You are a business analyst at an electronics manufacturer. The Director of Operations for your organization has requested a process to reduced cost of production for all product lines by 40% over the next 2 years by applying continuous improvement.   Instructions   Create a 2 – 3 page memo that details the goal of…

You are a technical consultant brought to a prospective customer who operates several different ecommerce websites. The company runs multiple different systems to perform each of the functions with little or no data flow between them. The company has grown rapidly until recently and this growth has created a number of complicated processes that have…

You are a technical consultant brought to a prospective customer who operates several different ecommerce websites. You have been asked to analyses their existing systems and formulate recommendations to better integrate their various support systems – inventory, shipping, credit card processing and so on. Currently the company runs multiple different systems to perform each of…

1. At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. The café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., the owner cannot directly price discriminate). The marginal cost of coffee is $0.10. The marginal cost…

a. Your family business produces a secret recipe salsa and distributes it through both smaller specialty stores and chain supermarkets. The chains have been demanding sizable discounts but you do not want to drop your prices to the specialty stores. When can you legally accommodate the chains without losing profits from the specialty stores?   …

For this third milestone, you will submit presentation slides outlining the branding and communication strategies that you will include in the final brand recommendation that is due in Module Seven. Overview For this third milestone, you will submit presentation slides outlining the branding and communication strategies that you will include in the final brand recommendation…

Scenario The company you work for, Packages Plus Delivery (PPD), currently houses its physical computing environments on site. Packages Plus Delivery is growing, including the number of packages delivered and the number of employees hired each quarter. As a result of this growth and to better meet the needs of the clients, organizational leadership recently…

In this discussion, you will compare the differences among paid, earned, and owned channels, and analyze how each contributes to the overall communication goals of a sport brand. First, review the following resources: 7 Ways to Create a Successful Integrated Marketing Campaign The Role of Paid, Owned and Earned Media in Your Marketing Strategy Next,…

This summative assessment is the start of inputting information into the Strategic Marketing Plan Template. You will complete portions of this template in Weeks 2, 4, and 6, and prepare for sections of it throughout this course.    The first part of developing a strategic marketing plan is analyzing the forces that affect the business’s…

One of the negative aspects of the corporate form of doing business is double taxation, which occurs when a corporation pays dividends to shareholders from profits that have already been taxed and the dividends, when received by shareholders, are taxed again. How does the use of a subchapter S corporation address the issue of double…