Purchasing and supply chain: BIC Company
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The group's history began in 1945 BIC while Marcel Bich and Edouard Buffard mount a factory spare part for pens in Clichy. In 1950, BIC Cristal pen is launched: it went on to sell hundreds of billions of copies. BIC is expanding internationally in 1950 (Italy, Brazil, United Kingdom, United...
The management of the supply chain of Domaine de la Motte
Case study - 5 pages - Management
Description of activity The Domaine de La Motte is not far from Narbonne which is in the heart of Languedoc Roussillon. It includes nearly 175 acres of vineyards in Australia and specializes in the production of Chardonnay. The production area is mainly reserved for brands such as the...
Taiwan's Semiconductor Shortage: Origins and Geopolitical Future
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
Semiconductors have become a central factor in our 21st century. As technology is used in all fields of human activity, from refrigerators to laptops, from electric cars to artificial intelligence, and from solar panels to military weapons, the need for electronic chips has grown and the...
Development and performance of the purchasing function within the pharmaceutical industry
Dissertation - 34 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
Since its introduction, the Purchasing function faced major changes and is taking on a more strategic role in many organisations. It was also shown that strategic purchasing leads to positive savings performance. Showing that the purchasing function is at an equal level of importance with other...
The post-COVID-19 Automotive Industry - Challenges and Solutions
Sectorial analysis - 5 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all industries. While the tourism sector, as well as the aeronautics sector, has been particularly affected by the pandemic, several other sectors are also facing a similar crisis. This is particularly the case with the automotive industry....
The right skills for the job? Rethinking training policies for workers, Chapter 2, Almeida, Rita, Jere Behrman, and David Robalino (2012) - Labor Economics in Latin America: The Economic Rationale for Skills Development Policies
Text commentary - 2 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
The authors focus on skills development policies and their relative ineffectiveness since they are not properly distributed. They question the place of the private sector as a complementary solution to provide a real boost to this essential sector of the economy. Despite the action of the State,...
The role, significance and impact of supply chain management in the FMCG sector
Thesis - 11 pages - Management
FMCG refers to consumer non-durable goods required for daily or frequent use. Typically, a consumer buys these goods at least once a month. The sector covers a wide gamut of products such as detergents, toilet soaps, toothpaste, shampoos, creams, powders, food products, confectioneries,...
Customer Orientation
Course material - 3 pages - Marketing theories
The approach of customer orientation can be explained in companies that highly value and give their customers a lot of importance. Such companies are said to be customer oriented. According to Bhasin (2018), their marketing strategies get designed with their customers at the peak of their...
Catch shares lead to the destruction of small-scale fishermen but increase the fish stock
Essay - 2 pages - Management
Catch shares (CS) is a fishery management system that allocates a secure privilege to harvest a specific area or percentage of a fishery's total catch to individuals, communities, or associations (NOAA, 2017). CS become primordial because the global consumption of fish doubled in 50 years...
Foundations of Economics and Sociology Foundations of Economics
Course material - 25 pages - Economy general
It is within the multiple and different enterprises, which together define to a large extent a national economy, that the observation of economic and social facts is the most extensive and undoubtedly the most visible. The company is a reality that weaves its way through our daily lives because...
Impact of information's sharing and collaboration on sustainable practices of national bank of Abu Dhabi
Case study - 28 pages - Finance
The aim of this paper is to provide detailed information about sustainable practices in information in supply chain and the impacts in the business world. A case study was embarked on of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi one of the world's safest bank and a bank with branches and office in...
How the UK goverment can stabilize oil prices ?
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Everyone in UK has had an experience of the shock for unexpected dramatic change in prices of fuel for instance fuel prices will unexpectedly sky-rocket overnight. Mostly it is the supply and demand case: there is a very high number of vehicles tapping oil and the supply is...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analyzing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the business to business...
Management and cultural aspects
Course material - 25 pages - Management
Human beings have needs in order to survive and the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy these needs by providing people with what they need. Such needs will vary from person to person because each person seeks different things at different times. Those who are poor would like to satisfy...
Bandwidth discovery: A demand side analysis of the bandwidth requirements of India's IT and ITES sectors
Tutorials/exercises - 45 pages - Business strategy
Frost & Sullivan is an international market-consulting firm headquartered at Palo Alto, CA and with offices across the globe. The focus of work done at Frost & Sullivan is to interact with clients, understand their requirements and use the relevant domain expertise to develop innovative growth...
