Questions
Identify a non-tech brand that appears to follow the product-quality leadership pricing objective. Support your selection....

Identify a non-tech brand that appears to follow the product-quality leadership pricing objective. Support your selection.

Please answer in paragraph form

PRODUCT QUALITY LEADERSHIP – is where a company aims to provide the best quality product in the market, and therefore charges more than its competitors. These companies are usually market leaders. Pricing objectives for particular products or services can also vary according to the stage in the product life cycle.

In: Operations Management

Which of Porter's general business strategies does Hertz Corporation follow?

Which of Porter's general business strategies does Hertz Corporation follow?

In: Operations Management

1. It is common for stakeholders to essentially ask, “How can you prove that our program...

1. It is common for stakeholders to essentially ask, “How can you prove that our program had an effect?” What would be your standard, simple, “sound bite” response to this question?

2. If you had a very limited budget but were committed to collecting and using some type of qualitative data to get at the perceptions of program participants, what might be your best
option? Explain.

In: Operations Management

I am about to start my graduation thesis, I need an interesting topic related to business...

I am about to start my graduation thesis, I need an interesting topic related to business Administration. I would like to have any recommendations, preferably something with Marketing and organizational behavior. And how will be my method of research to accomplish?

In: Operations Management

Getting franchises to adopt the online ordering system is a major challenge. What techniques would you...

Getting franchises to adopt the online ordering system is a major challenge. What techniques would you use to encourage adoption?

In: Operations Management

Explore the MacOSX Console app or the Windows 10 Event Viewer. Discus the role that logs...

Explore the MacOSX Console app or the Windows 10 Event Viewer. Discus the role that logs play in security and how IT professionals should use them in both proactive and reactive manners.

In: Operations Management

write a few paragraphs about the ethical issues in social media research for public health

write a few paragraphs about the ethical issues in social media research for public health

In: Operations Management

Discuss how CARICOM facilitates trade within Caribbean Countries

Discuss how CARICOM facilitates trade within Caribbean Countries

In: Operations Management

IBM 150 Winter 2020 – Communication and Writing Reports for Global managers 4 - In what...

IBM 150 Winter 2020 – Communication and Writing Reports for Global managers

4 - In what ways does a scannable résumé differ from the traditional format?

425-450 word answer

In: Operations Management

Describe PERT and Wideband Delphi methods of estimating project returns

Describe PERT and Wideband Delphi methods of estimating project returns

In: Operations Management

Agosin( Always living in Spanish) and Dumas( The F word) explain about how language is used...

Agosin( Always living in Spanish) and Dumas( The F word) explain about how language is used as part of identify formation. In fact, Agosin writes, “To write in Spanish is for me a gesture of survival”.

How do these writers support such a claim?

In: Operations Management

1. In 2007, Clorox Corporation, a company best known for its bleach and Hidden Valley Ranch...

1.

In 2007, Clorox Corporation, a company best known for its bleach and Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing, acquired Burt’s Bees, a small North Carolina-based maker of lip balms and honey-infused creams and cosmetics for $925 million. The decision to acquire Burt’s Bees is best described as a(n) ___________________________.

Alliance

Greenfield investment

Corporate-level strategy decision

Vertical integration

Business-level strategy decision

2.

Identify a limitation of the Boston Consulting Group’s growth share matrix.

It is complex and difficult to understand

It fails to help executives make informed decisions about how to reinvest in the corporation

It is not based on quantifiable criteria

It fails to provide insight into whether a business unit will help the corporation exploit or expand a company’s resources and capabilities

It fails to help executives identify structurally attractive industries to invest in

3.

Which of the following is an important assumption underpinning Transaction Cost Economics?

People may be opportunistic

Resource immobility

Resource heterogeneity

Perfect rationality

All of the above are assumptions

In: Operations Management

The Hamilton Company manufactures two products: X and Y.  Contribution margin per unit is determined as follows:...

The Hamilton Company manufactures two products: X and Y.  Contribution margin per unit is determined as follows:

                                                       Product X       Product Y

Revenue........................................... $130................. $80

Variable Costs................................... .$70................. $38

Contribution margin............................ $60................. $42

Total demand for X is 16,000 units and for Y is 8,000 units. Machine hours are a scarce resource. 42,000 machine hours are available during the year. Product X requires 6 machine hours per unit, while Product Y requires 3 machine hours per unit. How many units of X and Y should Hamilton Company produce?

In: Operations Management

After the current COVID19 health emergency subsides in the future, every level of government in Canada...

After the current COVID19 health emergency subsides in the future, every level of government in Canada and abroad will be forming teams to examine `lessons learned’ from this worldwide pandemic and to recommend new policy guidelines and legislation.

As a successful graduate of HRM 3410 [?], you have been hired as a training & development expert to help develop training programs for provincial, as well as regional, teams in Ontario comprised of senior executives from business [corporations & small business], the public sector including education, health care and emergency management, not-for-profit and community volunteer groups, as well as first responders (fire, police, emergency medical services) and public servants, etc.

Based upon your knowledge of course training and development theories/concepts/ frameworks, your task is to develop realistic and specific recommendations addressing the following issues:

A brief overview of the `W5H’ aspects of your training design
One (1) appropriate training method drawn from each of the three (3) different types/categories of training methods
Guidelines/tips for effective `team’/group formation and functioning
How you would conduct `orientation/induction’ training for the teams?
How should `leaders’ be selected for these regional and provincial teams?
Ensure that you provide a supporting rationale for your recommendations/answers.

In: Operations Management

Adidas is launching a new v-neck “Dynamic Response Short Sleeve Tee” this spring and will be...

  1. Adidas is launching a new v-neck “Dynamic Response Short Sleeve Tee” this spring and will be running a promotion in conjunction with the launch. Your buyer has to come to you, the planner to discuss this to make sure their delivery arrives in time for the promotion of all Adidas tops beginning on March 14th. in order to make sure we know when to place the order, our company has been monitoring the Lead Time Variance.

  2. (10 points) Calculate The Vendor’s Lead Time Variance from the table below.

You have the following information: Vendor’s Lead Time Forecast 30 days

Vendor’s Shipping History

Period

Planned Receipt Date

Actual Receipt Date

Variance in Days

1

15-Oct

30-Oct

2

30-Oct

31-Oct

3

15-Nov

22-Nov

4

30-Nov

7-Dec

5

15-Dec

18-Dec

6

30-Dec

5-Jan

7

15-Jan

19-Jan

8

30-Jan

6-Feb

  1.            Vendor’s Lead Time Variance in Days ___________

  2.          Vendor’s LTV as a % _____________

  3.          To ensure on-time delivery, place order ____________

  1.          The earliest date to expect receipt ________________

  1.           Place order_______ Earliest Receipt Date __________ Start date of promo___________

G) Explain why it is important to take LTV into consideration when creating planned orders? use all three dates from your timeline above in your answer as well as the variance in days for the first shipment listed in the table. Imagine that you are expecting this to someone who is unfamiliar to this concept. Your answer must be clear

In: Operations Management