apparel, furniture and groceries. • Separate websites to serve Canada, UK, Germany, Austria, France, China and Japan. Gross sales have reached almost $ 50B at the end of 2011 with a net income after tax of $ 556M. Amazon.Com’s Competitive Advantage Capital Efficiency – It does not have retail stores and limits its capital investment to its headquarters and warehouses. It receives payments from its customers on an average of 17 days before it has to pay its suppliers. Inventory Velocity – Averages
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3-Transportability: - Goods are transportable but services are not. 4-Simultaneity: - Goods are produced prior to their use by the customer receiving, while services are provided on the spot. 5-Customer contact: - Customers have low contact with the operation which produce goods, but services because they are
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Business owners often use management accounting to track, record and report financial information for managerial review. Management accounting does not usually follow any national accounting standards. Business owners can design management accounting systems according to their company’s business operations or management’s need for business information. Management accounting has several advantages. These advantages usually coincide with the ability for companies to improve operations and
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1. “Operations can make or break a business”. For an organization, operations include all the activities necessary for the fulfillment of customer requests, not just manufacture, also marketing, HRM, accounting, etc (Slack, Chambers and Johnston 2007, p5). Through operations, business provide products and service by changing inputs to outputs. Operations excellence is fundamental to strategic success. And according to Skinner (1969), operations management (OM) can contribute to better company performance
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company's strategy consists of A. | actions to develop a more appealing business model than rivals. | B. | plans involving alignment of organizational activities and strategic objectives. | C. | offensive and defensive moves to generate revenues and increase profit margins. | D. | competitive moves and approaches that managers have developed to grow the business, attract and please customers, conduct operations, and achieve targeted objectives. | E. | its strategic vision, its strategic
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UNIT 1 i Introduction to operations management Unit 1 BLC 301/05 Operations Management Introduction to Operations Management ii WAWASAN OPEN UNIVERSITY BLC 301/05 Operations Management COURSE TEAM Course Team Coordinator: Ms. Loo Saw Khuan Content Writer: Dr. Quah Hock Soon Instructional Designer: Ms. Koh Kah Ling Academic Members: Dr. Chuah Poh Lean and Mr. Chong Fook Suan COURSE COORDINATOR Ms. Loo Saw Khuan EXTERNAL COURSE ASSESSOR Associate Professor Dr. Lim Kong
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Organization International Business Strategy, Management & the New Realities by Cavusgil, Knight and Riesenberger International Business: Strategy, Management, and the New Realities 1 Learning Objectives 1. The role of strategy in international business 2. The integration-responsiveness framework 3. Distinct strategies emerging from the integration-responsiveness framework 4. Organizational structure 5. Alternative organizational arrangements for international operations 6. Building the global firm
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are transaction based to help an organization manage its business operations. It integrates organization's processes into a single solution through the centralization of a database of all the functional areas of the business. This system is now applicable not only to the enterprise-sized companies, but also smaller growing businesses and mid-sized established organizations. Most companies have customized systems to fit their desired business goals. ERP remains one of the most preferred solutions for
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Topic 1- operations Chapter 1: ROLE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT The role of operations managementThe creation of goods and the provision of services by businesses. The transformation of inputs into outputs or products to be sold. This involves: * planning activities * purchasing inputs * managing inventory * selecting and implementing manufacturing processes * Developing strategies to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. | The strategic role of managementA strategic decision
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2 Operations Strategy Defining how firms compete Chapter Objectives • Introduce the concept of operations strategy and its various components, and show how it relates to the overall business strategy of the firm. Illustrate how operations strategy pertains to adding value for the customer. Identify the different ways in which operations strategy can provide an organization with a competitive advantage. Introduce the concept of trade-offs between different strategies and the need for a firm to
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