Veterans Outreach Program Charles Eaton MM522 Marketing Management Dr. Kamal Veterans Outreach Program TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 # SECTION 1.0 EXRCUTIVE SUMMARY #3 SECTION 2 SITUATION ANALYSIS SECTION 2.0 MARKET SUMMARY #5 SECTION 2.2 SWOT ANALYSIS #6 SECTION 2.3 COMPETITION #7 SECTION 2.4 PRODUCT OFFERING #7 SECTION 2.5 KEYS TO SUCCRSS #10 SECTION 2.6 CRITICAL ISSUES #10 SECTION 3 MARKETING STRATEGY # SECTION 3.0 MISSION #10 SECTION 3.2 MARKETING OBJECTIVES #11 SECTION 3.3 FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES # SECTION 3.4 TARGET MARKET # SECTION 3.5 POSITIONING # SECTION 3.6 STRATEGIES #
Impact 4/5 ……………………………………………………….……..8 2.2.4 Technological Factor. Impact 4/5 ……………………………………………………….…….8 2. 3 Five Force Analysis…………………………………………………………………….….……..8 2.3.1: Analysis of Five Force Analysis ………………………………………………………………10 2.4: Critical Success Factors …………………………………………………………………………11 2.5 Opportunities and Threats ……………………………………………………………………….14 2.6: Summary of task A………………………………………………………………………………14 3. Task B………………………………………………………………………………………………16 3.1 Value Chain……………………………………………………………………………………….16 3.2 Value Network…………………………………………………………………………………….19 3.3: Starbucks competitive advantage: threshold/unique resource and competencies………20 3.3.1: Financial resources ………………………………………………………………………….20 3.3.2: Financial competencies………………………………………………………………………22 3.3.3 Physical (Infrastructural resources)………………………………………………………….22 3.3.4: Physical infrastructure capabilities………………………………………………………….24 3.3.5: intangible resources …………………………………………………………………………25 3.3.6: Intangible resource capabilities…………………………………………………..………...25 3.3.7: Threshold and Unique resources and competencies …………………………………..25 3.3.8: Competitive advantage
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Group Members Amr Al Kafoury Robert Aziz Ahmad Gawdat Islam Youssef M Mina Faragallah Amr Al Jarhi DONNER COMPANY BUSINESS CASE OPMG 5202 Amr Spring 2014 26 February 2014 Dr. Ali Awni Donner Company Business Case TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Production bottlenecks ............................................................................................................................ 5 Cause of bottlenecks: Variance in order size and design ................................................................. 5 Cause of bottlenecks: Rush orders ................................................................................................... 5 Cause of bottlenecks: Rework .......................................................................................................... 5 Cause of bottlenecks: Design Problems............................................................................................ 6 Cause of Bottlenecks: Production Process Problems ....................................................................... 6 Cycle times for orders of 1 board, 8 boards, and 200 boards: ......................................................... 8 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.2 2.3 Organizational Structure Problems .......................................................................................................... 8 Time wasted in ordering Raw materials .................................................................................................. 9 Safety Stock Approach
Case 2 Ryanair Case 2 Ryanair Table of contents Titlepage 2 Preface 3 Table of contents 4 Executive summary 5 Chapter 1 Identify the main problem 6 1.2 Summary of Ryanair 6 1.3 Problem statement and research questions 7 1.4 Methodology 7 1.5 Application strategic lenses 8 Chapter 2 Gathering the facts 9 2.1 Pestel Framework 9 2.2 Five forces 11 2.3 Strategic capability 13 2.4 Robustness 14 2.5 Cost efficiency 15 2.6 Strategic Clock 16 2.7 Stakeholder mapping 18 2.8 Business economics analysis 19 2.9 SWOT Analysis 27 Chapter 3 Alternative course of action 28 3.1 TOWS 28 3.2 Alternative for fuel 29 3.3 Use the recessions and bend it to something positive 29 3.4 Improving their image start with the employees 29 3.5 Ryanair needs to distinguish themselves by developing secondary airfields 30 Chapter 4 Decisions and reasoning 31 Chapter 5 Implementation 32 Conclusion 33 Bibliography 34 Table of Figures 35 Appendix 36 xecutive summary Chapter 1 Identify the main problem This first chapter will give a small overview of how Ryanair got into their current situation. Therefore a concise summary is presented and also the strategic lenses of Ryanair will be discussed. 1.2 Summary of Ryanair Ryanair is an international air carrier which is based in Dublin, Ireland. At the moment it is the largest low cost airline in Great Britain and Europe. Ryanair started flying since 1985 between Ireland and the UK.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Executive Summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Background 4 4 Project Manager’s Responsibilities 7 4.1 Planning 7 4.2 Organising 7 4.3 Controlling 8 5 Project Manager’s Skills 8 5.1 Leadership Ability 8 5.2 Ability to Develop People 10 5.3 Communication Skills 10 5.4 Interpersonal Skills 11 5.5 Ability to handle Stress 11 5.6 Problem Solving Skills 11 5.7 Time Management Skills 12 5.8 Resource Planning 12 6 Delegation 13 7 The Project Team 14 7.1 Project Team Development 14 8 Recommendations 16 9 Conclusion 16 10 Bibliography 17 List of Figures Figure 1.0: Degrees of Delegation 12 Figure 2.0: Stages of Team Development 13 Figure 3.0: Levels of Functioning 14 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This document intends to evaluate the case study of ICS, Inc and propose solutions to the problems identified in a prioritised, systematic approach and aim to further motivate my assertions. Recommendations are made in accordance with the responsibilities explored. It is an overwhelmingly apparent that Ivana is in need of training as a Project Manager. Given the nature of the organisation’ she wears many hats and is unable to fully deliver on her key responsibilities as project manager. Project Team development is also addressed in this analysis, depicting the various stages of team development Resource Planning; is non-existent in ICS, Inc. Staff assignment to the various projects will be address in a work schedule table which will indicate availability and or commitment of human resources, plotted on a calendar timeframe.
