… leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air's participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional producers have introduced products, which are less effective than Sealed Air's but similar in appearance…

… that Wal*Mart has revolutionized the discount retailing industry. Furthermore, CEO Glass and COO Soderquist have stepped in at the helm of this company and continued to take it in the right direction by quadrupling sales and profits from 1987 to 1993.…

… why do we need change?, things are quite bad enough as they are" Hardly anyone would disagree that the rapid advancement of technology has affected many industries in recent years, and any process that is not identified as a core to the company's…

… can be applied to any situation where there is a standard of performance to be compared with an actual one. This includes sales and margins. In the same way that costs can be broken down into material. Labour and overheads with price / rate and…

… corporate management. The question can seldom be answered to everyone's satisfaction. It is especially harder to answer in the information security context where a lack of data makes it difficult to quantify what exactly security spending earns. The…

… is intentional; it leads to reductions in personnel; it attempts to increase the efficiency of the organization; and it affects work processes (Atwood, p.1, citing a 1993 study by Huber & Glick). Downsizing of staff is often undertaken when an…

… integrated manufacturing process designed to achieve high-volume production using the smallest inventories possible. JIT systems maintain parts flow so that inventories do not build up at any stage of the manufacturing process, allowing rapid completion…

… accelerate business world, every firm should be pro-active in order to compete with their competitors. Thus, strategy marketing is the crucial process to assist the firm to fortify their position in this competitive environment. The objective of this…

… is a producer of "precious metal alloys and other specialized alloys for commercial and industrial use" (Aston-Blair Case, 1999: M-6, 13). At the time of the case, this company is experiencing difficulties due to the economic slowdown…

… luxury products group. The strategy of LVMH is based on combining LVMH fashion and leather goods. Net sales have grown 57% in the past two years. In 2001 LVMH had a strong earning growth in a slumping economy. This was due to the strength of the…