Essays Tagged: "product quality"

Packard Bell vs. Dell.

r computer manufacturers Dell is exceptionally better than Packard Bell in customer customizations, product quality, and support/warranty.Ordering a computer directly from the manufacture is becoming ... ll. Dell meets this goal by making their customers feel valued, confident, and satisfied with their products and services. Dell accomplishes this by providing customer customizations, excellent qualit ...

(4 pages) 158 0 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Business Ethics and Value Systems- Ethics in Corporate America.

n years, you'll get a more mature perspective: "improving the company's profitability by increasing product quality or decreasing cost." Along with this change of perspective comes other, subtler chan ... ably habitable. We can produce food and clothing in staggering quantities, at unbelievable rates of production, using very little labor in proportion to the output. We have greatly extended the life s ...

(10 pages) 1105 2 3.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup Company (CSC) was a diversified food processor known for its strong brands and product quality. One of its products is produce ready-to-serve soups for customer who is not able to ... cts is produce ready-to-serve soups for customer who is not able to make soup. Formerly, Campbell's products spread all over 3 segments of condensed soups, ready-to-serve soups and dry soup, and it is ...

(3 pages) 154 0 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Business case study about choosing one strategy and its implications for a danish supermarket

ful in Denmark and Germany, because in this countries who buy in a discounter store thinks that the products offered there are the everyday essentials and they think that there are lowest prices and h ... that is why people prefers spent a little bit more money buying in stores where they think that the product quality is better. If Netto's marketing strategy is only focused in low price there is the d ...

(2 pages) 119 3 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Using two or three Brands, Discuss the Influence of Sponsorship on the creation of Brand Meaning.

creation of Brand Meaning.Sponsorship is one of the means open to a company to bring itself or its products to the attention of consumers and present them in a favourable light. Advertising is the mo ... ly used marketing tool and speaks to a consumer in a direct way. It announces the availability of a product and creates an image for a brand. It can also provide information on product quality, charac ...

(10 pages) 224 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Examine the role and tasks of purchasing in assuring product quality from suppliers, with reference to: a) specification of quality requirements b) supplier quality audit c) contractual terms

functions can communicate with counterpart within the supplier organizations (Leenders et al., 1994)Product quality is rapidly becoming an important competitive issue (Garvin, 1984). According to Garv ... ant competitive issue (Garvin, 1984). According to Garvin (1984), there are eight basic elements of product quality. They are performance, features, reliability, conformance, durability, serviceabilit ...

(15 pages) 466 1 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Corporate Ethics

ed on broad principles of integrity and fairness. It focuses on internal stakeholder issues such as product quality, customer satisfaction, employee wages and benefits and local communities and enviro ... e in turbulent times e.g. during times of change.3. Ethics programmes cultivate strong teamwork and productivity-employees feel strong alignment between their values and those of the organisation. The ...

(4 pages) 567 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

HomeDepot Business Case Analysis

e my recommendations and opinion.Some of the strategic factors that Home Depot faces are related to product quality, price, advertising, store capacity, competitors, and customer's independency and sa ... strategic factors helped in the growth and popularity of Home Depot.Home Depot offers good quality products such as home improvement products, lawn and garden supplies. Installation services for thes ...

(7 pages) 456 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Westmills Carpets Limited

ved in his solution under his direct command. The most urgent thing is to get rid of non-profitable products and cut cost. On the other hand, he should improve cooperation between departments and full ... nd fully develop the control and financial system in order to achieve on-time delivery and reliable product quality.Why should it be done?First, the degree of shareholder commitment would be impressiv ...

(2 pages) 40 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Mystery shopping

trained shoppers to investigate customer service, operations, employee integrity, merchandising and product quality. Mystery shopping service is a growing industry with about 1.5 billion US dollar wo ... he research, the reasons for customers leaving include: 69% for poor customer service, 13% for poor product quality, 9% for competitive reasons and 9% for other reasons. In apparel retail business, w ...

