Inventory management
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
Any stock that a firm keeps to meet its future requirement of production and sales is called “INVENTORY”. The basic reason for holding inventory is to keep up to the production activities unhampered. It is neither physically possible nor economically justifiable to wait...
Applying "The New JIT (Just in time)" in Toyota
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
During the second half of the 20th century, Japanese car companies, especially Toyota, set down standards in defining the best production principles. In particular, they have carried out a quality management approach of the production through the implementation of the Just In Time...
The "Total Quality Management" (TQM) and its application in the Thomson factory at Casablanca
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
TQM is a philosophy; a management practice that aims to satisfy consumers by involving employees, coherent governance and a commitment to continuous improvement. In native Japan in the 1950s, the concept of TQM was first passed through an application of methods of statistical controls, before...
The opposing strategies of H&M and Zara: 'No Communication' versus 'Masstige'
Case study - 6 pages - Management
According to the information on the internet, only garments would soon no longer be sufficient for the market. Thus the major textile companies have engaged themselves in decorating/home decors. Indeed, in 2009, H&M launched its furniture department with the best set of linens. On this particular...
Overview of supply chain of the AXA group
Thesis - 6 pages - Logistics
The operating system business is an increasingly complex phenomenon. There are different channels and processes within the same company and the operating system businesses in some companies are more complex than others. The production chain of the production process of a...
Digital innovation - Michelin
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Michelin has adopted AI to improve its production, reduce costs, and offer a better customer experience. For example, the company has used AI to improve its tire production process, particularly by optimizing the lifespan of tire molds. Thanks to AI, Michelin was able to...
Nike: A case study (2006)
Essay - 10 pages - Business strategy
Nike is a brand of sportswear that originated in the United States and is now a globally recognized brand, probably the best known. The brand owes its success to Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman, co-founders of Nike; today, the brand is a multinational company with a turnover exceeding 10 billion...
The Microsoft case
Case study - 19 pages - Economy general
When we talk about tying, it refers to the strategy of a firm that sells two different goods in a consignment. Thus the seller demands that when a consumer buys product A, he must also buy product B. With Windows 95, and especially with Windows 98, Microsoft has tied its Web browser, Internet...
Nespresso and its information system - E-business
Thesis - 15 pages - Business strategy
The company was founded by Nespresso Nestle Group in 1986 with the aim of offering its customers quality coffee products. Since then, the company has continued to develop a selective distribution system and manage its brand based on luxury. The company catered to the popular concept of drinking...
The division of labor and the extension of markets according to Adam Smith
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Adam Smith was the founder of political economy and with his book 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' in 1776, he laid the foundations of liberal school. Moreover, Adam Smith was strongly influenced by French encyclopedists such as Diderot and D'Alembert and...
Global Politics and Institutions
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Globalization refers to the process of increasing connectivity between geographically distant places as well as the interdependence of both trade and the financial markets. The drive behind calls for globalization is that it encourages healthy competition as between producers and drives...
Corporate finance: Financial analysis of Ford and BMW
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
This report will deal with the financial analisys of two main competitors of car market. Effectively, Ford and BMW (Bayerish Motoren Werke AG) are two important car manufacturers in the world. Even if they are competing on the same market, we can't say that these two manufacturers are...
Installation of a system of cost accounting in Monegasque (Morocco)
Dissertation - 84 pages - Accounting
Cost accounting has a double arsenal. As a first arsenal in the long term, it is probably very effective because it addresses the costs, and requires political courage of managers. This arsenal includes the planning, control equipment and staff and a real management control. A second arsenal is...
Key economic concepts
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Non-market production covers the goods and services household members produce for their own consumption by combining their unpaid labour and the goods and services they acquire on the market. The price evaluation of such products is difficult, because the value add at home is hard to...
Importing french wine to India
Case study - 7 pages - Economy general
Our wine house was created in 1986 and our first production was in 1988. Since then, we benefit from a great success, thanks to our bio-dynamical production process. The production process is carried out in a most traditional way. What we like is sincerity,...
