...CIO - Nike Rebounds Page 1 of 8 Features Nike Rebounds Christopher Koch 12 July, 2004 10:54:58 How (and Why) Nike Recovered from Its Supply Chain Diaster Too many Air Garnetts. Too few Air Jordans. Nike lost money, time and a measure of pride when its demand-planning software led it astray. How did it recover? Patience, perseverance and, most important, an understanding of what it was trying to accomplish in the first place READER ROI The limitations of demand-planning software How a robust business plan can insulate tech execs from blame Single-instance strategies in a global environment "I thought we weren't going to talk about i2," growls Roland Wolfram, Nike's vice president of global operations and technology, his eyes flashing at his PR manager with ill-concealed ire. Wolfram, who was promoted in April to vice president and general manager of the Asia-Pacific division, is all Nike. His complexion is ruddy, his lips cracked from working out or working hard, or both. He's casually dressed, but with a typical Nike sharpness to his turtleneck and slacks, a sharpness reflected also in his urgent, aggressive defence of his company - a Nike pride that would seem arrogant were not the company so dominant in its industry. Wolfram calls the i2 problem - a software glitch that cost Nike more than $US100 million in lost sales, depressed its stock price by 20 percent, triggered a flurry of class-action lawsuits, and caused its chairman, president and CEO,...
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...ICMR Case Collection C op y ICFAI Center for Management Research N OPER 049 ot SCM and ERP Software Implementation at Nike – From Failure to Success D o This case was written by Ruchi N. Chaturvedi, under the direction of Vivek Gupta, ICFAI Center for Management Research (ICMR). It was compiled from published sources, and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. 2005, ICFAI Center for Management Research. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means- electronic or mechanical, without permission. To order copies, call 0091-40-2343-0462/63/64 or write to ICFAI Center for Management Research, Plot # 49, Nagarjuna Hills, Hyderabad 500 082, India or email icmr@icfai.org. Website: www.icmrindia.org OPER/049 SCM AND ERP SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION AT NIKE – FROM FAILURE TO SUCCESS “We became a poster child for failed implementations.”1 - Roland Wolfram, Vice-president - Global Operations, Nike Corporation, commenting on the i2 software implementation failure in 2000. op y “The lesson of Nike’s failure and subsequent rebound lies in the fact that it had a sound business plan that was widely understood and accepted at every level of the company. Given that resiliency it afforded the company, in the...
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...First published by The Writer’s Coffee Shop, 2011 Copyright © E L James, 2011 The right of E L James to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her under the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part maybe reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. The Writer’s Coffee Shop (Australia) PO Box 2013 Hornsby Westfield NSW 1635 (USA) PO Box 2116 Waxahachie TX 75168 Paperback ISBN-978-1-61213-028-6 E-book ISBN-978-1-61213-029-3 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the US Congress Library. Cover image by: © Papuga2006 | Dreamstime.com Cover design by: Jennifer McGuire www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/ejames E L James is a TV executive, wife, and mother of two, based in West London. Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. E L James is currently working on the sequel...
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...global leadership search in life sciences clients candidates * home * about * news & opinion * people * partnerships * industries * locations * careers news & opinion home > news > how to design and implement talent acquisition strategies to meet corporate goals How to design and implement talent acquisition strategies to meet corporate goals 09/10/2013 By Tom Bradley and Christian Steele When companies complain that they can't find enough good people, the cause, in our view, is most likely to be deep-rooted and centred on a misalignment between the strategic goals of the business and the efforts of the company's talent acquisition professionals. In this article, we'll outline the approach we took at Pfizer and offer some ideas that you can take away and implement right away. But before we do that, let's first look at why this misalignment between people and business goals happens. The root causes are not that complicated and usually centre on two things: first, the people who find and hire employees don't sit in the same meetings as those who set the direction of the overall business and its main operating units. Getting a seat at those senior-level forums, and the credibility to contribute on an equal footing as a genuine 'business partner', is more difficult than you might think. This is usually because the perception of HR, where talent acquisition resides, is that of a lower-level...
