Supply Chain Case Studies Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Objective

The objective of this paper is to answer all the questions posed in the case study by providing a thorough but comprehensive discussion of the pertinent findings from the case.

Executive Summary

In summary, the author of this paper suggests that PSC push through with the Dell Approach mainly because of the fact that it has already been proven by other companies; to give a high level of attention and priority to its suppliers’ production capacity; and to rely on a multi-supplier method of supply chain management.
The recommended sourcing strategy in this case would be the Dell Approach. One of Continue reading...

99 Cents Store

The 99 Cents Store is a retailer that offers discounts for its customers. The company has established a chain of retail stores across the United States. As of 2006, the 99 Cents Store operated 232 retail stores in different states. The majority of the company’s stores are located in California. 99 Cents Store meets the demand of its customers by working with various brands to offer a wide variety of products from beauty to health, and hardware materials to clothing, among others. The company works with major trusted brands including Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, and Colgate. Continue reading...

Executive summary

Management is the process of ensuring that the resources of the company are effectively to achieve the goals and objectives. There are various resources which are utilized by the company and they include human skills and financial resources. The aim of any organization is to improve the competitive advantage in the global market. The company should utilize the resources effectively to maximize the output while minimizing the input and this helps to improve the performance of the company. In this report therefore, the report discusses the main concepts of management and resource planning and the policies that can be Continue reading...

Management

Answer of Question 1
Purchase order is different from blanket purchase order in that they have different delivery date as well as the receiving department. This information remains open on the blanket order as it is different on different orders. One of the main advantage of blanket purchase order is that it remains in effect during the specified time, i.e. six months to a year on the agreement. Most buyers are also able to cancel the order at any time with the help of an “escape clause”.

Answer of Question 2

Three important supply chain management goals are (1) cost-reduction, (2) technology/new-product development, Continue reading...

Problems contributing to low quality throughout the supply chain

The paper studies the case of the firm in terms of problems affecting its inferior quality which intern creates an adverse effect on its supply chain. The focal firm possesses operations across the globe making its networks in the market complex. The survey methods used by the SCQM interventions throughout the firm’s operations do not suit the collection of data from different perspectives in the upstream and downstream partners in the supply chain. Another problem entails the absence of Lacuna in the data discussion. The phenomenon results from many authors who come up with research on the theories Continue reading...

Introduction

The business frontier is highly competitive and dependent on effective strategies and functional mandates towards successful outcomes. As such, most organizations are realizing the significant role of supply chain management towards ensuring competitive advantage and sustenance of profitability. As such, supply chain management encompasses all the holistic activities that ensure access to products and services to the customers. The investment into supply chain management, as per the diverse analysts should be integrated effectively to ensure seamless processes within the organization. Thus, this paper will examine Nature Valley bars and how it can embrace supply chain management as per the Continue reading...

Answer 1)

Dear Marketing Department,
I am ecstatic to see the zeal and the effort you are putting in to find new products and purchase destinations for our company. I am also are that you have forwarded the request to purchase woolen sweaters from Kreploc, and also lucrative payment structure of 90 days offered by the supplier. However, for now, I have to reject the proposal because of significant exchange risk involved in the whole transaction. Since the supplier is based in an offshore country, we will have to make payment in Slobodian Blivit, transactional currency of Kreploc. I would also Continue reading...

Management

2. Once a supplier is given a new order, he has to set up a team and a production process to deliver on the order. Initially, the supplier would necessarily go through the growing pangs of any organization. There would be missed deadlines, quality issues, production failures, labor problems and other similar management challenges. However, over time, the supplier would be able to identify the areas that he would need to concentrate upon to increase his efficiency. In this context, the learning rate would indicate the rate at which a supplier would be able to improve processes, management practices, Continue reading...

Introduction

Dubai is entitled as “the city of merchants” from centuries (DP World, 2013), possesses a short but flourishing history of countable decades of economic growth and modernization after the emergence of UAE in 1971 (Jacobs, & Hall, 2007). Considered as connecting hub for Persian Gulf and South-Asia to the world, Dubai is the renowned home of world trade in UAE with the extremely facilitating environment for businesses and trade needs (Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, 1996). Around 7,000 business entities of the globe including a large base of fortune 500 companies enjoy the freedom of trade with lower Continue reading...

