propose two strategies that an organization should consider in order to maintain its competitive advantage. Justify your recommendations.

Discuss the value of privacy from both ethical and legal perspectives. Refer to ethical theory and law. Use examples and clarify your points.

Case Study – Golf Clubs Supply Chain

A golf club production company wants to ensure that all aspects of its production and distribution processes are operating at optimal efficiency. The company produces three types of clubs, a line for men, a line for women, and a line for juniors. The company has manufacturing plants in Charlotte, Phoenix, and Dallas. The plant in Dallas produces all three types of clubs, while the one in Charlotte produces only Men’s and Women’s lines and the one in Phoenix produces only Women’s and Junior’s lines. Each club requires varying amounts of raw materials, including titanium, aluminum, and wood. The process at each plant is the same, but the amount of materials in the various lines differs. Specifically:

These resources are limited and the estimated amount available at each plant is as follows:

The company is confident it can sell all of the clubs it can produce. Revenue from each type of club is the same, regardless of where the clubs are produced:

Once produced, clubs are shipped to distribution centers in Denver, Indianapolis and Newark. Each month, the distribution centers order the number of clubs of each type they would like to receive. The company’s policy is to ship at least 80% of the distribution center’s demand to it each month. Orders for each type of club for next month are:

The cost of shipping one unit of each type of club from each production plant to each distribution center is as follows:

Questions:

Create a spreadsheet model and solve it to determine an optimal production and shipping plan for the coming month, where your objective is to maximize profit.

If the company wanted to improve this solution, what additional resources would be needed and where would they be needed? Explain.

Consider order point inventory control methods and design strategy for designing manufacturing planning and control (MPC) systems … (a) What is the difference between dependent and independent demand and how do they determine inventory management procedures? (b) What considerations are necessary when determining organizational criteria? (c) How does joint determination of order point and order quality control parameters allow savings in inventory-related cost? (d) What steps are involved in designing MPC systems? (e) What is the role of competitive strategy in MPC system design? Your final assignment should be between 1,000-to-1500-words, include at least five (5) reputable sources, and written in APA Style.

Performance Measures

Suppose a company at which executives were rewarded for meeting performance targets based only on profits and stock price switches to a balanced scorecard that adds measures for customer satisfaction, employee engagement, employee diversity, and ethical conduct to performance targets/control system. How would you expect executives’ performance to change in response to the new control system? How would you expect the company’s performance to change?

Market Controls

Google offers Google Apps, such as G-mail, Google Calendar, and Docs & Spreadsheets as collaboration tools for employees. Describe how the company could use market controls to determine whether Google employees use these software programs or competing software (e.g., Word and Excel). Use chapter concepts and terms to defend your position.

Answer in 7-10 sentences. For each website you visit to find information, if you use that information be sure to put it in your own words and include that website as a reference in APA format.

explain the origins of ISO 9000 and total quality. How are they different ?

Of the problem that affect the success of an acquistion, which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why? What should firms do to make certain that they do not experience such a problem when they use an acquisition strategy?

The term marketing mix refers to a unique blend of product, distribution, promotion, and pricing strategies designed to produce mutually satisfying exchanges with a target market. You may have heard this described as the 4 P’s of marketing (product, place, promotion, price). Review and understand the four parts of the marketing mix in your text. Then choose an idea, good, or service with which you are familiar and describe its marketing mix and how it resulted (or did not result) in a satisfying exchange for you. Clearly explain each element. 1. Describe the product. 2. How is it distributed or placed? 3. How is it promoted? 4. How is it priced relative to competition?

let's assume that your contract with Whole Grains on May 1, 2016, says you will buy 500 pounds of flour and 300 pounds of sugar, but that you will arrange to have to products shipped from Whole Grain's production facility on May 30, 2016 to your kitchen. Whole Grains plans to have the products shipped from its mills to Whole Grains for packaging on May 15, 2016, and says packaging will be complete and your order will be filled by May 25, 2016.

Did title pass from Whole Grains to you on the date of the contract? Why/why not?

2. When does title pass from Whole Grains to you? Why?

Amazon, Berkshire, and JP Morgan merger - Healthcare strategic planning

Please discuss the internal and external enviroment of this merger

Provide citations

Apple

Apple encourages owners of its computers to form local Apple user groups, many of which offer monthly meetings, an informative newsletter, member discounts, special interest groups, classes, and one-on-one support. The user groups provide Apple owners with opportunities to learn more about their computers, share ideas, friendships with fellow Apple users, as well as sponsor special activities and events and perform community service. A visit to Apple’s Web site helps customers find nearby user groups.

Locate an organization in the news. How is this organization trying to create value and competitive advantage in its sector?

Discuss two strategies that can be used for leading change. How do these strategies increase stakeholder support and create momentum for a change initiative to be successful? Why might you want to consider including the most vocal critic of the change initiative in your guiding team?

HQM - Wk9

1. Using Kotter’s work and other change models from the reading, analyze the performance data for the Emergency Department in the table listed below,

2. Compare the medical care and services to state and/or national standards.

3. Provide recommendations for strategies to improve the Emergency Department substandard performance indicators

Emergency Department HCAPHS Data