HBR.ORG Profits at the Bottom of the Pyramid A tool for assessing your opportunities by Erik Simanis and Duncan Duke OCTOBER 2014 REPRINT R1410G Erik Simanis is a senior extension associate at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. Duncan Duke is an assistant professor of management at Ithaca College’s School of Business. 2 Harvard Business Review October 2014 This article is made available to you with compliments of FM Global Insurance. Further posting
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technologies closer to home.” The right goal: add value for customers Let’s start with what Boeing did right. After losing market share to Airbus (owned by EADS) in the late 1990s, Boeing could have decided to focus on reducing the costs (and the selling prices) of its existing aircraft. That would have led inexorably to corporate death. Instead Boeing decided— commendably—to innovate with a new aircraft that would generate revenues by creating value for customers. First, Boeing aimed to improve
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Copyright( - Property of Dr. Kevin McCormack. Do not copy without permission TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ………………………………………………………. 3 I. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE……………………………………… 4 II LITERATURE REVIEW (edited)………………………………………… 7 III RESEARCH DESIGN ……………………………………………………. 10 IV RESULTS AND FINDINGS …………………………………………….. 18 V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS …………………………………….. 27 Appendices A. FINAL SURVEY………………………………………………………….. 34 B. DEFINITION OF TERMS ………………………………………………
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ESD Working Paper Series Towards An Integration Of The Lean Enterprise System, Total Quality Management, Six Sigma And Related Enterprise Process Improvement Methods Kirkor Bozdogan Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA USA 02139 Tel. 617 253-8540 bozdogan mit.edu ESD-WP-2010-05 August 2010 esd.mit.edu/wps ESD Working Paper Series Towards An Integration Of The Lean Enterprise System, Total Quality Management, Six
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substantial benefits.” (Smith and Higgins, 2000, P. 309). Hence, nowadays many corporations are making a positive contribution to promote its long-term self-interest and win-win situation. In this paper we will discuss ethical issues in the supply chains of both tea industry and high street clothes industry. Chapter 1.1 Introduction of tea industry Tea was originally discovered and used as a medicine
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Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy Attn: Jac Nasser, CEO Dear Mr. Nasser Please find attached the report as requested Yours Truly, Teri Takai Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy ------------------------------------------------- Case Study Response Executive Summary As Director of Supply Chain Systems and decision maker on if we should proceed with the Virtual Integration Model I have carefully analysed all aspects of this model to see if it could work within Ford
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implemented new information systems (IS), known as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. ERP systems are packaged business software systems, capable of sharing common data, and accessing information in a real time. ERP applications include supply chain management
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to know four levels of SCIS’s functionality including transaction systems, management control, decision analysis, and strategic planning 3. to understand the comprehensive information system integration 4. to know how firms obtain access to supply chain applications 5. to understand the comprehensive information system integration 6. to know the remarkable advances in logistics communication systems capability II. Learning contents Section I. Information System Functionality 1. Main contents 1)
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organization including; strategy, human resources, customer relationship management, the IT department, technology, the business environment, trust, service management and performance metrics. Implementing e-business applications will require process redesign, organizational restructuring and alignment, new job descriptions and reviewed and revised policies. Organizations will also have to examine tax, legal and security issues. E-business is changing all the rules and models. An organization’s ability
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| | | |Module 1 Session 5 - Supply Chain Inventory Management | Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Issue Identification 2 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis 4 Alternatives AND OR
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