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...Monsanto Paper By Raikirat Sohi MBA 505 Foundation of Management A. Hetro Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Management November 18, 2014 COMPANY HISTORY AND PROFILE Monsanto is one of the Fortune 500 Company with its headquarters located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It employs 21183 employee globally providing 146 facilities in In USA alone, it employees 10277 employees distributing 404 facilities over 66 countries (Monsanto, 2014). It is an American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation. It serves its customers with products ranging from agricultural and vegetable seeds, plant biotechnology traits to crop protection chemicals. In present times it is the leading manufacturer of genetically engineered seeds and herbicide glyphosate marketed under brand name round up (Monsanto, 2014). It was founded in 1901by John F. Queeny with his wife Olga Monsanto Queeny. The first produce that was manufactured by this company was saccharin (the artificial sweetener) that was sold to Coca-Cola Company. By 1905, Monsanto benefitted ad progressed through the sale of vanillin and caffeine. During the time of World war 2 Monsanto was unable to import chemicals that were needed by them from Europe so in order to compensate that it started producing chemicals on its own. Monsanto went public in Stock exchange in 1929. During this era of 1920’s Monsanto expanded in chemical industries producing sulphuric acid and PCB’s. Monsanto’s first PCB manufacturing...
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...First published by The Writer’s Coffee Shop, 2011 Copyright © E L James, 2011 The right of E L James to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her under the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. The Writer’s Coffee Shop (Australia) PO Box 2013 Hornsby Westfield NSW 1635 (USA) PO Box 2116 Waxahachie TX 75168 Paperback ISBN-978-1-61213-058-3 E-book ISBN-978-1-61213-059-0 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the US Congress Library. Cover image by: E. Spek Cover design by: Jennifer McGuire www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/ejames E L James is a TV executive, wife, and mother of two, based in West London. Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. E L James is currently working on the sequel to Fifty Shades Darker and a new...
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...Lawrence Pratt UNV-105 21st century Skills: Critical thinking and problem solving May 24th, 2015 John Steele The Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of Marijuana has been a controversial subject within society for quite some time. What is Marijuana? Marijuana is defined as a tall plant with a stiff upright stem, divided serrated leaves, and glandular hairs. It is used to produce hemp fiber and as a psychotropic drug. Psychotropic is relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. All drugs affect a person’s mental state in various ways. This is inclusive of cigarettes, alcohol and many over the counter drugs. Deaths caused by drugs in general are substantial, however the deaths caused by marijuana are substantially less or almost nonexistent. “Why should a drug be legalized?” and “Should marijuana be legalized?” these are questions that society has fought with for quite some time. There would be a great amount of benefits derived from the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized for the medical benefits, the social benefits, and the economic benefits it would create. Marijuana has many medical benefits that would continue to aid the people already using it for existing conditions that may improve their standard of living. Studies on marijuana shows that marijuana supports the brains learning and memory functions. This is beneficial as improving one’s ability to learn and one’s memory functions would allow them to improve...
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...World Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 1. No. 3. July 2011. Pp. 1-15 Cosmetic Accounting Practices in Developing Countries: Bangladesh Perspectives Asif Mahbub Karim 1 , Rehana Fowzia 2 and Md. Mamunur Rashid Cosmetic accounting is a process whereby accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business. This study expresses the views of External Auditors, Internal Auditors, and the Accountants on causes, techniques, effects and solution for Cosmetic Accounting. To achieve these purposes total 108 respondents have been surveyed. Findings from descriptive statistics reveal that the perceptions of three categories respondents are different about the various aspects of cosmetic accounting .It also shows the opinions of internal auditors, external auditors and accountants raised some concerns as to whether these circumstances will last. 3 Field of Research: Accounting. Keywords: Cosmetic Accounting, Accountants. External Auditor, Internal Auditor, 1. Introduction Creative accounting is referred to also as income smoothing, earnings management, earnings smoothing, financial engineering and cosmetic accounting. The preferred term in the USA, and consequently in most of the literature on the subject is „earnings management‟, but in Europe the preferred term is „creative accounting‟ and so this is the term that will be used in this paper. It should be recognized that some accounting manipulation involves...
