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Brita was founded in 1966 by Heinz Hankammer. A German company that specializes in water filtration products. The Clorox Company here in the United States entered into a licensing-and-distribution agreement with Brita in 1988 and soon after acquired the sole rights to the brand in North America but in 2008, Brita returned to the North American market under the brand Mavea. Brita’s products include water jugs, tap attachments and kettles. Brita’s main headquarters are located in Taunusstein, Germany and other than in Germany, the company has major production facilities are in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Brita’s products are distributed worldwide, reaching more than 60 countries and are sales partners in more than 45 countries. The filtering mechanism that makes Brita’s products so effective is their silver-impregnated activated carbon and ion-exchange resin disposable filters. That means that the filters have a double action force that first the carbon removes substances that may impair taste (chlorine and chlorine compounds) and then the ion exchange resin is used to reduce the carbonate hardness (limescale) found in tap water. This reduces metals that can be found in tap water such as copper and lead.

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Drugs-R-Us, Inc., produces equipment for manufacturing drugs. The costs of manufacturing and marketing this equipment at the company's normal volume of 3,000 units per month are shown in Exhibit 1.

Our objectives are to consider the impact of not entering the faucet-mounted filtration market on our market share, brand image and profitability. We must consider the short-term and long-term implications of different scenarios including: entering the faucet-mounted market, increasing our current pitcher sales, and increasing our filter

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All of the following are factors that could have led them to go into business except

Introduction to Management Science, 10e (Taylor) Chapter 16 Inventory Management 1) Independent demand items are used internally to produce a final product. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 744 Main Heading: Elements of Inventory Management Key words: dependent demand items 2) Dependent demand items are final products demanded by an external customer.

Faced the problem of losing customer faith in the Brita brand. Brita had slowed established a string brand position among consumers over the ten year period since 1988. It grew to be a $200m grossing company from a small filter system provider. Brand awareness stood at 70% and 18% of 103m households in US used Brita pitchers. This reputation was at stake due to the decline in sales and

The following paper will outline the characteristics of an audience that I would need to consider if I was presenting a quarterly sales information meeting to a group of stakeholders, including managers, salespeople, and customers. I will discuss what communication channels would be appropriate for this meeting and what are some of the considerations that I need to keep in mind given the diversity of the audience attending the meeting. Then I will discuss how I would ensure that my message is effective to the group attending this meeting.

Quinte MRI, Inc. is a small international provider specializing in a variety of medical technologies including MRI. Quinte MRI’s founder, Dr. Syed Haider believes that the residents of smaller communities deserve the same level of health services as the residents of the larger urban centers. Quinte MRI is experiencing difficulty in meeting the expectations of 2 scans per hour. As a result, productivity is declining and they losing the referral of many of their colleagues. The process is creating a lot of variability and uncertainties that Quinte MRI are dealing with. Solving the issue of the “bottleneck” will make the operation more effective and manageable.

Gather background data on the possibility of Fairchild Water Technologies, Inc. entering the Indian market for home water purification devices.

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Examine three barriers that you believe represent the most significant obstacles to an effective competitor analysis. Propose a strategy to overcome each of the three barriers that you have identified.