Introduction

Li and Fung is a Hong Kong-based multinational company that participates in the development, design, logistics, and sourcing of the consumer goods for many of the world’s retailers and brands. The company majors in supply chain management of high volume, time sensitive products for top sellers and trademarks globally via a widespread universal network. It provides sophisticated, one-stop-shop supply chain solutions to meet customer’s specific needs. The company works with three segments; logistic system, trading network, and distribution systems.
Li and Fung’s growth spurt in the last decades was generated after intense planning and scrutiny of Continue reading...

Introduction

Albatross Company is a manufacturing company established in 1976 to manufacture bell and snag hook anchors. The operation strategies used by the company have partly relaxed in recognizing the essence of employee welfare and production efficiency hence reducing its profitability. A successful operations management blends operation activities along with the core values as outlined in the balanced scorecard (Stevenson & Sum, 2009). A balanced scorecard expands beyond output and includes the role of suppliers, workers and the surrounding environment to the overall productivity. This paper will delve into understanding the company’s derailing factors and derive operation strategies needed improve Continue reading...

About the companies:

In this paper, we will compare the organizational structure of two leading organic food retailers in United States and United Kingdom. As for US, we have chosen Whole Foods Market that is the biggest organic retailer in the country with store count sprawling to 399 locations. The company also operates in Canada and UK, but at very small scale as 96.7% of the total revenue is sourced from native market only. On the other hand, as for United Kingdom, Sainsbury is the largest organic retailer in the country with 29% market share.

Common Challenge:

With growing demand of organic foods and Continue reading...

Introduction

Resource-based theory terms knowledge as a resource that is useful in conferring a competitive advantage as well as enhancing the potential for business sustainability. Thus, all businesses should have an extensive pool of knowledge ranging from market and product understanding to business and supply chain and organizational understanding. In addition, the manner in which a business gathers, exploits and shares the knowledge is central to its growth and development. In that view and reference to the Helax Case study, this discussion presents a summary of the knowledge necessary for the new venture’s growth.

Discussion

Helax startup has been demonstrated Continue reading...

In entering into this new relationship with InterfaceLLC, Delta faces a number of strategic risks. First and foremost, the whole process might turn out to be costly. Previously, the tracking of chemicals purchased was labor intensive and mostly difficult. The company is likely to spend much more purchasing their products. This is because, as part of the agreement, InterfaceLLC would act as a ‘gatekeeper’ to the chemicals moved offsite and still sell the same to Delta. Secondly, depending on a single supplier is being unpredictable and impulsive. Concentrating on InterfaceLLC as the sole supplier is risking operational failure in Continue reading...

Businesses are increasingly operating in highly competitive markets. That owes to increasingly changing business environment that determines the nature of competition ranging from the ability to reach the market, sell at a suitable price and sustain their operations, in the long run. Thus, analyzing industry competitiveness is crucial for a business that seeks to enhance its market share and creates a competitive edge over its competitors. In that view, there are several analysis tools that rate applicable and that address various industry aspects. They help in determining a business’ position in the market as well as help in setting Continue reading...

McDonalds is a force to reckon with in the fast food business by revenue globally. However in the not so distant past, it’s been faced with what is being termed as a millennial challenge –losing its edge over its competitors over the fight to capture the ever growing young population. The fast food giant has been losing these young consumers to its rivals who among others include eating place like Chipotle Mexican Grill. This young generation seems to be looking for healthier foods and restaurants that provide flexible menu options for slightly above the rate of MacDonald’s Continue reading...

Introduction

Training and development for employees is a significant part of employee enhancement. Employees are known to achieve their full potential when they have the right skills and information to undertake their tasks. Also, of great concern is the need to ensure that the objectives of an organization is shared across all departments and branches so that there is one objective that is being strived to achieve. Project planning is a significant aspect that helps to point to the parties who are interested in a project how the project will be achieved and the parties who are concerned with the Continue reading...

Introduction:

Nowadays every company is trying to bring some new or upgrade the current innovation strategies in order to compete in the market (Birkinshaw, & Goddard, 2009). For the successful implication of the innovative strategies effectively, it is essential for the company to build the innovation management (Birkinshaw, 2010). Management innovation is the implication of the management techniques, process and practices which are new and could help the organization in accomplishing the organizational goals (Birkinshaw, Hamel, & Mol, 2008). In this essay report, the case study of the Lego Group is being discussed to analyze how the company implements its management innovation Continue reading...

