ZAP and the Electric Vehicle Industry Sharlie Corcoran Koji Kawahara Shih-Ting Lu I. Background ZAP Corporation, then ZAP Power Systems, was founded in 1994 by James McGreen and Gary Starr. Located in Sebastopol, California, ZAP, an acronym for Zero Air Pollution, designs, manufactures and markets electric bicycles, scooters, motorcycles and other short-range electric transportation products. The company was originally started due to an interest in U.S. Electricar, who attempted the production
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SPA is a vertical integrated organization, the rise and fall in demand will affect the other arms of the organization since they don’t only manufacture only pasta, its affects transportation, flour mills, sales etc. However, JITD faced some problems which include the fact that the customers were not co-operating with barilla by not sharing detailed sales with the company in order not to lose their control over placing orders. In addition to this, the employees in the sales and marketing department
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Contents Company ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.1 Company Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.2 Company Mission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.3 Company Vision ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.4 Company Objective -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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24-hour Society - Refers to a way of life available to many in the modern world in which people can work socialize, shop, bank, etc., 24 hours a day. The phenomenon has caused significant new thinking in business, management, marketing, etc., and continues to do so. 24/7 - Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
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Notes on Business Organization Centralisation and Decentralisation Centralisation implies the concentration of authority at the top level of the organisation while decentralisation means dispersal of authority throughout the organisation According to Allen Centralisation is systematic and consistent reservation of authority at central points within an organisation. Decentralisation applies to the systematic delegation of authority in an organisation context. Advantages of Decentralisation
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decision making authority has shifted away from doctors to managed care and prescription benefits management company (PBM) administrators. With the expectation of managed care providers relying on only one major drug supplier, the benefits of a vertical integration are greatly increased and guaranteed one of the increasingly few distribution channels available. C5.1.2 The role of PBMs is to manage insurance claims, negotiate volume discounts with drug manufacturers and encourage use of certain
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not do. Other factories had a process driven flow, while this factory wanted to maintain the ability to get computers to the customers as quickly as possible. Another advantage that the Dell company had early on was an excellent quality control system. The assembly of each computer was very organized because the workers had specialized tasks that they were responsible for. One of these tasks was a sort of quality check to make sure that the computer functioned properly prior to being released
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setting practices strongly affect other aspects of planning. Effective goal setting promotes good planning, and good planning facilitates future goal setting. 3rd goals can serve as a source of motivation for employees of the organization. (reward system) 4th goals provide an effective mechanism for evaluation and control; How successfully today’s goals are accomplished. (setting a high goal and half way there realizing you will not meat that goal then study why they didn’t reach their goal)
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business environment, any organization must achieve, at least temporarily, a competitive advantage. A low cost/price strategy: focuses on providing goods, services at a lower cost than the competition. This strategy requires as well a tight cost-control system, benefiting from economies of scale in production and experience curve effects. Differentiation strategies: The firm ability to offer products and services that are perceived by the customer as being superior and unique relative to those of its competitors
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MBA & MBA (IB) THIRD SEMESTER -- CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (NEW SYLLABUS) COMPULSORY PAPERS Title: Total Quality Management Subject Code: 3001 Contact Hours: 45 hrs Work load: 3 hrs per week Credit Points: 3 Evaluation: Continuous Internal Assessment – 25 marks Semester End Examination -- 50 marks Objectives: This cour se is designed to help students to develop basic appreciation of quality concepts and learn the tools and techniques
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