Analysis of supply and environment for Renault
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The Renault Automotive Group has more than 350 industrial and commercial sites in over 40 countries and 131,879 employees. In 2004, the Group achieved a turnover of 40.7 billion Euros, up 8.4%. The strategy of profitable growth is built on three pillars: competitiveness, innovation and...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain - published: 14/12/2006
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analysing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the western and now...
International operations management: global operations management strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
According to Witkowski (2017) innovation is an integral element in driving organizations' progress and modernity. Innovation's contribution to operational efficiency is premised on the fact that organizations have the option of pursuing different types of innovation that include product,...
SWOT Analysis - Boeing
Case study - 5 pages - Automotive marketing
With its official name 'the Boeing Company', Boeing is an American company based in Chicago that operates in the aircraft and aerospace manufacturing sectors. Boeing relies mostly on the construction of civilian aeroplanes, helicopters, satellites, military aircraft, etc. In this area,...
The organic products market in the US
Case study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing
The organic products industry within the United States markets has grown significantly within the past twenty years. As a matter of fact, the organic products sector has ranked highest among the fastest-growing sectors within the United States, which further raises questions about how this...
Megacorp's Crane Manufacturing company (CMC) operations analysis
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Megacorp's CMC manufactures cranes which can be used for different factory and process line operations in various factories. They manufacture small and large cranes which are able to hoist different rectangular containers. For fifty years, the company has been relatively successful in the...
Logistics outsourcing: the current situation and the future
Dissertation - 7 pages - Logistics
In a constantly developing business world, concentrating on your core activity can sometimes become difficult, given the diversity and number of tasks to be accomplished. This explains why company executives have taken a series of measures, including the outsourcing of logistics. Logistics is a...
Example of a competitive benchmark - Fast food restaurants
Case study - 8 pages - Marketing theories
Marketing and competitor analysis play an increasingly important role in the life of businesses. Indeed, regardless of the sector, they are subject to very strong competition, and it is necessary to adapt to obtain the best results and always be more competitive. But developing effective...
Central Bankers and Interest Rates
Course material - 9 pages - Finance
Inflation was a major problem in the 1970s. The 1971 collapse of the Bretton-Woods agreement gave governments latitude to alter their currency exchange rates. The previously locked exchange rates had the effect of taming inflation. There were also "oil shocks" in 1973 and 1979, which caused oil...
Logistics techniques for international trade
Dissertation - 12 pages - Logistics
Local companies have traded with foreign companies for many years. These business relationships may consist of the buying and selling of goods, but large-scale corporate buyouts and mergers play a role on the international stage as well. Before an agreement is reached between two (international)...
Growth Analysis - Domino's Pizza, Inc
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
After a slight decline in performance since mid-2022, Domino's Pizza is starting to perform well again and this leads us to believe that for the year 2023, new marketing strategies will be put in place to continue to have good growth. Domino's Pizza has released its results for its first...
Porter's five forces, PESTEL and SWOT analysis - Puma France
Case study - 6 pages - Sport marketing
"Puma SE is a German company specializing in the manufacture of sporting goods founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler, older brother of Adolf Dassler founder of Adidas, and based in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria." This brand certainly manufactures sporting goods but its greatest strength lies in the...
McDonald's Short Story and Analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Marketing theories
McDonald's is one of the largest fast-food chains in the world, with thousands of locations in over 100 countries and a strong brand recognition and a commitment to innovation and customer service. Despite ongoing challenges, the company remains an important part of the global food industry...
Apprenticeship in Customer Service Support (CSS)
Diploma Thesis - 10 pages - Foreign markets
CSS service accompanies the sales representatives in order to support them for the cotations of the existing customers. While they are prospecting new customers or anything else, already known customers can send us a cotation request to ship their goods around the world. The missions of the CSS...
The world hunger
Essay - 2 pages - Social sciences
Everyone human being experiences with some form of struggle. It is an inevitable part of life. However, some struggles are a bit more serious in nature than others. Hunger provides an example of this. Hunger is a world issue that has yet to be resolved. The issue has been evident for several...