Banana Joe’s Surf Shop (BJSS) is a traditional small to medium business enterprise (SME) which has been selling surf apparel and equipment in the Bateman’s Bay regional area for over 30 years. Their business information systems need upgrade to sell more equipment and expand the business further. BJSS is also a stockiest and sales agent for several apparel and accessories organisations including Rip Curl, Billabong and other associated brands. Growth areas the business is considering the introduction of an online channel to sell apparel and accessories, and using technology such as GoPro cameras to provide video log and other movie making opportunities to advertise the business further.
BJSS will expand production capabilities to fulfill the
Mamma Jo’s Pizza should accommodate their employee, Ahmad, and his need due to the fact that he wears his beard specifically for religious reasons. For discrimination based on religion, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Mamma Jo’s Pizza has the duty to “reasonably accommodate” employee’s “sincerely held” religious practices unless doing so would cause undue hardship to Mamma Jo’s business. If wearing a beard is a sincerely held religious practice for Ahmad, then Mamma Jo’s should make reasonable adjustments to the work environment that will allow him to fully practice his religion as long as these adjustments are not more than mere inconvenience. An example of an accommodation that Mamma Jo’s could make is a job reassignment. Mamma Jo’s no beard policy can be argued to be a business necessity for employees dealing with the food, so Ahmad could possibly do other tasks away from the food such as working at the cash register, answering the phone, or other clerical work.
How do you conceptualize Pat’s situation? I see Pat’s situation as a client that has a strong external force that is influencing her situation. I do not feel that Pat has a solid of idea of whom she may be or what she would like as a career. The only thing that is certain is that Pat does not want to become a chef. She seems to have other creative aspirations; however, she has not had the opportunity to explore those options because of her circumstances.
Who would have thought that building a prototype camera with a sewing machine and a drill would lead to Nick Woodman becoming the head of one of the most popular video camera companies around today (Forbes-3)? GoPro owes most of its rapid success to their quick wise decision to move to the cloud with their supply chain. In an interview at Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in June of 2011, Bob Bowman, the managing editor of SupplyChainBrain, and GoPro’s CTO, Stephen Baumer discuss GoPro’s growth in light of their supply chain. Baumer explains that when GoPro released their HD cameras, he quotes “we saw an almost unmanageable amount of growth (Baumer-4).” With the accelerated amount of growth GoPro was experiencing, they knew they had
Considering infrastructure costs and their 12-person staff, StickK’s B2C business has not been profitable to date. The company may have a viable business model, however, by expanding its B2B segment while
Current company assets include computers, printers and camera equipment. More advanced equipment used for commercial video production is rented for shooting as needed and print marketing campaign material is sent to third-party printing companies paid for by client or released to the client for printing as needed. As fellow entrepreneurs and small business owners, we want to support each other so we can reach and exceed goals that we set for our businesses.
The Grapes are a family living in a rural and economically depressed community. The members of the Grape family presently residing in the familial home consists of biological birth mother Bonnie Grape, who is unemployed and 54 years of age. Amy Grape, the eldest child, Unemployed and currently 34 years of age. Gilbert Grape, the eldest male sibling who is employed at a local grocery store and is currently 24, years of age. Arnie Grape is Gilbert’s younger brother and is presently turning 18 years of age. Arnie reaching his 18th birthday is considered to be somewhat of a triumph by the Grape family, as Arnie suffers from a debilitating medical condition that has not only kept him from achieving age appropriate developmental milestones but also threatens to shorten his life expectancy considerably. The youngest sibling Ellen Grape is currently employed at a local ice cream parlor and is 16 years of age.
The company can improve its channel strategy to enhance its current performance in one way. The company’s website is too reliant in the physical stores. The website has photos of the physical store ostensibly to help customers to connect with it. This idea seems well founded. However, the target market for any company that operates an online shopping system is not local. It transcends geographical boundaries. The company needs to consider how it can make the online shopping experience authentic and complete for customers who may never visit any of its physical stores. A website makes a company a global player. In this regard, the company needs to expand its channel strategy to take into account an expanded potential market. This shift in strategy will increase the sales the company makes.
In terms of its core compentencies, eBay has both streamlined and globalized traditional person-to-person trading in the national and international arena, which had typically been conducted through such forms as garage sales, collectibles shows, flea markets and more, with their web interfac...
Customer loyalty is another competitive advantage. Trader Joe’s doesn’t provide membership card to the customer, however customer still would like to choose Trader Joe’s just because of this
The key managerial problem which John Fahey is facing is to decide as to whom the e-commerce head should report, in the current organizational structure of NGS, so that the new position gives him enough freedom to leverage the growth opportunities of the e-commerce platform efficiently. How much span of control for the new head is required to cope with declining print media sales and build the right balance between allocating investments and revenue allocations across different product units of the organisation? He should also have enough exposure to build strong customer relationships and brand loyalty by improving the membership program using e-commerce.
McDonald's Corporation is the largest fast-food operator in the World and was originally formed in 1955 after Ray Kroc pitched the idea of opening up several restaurants based on the original owned by Dick and Mac McDonald. McDonald's went public in 1965 and introduced its flagship product, the Big Mac, in 1968. Today, McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and have one of the world's most widely known brand names. McDonald's sales hit $57 billion company-wide and over $25 billion in the United States in 2006 (S&P).
Time Inc., is the one of the largest magazine publishers in the world and at the crossroads of survival into the next century. Investing in global resources to produce content on a 365/24/7 basis for all types of electronic and paper consumption. Creating original video content from the most popular brands, trusted by consumers, and introducing pay-walls on the websites will lead to higher consumer engagement. This course of action will result in generating brand awareness, capturing market share and generating more revenue that can lead to a higher stock price for the shareholders. This strategy will keep Time Inc., relevant, well into the future; which will increase profits and company performance.Introduction of Target Organization
For the purpose of this paper, I selected the following three categories for comparison : B2C, C2C and e-Government. For the sake of ease, I chose representative entities for each category : Amazon (B2C), EBay (C2C) and Arizona government, www.az.gov (e-Government). In the following paragraphs, I will identify the differences and similarities of those three business models by addressing the questions in the syllabus.
J., Russell, J. S., & Cameron, W. S. 2015, Page 43). With advances in technology and communication, the speed at which local and global companies can do business is exceptional. The need to stay relevant is imperative.