What’s more, according to Jordan Hitch, managing director at Bain, it was attracted to Gymboree because of its “incredible brand strength and a large population of extremely satisfied customers”. Another reason why Bain wanted to buy Gymboree is that Gymboree has performed reasonably well despite the recession: annual sales have stayed flat for the past two years, at around $1 billion. Children's apparel spending has weathered the recession much better than other clothing categories, because parents will eliminate spending on themselves before they cut back on their kids. “Children’s apparel is more predictable than
World Resources Institute Sustainable Enterprise Program A program of the World Resources Institute Expanding the Playing Field: Nike’s World Shoe Project Teaching Note For more than a decade, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program (SEP) has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges. BELL, a project of SEP, is focused on working with managers and academics to make companies more competitive by approaching social and environmental challenges as unmet market needs that provide business growth opportunities through entrepreneurship, innovation, and organizational change. Permission to reprint this case is available at the BELL case store. Additional information on the Case Series, BELL, and WRI is available at: www.BELLinnovation.org. Case Overview Tom Harge’s challenge was to “expand the playing field” in emerging markets with a range of affordable, durable, and easyto-produce sports shoes that could effectively reach the huge untapped segment in “Tier Three” countries.
Confirming Pages 2 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Operations Management 2 Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity 3 Forecasting 4 Product and Service Design 5 Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout 7 Work Design and Measurement 8 Location Planning and Analysis 9 Management of Quality 10 Quality Control 11 Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling 12 MRP and ERP 13 Inventory Management 14 JIT and Lean Operations 15 Supply Chain Management 16 Scheduling 17 Project Management 18 Management of Waiting Lines 19 Linear Programming Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity CHAPTER OUTLINE Introduction, 42 Competitiveness, 42 Computing Productivity, 57 Why Some Organizations Fail, 43 Productivity in the Service Sector, 60 Mission and Strategies 44 Factors That Affect Productivity, 60 Strategies and Tactics, 45 Strategy Formulation, 47 Supply Chain Strategy, 51 Sustainability Strategy, 51 Global Strategy, 51 Operations Strategy, 52 Strategic Operations Management Decision Areas, 53 Quality and Time Strategies, 53 Improving Productivity, 62 Cases: An American Tragedy: How a Good Company Died, 66 Home-Style Cookies, 67 Hazel Revisited, 69 “Your Garden Gloves,” 69 Operations Tour: The U.S. Postal Service, 70 Implications of Organization Strategy for Operations Management, 54 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completing this chapter, you should be able to: 1 List the three primary ways that business organizations compete. 2 Explain five reasons for the poor competitiveness of some companies. 3 Define the term productivity and explain why it is important to organizations and to countries. 7 Provide some of the reasons for poor productivity and some ways of improving it.
Quantitative Business Analysis for Capacity Assessment INBA 6145 GROUP ASSIGNMENT COHORT – 55 TEAM – INNOVATION INVASION Merton Truck Company NAME | ID # | Kelly Jackson-Baynes | 814005354 | Crystal Manickchand | 814005353 | Ramona Balgobin | 814005540 | Sara Samuel | 806005295 | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 CASE SUMMARY1 2 KEY ISSUES/CHALLENGES2 3 METHDOLOGY…..3-8 3.1 Steps Taken3-4 3.2 Case Model Calculations5 3.3 Lag Effects6 3.4 Models Done7-8 4 fINDINGS 9-11 4.1Model Choice9 4.2 Shipment projections based on model chosen10 4.3 Forecast Results11 5INTEPRETATION…..12-13 6CONCLUSION…..14 7APPENDIX…..15-26 1. CASE SUMMARY Merton’s Truck company president was dissatisfied with the company’s financial performance during a six month period January –June 1988. He suggested that something be done to improve the financial position of the company. Suggestions included changing the product mix or just stop making a Truck Model 101 altogether as it was not making a profit. Additionally, he also suggested that they outsource engines from an outside supplier to relieve the capacity problem.