configurando un nuevo modelo de empresa donde la información y el tiempo se convierten en factores claves de la relación entre la empresa y el cliente. en segundo lugar, procederemos a reconstruir el conjunto de dispositivos organizativos del modelo Zara donde una de las claves de su éxito está en el factor tiempo. PalabRas Clave adiCionales Conocimiento, Globalización, información, Tiempo. abstRaCt This article analyzes how, following the impact of globalization and the appearance of information
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capabilities 5. Build online shopping capabilities a. Customers 1. Internal – store managers; want an upgraded system to make ordering, store-to-store exchanges, and inventory easier 2. External – customers; fashion conscious, know Zara inventory turns over rapidly, want continued quickness to market, no significant price increases b. Costs – very low for current IT system, a new investment could cost as much as €43.8 million initially and nearly €340000 annually. See table 1
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Zara Case Study Analysis Executive Summary This report provides and analysis and evaluation of the current IT operations of Zara, a segment of Inditex, and concludes with a decision whether to upgrade to a more modern operating system or not. When analyzing the company, many problems arose that centered on the company using an obsolete DOS operating system. Key problems found were that managers are spending too much time on ordering information. POS systems are not linked and therefor information
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In my analysis of the Zara case, I selected the values of: Effectiveness, Integrity, Simplicity, Structure, and Trust. So the selection system for an interviewer would obviously be to ascertain from a system of questions, if they align with the values of the Zara business model. First order of business in selection of a new-hire is to review their resumes and make sure that they have the basic set of skills to perform the functions of the job being applied for. I also like to take a look at their
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Al-Shabaab Profile Al-Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahidden (al Shabaab) is a designated terrorist organisation (National Counterterrorism Centre, 2013) and part of al Qaeda, which operates in Somalia aiming to establish an Islamic Somali state(Atwan, 2013 pp.111-114). Al-Shabaab would want to meet clandestinely with the pirates. Al-Shabaab’s need for financing, and al Qaeda’s emphasis on finding local sources, means that al-Shabaab supports pirates in exchange for receiving a portion of the pirates’
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In your opinion, what are the most important aspects of Zara’s approach to information technology? Zara’s approach to IT has been closely aligned with its business model and the associated need to quickly develop, manufacture, and distribute products as well as its preference for decentralized decision making. The approach is also very informal, as evidenced by the fact that there is not a traditional personnel structure or hierarchy (i.e., no chief information officer), there is no formal process
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1. Imitation – Zara faces a LOW threat of being imitated. Competitors could potentially imitate the quick response system and adapt their production line to trends in the market. Imitation is feasible, however Zara’s advantage comes from being a pioneer in the quick response system. At the time of the case competitors such as: H&M follow a different strategy. H&M produces cheap via outsourcing, ahead of time taking advantage of economies of scale. Zara is currently at the frontier of quick fashion
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Jay Case Study: Zara International Fashion at the Speed of Light Question 1: In what ways are elements of the classical and behavioral management approaches evident in how things are done at Zara International? How can systems concepts and contingency thinking explain the success of some of Zara’s distinctive practices? Answer 1: Elements of the classical management approach are very evident at Zara International. The classical management approach contains three branches, which are scientific
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Awesome Group name: Fantastic Four Group Members: Alice Wang (439394) Xiaolan Li (437239) Dian Pertiwi Sulistianingtyas (439376) Janosch Kluen (358959) Brand: ZARA Date: 29/09/2015 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. An ideal Brand Concept Map 3 3. Methodology 5 3.1 Consistency of interview and Sample analysis 5 3.2 Procedure 7 4. Brand Management Plan 10 4.1 Actual versus Ideal Brand Map
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Introduction to Zara (Inditex) Case Study In 1975, Amancio Ortega started a fashion retail shop that makes the fashionable clothes faster and beauty than other competitors. The first Zara store opened in 1975 in Spain. The very best quality of Zara was, it only takes two weeks to develop a new cloth/product and release it to the market while other competitors take two months. Zara didn’t get third party help to distribute, design or even produce because Zara did them alone. Zara was fashion focused
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