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Question 3 With the article above in mind, propose how the three and four star Dubai hotels can design a customer driven marketing strategy and segment the consumer market.

Question 1. (Word Limit 250 – 350 words for each question)                     The logistics function can add value to an organization in a number of ways. Identify and explain the time-based opportunities for adding value. b) Elucidate the stages involved in developing a segmented supply chain strategy.

Strategic Supply Chain management Question 1. By use of ‘PESTLE’ analysis, explain how environmental factors affect business.

Subject: Channel management Q#3) What are the importance of Wholesale & what challenges faces wholesale? Q#4) With respect to channel importance vs retail channel vs wholesale?

Question 1: Supposedly, being a manager at a pharmaceutical firm;a. What type of supply chain strategy will you prefer to implement? b. Describe the reasons that why you selected that specific supplychain strategy

Question 2: According to the Business Intelligence and Analytics tools, answer the following questions. a) What is Cloud-based OLAP services? b) List in the Table 1 the market leading vendors for OLAP systems. Table 1Vendor products OLAP Vendor Product(s)

Question 2 Nasir Mansha, aftersuccessfully completing his Postgraduate Diploma in Operations Management from Oxford University, returnedto Pakistan. He is being welcomed by his families and friends andeveryone wantsto talk to him about his recent achievement. But his Unde, Sadaqat Ali, was desperately looking for him to discuss a very important issue that was relatedto his company's supply chain. He knewthat supply chains are managed differently and more integratedly in developed countries comparedto developing countries like in Pakistan. Sadaqat Ali was really keento knowfrom Nasir Mansha why organization in Pakistan or any other developing countries are reluctant to develop supply chain like developed countries? What stopsthem doing so? Any fear? Any doubts? Suddenly, Sadaqat spotted Nasir and he instantly approachedto Nasir to clarify on these issues. As a student of OlM, if you are Nasir Mansha, what would be your responseto your uncle? Explain it in detail.

Question 3  “The pandemic has moved forward retailers’ plans for online shopping, with Pick n Pay’s push set to take on Checkers’ Sixty60 service and Woolworths Dash. Launched in December 2020, Woolworths Dash is a same-day delivery service which is currently available in parts of Gauteng, the Western Cape and KZN. Checkers launched its Sixty60 app in 2019.The service allows customers to accept delivery within 60 minutes, or alternatively at a time that best suits them.”Identify the most appropriate model that the marketing manager at PnP would have explored to ascertain the competitive landscape and potential profitability of going live.

Question-2 Read the given scenario and answer the following. Use separate heading to answer each point. The maximum limit of words-count in each part is 300 words: Explain time utility and place utility in the context using 7 R’s of logistics. Identify the drivers of logistics.  A Rose Is a Rose, but Only If It Is Fresh Supply chains for food and flowers must be fast, and they must be good. When the food supply chain has a problem, the best that can happen is the customer does not get fed on time; the worst that happens is the customer gets food poisoning and dies. In the floral industry, the timing and temperature are also critical. Indeed, flowers are the most perishable agricultural item—even more so than fish. Flowers not only need to move fast, but they must also be kept cool, at a constant temperature of 33 to 37 degrees. And they must be provided preservative-treated water while in transit. Roses are especially delicate, fragile, and perishable. Eighty percent of the roses…

Question 5 Customer service is the ability of logistics management to satisfy customers' requirements. Identify five ways how customer service could be measured and analyze why each is important.

QUESTION 4Starbucks is mostly known to be a retailer of coffee drinks that are brewed in-house using coffee beans and other equipment sourced in the market. Starbucks is now considering vertical and horizontal integration beyond coffee drinks retail. Using the theory of the optimal boundary of the firm, discuss the make-or-buy decision as well as the scope for horizontalintegration and diversification of Starbucks. What stages of the vertical chain should it consider conducting in-house? What other horizontal markets may it integrate into and why? QUESTION 5In Singapore, 13 fresh chicken suppliers together accounting for 90% of market share have received a record $27 million fine for operating as a cartel, fixing prices at a high level and restricting output. To achieve this representatives of the firms repeatedly met at at the Poultry Merchants' Association. Analyse the interaction between the firms using game theory. Simplify your model to only 2 players representing the different…

Question 2  If Amazon had ships to transport cargo, where in the shipping cycle would they take risks and maybe have financial problems? Trough or peak and why ?  Full explain this question and text typing work only thanks

TOPIC: Supply Chains Question: Choose a product that you used today. Look up where it was made and the different channel partners used to deliver that product to you. Are you surprised?

E-procurement Module Question 1 Mark is thinking of changing the entire business process by adopting the use of technology as it is the new trend in the business environment. He is inspired by a close friend who has been able to reduce the time spent at work and greater efficiency in operations. However, Mark has fear that adoption of e-procurement might not be an easy task for his new business. Advice Mark on the benefits associated with adoption of e-procurement that will help him overcome the fear. Explore challenges that Mark may be exposed to by adopting and implementing e-procurement.

Q5. Taking a Tourism service into consideration, critically appraise the characteristics of marketing of servicesand additional marketing considerations that these services require.

