Description of FastFit’s Operations FastFit Sporting Goods is a successful New England regional supplier of sporting goods to the high end consumer market. They sell an exclusive selection of equipment and apparel to men and women who exercise and pursue outdoor activities on a regular basis. They operate five (5) upscale retail stores in the New England market that offer a high level of customer attention, with a headquarters (HQ) is in Burlington, Massachusetts, and a single warehouse, distribution
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Ricardo Viejo MISM 2301 8:00 AM Case Study #1 01/05/10 Fast Fit Case Study 1. Mark the main flows of goods and money in the diagram (above) and employ a key or table of descriptive elements to explain your answer. 3 Customer Warehouse Store Supplier HQ 1 2 4 5 6 3 Customer Warehouse Store Supplier HQ 1 2 4 5 6 1. Customer pays money for products to store. 2. Store pays headquarters for the goods sold. 3. HQ pays suppliers for the received goods
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What technology components do we need at Fast Fit to interact with our customers on the web? b) At what location at Fast Fit would you place these technology components and why? a) Since Fast Fit's customers order on the Web, Fast Fit will need a web server to collect their customer orders. Application servers and databases are also needed to handle and store customer's orders. In order to connect the servers, database and the customers together, Fast Fit will need a Local Area Network (LAN) to create
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Winter Gear Distributors Case (v5) Questions 1. What is WGD’s business and what are their main business needs/drivers? WGD is a distributor that provides winter sports appeal and equipment to suppliers like FastFit. Their main business needs are profit, market capital, market share, operational excellence, and improved decision making 2. Draw a system diagram showing the processes and information flows (and product flow) between WGD and Fast-Fit starting when Fast-Fit places an order until
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Distributors, WGD for short, is one of Fast-Fit’s main suppliers. They are a distributor of winter sports equipment and apparel, including every thing from the latest cross country skies to winter clothing that you could wear to the North Pole if needed. WGD has over 400 customers, deals with about 45 different manufacturers and takes on average 100 orders a day. While their products are state of the art, their information systems are out of date. In this case we will explore the problems with the
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There are going to be times that they do not have time to prepare a lunch for work or are on the go. Fit Burger will be the solution for this consumer’s need. Fit Burger will provide a healthy and high quality meal with fast food convenience. Strategy and Positioning It has been identified that there is not a fast food option for consumers focused on health and fitness. The existing fast food options have attempted to offer a healthy alternative to their traditional menu; however, it appears
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First off, even though Intel’s desktop processors offer better overall performance, AMD’s integrated GPUs are superior to Intel graphical processors in terms of performance, compatibility, and driver support. The A8-3870K’s four CPU cores may not be as fast as Intel’s most affordable quad-core processor, but they’re plenty
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demographic variables included students age, number of people in the household, and approximate household income. The independent variables included number of fast food restaurants passed, distance of commute, whether the student is coming to class straight from work, number of times fast food is eaten weekly, amount spent when eating fast food, and if a drink was purchased. The demand function, also known as the curve will specify the relationship between the various price points of pizza and quantity
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twenty years there has been a tremendous change in rap. It has evolved do to different trends, atitudes and lifestyles. Rap used to be a type of music of fitting genius rhymes with other rhymes as fast as one could and ones that make the most sense. Nowadays, that is not the case, it has evolved to fit different personalities and styles. From glorifying a life of crime, to whining about how bad your life is, to striving to be as succesfull as you can be and the best person you can be. This is
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Should people be able to blame fast food for their obesity? Is it fair for fast food corporations to be held legally responsible for health problems that people are having? Many people today are obese and don’t take full responsibility for it, they blame corporations like McDonalds because of their unhealthy and fattening foods. Forty six percent of Americans ranked obesity as the number one health issue faced by Americans. Yet whom that should be to blame for these issues is still up in the
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