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...World Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 1. No. 3. July 2011. Pp. 1-15 Cosmetic Accounting Practices in Developing Countries: Bangladesh Perspectives Asif Mahbub Karim 1 , Rehana Fowzia 2 and Md. Mamunur Rashid Cosmetic accounting is a process whereby accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business. This study expresses the views of External Auditors, Internal Auditors, and the Accountants on causes, techniques, effects and solution for Cosmetic Accounting. To achieve these purposes total 108 respondents have been surveyed. Findings from descriptive statistics reveal that the perceptions of three categories respondents are different about the various aspects of cosmetic accounting .It also shows the opinions of internal auditors, external auditors and accountants raised some concerns as to whether these circumstances will last. 3 Field of Research: Accounting. Keywords: Cosmetic Accounting, Accountants. External Auditor, Internal Auditor, 1. Introduction Creative accounting is referred to also as income smoothing, earnings management, earnings smoothing, financial engineering and cosmetic accounting. The preferred term in the USA, and consequently in most of the literature on the subject is „earnings management‟, but in Europe the preferred term is „creative accounting‟ and so this is the term that will be used in this paper. It should be recognized that some accounting manipulation involves...
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...Abstract Creative accounting, as a matter of approach, is not objectionable by itself. However, when unethical elements make intrusion, the resultant accounting details become anything but true and fair. Creativity in such context is like referring to a half glass of water as half-full instead of describing it as half empty. While both statements are factually correct, they paint different picture and thus convey different images. Creativity in company accounting may arise under at least three different financial market conditions. The first is when a company floats its shares to attract investors to subscribe to such shares either at par or at a premium, depending on the financial market evaluation of the company’s future prospects. The second is when the company whose shares are already listed in a stock exchange, wants to paint an attractive picture of its financial conditions so that the shares may be quoted at a premium. Finally, a company having its shares listed in the stock exchange may declare and pay high dividends based on inflated profits through overvaluation of assets, undervaluation of liabilities and change in systems of stock valuation that may boost the image of the company at least in the short run. Unethical considerations in creative accounts have developed to such depths that terms like fraud audit and forensic accounting have gained currency and are becoming new professions. Accounting practitioners and auditors are increasingly required to appear...
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...M I C R O S O F T T E C H N O L O G Y A S S O C I AT E Student Study Guide EXAM 98-366 Networking Fundamentals Preparing for MTA Certification for Cert ca n Certification MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE (MTA TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE (MTA) ECHNOLOGY C (MTA A) STUDENT STUDY GUIDE F UDY FOR IT PROS 98-366 Networking Fundamentals Authors Shari Due (Networking). Shari is an IT Network Specialist Instructor at Gateway Technical College in Racine, Wisconsin where she has worked for the past 15 years. Previously, she worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in Elk Grove, Illinois. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Math and Economics with a minor in Computer Science and a MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Shari’s current industry certifications include: Comptia Server+, Linux+, A+, Network+, and i-Net+. Her past certifications include: MCSE-NT 4.0, CCNA, and Pathworks for Macintosh. She is a Cisco Certified Instructor for Cisco’s Network Academy and teaches the CCNA curriculum. She is the author of Advanced WordPerfect Using Macro Power: A Guide for VMS and DOS Users from Digital Press. Patricia Phillips (Lead Author and Project Manager). Patricia taught computer science for 20 years in Janesville, Wisconsin. She served on Microsoft’s National K-12 Faculty Advisory Board and edited the Microsoft MainFunction website for technology teachers for two years. For the past five years she has worked with Microsoft in...
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...EL James CINQUANTE NUANCES PLUS SOMBRES Dépassée par les sombres secrets de Christian Grey, Ana Steele a mis un terme à leur relation pour se consacrer à sa carrière d’éditrice. Mais son désir pour Grey occupe toujours toutes ses pensées et lorsqu’il lui propose un nouvel accord, elle ne peut y résister. Peu à peu, elle en apprend davantage sur le douloureux passé de son ténébreux M. Cinquante Nuances, toujours aussi passionné. Tandis que Christian lutte contre ses démons intérieurs, Ana doit prendre la décision la plus importante de sa vie. 1 Du MEME AUTEUR Cinquante nuances de Grey, Lattès, 2012. www.editions-jclattes.fr roman Traduit de l'anglais par Amélie Tronchet JC Lattes Titre de l'édition originale Fifty Shades Darker Publiée par the Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, Australie, 2011 Couverture : Atelier Didier Thimonier, d'après le design de Jennifer McGuire Illustration : E. Spek/Dreamstime.com ISBN : 978-2-7096-42538 Fifty Shades Ltd, 2011. L'auteur a publié précédemment sur Internet Master of the Universe, une version en feuilleton de cette histoire, avec d'autres personnages, sous le pseudonyme de Snowqueen's Icedragon. Tous droits réservé. 2013, éditions Jean Claude Lattès pour la traduction française. (Première édition janvier 2013) PDF de Nini91 Pour Z et J Avec mon amour inconditionnel, pour toujours 2 Prologue Il est revenu. Maman dort ou bien elle est de nouveau malade. Je me recroqueville sous la table de la cuisine pour me cacher...