Introduction

The modern business environments is characterized by a lot of dynamism and unpredictability. Modern businesses are forced to exist in an environment laden with a lot of unpredictable external forces. The ability of the company to adjust its strategies and, in fact, adapt to the prevailing environmental conditions is what determines its survival. Change is key to modern business survival. In order to determine how to adjust itself, a business needs to first of all conduct an external analysis of its environment. Through this, the company is able to identify any weaknesses and act to correct them. In addition, Continue reading...

In the world of globalisation and constant competition, business needs to be very careful and thoughtful about its strategy and potential for expansion. Often business strategy and its influential factors need to be analysed from different perspectives in order to realise their potential. The aim of this paper is to analyse the case of Porcini’s Pronto in the framework of a 5-forces analysis, a Diamond-E strategic analysis, in order to suggest core competencies and HR practices the business will need to develop.
First of all, it needs to be outlined that Porcini’s Pronto main idea is to Continue reading...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Keurig Coffee

http://www.keuriggreenmountain.com/

Processed and Packaged Goods (Coffee)

BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has been a leading figure in the coffee making industry for quite some time. The company’s coffee products are widely renowned. The company is also well known for its creative brewing technologies as well as feasible business strategies that have made it stand out. The history of the company goes back to the year 1981 when a young man from Vermont, Bob Stiller started a small café that would later on grow enormously to become the huge brand that it currently is. The company has faced intensive competition over the Continue reading...

Management

Adidas is one of the leading manufacturers of sports accessories such as clothing, footwear and other apparels. The paper is going to focus on a specific Adidas product that is the soccer cleats. Adidas started out by making soccer cleats and running shoes to help give athletes something more advanced and different to what they are used to. Adidas has been successfully evolving its product line of cleats to suit athlete’s needs such as comfort, speed, light weight, leather and many other features. This report is going to talk about the supply chain of Adidas and the strategies Continue reading...

There are many strategies that Adidas has implemented to get rid of out-of stocks and lose sales.

Mass Customization: Adidas deals with changing customers' demand by adopting a “Mass Customization” strategy. The idea is to develop, market and deliver the product categories that most customers want. The steps towards mass customization is to offer product choices. Very few variations often disappoint customers and too many variations will postpone the buying decision. Adidas asks its key suppliers to produce customized soccer cleats in order to achieve the economy of scale. This may take longer than expected. To compensate a long waiting time, air freight or courier service is used for dispatching. The customized products which are sold Continue reading...

International Business

Abstract
This paper presents the problem that Target Company Faced in Canada. Target Company Canada is a subsidiary of the Target Corporation that is based in USA. The company operates in the industry of department store, and it is being liquidated currently. Many Canadians loved shopping at Target whenever they visited USA and before the Company launched its operations in Canada. The prices in the company's Canadian stores were higher than those in the American stores. Most of the consumers in Canada were used to shop in different rates, and the company did not convince the Canadian customers to Continue reading...

Company background

Zara is the Inditex’s largest fashion chain founded in the year 1975 in Galicia, Spain. The chain has continued to generate highest profit margins for Inditex. Among all the chains, Zara is the most recognized chain since the majority of Inditex captured market is for it. The chain has fruitfully proven itself as a top corporation that is successful in offering service to their clientele. Zara rejects blow-out sales and media advertising and, as a result, it offers a substitute outlook to the clothing retail business model. In addition, Zara maintains the majority of its process of production Continue reading...

“ ’It’s possible that two children died so that you could have that mobile phone,’ says Jean-Bertin, a 34-year-old Congolese activist who wants to end the “absolute silence” around the crimes committed in his country to exploit strategic raw materials like coltan.” (Benitez, 2012) The need for coltan to mass produce electronics has resulted in heinous living conditions for millions of Africans. The high demand for this raw material has resulted in terrible conflicts and death. Not only has the increase in the production of electronics resulted in inhumane treatment of Africans, it has also severely hurt the environment. Continue reading...

Management case study

1. Company History and market opportunity

Calveta Dining service started as restaurant specializing in traditional meals that enticed the aged people due the nutritious and originality of the food. Since its inception in 1966, the restaurant had maintained a steady market growth under the leadership of Antonio Calveta and currently run by Frank; Antonio’s eldest son. The restaurant expanded its operations in 1972 in residents at the serving self-living facilities (SLF) whose taste and preference are characterized by quality food and affordability. The company employs approximately more than 15000 people who undertake various operation and service functions across Continue reading...

