to become a benchmark for speed and flexibility in the garment industry. The case offers an illustration of a fast-response global supply, production and retail network. In 2003 Zara was the only retailer that could deliver garments to its stores worldwide (507 in 33 countries) in just fifteen days after they were designed. It could do that because of its unique systems for product design, order administration, production, distribution and retailing. The unconventional approach that Zara often deploys
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION A parallel mechanism is a closed-loop mechanism of which the end-effector is connected to the base by a multitude of independent kinematic chains. Generally it comprises two platforms which are connected by joints or legs acting in parallel. In recent years, parallel kinematic mechanisms have attracted a lot of attention from the academic and industrial communities due to their potential applications not only as robot manipulators but also as
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pag.: 1 van 13 code: LEV-PORT-art-013-bl Purchasing must become Supply management Bron: Auteur(s): Harvard Business Review, september-oktober 1983 Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management Peter Kraljic Harvard Business Review No. 83509 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1983 HBR Peter Kraljic Purchasing Must Become Supply Management The stable way of business life many corporate purchasing departments enjoy has been increasingly imperiled. Threats of resource depletion
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Marketing plan Each business, product or brand needs a detailed marketing plan. What does a marketing plan look like? Our discussion focuses on product or brand plans. With a detail plan, any business will be better prepared to launch a new product or build sales for existing products. The purpose and content of a marketing plan A marketing plan serves to document how the organizations strategic objectives will be achieved through specific marketing strategies and tactics, with the customer
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electronic channels with low cost. These products and services include billing, credit, deposit management and electronic payment of products and services such as electronic money (Samadi and eskandari, 2012). The number of mobile phone users worldwide reached the seven billion mark in 2013(the mobile economy 2013). By the end of 2013 there will be more mobile devices on earth than people. One of the recent innovation in the field of communication is mobile banking, where a customer interacts
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A Report on Women Cosmetics Products in Marketing A report submitted to the Department of Marketing, AIUB, in part-fulfillment of the requirements of the final examination in Global Marketing, Spring semester 2012 Prepared & submitted by (Section B) Kundu Linkon Course teacher: Mr. Zaman Department of Marketing Business Administration Discipline American International University-Bangladesh Date of submission 07 May 2012 American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) May 07
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World Trade Organization CASE ANALYSIS Table of Contents 1. Review the articles and explain what the core of the disputes is.................. 1 2. Find and present at least three other disputes, which are at the agenda of the Dispute Settlement Committee of WTO. ........................................................ 2 a) Russian Federation- Measures on the importation of live pigs, pork and other pig products from the European Union .................................................. 3 b)
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PROJECT REPORT ON SANGUINOSCOPE Under the guidance of: Submitted by: Miss. Navdeep Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur (2009ECA1157) Bhawna Sharma (2011ECA1464) Anuradha
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Mueller-Lehmkuhl GmbH Mueller-Lehmkuhl (ML) was a German producer of apparel fasteners. Apparel fasteners are used in the garment industry. ML had been producing apparel fasteners since the late 19th century. In recent years, they had achieved technological superiority which resulted in high margins for their products. ML valued reliability of their products and fast service to their customers. However, competition and domestic market saturation in the 1980s led ML to a crossroads
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screen as a possible alternative means of input for the device. The first commercial portable electronic tablets appeared at the end of the 20th century. In 2010, Apple Inc. released the iPad which became the first mobile computer tablet to achieve worldwide commercial success. The iPad used technology similar to Apple's iPhone. Other manufacturers have produced tablets of their own including Samsung, HTC, Motorola, RIM, Sony, Amazon, HP, Microsoft, Google, Asus, Toshiba, and Archos. Tablets use a variety
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