Complete the table below with a description of the products and services for at least two commercial organisations, public organisations and third sector organisations. Please ensure you provide a description for each organisation, rather than a list. Organisation type Name of organisation Description of products and services Commercial organisation The Coca Cola Company Provider of 3500 products (drinks) sold in over 200 countries worldwide. The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company. They have the world's largest beverage distribution system with consumers in more than 200 countries ranking among the world’s top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 employees.
Also, in 2011 the total value of goods sold on EBay was $68.6 billion more than $2100 every second. John Donohoe became CEO of March 31, 2008 and he leads a global ecommerce and payments of revenues of 9.2 billion dollars. Reference sited: www.EBayinc.com T Rowe Price is a independent company with substantial employee ownership that has been managing over $489 billion in
Barnes & Noble Strategic Plan Randy Sickmier STR/581 June 27, 2012 Chris Robus Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 3 Company Background 4 Corporate Mission, Vision, and Values Statement 4 Environment Scan 6 Strengths 7 Weaknesses 8 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 The Remote Environment 9 The Industry Environment 9 The Operating Environment 10 Implementation Plan 10 Implementation Objective #1 10 Implementation Objective #2 13 Organizational Change, Key Success Factors, Budgetary Forecast 15 Recommended Strategy 16 References 17 Executive Summary Barnes & Noble (B&N) has been a profitable bookseller for more than 100 years. The company has made a successful transition into ecommerce by selling e-content, gifts, games, and the Nook e-reader. B&N faces strong competition however, not only from traditional rivals Amazon and from Books-A-Million, but also big-box stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco. The variety that the big-box rivals offer has led B&N to diversify its product line. The company’s vision statement points to broader sales purpose, “As digital and online sales accelerate, Barnes & Noble remains well positioned to gain a significant share of these exciting new markets.” This vision takes B&N away from its core competency of bookselling.
I. Introduction of the company: Lincare Holdings Inc is one of the nation’s largest providers of oxygen and other respiratory services. The majority of their patients suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema or asthma. Lincare serves approximately 750, 000 patients in 48 states through 1056 centers. According to Lincare’s annual report, they estimate the home respiratory market to be approximately $6.0 billion in annual sales.
Inventory and warehouse cycle Inventory accounts for a large portion of a company’s assets and is one of the more significant accounts presented on the financial statement. The effects of inventory can complicate physical control, contributing to more time spent when conducting the audit. For that cause, when constructing audit programs for inventory, the auditor should want to develop a plan such where risks are reduced to acceptable levels for the inventory cash cycle. Such a plan includes description of nature, extent of the planned risk assessment procedures, and above all, timing. In preparing the audit program for Apollo Shoe, Inc. the auditor should consider the primary objective which is to provide assurance to the stakeholders, stockholders, and other interested parties that the financial statements fairly account for raw materials, finished goods, work-in
In 2011, bars/cafes grew by 4% in terms of current value to reach sales of 4.7 billion dollars of which 15% is revenue from smoothies sold in Canada bars. The smoothie bars have shown an increasing trend in the recent past, and this explains a corresponding growth in their market. There is also a fierce competition in the organic food market. In 2011, around 174 new vegetable /fruit and nectar products entered the US market. It was a threat to Bolthouse Farm despite the fact that the company produces quality beverages.
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Corporate Mission and Business Model 3 External Environments 4 Ethics and Social Responsibilities 6 Conclusion 6 References 8 Introduction Viterra is known as the largest grain handler in Canada. It was formed in 2007 and has rapidly flown past their competitors ever since, thriving off of western Canada’s strong agricultural economy as of the past decade. They bring in an extraordinary profit every year, with over $702 million in the year 2011 alone (Cross, 2012), and continue to dominate its competitors with locations out of Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and China. Viterra is involved in the processing, marketing, and handling of the grain they purchase off of farmers.
Brienna Martinez MKTG 3303 4/26/14 MKTG 3303 Starbucks Case Study Starbucks is an American global coffee company that was founded in 1971. The coffee powerhouse has expanded to more than 50 countries around the world as well as having 11,000 stores in the U.S alone. Macro environment factors are uncontrollable external factors that affect how a business operates. They are often broken down into the abbreviation PEST that stands for political, economic, and social and technology concerns. The political Concerns that Starbucks faces are things like tax policies, government safety regulations, trade tariffs, government and international stability.
Ceje Davis American Intercontinental University Unit 5 Individual Project MKTG 205 – Principles of Marketing 12/14/2014 Abstract Starbucks Incorporated has become a regular from the coffee shop to your own home, and even across the world. The company wide marketing as worked for the last 30 years and will continue to grow as coffee becomes more popular around the world. Starbucks Incorporated Introduction Starbucks is an international coffeehouse franchise company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world’s largest coffeehouse and coffee chain with 11,500 stores in the United States, and more than 20,000 stores worldwide in 55 countries. Starbucks locations serve hot and cold beverages, whole-bean coffee, micro- ground instant coffee, full leaf teas, pastries, and snacks.
About Pitney Bowes Pitney is the world's biggest maker of postal meters and mailing equipment and provider of mailing and delivery software and services to companies, is ranked 394th in the 2006 Fortune 500, with $5.5 billion in revenue and $526.6 million in profits. (Wikipedia) It has got following divisions: • Global Mail stream Solutions, • Global Business Services, • Capital Services. Mission of Pitney Bowes “The Pitney Bowes brand promise – Engineering the flow of communication™ – describes what we do for our customers every day.” (Source: Corporate website) The Strategic objectives of Pitney Bowes can be compared with different measurement areas for Balance Scorecard as follows: a. Revenue, Profit margins, growth in operating cash flows can be tied with financial goals of measurement of Balance Scorecard. b.