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...PeopleSoft, Inc. Form 425 13-4-18 下午10:10 PeopleSoft, Inc. Form 425 FILED BY PEOPLESOFT, INC. PURSUANT TO RULE 425 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 SUBJECT COMPANY: J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY FILING: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4 REGISTRATION NO. 333-106269 PeopleSoft Conference Call Transcript 7.2.03 THE OPERATOR: Welcome to the PeopleSoft 2003 second-quarter preliminary earnings conference call. All lines will be in a listen only mode until the question and answer session of the conference. This call is being recorded on behalf of PeopleSoft. Replays of this conference call will be available for seven days following the call by dialing 888-568-0873. There is no pass code needed for the replay. I will now turn the call over to Kevin Parker, PeopleSoft’s Chief Financial Officer. Kevin? MR. KEVIN PARKER: Welcome to PeopleSoft’s second-quarter preliminary earnings conference call. Joining me is Craig Conway, PeopleSoft’s President and CEO. During this call, we will review PeopleSoft’s prehttp://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798757/000089161803003395/f90776f1e425.htm Page 1 of 27 PeopleSoft, Inc. Form 425 13-4-18 下午10:10 liminary results of operations for the second quarter. After our commentary, we will open the conference call for questions related to our quarterly performance. Please note we will not be taking any speculative questions related to Oracle’s unsolicited tender offer. PeopleSoft has filed a Schedule TO and a registration statement on Form S-4...
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...| | 6 | | One Stop Shop for Business Registration | | 6 | | SVD Mission Sending | | 6 | | Team Building Workshop | | 6 | Parents / Guardian’s Certification of Waiver / Permission | | 7 | Form 1: Parents’ / Guardian’s Certification of Waiver / Permission | | 7 | Form 2: Rubric for Oral Defense | | 8 | Form 3: Oral Defense Guidelines | | 9 | Form 4: Business Plan Format | | 12 | Form 5: Student’s Evaluation of Business Practicum Program | | 21 | Masterlist of Student Entrepreneurs | | 23 | Entrep 39E Calendar of Activities for 2nd Semester AY 2014-2015 Month | Date/Day | Activities | November | 29 (Sat) | BPP Mission Sending & BPP General Orientation | December | 1 (Mon) | Submission of Enterprise Monthly Reports | | 6 (Sat) | Entrep 39E Seminar Series 1: Product Development & Concept Generation | | 12 (Sat) | Entrep 39E Seminar Series 2: Concept Selection & Concept Testing | January | 5 (Mon) |...
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...Nike I2 ERP Implementation Failure Case Study February 9, 2014 Shafer Minnick Morgan Correll Jeff Harvey Nike stands as the World’s leading producer of Athletic Footwear, Apparel and Equipment. As of 2013 they held complete ownership or joint venture in the following companies: Nike Brand Cole Haan Converse Hurley International Umbro Athletic Wear Nike Golf Jordan Brand This is a rather long and somewhat surprising list to many, based on some of these brands are portrayed as competitors in the daily consumer market. Nike products are sold in over 170 countries worldwide through their network of 700 retails stores. They have 38,00 Nike employees worldwide, based in those retail store, or one of 65 administrative offices or 10 plus Sales Offices or showrooms worldwide. Nike products are manufactured through a contract manufacturing partnership consisting of 900 contract plants worldwide using over 1 million contract employees. These same plants are managed by their local ownership, but Nike spends significant time and money coaching these plants in the Nike sustainable manufacturing plan. The Nike Strategy The Nike Business strategy focuses on Innovation. First the “Innovation to Serve the Athlete”-meaning they desire to design and produce the best products for athlete safety and performance. They want to be the leaders in new and improved products to advance athletic performance. Secondly, “Innovation to Grow the Company”- Nike wants...
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