the electronic industry is known with digital technology. Electronic product Computer, cell phones television were on peak of the demand and sales by the consumer. Early Sony engages in a variety of different marketing as one of the leading manufacturer of electronic products for the consumer and professional market. Sony was known for electronic gadgets in market.From past few years Apple Company products are highly in demand by the India Market. Apple is...
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...MARKET ASPECT CHAPTER 1 MARKET STUDY I. MARKET DESCRIPTION Foss Coffee will focus its marketing activities on reaching the University students and faculty, people working in offices located close to the coffee shop and on sophisticated teenagers. Since coffee consumption is universal across different income categories and proximity to the University Belt campuses will provide access to the targeted customer audience. It will also cater to people who want to get their daily cup of great-tasting coffee. Such customers vary in ages, the location of our proposed business is at Upper ground floor of SM City Manila near Pizza Hut. The lease contract has an option of renewal for three years at a fixed rate that Foss Coffee will execute depending on the financial strength of its business, although the location is close to the University campus means that most of its clientele will be college students and faculty members. Our market study shows that these are discerning customers that gravitate towards better tasting coffee. Furthermore, a lot of college students are pulling off all nighters for their exams and they need caffeine to keep them awake and this will provide a unique possibility for building a loyal client base. II. DEMAND The demand is based on the population of the university students, faculty members and office workers in the vicinity of Ermita, Manila in the National Capital Region. This is for a five (5) year period beginning 2010 to 2014. YEAR | HISTORICAL...
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... | |MD. Zahid Hossen |111 0104 030 | |Mehedi Hasan |121 0212 030 | |Mohammed Irfan |121 0823 030 | |Nujhat Nakiba Khushbu |123 0279 030 | School of Business and Economics North South University Date of Submission: 13/10/2015 Letter of Transmittal October 13th, 2015 Dr. Muslima Zahan Assistant Professor Strategic Management (MGT 489) School of Business North South University Subject: Submission of the case analysis on “Human resource strategy and productivity at Wal-Mart” Madam, We would like to thank you for assigning us with this course-work for the course of strategic management. This case study has given us the opportunity to combine our theoretical knowledge with a practical scenario. We worked as a team and tried solve the case as you taught and described in the class. We would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to solving the case, and work with a strong and reliable team. We believe that the knowledge and experience that we...
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...resource: tangible, intangible, and human resources. Moreover, thanks to its resources, Wal-Mart’s capabilities comprises of distribution, operation, management information, marketing, and corporate function. If linkage between resources and capabilities can be indicated and understood, it enables Wal-Mart to produce many competitive advantages: knowledge management, distribution network, partnerships, and financial management. Through those advantages, Wal-Mart creates some strategies for the growth of its operation line within United State or extending over the world. Wal-Mart’s resources Tangible resources In terms of financial resources, the company has established in discount retailing format and become the largest and most profitable retailer in the world. It has been developing rapidly, as result; Wal-Mart produces much profit to reinvest its new projects and technology. As shown in Exhibit 1(Wal-Mart’s case study, 2004), in the period of 1994-2003, Wal-Mart’s sales increased from $67.34 billion to $244.52 billion; while its net income also rose from %2.33 billion to $8.04 billion. In fact, Wal-Mart grew stably without stagnancies. In terms of physical resources, Wal-Mart developed its computerized inventory system;...
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...Chapter 11: Distribution Customer Service and Logistics Physical Distribution gets it to Customers * Logistics (Physical Distribution (PD)): the transporting, storing and handling of goods in ways that match target customers’ needs with a firms marketing mix * Within individual firms and along a channel of distribution * Must determine the best way to provide a level of distribution service that customers are willing to pay for * A firm may spend over half of its total marketing dollars on distribution * Small changes can have a big effect on a whole macro-marketing system and consumers quality of life * ECR = a computer system linking grocers and suppliers that U.S. consumers $30 billion (spread to Canada and Europe as well) Physical Distribution Customer Service * Marketing strategy is aimed to meet customers needs, and logistics is part of it * Customer Service Level: how rapidly and dependably a firm can deliver what the customer wants * Don’t care how it got there * Physical Distribution is (and should be) a art of marketing that is “invisible” to consumers * Only catches their attention when something is wrong (too late) * Those in U.S. don’t think much about it * Market-directed macro-marketing system is working pretty well * Trade-offs of costs, service, and sales * Most people want the best service at the lowest prices (not possible) * IT has lead to improve d service levels and lower costs * Better...
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...Executive Summary Universal Laundromat is a full-service coin-op laundry (washing, drying, and optional folding) service dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering reliable machines and furnishing a clean, enjoyable atmosphere at a competitive price/value relationship. Our Mission: To provide convenient, clean, and friendly laundry service. Our Motto: "Professional, convenient, friendly service and competitive pricing" The timing is right for starting this new venture. After patiently searching for two months for the perfect location, one was finally found. The demand of laundry service, the ambitions of the owner to one day start his own laundry business, and knowledge to support the venture, has made it a business opportunity with great potential. Currently, Mr. Mihn Doung owns a small permanent shop in 7th Berryessa Flea Market selling power tools every weekend. That store brings in approximately $4,500/month on average in revenue. The profit averages out to approximately $2,500/month. Considering the potentiality in the coin-op laundromat industry, he'd like to take on further challenges by starting another venture. To achieve this objective, Universal Laundromat is seeking $150,000 in additional loan financing. This loan will be paid by the cash flow from both the shop at the Flea Market and the laundry business, and will be collateralized by the assets of the business and steady income it brings along with an initial $75,000 down payment...
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...Strategies @ Walmart Page 6-9 Private Label and Store Layout Page 9-11 Conclusion Page-11 Appendix Page 12 References and Bibliography Page 13-14 Wal-Mart- Origin Wal-Mart was the product of Sam Walton, a businessman from Arkansas. In the late 1940s, in USA, a retailer who was successful in obtaining a sufficient discount for his products from the whole-seller, used to sell the products at full price to the customers and thus enjoyed a substantial amount of profit. Sam Walton during that time was working as a retailer at a J.C. Penney store in Des Moines, Iowa.(Walton & Huey, 1993) Incidentally while working there, he was introduced to Butler Brothers, a big retailer who had chains of variety stores known as Ben Franklin and Sam was offered a store in Arkansas. There Sam excelled in operating the stores and soon huge amount of sales were generated which far exceeded the expectations. But during the lease renewal of the store, there were some problems and as a result an agreement could not be reached. This drove Sam in opening a new Ben Franklin franchise in Bentonville, Arkansas and called it “Walton’s Five and Dime”. The prices...
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...it can be said that fast fashion has been become one of the most valuable fields in the clothing industry, and carrying out fast fashion business has become an ideal choice for clothing enterprises to develop rapidly and create performance (Hayes & Jones, 2006). In this paper, it chose an international fast fashion clothing brand--ZARA of Spain, which is characterized on marketing and has won widely recognized worldwide, as the research object. Through the analysis of the brand's marketing strategy, it interprets the universal business model used the fast fashion clothing brand to do business. This paper adopts the method of case study, first makes detailed analysis on the research object –ZARA, then summarizes the operation mode of fast fashion brand, and based on this put forward recommendations on problems needed to pay attention when clothing enterprises develop fast fashion business. Introduction of Zara ZARA is a clothing and accessories retailer from Spain, is the fast fashion clothing brand currently...
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