If the customer does have bad credit then it’s up to you to take the chance and offer your services. It is sometimes not so good to turn down customers due to a bad credit report because it can cause you a chance to blow a great business deal. But also Keep in mind that if they already have a problem with paying bills and if you choose to still do business with them you can set up a payment arrangement to have the bill automatically drafted out of the account every pay period. This way the payment is never late. This is sometimes the best route to go rather you are bad with paying bills or not.
A1. E-Commerce Solutions (Ability to Pay Online) a. Keep the company and the customer perspective in mind. How are they going to order the product? Discuss the vendor you are going to use (Paypal).
The value it provides for merchants is reaching the minimum number of customers the merchant need in order to offer a win-win deal! This avoids the risk of not getting enough customers for a certain deal. Furthermore, it gives the merchants valuable data about potential customers and their profiles. This makes it easy for them to create personalized offers to target them when necessary. The value it provides for customers is the attractive deals they find while on the go.
Nonetheless, Nordstrom is offering self-service at their store. When customers are not satisfy with the item they purchased from Nordstrom, they can bring it back and return the item. Unlike other department stores, Nordstrom has a generous return policy for their customers. Destination stores or convenience stores like Wal-Mart or 7-11 does not offer the same service as Nordstrom. They normally have a strict 7-day return policy and you cannot return it once the deadline is passed or without the receipt.
Currently Competition Bikes purchases inventory for production the month before it goes to the production line. To ensure that inventory is being used in a smart way, the company should negotiate terms with fewer manufacturers to purchase materials on consignment. This would allow the materials to be stored at the manufacturing facility to be available on demand without the necessity of carrying that inventory in the books. The inventory would then be purchased and paid for at the time of use. This reduces the carrying costs of the inventory that is ordered as well as insuring that unused items are not held from month to month.
M1 Involving the three methods that I gave above, I will now identify the target market, what customers are looking for and also if the demand would be sufficient. The three methods that I think it’s more suitable to my internet café are surveys observation and surveys. With this information I will see if I can open the shop. Surveys Surveys are important to every business, because it is with the results of surveys that every business is known of customer needs. Surveys are also helpful because it says exactly what customers want and also their opinions about a business.
First, providing employee financial information, pay records, and even benefits information on one site can greatly assist the Human Resource department. They can even make this information available to each employee, through the use of a virtual private network. The production department may use intranet technology to use online chatting or group emails to provide more efficient communication among different levels of production. Sales and marketing departments could create websites to advertise their products, or even create databases to measure the amount of visitors they have daily, or weekly. They may also be able to monitor the demographics of those people who are purchasing which products, or even watch the amount of competitor products that are similar and are being purchased.
When you do this you put your funds and calculations in the hands of someone who job is to make as much money as they can from a project. You would not know of what is applies to a bill is correctly calculated for that service. I just don’t think it is good practice when you can easily go out and get cost estimates from different companies and then have a vendor bid for a service based off your price estimate. On the other hand is you do have vendors computing support, if you have a good one that you give a lot of business to, there is always the opportunity for discounts based on past and future service, and you can probably make out well when you have someone who is sound and trustworthy looking out for both you and the vendors benefits.
The company operates two warehouses in Newark, NJ and Los Angeles, CA. Theses are clear candidates for consolidation. Regardless of any changes in product volume, the reduction in facilities alone represents significant savings. Customer service levels The effect on service levels is less clear. If all products’ have to go through a distribution center prior to final delivery to customers the effect may be minimal.
Their effort for customer’s satisfaction is called “Deliver WOW through service.” To create a superior customer experience, they have been many things. First of all, they provide not only free shipping in both directions but also a 365- day return policy. Customers do not have to worry about shipping fee and inconveniences from return process by using Zappos. They also focus on the function of the call center. To satisfy the customer, Zappos never outsourced their call center, which means they do not work from a script.