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Technology advancements have fueled the global economy and impacted the ways in which businesses design their supply chains One cup of Starbucks coffee is comprised of materials from various countries and represents numerous supplier relationships In the age of the global village, designing supply chains is similar to conducting a massive orchestra’ achieving harmony requires strategy, planning, and impeccable execution Think about an organization’s supply chain with which you are familiar or have worked with in the past in order to discuss the following: 1 Describe the organization’s supply chain List the key components and include the key stakeholders, vendors, technologies, and if applicable, modes of transportation that are involved 2 How might you redesign the company’s supply chain for maximum effectiveness and harmony? Outline the key inputs and outputs of your supply chain and distinguish the suppliers that merit partnership status Justify their status…

Moving to Green Computing  Your organization is a leader in the development of renewable energy sources based on enhanced geothermal systems and is viewed as a champion in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The organization employs over 25,000 people worldwide and operates three global data centers, one each in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The CEO has asked all her C level executives for input on a proposed strategy to become a leader in green computing.    Critical Thinking Questions  Identify two additional tactics the organization might take to accelerate its move toward green computing?  Identify the pros and cons or any issues associated with your proposed tactics.

1 Jennifer Baskiter is president and CEO of Plants&More.com, an Internet company that sells plants and flowers. The success of her startup Internet company has motivated her to expand and create two divisions. One division focuses on sales to the general public and the other focuses on business-to-business sales to hotels, restaurants, and other firms that want plants and flowers for their businesses. She is considering using return on investment as a means of evaluating her divisions and their managers. She has hired you as a compensation consultant. What issues or concerns would you raise regarding the use of ROI for evaluating the divisions and their managers? (You may select Ask

Since 2005, Modco has a full range of groceries and general merchandise sold through 8,000 retail units and several banners in 15 countries. According to the company’s CEO, Modcos annual report reflects the social and environmental dimensions of its activities and its constant and progressive work toward social responsibility issues. Modco’s 2017 annual report states how its emphasis on sustainability has helped the company to be the retail leader in the market. According to the report, Modco has investment in education, health, commitments to fight hunger, support for local farmers, and access to healthier and affordable food. Students will assume they are a part of research team examining the sustainability reporting and stakeholder relations.

Since 2005, Modco has a full range of groceries and general merchandise sold through 8,000 retail units and several banners in 15 countries. According to the company’s CEO, Modco's annual report reflects its activities' social and environmental dimensions and its constant and progressive work toward social responsibility issues. Modco’s 2017 annual report states how its emphasis on sustainability has helped the company to be the retail leader in the market. According to the report, Modco invests in education, health, commitments to fight hunger, support for local farmers, and access to healthier and affordable food. Students will assume they are a part of a research team examining sustainability reporting and stakeholder relations.

Accounting at MacCloud Winery Mike MacCloud had worked in the operations side of a winery for several years. Having built a strong knowledge of the art of making wine, he had decided to create his own wine label (i.e., brand).  For his label, he planned to grow all of his own grapes. He had identified an ideal plot of five acres of land in northern California that had most recently been used to grow soybeans. His initial plans were to lease a nearby building to use as a winery (i.e., a place for processing grapes and fermenting and aging his wine). However, Mike hoped someday to build his own winery and thus would only plant on four acres of land. Mike agreed to lease the building for 10 years at $5,000 per year. It was estimated that the building was worth $32,000 and had a 30-year economic life. The lease contract Mike signed did not mention any bargain purchase option or that Mike might assume ownership of the leased building. The interest rate Mike received on his personal bank…

Quick Stop operates 1,000 convenience stores throughout the United States. The company’s slogan is “Best Stop of the Day,” and its mission is to make every customer a return customer. Quick Stop’s corporate strategy supports this mission by stressing the importance of sparkling clean surroundings, well-stocked shelves, and, above all, cheerful employees. Of course, improved shareholder value drives this strategy. Q. Assume that Quick Stop uses a balanced scorecard approach to formulating its management control system. List three measures that Quick Stop might use to evaluate each of the four balanced scorecard perspectives: financial perspective, customer perspective, internal-business- process perspective, and learning-and-growth perspective.

