Essays on Vertical Integration

Abstract

The notion of supply chain management (SCM) is not new, but it poses different understanding issues in terms of organizing internal processes and relationships with suppliers and customers. Different companies, different industries require for distinct SCM. The most important thing for organizations is to comprehend that they are part of a SCM and that it is in their power and responsibility to guide activities and processes to best fit their business objectives. By analyzing three SCM dedicated sources, this paper aims to answer several stringent aspects of SCM in the contemporary business world. The challenges of organizing SCM in ...

Introduction

The ‘best fit' approach refers to the establishment of an alignment between Human resource strategies and Organizational strategies. In this method, the strategies held by the human resource department should be structured to aid in the achievement of goals set for the entire organization (Bratton, 2007). On the other hand, Best practice approach entails the implementation of a combination of the finest practices in human resource management, which focus on high commitment, involvement, and performance. This approach is done with the aim of achieving improved performance of the organization as a whole. This paper will focus on the major ...

Vertical Integration and Economies of Scale

Vertical Integration and Economies of Scale

Vertical Integration

Vertical integration is the process where two businesses are merged together whereby the two businesses are at different levels of the production process. One may be at extraction stage, the other at processing stage. The process of merging firms where one is in front of the other in the production is called forward integration. The benefit of the process of vertical integration underlies in the increased capacity of the company to control access to their inputs. This thus, allows these companies control the cost of the inputs, quality as well as the delivery.Depending ...

Samsung Electronics

The name of the company is Samsung, which is a multinational conglomerate company. The link to the original website is www.samsung.com.

BACKGROUNG and HISTORY

Samsung is headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. The South Korean multinational conglomerate has numerous subsidiaries and affiliation with several businesses. The largest chaebol of South Korea was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul. The business started as a trading company, but the group expanded itself by diversifying into areas such as textiles, insurance, retail, securities, and food processing. In the late 1960s, the company stepped in the electronic industry. Samsung was separated into four groups in 1987 following ...

Introduction

For any airline industry to succeed in the US, a good business strategy is essential. When choosing business strategies, the industry should ensure that the success of the business-level strategies is promoted. The US Airline Industry can achieve this by meeting the following critical requirements: horizontal integration, vertical integration, building cooperative relationships, engaging in competitive bidding and short term contracts and being part of strategic alliances and long term contracts. Apart from a good business strategy, excellent management tools and effective leadership also play a crucial role when it comes to success in this industry.

Question 2: Identify Critical Requirements for a Strategic and Competitive US Airline Industry and Global Advantages to the organization

Horizontal Integration/consolidation is one ...

Introduction . 2

Analysis .. 3 1) Structural Characteristics . 4 2) American Apparel mission statement 5 3) Organizational Structure .. 6 4) Porter’s Competitive Strategy . 7 5) The External Environment 8 6) Stages in the lifecycle, size, and control system .. 9

Recommendations and implementation plans 11

References . 12

1.Executive summary The issue that the American Apparel’s organization is facing is that they have a very unique strategy to run the business more effectively than its competitors; unfortunately, this strategy did not meet the external environment needs. Therefore, they had to lay off hundreds of workers and retooling its production process in ...

Description of the American Apparel’s Corporation

American Apparel is a leading basics brand for young adults and people of all ages, with both wholesale and retail divisions globally. The company was founded in 1989 by Dov Charney, a Canadian man with an interest in vintage American clothing and is known for cutting-edge advertising and product branding. Its operations adage “made in downtown LA” has contributed to significant brand awareness and a cult status worldwide. It is the largest sewing facility in North American with 5000 to 10000 employees. For American Apparel, many factors of the external environment pose a threat to the company, however, with ...

In Class Assignment

When Health Care Gets a Healthy Dose of Data Intermountain’s supply chain Intermountain has started application of the value-based model which is aimed at providing its patients with high-quality services, making the access to the former easier and more available. Among the recent steps which have been made in this direction ProComp deserves our attention as a system designed to reduce costs by presenting all the available services as well as the information to surgeons on their supply options in real time. The system has led to the cost reduction of $ 25 million. The Intermountain Healthcare has involved ...

A Tale of Two Markets: NYC Subway Line

Executive summary of the case The case, “A Tale of Two Markets: NYC Subway Line” speaks about the various business establishment strategies applied by Lynne Lambert during her pursuit to establish her brand NYC Subway Line and the line of products used the New York Lifestyle based positioning. The case describes how Lynne tried to channel across the conventional distribution system of the apparel retail markets and tried to develop retail sales for her products in two different markets, the gift retail, and the apparel retail markets. The case study provides an elaborate detail of the competition, costing, distribution, ...

Major Resources and Capabilities

All the organizations have some resources and capabilities that separate them from rest of the competitors. Some of the core resources and capabilities of Zara that create distinctive competencies are discussed below. One of the core capabilities of Zara that is a distinctive competency of the company is that it follows a customer centric approach. The company focuses on its customers and provides them with the designs that are specifically for their body shape. The company is concerned about the body shape of the customers that allows them to make such products that fit the customers best. It not ...

PORK INDUSTRY IN THE U.S.A

Introduction

The pork industry in the U.S has taken a tremendous change in the recent past, especially with the introduction of large-scale fabrication of the produce by a few individuals in the country. However, the shift in the production to include a few players that engage in large scale production is a worry to many people in the country, an aspect that has led to heated debates. The widespread discrimination experienced by consumers is a major aspect that has contributed to the change in production trend. Consumers' taste has significantly changed in the recent past, ...

In Androscogin Company, orders as they are received are placed in an available open time as productions are planned in weekly cycles. The production for the current order is planned one week before the start of the next production cycle. Clients place orders according to their preference of order, which include color, weight and size. Each machine was therefore designed to be successful and cost efficient to make certain types of paper. The company has five machines each assigned to making different types of papers. Because of the diversity of preference in customer orders, the mill put two production ...

Executive Summary

Apple Inc. is a multinational information technology company that designs a number of IT products such as Mac Laptop, iPod, iPad and iPhones among others. The company employs a vertical integrated strategy hence able to control its operations. The company over the years has recorded major profits and this can majorly be attributed to its motivated employees, leadership structure, negotiation and change management strategy. The company’s continued success mainly stems from its motivated employees. By considering the hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s two way theory and expectation theory, Apple’s employees are wholesomely motivated. With regards to leadership, ...