Assignment Zaras

Yes, the POS terminals were out-dated and were being backed by DOS operating system which Microsoft no longer supported. They are running a risk of the product becoming obsolete and being unable to maintain support from vendors. Up-to-date operating system would provide more user friendly mechanisms, more functionality, thus allowing effective communication between stores and headquarters. New modern operating systems would allow simple standardisation and sharing of data across the board. Modern operating systems also provide more security platforms (such as credit card details), inventory management, and report generation for decision making. Also it allows real time transactions to be recorded.

3.     What major problems might you encounter with your new sales force structure as it relates to both external factors (customers) and internal factors (employee reactions)?

Hardware upgrades: It appeared that none of these units were part of last UMP. I strongly recommend the completion of these following upgrades:

Any software vendor would not recommend customizing the code too to a very in-operable level with upgrades. Technology is changing so rapidly every year

Zara International is considered a high end clothing store that is affordable. Due to its quality in fashion, low prices and immediate availability, popular stores such as Gap and H&M fail to keep up with Zara’s success. Zara’s well known tactic of fast fashion has separated them from their competition. The ‘fast fashion’ objective is to distribute top trends of fashion within the runway to customers by selling them in local stores. Zara has been able to achieve the fast fashion perspective by hiring approximately 200 people that will assist in getting these trends out in stores within a matter of weeks.

We have to change some hardware parts for proper users of the Linux operating system. One issue that is slowly or gradually getting to be non-existent is hardware support. Quite a while back, on the off chance that you needed to install Linux on a system, you needed to make sure you hand-picked all of hardware or your establishment would not work 100%. I can remember or recall, in 1997-ish, trying to make intellect of why I cannot get Red Hat Linux or Caldera Linux to understand my modem. After plentiful of looking around, I discovered I was the content owner of a Winmodem. So I wanted to go out and purchase a US Robotics outside modem because that was the one modem I knew would work. That is less the case now. You can take a PC (or tablet) and in all possibility get one or more Linux distributions to install and work about 100 % (100 percent). At any rate, there are still a few individual cases. For example, suspend/sleep remains an issue with many portable PCs, despite the fact that it has come a long way. We have to change the hardware requirements current t

Zara’s strategy is to offer cutting edge fashion at affordable prices by following fashion and identifying which styles are “hot”, and quickly getting the latest styles into stores. They can move from identifying a trend to having clothes ready for sale within 30 days (whereas most retailers take 4-12 months). This is made possible by controlling almost the whole garment supply chain from design to retail.

Zara 's combination of cutting-edge fashions and culture lends itself well to a European-style, fashion-conscious consumer. While this type of consumer can be found in New York, this is not representative of the entire US market. Retailers in small towns and urban sprawls rely more on a shopping mall atmosphere. Adapting that strategy would undermine Zara 's image. It is therefore recommended that Zara target only major metropolitan areas which would likely have higher concentrations of fashion-minded individuals.

Zara brand products are part of the Inditex Group which was founded by Amancio Ortega. Zara brand products currently compete in what is called the fast fashion industry. Fast fashion is a trend in the fashion industry where companies produce and sell new clothing trends within the market as quickly and cheaply as possible (Fernando, 2015). This is made possible by new innovations within the supply chain management of these companies. Innovations are precisely the way Zara has become one of the top fast fashion businesses in the industry. By utilizing their core competencies along with efficiently managing their supply chain, Zara has developed a way to give customers what they want faster than anyone else (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2017, p. 100). Zara has done an excellent job at defining its business strategy and utilizing their core competencies to create value for their customers which is why they keep coming back. This also brings in new customers to purchase from Zara. The purpose of this paper is to examine Zara and various aspects of their business.

DO GROUPS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS THAN INDIVIDUALS? DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GROUP DECISION MAKING.

A question that we all have to ask ourselves at some point is **Should I get a new computer?**

In order to fully understand the macro and micro environment in which Zespri operates, the team performed different analyses in order to recommend how best to proceed as a company. The team reviews the internal strengths and weaknesses of the company through VRINE and Value Chain Analyses. They continue to the external environment, focusing on a PESTLE, Industry, and Financial Analyses of the

MSP, LLC is an industry leading graphics company that needs to upgrade its hardware and software to maintain its edge amongst other companies similar to itself. If MSP wants to continue to attract high-level employees we must provide them with high-level equipment. In order to do that we must upgrade the operating systems that we currently run and the hardware that we will use along with it. MSP currently uses Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7. To be able to migrate to Windows 8 we must discard part of our current inventory of desktops and laptops. Below is a proposal that will show what Windows 8 and new hardware can present to this company. This

Zale Corporation has recently encountered setbacks including unprofitable margins, unstable leadership, declining market share, and a 50 percent

Moving from processor to memory we recommended upgrading the systems RAM. Although, 4GB of RAM is sufficient to support Windows 8 that only requires 2GB for the 64-bit version and the additional 2 GB required for Client Hyper-V feature; upgrading to a minimum of 8GB of RAM will provide for future growth and additional features to be easily added (Collins, 2012, p.46). The current network cards are also sufficient, however adding Firewire connectors enables the integration of newer technology into the network. The USB ports will be upgraded from 2.0 to 3.0 technology as deprecation of the 2.0 technology is anticipated soon. The final recommendation is to enhance the viewing pleasure and minimize health issues for the end users by replacing the current LCD (CCFL) monitors with LED monitors. LED monitors display colors more accurately, are smaller/thinner, use DC power with no need for an inverter and consume less electricity than standard LCD monitors (Tracy, 2010, p.4.5.6). Implementing all of these recommendations will greatly enhance the user experience in the new environment.