Question 2 Read the case study below and answer the following questions: Lazada eyes more sellers through new service Lazada Malaysia aims to encourage more local businesses to choose Lazada as their preferred e-commerce platform, using its logistical solutions, network, and infrastructure to future-proof and expand their brand online. Lazada Malaysia chief logistics officer P Sunil Singh said Lazada Logistics had launched a multi-channel logistics service (MCL) with a comprehensive storage solution to help e-commerce service providers and brands meet the needs of ecommerce sales smoothly. In addition, MCL services provide brands and sellers with greater flexibility and flexibility in inventory control. The service will help reduce the worry of warehouse management's costly logistics and operating costs. "Sellers no longer need to split their stock and liaise with multiple parties for fulfilment and last-mile delivery. With MCL, Lazada Logistics can fulfil the orders from their online…

Question 8. When looking at the entire industry, the main areas in a company's overall value chain where important differences between firm's cost and those of competitors do not occur are in a. restoring cost parity of deficiencies b. the suppliers industry value chain c. the forward channel portion of the industry chain d. a company's own internal activities e. None of these

Hi there . can you please assist  on the following  question below Q.1 importance of logistics and supply chain management as an area of management in an organisation.

XYZ Company is a mid-sized manufacturing company that produces consumer electronics. The company has experienced strong growth in recent years, but is now facing some challenges related to its supply chain management. Question 1: What are the supply chain management challenges facing XYZ Company? Question 2: What steps can XYZ Company take to address these challenges? Question 3: What impact will these changes have on XYZ Company's bottom line?

Question MGMT Bakehouse Inc supplies bread, cakes and other specialty products, to a large percentage of the country; to the following customer types. Retailers e.g. supermarkets, who sell baked goods to the public, and MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers to the retailers. Wholesalers also sell to the public, but come to MGMT Bakehouse Inc directly to collect their baked goods. Finally institutions like hotels and hospitals, to whom MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers directly, buy baked goods to incorporate into offering for their clients e.g. guests menus and patient meal plans. From the ordering of flour and other ingredients to the processing of cash, receivables and payables, the company uses an integrate ERP with a common database for all of its business processes. Internally MGMT Bakehouse Inc is organized into the following departments: Production which bakes the bread; Distribution that delivers the bread; Sales Department where customer orders and wholesale pickups are managed; Marketing…

Question 2: You have four types of products, which are “meat, coal, petrol, and high valuedocuments”.a. Explain for each product that what kind of transportation modeyou will prefer and also state the reason of selection? b. What kind of transportation networks will be at your preferences foreach product (explain separately for each product), also provide reasons thatwhy you selected those specific transportation networks?

Question 5 What do you understand by Business? Define a business in terms of offer, market, production and delivery capabilities.

QUESTION: Warehouse management plays a strategic role in the overall supply chain process. Effective warehousing strategies can assist the firms in increasing supply chain surplus. On the basis, of online data availability, select any organization and analyze its warehousing strategies.

QUESTION 3 What is supply chain? Identify three segments of a supply chain.   Describe how businesses might use applications of each of the two major components of operational CRM systems.

Question MGMT Bakehouse Inc (MBI), supplies bread, cakes and other specialty products, to a large percentage of the country; to the following customer types. Retailers e.g. supermarkets, who sell baked goods to the public, and MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers to the retailers. Wholesalers also sell to the public, but come to MGMT Bakehouse Inc directly to collect their baked goods. Finally institutions like hotels and hospitals, to whom MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers directly, buy baked goods to incorporate into offering for their clients e.g. guests menus and patient meal plans. From the ordering of flour and other ingredients to the processing of cash, receivables and payables, the company uses an integrated ERP with a common database for all of its business processes. Internally MGMT Bakehouse Inc is organized into the following departments: Production which bakes the bread; Distribution that delivers the bread; Sales Department where customer orders and wholesale pickups are managed;…

Question MGMT Bakehouse Inc (MBI), supplies bread, cakes and other specialty products, to a large percentage of the country; to the following customer types. Retailers e.g. supermarkets, who sell baked goods to the public, and MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers to the retailers. Wholesalers also sell to the public, but come to MGMT Bakehouse Inc directly to collect their baked goods. Finally institutions like hotels and hospitals, to whom MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers directly, buy baked goods to incorporate into offering for their clients e.g. guests menus and patient meal plans. From the ordering of flour and other ingredients to the processing of cash, receivables and payables, the company uses an integrated ERP with a common database for all of its business processes. Internally MGMT Bakehouse Inc is organized into the following departments: Production which bakes the bread; Distribution that delivers the bread; Sales Department where customer orders and wholesale pickups are managed;…

Question 2 Read the case study below and answer the following questions:Lazada eyes more sellers through new serviceLazada Malaysia aims to encourage more local businesses to choose Lazada as their preferred e-commerce platform, using its logistical solutions, network, and infrastructure to future-proof and expand their brand online.Lazada Malaysia chief logistics officer P Sunil Singh said Lazada Logistics had launched a multi-channel logistics service (MCL) with a comprehensive storage solution to help e-commerce service providers and brands meet the needs of ecommerce sales smoothly. In addition, MCL services provide brands and sellers with greater flexibility and flexibility in inventory control. The service will help reduce the worry of warehouse management's costly logistics and operating costs."Sellers no longer need to split their stock and liaise with multiple parties for fulfilment and last-mile delivery. With MCL, Lazada Logistics can fulfil the orders from their online…