The success of Wal-Mart is attributed to transactional and transformational forms of leadership. Leaders have always operated in a way that is accommodated by transformational leadership as they directly impact on the lives of individuals in the society. This type of leadership focuses on introducing changes and reforms aimed at makes the lives of people successful and fruitful. On the other hand, Wal-Mart implemented transactional leadership since it emphasizes on the transactions between the top executives and the subordinates. The leaders develop a give and take relationship with the workforce as they have the power to reward or punish Continue reading...

Individual Case 2: Bank of America

Introduction 3
Industry Analysis 3
Porter Five Forces Analysis of the Banking Industry 4
Competitive Rivalry 4
New Entrants 5
Bargaining Power of Suppliers 6
Bargaining Power of the Buyers 7
Threat of Substitutes 7
Competitive Strategies 8
SWOT Matrix 8
Strengths 9
Weaknesses 9
Opportunities 9
Threats 10
Conclusion 10

References 11

Introduction
The Bank of America is a large bank holding company that within the recent years has been ascending within the banking industry with a top position. As such, the organization has been steadfast towards the provision of diverse financial services that encompass commercial, wholesale banking, wealth management, Continue reading...

Introduction to Strategy and its Role

Strategy is the approach developed by an organization to achieve its set objectives and goals (David and Michael 1, 2011). All organizations have targets, and they, therefore, develop a workable methodology of achieving the set goals. Companies must ensure that they incorporate all required measures, and consider external market forces that greatly affect the performance of an organization. Through strategies, organizations achieve their dreams and develop amazing success stories set as models for other companies. An organizational strategy compares to that of the military, where the company must ensure that it performs better that its rivals for survival (Hoopes Continue reading...

As I have come to know that the management is re-considering the additional bank overdraft to pay off the suppliers and reduce the payable period to 40 days, I am preparing this report with the objective of assisting you and provide you with real scenario our company is going through.
-Forecast for 2016
*Revenue figures are assumed to increase by 5% during 2016, while all the other expenses increase in proportion to revenue.

As we can witness from the above forecasted income statement, our net income is only expected to increase by $0.01 million, and with current situation where Continue reading...

Introduction

This case study revolves around the boat manufacturing company ‘Regal Marine’. In 1969, this boat industry was established by Paul and Carol. Its headquarters are situated in Orlando, Florida. Regal Marine manufactures lavish and high-quality boats and gains the status of world largest boat producers in US.

Summary of the case and answering questions are described below:

Summary
Regal Marine is amongst ten US renowned boat manufacturers that provide luxurious facilities to its customers. Continuous innovation, distinctive features and finest quality differentiate Regal Marine from its competitors. Likewise, Marine is capable to combat its gigantic competitor ‘Brunswick’ by means of great economy measures in procurement. Marine enhance its flexibility Continue reading...

Bollywood industry is the largest film industry across the world in terms of number of movies produced in a year. Indian film industry is globalizing and providing lucrative opportunities for American Studios. Porter five forces model helps in understanding competition prevailing in the Indian film industry and strategy that American companies can used to enter into the industry.
Bargaining power of customers is high in Indian film industry. Consumers have wide variety of entertainment options available to them such as availability of numbers of channels and films. Large number and different variety of movies get released every week such Continue reading...

Introduction

General Electric (GE) is a large company that contains a diversified portfolio. The company operates in the global sector and faces a challenging business environment. It is important to analyze and understand the external environment of GE for the effective selection of techniques that will enable the company to sustain a competitive advantage. The analysis of the case study of GE will help managers learn ways in which they can make their companies sustain their competitive advantages. The case study analysis revolves around the two-decade leadership of Jack Welch.
Jack Welch was a very successful CEO of General Electric ( Continue reading...

Three Strategic Goals for Ted’s Business

Provide high quality products and services to clients at all our bicycle stores: This strategic goal entails the provision of high quality repair and rental services, high quality bicycle spares and other products such as helmets, speedometers, gloves, locks, clothing, repair kits and bicycle racks. The essence of quality in this case involves provision of services and products that meet the need of Ted’s clients.

Types of Information Needed by Ted to run his Business

Sales Data: This is an important source of information for any business organization. It can involve sales analysis i.e. profit margins, distribution channels et cetera. This information is important in Ted’s business; Continue reading...