(4 pages) 96 1 2.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Now and Then - Technological Changes in Business - Case Studies specific to Australia (incl. Fairfax, Chullora and ConstructOne)

bour-oriented, relying on human labour and so became inefficient and slow, making quantity limited. Product quality wasn't high, as much was done by hand rather than machines and businesses would not ... try and technology was not focussed on the needs of the industry itself but rather on enhancing the productivity of the industry.Now (Where Technology is at Currently)Technology within many businesses ...

(8 pages) 80 0 1.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bmw strategic analysis

IntroductionBMW has been established in 1916 and, by later diversifying into its main products, automobiles and motorbikes, turned out to be one of Germany's largest and most successful ... of Germany's largest and most successful companies by the year 2002. BMW has a high reputation for product quality and advanced engineering, as well as a highly skilled work force. The company has al ... diversification, sticking to its core values of premium and luxury cars. An attempt to broaden its product range by the acquisition of Rover automobiles from the UK in 1994 had not been successful an ...

(8 pages) 667 2 2.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Business Marketing Talking Business

The success of any business largely depends upon the ability to provide the right product, at the right price, in the right place using the right promotion and employing the right pe ... ptions about your business. The objectives could include milestones to achieve in customer service, product quality and value for money.2. SWOT Analysis: Using the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportu ... activities.Questions to ask while developing your business's marketing plan include:1. What does my product mean to the market place from a technical and sales perspective?2. Where can my product be s ...

(2 pages) 55 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

BOEING's Strength, Weakness, Threats, Oppotunities and its Implication

o help the customers.3. Outsourcing It can save time for the company to manufacture or assembly its products.4. Emphasizing the product quality The durability of the company could last long. It gives ... ikely choose them first as their priority.6. Strong brand name Customers would easily associate the product. The brand name is instilled in the mind of the customers. Then, customers would think that ...

(4 pages) 161 0 4.3 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Six Sigma

fined as a statistical term that refers to 3.4 defects only per million processes undertaken by, or products made by, a company. This focus on product quality leads to lowered costs of operation for t ... Revise the company's reward system.The Six Sigma process can improve every part of a company, from production to the structure of the company. DeFeo writes that "people, companies, industries, econom ...

(2 pages) 253 0 3.9 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Structural Analysis within Industries

dimension is compose of specialization, brand identification, push versus pull, channel selection, product quality, technological leadership, vertical integration, cost position, service, price polic ... fourth step is to assess the relative position of each strategic group with reference to substitute products. And the last step in structural analysis within an industry is to assess the pattern of ma ...

(5 pages) 42 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Behavioral Centered Management

studied.In any business enterprise the management style is a major factor in employee satisfaction, productivity, and the over all morale of the organization. While every manager has their own way of ... ers. The most effective managers seem to be those that the embrace their people as people first and productive multipliers second. Charles O'Reilly, professor of Business at Stanford School of Busines ...

(8 pages) 174 1 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Mission and vision of Naomi comestics.

elling a full series of different types of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, healthcare and hair care products including private labels and other exclusive international brands. Also, we have about 760 ... the worst time was passed, and we are back on the fast growing track again that we should improved product quality and services to increase the sales and profitability of storesMission:Create publici ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.8 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Toyota Satisfaction Committee

to TMC/Japan stating that Toyota should be number one. The proposal implied that TMC should improve product quality in the plants to achieve that number one ranking. * In 1987, TMC began to persue the ... sfaction. There were three subcommittees involved to address specific customer satisfaction issues: product quality, domestic sales and service, and overseas sale and service. INITIAL EFFORT TO IMPROV ...

(4 pages) 66 1 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Customer Driven Quality Paper

lity among the organizations.ManufacturingQuality service first arrives with the manufacturing of a product. Quality is defined as a state associated with products, services, people, processes and env ... er for an organization to provide good consumer satisfaction, the company must first provide a good product. In order for the relationship built between the companies in the manufacture to be a succes ...

(5 pages) 273 0 2.2 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management