of Distribution Centers (customers) could be reduced. Drawbacks: Sale Persons lost their incentives, because the sale will be predictable or flat. It will be difficult to run trade promotions with JITD. Cost might increase due the needs to increase internal inventories. It might create stockouts problem instead of solving it. Customers need to improve their equipment (computer, bar-code scanner, etc) and share their sales data that they are reluctant to do. The customers might work with other vendors
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comparison to manufacturing industry, services have: a. Less structured jobs. b. Higher customer contact. c. Lower worker skills. d. Low skill entry-level positions. e. Higher employee turnover. f. Higher input variability. 2. Because of the factors listed in the answer to question 1, in service industry it is more difficult to control costs and quality resulting in lower productivity. In addition the risk of customer dissatisfaction is greater and employee motivation is lower. Reading: Why Manufacturing
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activities during off-home site periods both to maximize efficiency and reduce downtime. Provide adequate support to mobile operations while keeping a tight lid on cost and being able to justify the investment. Regards Customer: In businesses that harbour passengers, or mobile customers, or even those which has ‘waiting time’ as an intrinsic part of doing business (like coffee shops, airports etc) it becomes essential in a highly ‘connected’ world that an array of competitive services be
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technology helps people who work in customer service, accounting, and administrative positions. Instead of having to manually get all their information, computers help these employees analyze and document electronic sources so that it is delivered on time. And finally technology benefits businesses because it allows for greater mobility. It allows employees to use personal electronic devices to make sales displays and process orders and customer information all from the comforts
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1996 and 1997 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) appeared in Taiwan’s and South Korea, people started to pay more attention and awareness on the safety of livestock. In addition of the “Nipah” virus appeared Malaysia in late 1998 and which amplified the customers needs and demands on virus free livestock. ◆ Maximize the exchange of value by Australia Pork Industry, Confederation of Australian Pork Exporters (CAPE), had been formed with the NPIDP funds, after several pre-market development program, industry
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Advertisement should be engaged accordingly to costs / requirement and necessity. Technology must be used fully as a means of advertising. Marketing of Essex network communications should be on an international status. The internet provides a wider customer potential thus should be incorporated in the advertisement campaign. E.g. one advert can be used for different countries with simple voice translation. This can then be understood all over the world. Data collected or issued by Essex network communications
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improvement programs 14 Case summary Tech is a major state university which owns 2 book stores one on campus and one off campus at a nearby mall. Both stores sell school supplies, text books, school apparels and gifts and both the stores have customers inside as well as outside the university. With the aim of providing employment opportunities to the university students there is a long standing policy of hiring tech students as part time employees. Although sales and profits of off campus store
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division manager CC: Date: 9/1/2012 Re: Urgent Elementary Toy This memo is report about defective product being shipped. This memo also discusses how to handle the defective product and possibly saving Main Event Solution money without hurting customers. This memo also discusses the risk and reward for each situation. Decision Process When determine alternative choices for Main Event Solutions, I would use a decision making model. The first step would be to define the problem. Is this issue
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sufficient demand 3 3. Strategic weaknesses in Airbus’s customer strategy 4 3.1. Strategic Analysis of Airbus 4 3.2. Analysing resources and capabilities of the organisation 5 3.3. Shaping the organisation through vision, mission and purpose 5 3.4. Customer strategy at Airbus 6 4. Is the Airbus strategy driven by customers? Or rather more by a sense of rivalry with Boeing? 6 5. Airbus’s demand estimates and implications for a customer driven strategy 7 6. Support for Airbus’s decision
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1. Assignment: Developing Good Business Sense Due Day 7 (Sunday, 4/21), posted into your Assignments Link • Resources: Ch. 12 of Introduction to Business • Read the Developing Good Business Sense activity on p. 394 of the text. • Answer Questions 1–4 from the activity in a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format. • Post your paper as an attachment. Written Assignment Grading Form for Good Business Sense Paper, Due in Week Eight |Content and Development
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