Research Paper

Introduction 3
Industry analysis 3

Competitive rivalry 4
New entrants 5
Bargaining power of suppliers 6
Bargaining power of the buyers 7
Threat of substitutes 7
Competitive strategies 8
SWOT matrix 8
Strengths 9
Weaknesses 9
Opportunities 9
Threats 10
Conclusion 10

References 11

Introduction
The Bank of America is a large bank holding company that within the recent years has been ascending within the banking industry with a top position. As such, the organization has been steadfast towards the provision of diverse financial services that encompass commercial, wholesale banking, wealth management, treasury services and so forth. However, the prospect of Continue reading...

Ans-1

The differentiation strategy implies that the product must differentiated by a specific method which otherwise have similar features as that of the competitor products. Harley Davidson has employed the same differentiation strategy in their product mix and has glorified its products by means of distinctive designs and interactive models. Harley Davidson is an established brand in the United States with the history of hundred years of operations. The impressive performance and iconic operations of the company have made its products a synonym with quality. The company at present is working with more than 30 models each having its distinctive Continue reading...

The executives of Chipotle Organization employ the use of a corporate strategy as expressed by their CEO in their general supply chain management activities. The CEO of the organization, Steve Ells, expresses the vision statement of the organization as: “Creating an operational efficient restaurant with an aesthetically pleasing and distinctive interior setting” and “offering focused services to people with an aim of creating a friendly environment within the organization”.
The company employs the use of a corporate strategy where the executives are mainly focused maintaining high levels of food quality. Dealing with food in such case involves ensuring that Continue reading...

Introduction 3

Mission and vision evaluation 3
Mission 3
Vision statement 4
Milestones 4
Strategic analysis 4
External assessment of Bank of America 5
External factor Evaluation 8
Internal assessment of bank of America 13
Swot analysis of bank of America 14
Conclusion 16

References 17

Introduction
In the business world, whether service oriented or product oriented, strategic management is pivotal to sustaining a competitive edge. Accordingly, businesses succeed through a clear and profound look into the three core aspects of strategic management is significant. Continuously, the three core aspects of strategic management are strategic analysis, strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Thus, as Continue reading...

Domino’s Pizza has for a long time been dominant in both the domestic US market and the international marketplace. Located in over 65 countries and with more than 9,300 stores, Domino's is ranked the second best pizza restaurant after Pizza Hut. Despite its success and achievements, Domino's has come under criticism in the recent years for its low-quality pizza that lacks taste. This has led to a significant decrease in the company’s domestic revenue from year-end 2005 through year-end 2009. At the time, Domino's suffered greatly from a negative reputation among its customers in the marketplace. Continue reading...

This assignment requires applying one of the most incredible tools of the strategic management “Porter’s Five Forces Analysis” related to the Beverage Industry known as Cola Wars. Porter’s Five Forces is a tool that usually works through five different angles which are as follows

Rivalry among the Competitors (High)

Beverage Industry is one of the matured and most lucrative industries of the United States (Barton, p.34). The market size of the Carbonated Soft Drink Industry of the United States (U.S.) is US$ 74 billion (Yoffie, p.2). Carbonated Soft Drink usually referred as Colas, and the wars among the companies which are trying Continue reading...

Discussion Questions

1. While Patagonia has a history of putting sustainability ahead of profits, it cannot do so at the expense of operating capital. Based on what you learned about Patagonia’s ideals, how do you think the company determines what possible ventures will be both practical and environmentally friendly?
Ans. Chouinard has said that when they settle on choices that are useful for the earth, it just so happens productive against all odds. Case in point, the choice to utilize just natural cotton as a part of their clothings wasn't beneficial from the get go, however when different makers and Continue reading...

Porter’s Five Forces analysis provides an effective tool for evaluating the competitive strength and position of the Airborne Inc.

The theory underpins competitive intensity and attractiveness of a market to five forces as follows:
Supplier Power
Suppliers are placed in a strong bargaining position due to the political issues and economic issues dictating fuel prices
Low bargaining power in the packaging equipment such as boxes and plastics
Service suppliers of aircrafts maintenance and catering and airport service suppliers have a high bargaining power increasing the shipping cost
Suppliers are investing in technology to reduce the bargaining power
Buyer Bargaining Power
Customers are highly flexible and have a high bargaining power on prices
Corporations find it cheap switching to Continue reading...

