Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. Business Case Report Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. Business Case Report Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Issue Identification 2 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 3 Alternatives & Options 4 Recommendations 5 Implementation 6 Monitor and Control 7 Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. Business Case Report Executive Summary Each year we are challenged with matching supply and demand
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Executive summary: Sport Obermeyer starts it humble beginning during the last 1940’s. Klaus a German immigrant was teaching at an Aspen Ski School, when he noticed that his student was cold and miserable because of impractical clothes. At first he would begin to travel Germany during the summer and buy clothes and bring back to the US for his students. Being an engineer himself, he started designing skiwear and ski equipment. Over the years, Sport Obermeyer developed into a prominent competitor
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Executive Summary Sport Obermeyer, Ltd was founded by Klaus Obermeyer to provide U.S. skiers with the same protective and stylish clothing and equipment available in Germany. Over the years, Sport Obermeyer developed into a preeminent competitor in the U.S. skiwear market. Their estimated sales in 1992 were $32.8 million. The company held a commanding 45% share of the children’s skiwear market and 11% of the adult skiwear market. Obermeyer offers a broad line of fashion ski apparel, including
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[Sport Obermeyer Case Analysis] | How to plan and forecast in an environment with variable demand and long lead time via the use of speculative vs. reactive capacity | Table of Contents Executive Summary Page Part 1 Executive Summary 3 Issue Identification Part 2 Immediate Issues 4 Part 3 Systemic Issues 4 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis Part 4 Qualitative Analysis 8 Part 5 Quantitative Analysis 9 Alternatives &/or Options
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Sport Obermeyer – Case Report Module One, Session Six Supply Chain Inventory Management Darcy Shannon October 27, 2010 Sport Obermeyer – Case Report Executive Summary In order to minimize the degree of stock outs, and markdowns, I have decided for the initial Hong Kong order to produce those products that have the smallest standard deviation when comparing the Buying Committee Forecasts. An attempt will also be made to purchase the lowest cost items within this group, as initial
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PART 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sport Obermeyer must maintain and for that matter increase our hold on the skiwear industry. For that objective to be met it has been determined that changes must occur on a couple of fronts. First an improved forecasting technique must be implemented. Having hot items stock out causing potential customers to purchase competitors product is unacceptable. Taking each buying committee members forecast into account to create an average demand forecast has created a good starting
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COST AND VALUE MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS Ray R. Venkataraman and Jeffrey K. Pinto John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or
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