Innovation Strategy of Retailer: From the View of Global Value Chains Yongquan Hu, Huifang Jiang Abstract-Retailing running to high-value-added-end is a more visible trend, which attracts lots of attention from researchers or practitioners. This paper tries to explain this with the theory of Global Value Chains(GVCs). After literature review on GVCs and innovation strategy, this paper analyzes the global value chains of 7-11, IKEA, Wal-Mart and PPR separately. Then some com parisons is
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MATTEL: A Case Study | October 22 2012 | Case study discussion taken from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business “Unsafe for Children: Mattel’s Toy Recalls and Supply Chain Management” | Rob Breakiron Wenyao Ma Alek Shnayder Jiajie Wang | Contents Introduction 2 Why do companies outsource? 2 What were the primary causes of Mattel’s recall problems? Where these the result of outsourcing? 4 What actions were taken by the principals in the case to address the recall problems
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Chapter I: Introduction Company’s History: Origin, growth and expansion Aeromech was established on 1st December, 2006 as a precision component manufactures and became an OEM by entering into Machine Tool segment in the year 2009. Aeromech technology is a company that provides quality precision machined components catering to different automotive industries in various aspects such as manufacture, design, testing, assembly of high end CNC and special purpose machines which
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kulicke and Soffa is a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor assembly equipment and have plans to expand its capillary production facilities. In order to maintain its world leading market share of wire bonding tools, the company must decide whether to increase its capacity at its existing Israeli site or establish a new location in the growing Asia-Pacific region to keep pace with the competition. The company is headquartered in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
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Globalisation is the process by which organisations or businesses start operations on an international scale by committing facilities and resources in foreign countries. The International Monetary Fund, (IMF) continues to believe that this will lead to global convergence through aspects of trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and the movement of people and dissemination of knowledge. Mission Statement - “to create a better everyday life for the many”. Focus Areas &
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Ivey School of Business Foundation Version: (A) 2010-11-12 PROLOGUE The last five years’ rather adventurous journey from 2004 to 2009 had taught the fifth-largest toy-maker in the world — the LEGO Group — the importance of managing the global supply chain effectively. In order to survive the largest internal financial crisis in the company’s roughly 70 years of existence, resulting in a deficit of DKK1.8 billion in 2004, the management had, among many initiatives, decided to offshore and outsource
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Introduction Company G is the preeminent industry leader in providing the highest quality of electronic goods to the consumer market. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the latest our line of innovative products, the G-Smart Coffee Station. The G-Smart Coffee Station will provide consumers the ability to brew a variety of coffee flavors and styles including café americano, latte, cappuccino and espresso. It allows consumers to operate the G-Smart Coffee Station manually, with a programmable
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for the consumers and professional market. Sony and Matsushita Electric, the two largest Japanese consumer electronics companies, have continuously developed the business strategies to satisfy the consumers’ demands in Japan and in the world. With the China’s low wage and low cost advantages, China became the largest production workshop in the world. Many multinational companies transferred their factories from local to China that seeks for a high profit margin with low production cost. Those Japanese
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OMM processes work, complete the following assignment. 1. Choose three companies and observe how employees do their tasks. These can be three different fast-food restaurants or three entirely different types of companies, such as a fast-food restaurant, department store, or the emergency room of a hospital. 2. Think about the differences in the operations involved in the input, operations, and output stages of these companies. Try to identify the nature of their operating systems. Are employees organized
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manufacturing companies were selected as sample. A field survey with a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and site visits were conducted to get necessary lean information from the respondent. These companies were selected purposively to ensure the best possible scenario of lean practices in Bangladesh. The focus of this study is to investigate the improvement of manufacturing performance through lean practice in the Bangladeshi garment industry. The findings indicate that the selected companies have
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