Researchers forecast that the world sports wear industry may exceed $126 billion in 2015. The market is determined by a trend to more active, healthier lifestyles, with women and older people getting more active.
According to Pearson (2014), the sports and fitness clothing market of the world is very fragmented, there are a lot of brands, from simple cheap brands to very expensive prestigious names. In such an environment, even very successful brands must work hard to keep their market share. Challenges that sports apparel companies face include tough competition, changing trends in fashion, and price-conscious consumers.
The fitness Continue reading...

Introduction:

Al Manal establishment is an import manpower housemaid that was licensed in 1993 by Abu Dhabi Government General Security Executive Council in Abu Dhabi. The firm is a family and was handed down by the founder to his Mohamed Saleh AlOthali, who is the current owner of the establishment.
Al Manal has experienced financial success over the years. It was started with AED 100,000 of owner capital. It broke even within the first 2 years of establishment and returned a profit of AED 245,000 in 1995. The profits have been increasing ever since. However, it experienced some Continue reading...

Introduction: Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose

In the introduction, briefly outline what the company does, how it developed historically, what problems it is experiencing, and how you are going to approach the issues in the case write-up.
MGM is one of the leading firms in the hospitality industry that has at least 15 wholly owned resorts in Michigan, Mississippi, and Nevada. The company boasts of around 45,000 full-time employees and portfolio of around $18.09 billion. Although it was hit hard by the recession in the past, most analysts still believe that it is a good company worthy to be invested in the future. The Continue reading...

Key challenges

In the course of the most recent decade, Sony appears to have lost its enchantment equation. Organization has been steady sliding down from its high market seat. In the wake of baffling deals, Sony has perceived the answer to its issue: its plans to turn the recently rearranged "One Sony" around to organize center business. In the quest for Morita's vision to convey amusement to the masses through development and connected innovation, Sony had developed from a little Japanese organization of an US$50-billion-every year worldwide enterprise. The circumstance would most likely exacerbate if Sony neglected to roll out Continue reading...

Office Depot is an organization that operates in over 59 countries worldwide and is located in Florida, United States. The company’s industry is mostly specialty retail, dealing with office supplies and other related products. According to the company’s audit reports, the company has annual sales of over 11.2 billion dollars, employing over 66,000 employees, well known as associates (David 2007). ODP has a set of factors that yield to consistent growth and profit maximization. Such factors include the organization’s mission statement. The company has a strong statement, aimed at delivering winning keys that motivate work Continue reading...

Introduction:

Al Manal establishment is an import manpower housemaid that was licensed in 1993 by Abu Dhabi Government General Security Executive Council in Abu Dhabi. The firm is a family and was handed down by the founder to his Mohamed Saleh AlOthali, who is the current owner of the establishment.
Al Manal has experienced financial success over the years. It was started with AED 100,000 of owner capital. It broke even within the first 2 years of establishment and returned a profit of AED 245,000 in 1995. The profits have been increasing ever since. However, it experienced some Continue reading...

Value Creation of an Internationalizing Entrepreneurial Firm

Abstract
For responding to call for bigger viewpoint on internationalization of the entrepreneurial firms, here in this study, it is aimed to convey the concept of business model to the framework of IE, with particular prominence on the idea of value formation/creation and value exchange on the company interfaces. This study is cross-case study that is based on the qualitative data from workshops of the business model with main company informers in every case firm. The findings indicates that even though business models of the firms with similar positions may perhaps appears to be similar, however there exists fine-grained Continue reading...

Application of the Diamond Model to Loss of Market Share: A Commentary of Correlations

Application of the Diamond Model to Loss of Market Share: A Commentary of Correlations
The perils of an international entrepreneurial effort, of the European wine industry as perceived as a company, negotiates a compelling proposition for business and market share considerations. In reference to the Ketchen and Short (2014) article, the hopefully cogent case study herein, will weave elements of understanding worldwide economic activities as they particularly relate to competing in global markets coupled with an underlying comprehension of Porter’s “Diamond Model.” Ketchen and Short (2014) explicitly lay out examples, alongside explanations, of the four Diamond Model elements: ( Continue reading...