There are 3 companies given operating in different fields. You have to choose and substantiate possible models for international expansion of the businesses. Let us suggest, the companies are scaling their business up or exporting their goods or services. The companies are: 1. Local European leading cosmetics manufacturer at medium scale products price range. Not Bio or Eco specialized. Annual turnover is 10 million euros. Local market penetration and brand recognition is 90%. MRA 2. Local market research consulting company having a patented statistical method for analysis and segmentation of consumers. CVT 3. Local Higher School of Management having highly qualified academic staff, but missing the positive image inside the country. Define expansion’s: strategy, geography, format, pricing, volumes, budgets.

A) explain the following questions after reading the passage about MAERSK. A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated transport & logistics company with multiple brands and is a global leader in container shipping and ports. Including a stand-alone Energy division, the company employs roughly 80.000 employees across operations in 130 countries. In addition to owning one of the world’s largest shipping companies, Maersk is involved in a wide range of activities in the shipping, logistics, and the oil and gas industries. So The Maersk Group operates within global trade, shipping and energy industries and provides innovative marketing solutions that will help not only its companies advance, but the overall industries as well.Transport & Logistics consists of Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Damco, Svitzer and MaerskContainer Industry. The mission of these businesses is to enable and facilitate global supply chains and provide opportunities for our customers to trade globally. Soren Skou,…

Austin BBQ has seen rapid growth in the last five years.  It started with one store and is now located in 15 different locations across five cities.  The CEO has noticed that costs are increasing and so is beginning to standardize practices across the various locations. Which of the following perspectives is most consistent with the CEO's efforts? Group of answer choices   1.Rational System   2.Natural System   3.Open System   4.Operational System

StarDucks, Inc (SDUX) is an American coffee company with more than 10,000 coffeehouses operating in the United States. Unlike many of its major competitors, it remained focused only on the production and sale of coffee drinks so far, rather than diversifying into other similar food and beverage lines. Recently, to respond to increasing demands from its customer regarding new products, and to boost the company’s growth, the executive staff has been seriously thinking about entering into a different business line “SDUX Gelato” to realize new growth opportunities. An initial forecasting effort has been done to project the initial investment and subsequent cash flows for the next 5 years: Year 012345 Cash Flow ($000s) -1,750,000 -150,000 420,000 550,000 200,000 125,000 After the initial 5 years, SDUX believes the market will continue in perpetuity: however, given that the segment will reach maturity, it would very likely be a zero growth business. The company uses NPV for capital budgeting…

Benetton supply chain: One of the best known examples of how an organization can use its supply chain to achieve a competitive advantage is the Benetton Group. Founded by the Benetton family in the 1960s, the company is now one of the largest garment retailers, with stores which bear its name located in almost all parts of the world. Part of the reason for its success has been the way it has organized both the supply side and the demand side of its supply chain.   Although Benetton does manufacture much of its production itself, on its supply side the company relies heavily on ‘contractors’. Contractors are companies (many of which are owned, or part-owned, by Benetton employees) that provide services to the Benetton factories by knitting and assembling Benetton’s garments. These contractors, in turn, use the services of sub-contractors to perform some of the manufacturing tasks. Benetton’s manufacturing operations gain two advantages from this. First, its production costs for woollen…

Analyze El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO), Spanish for “The Crazy Chicken,” operates almost 500 restaurants, approximately 40% of which are company-owned and the rest are franchises. El Pollo Loco combines the culinary traditions of Mexico and California, creating unique menu items such as their signature Chicken Avocado Burrito. The company aims to improve profitability, in part, by simplifying operations to make it easier for employees and franchisees to run the restaurants. Recent data (in millions) for company-operated and franchised restaurants are as follows: Line Item Description Company-Operated Franchised Revenues $374 $29 Operating income 62 1 Invested assets 79 2 a. Determine the profit margin for each segment. Round to one decimal place. Line Item Description Profit margin Company-Operated fill in the blank 1% Franchised fill in the blank 2%   b. Determine the investment turnover for each segment. Round to two decimal…

