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Business Paper ( A grade)

Assignment : Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies
Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation (http://www.investorguide.com/stock-list.php ) within that industry ( No Samsung or American Airlines). Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
2. Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
3. Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor.  Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
4. Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Evaluating a Supply Chain

In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the supply chain. You will provide your assessment of a supply chain in the form of an evaluation. This assignment is the second of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of evaluating supply chains. Select at leastthree(3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will evaluate a supply chain.

Scenario:

You are consulting for the same organization that you worked for in LASA 1. The organization has asked you to design a supply chain and implement a program to monitor its performance with respect to sustainability. They have also asked you to give recommendations for improving upon your plan as the organization grows. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to present your design and recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation at a meeting with the executive management team.

Instructions:

Your presentation should include the following information:

1. Evaluate the organization’s facilities with regard to capacity and location. Determine whether the organization has enough capacity and whether or not the facilities are strategically located.
2. Conduct an inventory analysis of the firm.
   • Evaluate the firm’s ERP system.
   • Evaluate the firm’s inventory management systems.
   • Identify the firm’s inventory costs.
   • Determine the firm’s optimum order quantities.
   • Identify the firm’s seasonality adjustments and reorder points.
3. Describe the systems used to monitor the performance of the suppliers.
   • Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs).
   • Describe the firm’s risk management strategies.
4. Identify the firm’s conflict management strategies.
5. Recommend strategies, tools, etc. the organization can use to improve or expand upon the supply chain in the future.
6. Identify any potential ethical issues that could have a negative impact on the organization and make recommendations to address them.

In addition to the slides in the presentation, include a detailed outline in the speaker notes section explaining the content on each slide. Use at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation. Be sure to cite the sources for your information.

Make sure your presentation adheres to the followingPresentation Guidelines:

• Create a presentation that is professional and visually appealing.
• Include a combination of text and graphics.
• Do not write out your entire presentation on the slides. Use bullet points of keywords and short phrases instead of long sentences and paragraphs.
• Create your presentation (slides and Speaker Notes) using language that can be easily understood by the intended audience.
• Use APA formatting for your slides and Speaker Notes (outline).

Develop a 10–15-slide presentation (including the title slide and reference slide) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources

International Marketing

Analyze and evaluate a brand that has expanded globally and critically evaluate the brand’s current competitive marketplace.For example, before starbucks entered China, what other coffee shop offerings existed, and how did starbucks compete with China’s traditional cultural preference of tea? Discuss the adjustments you intend to make in the 4Ps to respond to customer needs and  cultural differences of the country/location of new business venture

What are the key drivers that today’s international marketer must understand in planning for the international marketplace? What is the role of each international driver in implementing each of the strategic efforts?

Which of the international drivers and strategic efforts are likely to change more often and more rapidly?

Help with business annotated bibliography

The company that I research was the Coca-Cola  Company and what makes it interesting from an Operations Management perspective? I need annotated bibliography 

The bibliography should contain Four scholarly sources listed in APA format. Each annotation should include the following:

• A brief description of the source
• A short summary of its primary points or arguments