Ports Design Limited - strategic management
Case study - 16 pages - Management
PORTS Design Limited is a fashion company which is vertically integrated. It is commonly known as an, international fashion company. The main activity of PORTS is being engaged in the design, manufacture and the retail of high-end fashion garments and accessories for men and women.The brand...
Work Life Balance in Remote Working
Dissertation - 3 pages - Management
For years, the employee's work life and life at home were shared by working away from home office. Thus, the beginning of remote working was a sign of revolutionization in the classical work-life balance paradigm, opening opportunities and difficulties for individuals and the organization...
The impact of alignment between supply chain strategy and is strategy on SCM performance
Thesis - 13 pages - Management
Supply chain (SC) strategy and information system (IS) strategy to implement Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes have been individually regarded as the vital and imperative ways to improve SCM performance. Yet what kinds of IS strategies to be implemented under what condition of manufacturing...
Foreign institutional investors and the Indian capital market
Dissertation - 61 pages - Finance
Foreign investment refers to investments made by the residents of a country in the financial assets and production processes of another country. After the opening up of the borders for capital movement, these investments have grown in leaps and bounds. The effect of foreign investment,...
Gucci
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
In 1921, Guccio Gucci opened a leather goods company and a small boutique for travel bags in his native town, Florence. After working in England for several years, he introduced the English style in Italy through leather goods. In a few years, the brand became very successful and attracted a...
Business Plan: D'Light Handbags (2007)
Business plan - 20 pages - Business strategy
D'Light Company produces exclusive, fashionable handbags with unique lighting system build inside each product. The built in light makes it easier for the user to find the desired items in the handbag regardless of the outside conditions (during the night, in the dark etc.).The handbags are...
Large Companies
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
In 1998 a company called Google was established. When it first began, they worked out of a Garage in Menlo that was rented by a friend of the founders of Google, Larry Page (24 years old at the time) and Sergey Brin (who was then 23). The company had 3 people working for them. It became...
The concept of depreciation in economics and accounting
Thesis - 3 pages - Accounting
In most companies, there is a continuous usage of machinery and other equipments as a part of its production process. The use of the production assets inevitably results in wear and tear / or obsolescence. Machines do not have an infinite life and are rapidly over taken by...
Lenôtre in China Beijing: The biggest market for the biggest gastronomical group
Presentation - 135 pages - Services marketing
Strengths: Global fame built on fine upscale products and services, genuine production processes, know-how and licenses (patents), staff (teams, chefs, wine steward...)very well trained, large implantation across the world, profitable company, diversified services (cocktails, buffets,...
Employee retention in a company
Tutorials/exercises - 30 pages - Human resources
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. It's an essential part of every...
Supply chain management and OEMS
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
The competiveness of international companies is highly dependent on their ability to deliver customized products quickly and timely all over the world. Therefore the focus has moved from competition between firms at the same level in the production process to competition between the...
A study on quality circle
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The term quality circles refers to small groups of line employees (usually ten or fewer) who meet periodically outside of regular work hours to discuss ways to improve the quality of products they produce and the efficiency and effectiveness of the production processes they oversee....
Understanding inventory management
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
Today, we see a world of cut throat competition. In this competitive world, no industry can afford to take things casually. Even a hair line gap would be enough for a competitor to take hold and seize the position of the company that has been casual and careless. The production of goods...
Reverse logistics
Case study - 3 pages - Logistics
Reverse logistics refers to all operations to the using again products and materials (Kokkinaki et al., 2001). The Council of Logistics Management defined logistics as the process of “planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials,...
Information technology and strategic management
Thesis - 23 pages - Management
Strategic management is defined as “the set of decisions and actions resulting in formulation and implementation of strategies designed to achieve the objectives of an organization”. The formality of strategic Management systems vary widely among companies. Formality refers to the...
