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ISSN 1913-0341 [Print] ISSN 1913-035X [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Management Science and Engineering Vol. 7, No. 2, 2013, pp. 94-103 DOI:10.3968/j.mse.1913035X20130702.Z001 A Strategic Analysis of Apple Computer Inc. & Recommendations for the Future Direction TAN Jinjin[a],* [a] “Think Different” (continuous innovation spirit), direct sale business model, customer-focused services and Apple brand power. With “Think Different” spirit, Apple innovates and upgrades
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Under Armour STEEP Analysis Socio Cultural: Due to, the global rising trend of quality awareness, and global health conscious of athletes and customers, they are more willing to pay for the quality product, regardless of its price with more expectation in enhancing their athletic performances and lifestyle .This is perfectly matched with the company as delivering superior unique, innovative quality products Then, company has to try to tailor the products to meet the needs. Technological: With
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TE AM FL Y Strategic Planning for Information Systems Third Edition JOHN WARD and JOE PEPPARD Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK Copyright # 2002 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD, England National 01243 779777 International (þ44) 1243 779777 e-mail (for orders and customer service enquiries): cs-books@wiley.co.uk Visit our Home Page on http://www.wiley.co.uk or http://www.wiley.co.uk All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication
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Terrorism Project MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics “Supply Chain Response to Terrorism: Creating Resilient and Secure Supply Chains” Supply Chain Response to Terrorism Project Interim Report of Progress and Learnings August 8, 2003 This report was pre pared by James B. Rice, Jr. of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) and Federico Caniato of Politecnico di Milano for the Supply Chain Response to Terrorism Project team with contributions from team members
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Mission, vision and balanced scorecard 3 Mission 3 Vision 3 Balanced scorecard 3 Strategic map 5 Management report 6 Evaluation of the KPI’s 6 KPI 1: Margin 6 KPI 2 and 3: Revenue on sales and Shipping costs 7 KPI 4: Customer size 7 KPI 5: On time delivery 8 KPI 6: Stock levels 9 KPI 7: Product portfolio 9 KPI 8: Sales per employee 10 KPI 9: Employee age 11 Management Advices 12 References 13 Introduction Northwind traders is a fictitious company which imports and
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‘An Action Plan – Implementing a Lean Transformation’ LEAN Final Project Alex Scholfield February 29, 2012 Summary Lean manufacturing can add significantly value to an organization by streamlining processes through the identification and elimination of muda or waste. Introduced by Toyota, Lean is more than just a tool, but a philosophy that needs to be adopted and incorporated into the culture of the organization. It is very important that the organization can see that leadership have
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powerful services to fit their data while each module performs different functions or specific data processing. Below are some of the ERP Modules examples: 1. Financial Management 2. Procurement 3. Sales, distribution and logistics 4. Student administration 5. Supply chain management 6. Human resources management The university needs to set up a structure on a client-server architecture which would include presentations, access to internet connectivity, applications and
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com/our_company/company_information/fedex_history). 2. DESCRIPTION OF FEDEX’S STRATEGY CONTEXT BETWEEN 1973 - 2000 2.1. THE INDUSTRY CONTEXT “Know the other and know yourself: Triumph without peril. Know nature and know the situation: Triumph completely” (by Sun Tzu). If strategic management is concerned with relating firm to its environment, then it is essential to know this environment well. While the entire outside world was taken into consideration, emphasis was placed on the direct environment in which a firm needs to compete –its
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Tw elfth Edition INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Environments and Operations John D. Daniels University of Miami Lee H. Radebaugh Brigham Young University Daniel P. Sullivan University of Delaware Pearson Education International Contents Preface 29 About the Authors • PART ONE 39 BACKGROUND FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 44 1 Globalization and International Business 45 49 44 CASE: The Global Playground Introduction 48 W h a t Is International Business7. The Forces
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