Schütt-die-Brüh-noh (SDBN), a German wine glass manufacturing company, produces two product lines of wine glasses. The basic line "Ortswein" is essentially aimed at normal customers who drink their daily glass of wine at home and appreciate a reasonably priced product. The premium line "Großes Gewächs is aimed at the upscale wine drinker who appreciates the very high quality of the glass and is therefore willing to pay significantly higher prices. The two lines are produced on the same machines with batches of 700 Glasses per batch. The differences in the end products are achieved through different settings and raw materials. Due to the higher quality requirements, the "Großes Gewächs" wine glasses require more time for the quality inspection conducted by several inspectors. The daily production data is as follows: Batches of glasses produced Machine hours per Batch of glasses Daily quality inspection hours per product line Total daily cost of quality inspection Basic line "Ortswein" 6…

ORANGE PRODUCTS INC. Orange Products Inc. is a producer of juice drinks in Florida, USA. Until now, the company has confined its operations and sales to the United States, but its CEO, Ray Jalkio wants to expand into the Pacific Rim. The first step is to set up sales subsidiaries in Japan and Australia. then to set a production plant in Japan, and finally to distribute the product throughout the Pacific Rim. The firm's CFO, Janet Jackson, is enthusiastic about the plan, but she is worried about the implications of the foreign expansion on the firm's financial management process. She has asked your group to develop a tutorial package that explains the basics of multinational financial management. The tutorial will be presented at the next management committee (ManCom) meeting. Consider the following exchange rates: US Dollar Required to buy one unit of Foreign Currency Japanese Yen Australian Dollar Number of units of Foreign Currency per US Dollar 109.89 1.316 0.0091 0.760 1. Orange…

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Tesla, the world’s largest carmaker (as determined by market capitalization), understands that their primary target market responds well to brands that focus on social responsibility. Tesla’s senior management has been meeting to devise a global marketing campaign centered on social responsibility. To this end, Tesla decided to hire a consultancy to develop a 9-month plan ending December 31, 2022. Management has asked for a presentation for an initial list of items that would be considered valid elements of a social responsibility marketing plan that would accommodate each of the markets that Tesla competes in. Questions: What type of research would the consultancy conduct to understand each of the wide variety of cultures that the brand competes in? Armed with this researched information, how might the consultancy modify its social responsibility campaigns to accommodate some of the major markets?

Marketing: Wheels, Inc. manufactures bicycles sold through retail bicycle shops in the southeastern United States. The company has two salespeople that do more than just sell the products dash– they manage relationships with the bicycle shops to enable them to better meet​ consumers' needs. The​ company's sales reps visit the shops several times per​ year, often for hours at a time. The owner of Wheels is considering expanding to the rest of the country and would like to have distribution through 600 bicycle shops. To do​ so, however, the company would have to hire more salespeople. Each salesperson earns​ $40,000 plus 2 percent commission on all sales annually. Another alternative is to use the services of sales agents instead of its own sales force. Sales agents would be paid 5 percent of sales. Determine the number of salespeople Wheels needs if it has 600 bicycle shop accounts that need to be called on five times per year. Each sales call lasts approximately 3 hours and each sales…

Apple Inc.: Exemplifying a Successful Strategy   For more than ten consecutive years, Apple has ranked number one on Fortune’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies”.  Given the worldwide popularity of its products and services, along with its reputation for superior technological innovation and design capabilities, this is not surprising. The key elements of Apple’s successful strategy include:   Designing and developing its own operating systems, hardware, application software and services. This allows Apple to bring the best user experience to its customers through products and solutions with innovative design, superior ease-of-use and seamless integration across platforms. The ability to use services like iCloud across devices incentivizes users to join Apple’s technological ecosystem and has been critical to fostering brand loyalty.   Continuously investing in R&D and frequently introducing products. Apple has invested heavily in R&D, spending upwards of $11 billion…

Transfer Pricing and Ethical Issues Paterson Company, a US -based company, manufactures and sells electronic components worldwide.  Virtually all its manufacturing takes place in the United States.  The company has marketing divisions throughout Europe, including France.  Debbie Kishimoto, manager of this division, was hired from a competitor 3 years ago.  Debbie, recently informed of a price increase in one of the major product lines, requested a meeting with Jeff Philips, marketing vice president.  Their conversation follows: Debbie:  "Jeff, I simply don't understand why the price of our main product has increased from $5 to $5.50 per unit.  We negotiated an agreement earlier in the year with our manufacturing division in Philadelphia for a price of $5.00 for the entire year.  I called the manager of that division.  He said that the original price was still acceptable - that the increase was a directive from headquarters.  That's why I wanted to meet with you.  I need some…