Groupon case analysis:

Groupon is one of the numerous current voucher administration organizations working in the United States today. Groupon was propelled in 2008 by Andrew artisan as a site. The general idea of Groupon at first was to give administrations of ad on vouchers, coupons, and arrangements for organizations by regional standards that would thus pay an expense for said ad. Rapidly the expression of the business spread and the business itself became, yet with development came loss of income and rivalry.

Strategies of Groupon:

Groupon's vital methodology can be summed up in three stages. Step one is getting the business prepared, implying that Continue reading...

Executive Summary

As the leader of the sport apparel industry, Nike has always been an example of business practice and a quality and innovator trend – setter. In the 21st century economy, the company is facing new challenges for reaching a sustainable future in which to continue fostering its social and financial performances. The focus on fair labor condition for its contractors’ workers, the reduced water consumption or the zero discharge of pollutant chemicals globally are Nike’s main focuses for achieving a sustainable future for its business and the society wherein it unfolds its operations.
The current case study focuses on Continue reading...

Organic Food and Skin Care Industry in United Kingdom

The production of organic food and skin care products in the United Kingdom has been present for over 100 years. The global skin care at times referred to as cosmetic has five different segments: skin care, hair care, make-ups fragrances, and toiletries. Over the year, the industry has grown large and large as the demand for the products keeps rising. Statistics carried out by the soil association of the Great Britain indicates that the organic market in the country was worth 1.79 billion pounds as of the year 2013. (Baby Food Industry Profile: Europe, 2014, p. 20).
Statistics record Continue reading...

Introduction: Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose

The MGM Resorts International is multinational company in the hospitality industry that manages a chain of hotels or properties in different states and parts of the world. MGM operates in different states including Michigan, Mississippi, and Nevada and in China. With over 45,000 employees locally and international, MGM is capable of catering to its guest. Quality accommodations and services are the main reasons why MGM was able to acquire $18.09 billion enterprise value in 2010. In 2010, MGM gained revenues that amounted to $6 billion. Due to this scale, MGM is one of the top three largest and Continue reading...

Introduction

‘How to Kill a Great Idea’ by Max Chafkin is a documentary of the rise of Friendster, one of the world’s first social networking site and the people and circumstance that brought its fall. Chafkin’s documentary touched on Friendster’s history from the time it was conceptualized by its founder and on how it became one of the biggest social media site until it ran out of business. While Chafkin’s story is focused on the historical side of Friendster’s experience, this paper would like to investigate Chafkin’s account using the value chain management perspective. Continue reading...

Video Game Console Industry in 2012: The Next Round

In 2012, the market for video games consoles took a remarkable direction. Nintendo arose as a leader in the market in the 7th generation of the video games with its Wii console. In this period, there was no any firm that had achieved dominance in the market. The case study provides an insight into the history of competition in the gaming industry and investigates factors that contribute to success. The dynamics of the video games market had changed to a great extent by 2012. The balance of power shifted from console makers to the suppliers, users playing the video Continue reading...

Individual Case Analysis of Netflix

Background/ Problem Statement
There is no doubt that Netflix has revolutionized the way people enjoy their films and movies. Netflix currently ranks as the largest internet subscription website for watching television series and films. It has close to 25 million subscribers across the globe. Netflix offers a monthly flat rate for unlimited television and film watching and this has attracted very large audience across the globe. Things have however started going awry for the company in recent years. In the year 2011, the company announced that it would increase its subscription rates by up to 60%. The result was Continue reading...

Introduction

In Billund, a Danish carpenter named Kirk Kristiansen started selling wooden toys of high quality for the children in 1932. After two years he gave name to the company, Lego that was the combination of two words of Danish language that meant PLAY WELL. Later he learned that it meant as Put Together in Latin.
Before reaching to the theme based kits, Kristiansen was from the very beginning was very committed to the quality of the manufactured “wooden toys”. His son tried to cut down the cost of the toys and shipping them by coating with merely two coats Continue reading...

Ethics in the Electronics Industry

Abstract
In recent years, significant media and consumer attention has been focused on the working conditions of foreign laborers employed in factories producing goods for sale in the US and other developed countries. Various human and labor rights organizations have reported that workers are routinely forced to work more than the legal amount of hours, greatly underpaid, and forced to work in unsafe conditions. As public outcry mounts, companies are increasingly forced to attend to these issues and keep pace with consumer consciousness and shifting consumer values. The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical issues faced Continue reading...