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Merchandise planning workbook
Focusing on the development of a 6-month merchandise plan, this text explains how to use Excel 2007 as a tool to project sales, manage inventory, calculate the amount of merchandise to purchase, and adjust the price throughout the selling season.
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The Moderating Effects of Structure on Volatility and Complexity in Software Enhancement
The cost of enhancing software applications to accommodate new and evolving user requirements is significant. Many enhancement cost-reduction initiatives have focused on increasing software structure in applications. However, while software structure can decrease enhancement effort by localizing data processing, increased effort is also required to comprehend structure. Thus, it is not clear whether high levels of software structure are economically efficient in all situations. In this study, we develop a model of the relationship between software structure and software enhancement costs and errors. We introduce the notion of software structure as a moderator of the relationship between software volatility, total data complexity, and software enhancement outcomes. We posit that it is efficient to more highly structure the more volatile applications, because increased familiarity with the application structure through frequent enhancement enables localization of maintenance effort. For more complex applications, software structure is more beneficial than for less complex applications because it facilitates the comprehension process where it is most needed. Given the downstream enhancement benefits of structure for more volatile and complex applications, we expect that the optimal level of structure is higher for these applications. We empirically evaluate our model using data collected on the business applications of a major mass merchandiser and a large commercial bank. We find that structure moderates the relationship between complexity, volatility, and enhancement outcomes, such that higher levels of structure are more advantageous for the more complex and more volatile applications in terms of reduced enhancement costs and errors. We also find that more structure is designed in for volatile applications and for applications with higher levels of complexity. Finally, we identify application type as a significant factor in predicting which applications are more volatile and more complex at our research sites. That is, applications with induction-based algorithms such as those that support planning, forecasting, and management decision-making activities are more complex and more volatile than applications with rule-based algorithms that support operational and transaction-processing activities. Our results indicate that high investment in software quality practices such as structured design is not economically efficient in all situations. Our findings also suggest the importance of organizational mechanisms in promoting efficient design choices that lead to reduced enhancement costs and errors.
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Making the cut? : low-income countries and the global clothing value chain in a post-quota and post-crisis world
The clothing sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial development for low-income countries (LICs) but recent developments may condition this role. In most developed and middle-income countries, the clothing sector was central in the industrialization process. Recently, however, the environment for global clothing trade has changed significantly, driven by the rise of organizational buyers and their global sourcing strategies, the phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) at the end of 2004, and the global economic crisis in 2008-09. Changes in global supply and demand structures have increased competition between LIC exporters but also offer new opportunities in fast-growing emerging markets. The second half of the twentieth century was characterized by a rising demand for clothing and the replacement of developed countries' domestic production by imports from developing countries. Today, however, demand has stagnated and import penetration levels are close to 100 percent in most developed countries. Thus, the growth of clothing exports from a few developing countries largely comes at the expense of clothing producers in other developing countries. The heightened competition between developing countries has been reinforced by overcapacity in the global clothing industry since the MFA phase-out and has been accelerated by the global economic crisis. However, changes in demand structures post-crisis may lead to new opportunities. While import demand for clothing in the Unites States, the European Union (EU), and Japan might stagnate, demand will increase in fast-growing emerging markets.
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Retail logistics and merchandising in the USA: current status and requirements in the year 2000
This study present the results of a survey of senior level retail executives in the USA. Responses provide an indication of retail perceptions surrounding the order fulfilment process. As retailers look ahead towards 2000, technological readiness will drive virtually all retailer expectations of suppliers. The use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) will become an industry mandate; those vendors who want to be the number one or two partner in a category will be technologically sophisticated. This technological readiness will dramatically reduce order time while improving invoice accuracy - an edict clearly voiced by retailers. Finally, as suppliers and retailers look ahead, the formation of mutually beneficial partnerships will dominate.
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ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY (NYSE: ADM) 4 MAY 2017 - May 4, 2017
CHICAGO, May 2, 2017--Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.
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Eby-Brown Company, LLC: Consumer Packaged Goods - Company Profile & SWOT Analysis
Eby-Brown Company, LLC (Eby-Brown) is a wholesale food distributor based in the US. The company primarily supplies and distributes various products including snacks and other food items, non-alcoholic beverages, confectionery items, health and beauty care products, tobacco and other grocery items to convenience stores and other retailers. Furthermore, Eby-Brown, through its subsidiary Wakefield Sandwich Company produces frozen sandwiches. The company, through its seven distribution centers serves 13,500 retail customers. It also manages 1,433,000 square feet of warehouse space. Eby-Brown is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, the US.
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Eby-Brown Company, LLC: Consumer Packaged Goods - Company Profile & SWOT Report
Eby-Brown Company, LLC (Eby-Brown) is a wholesale food distributor based in the US. The company primarily supplies and distributes various products including snacks and other food items, non-alcoholic beverages, confectionery items, health and beauty care products, tobacco and other grocery items to convenience stores and other retailers. Furthermore, Eby-Brown, through its subsidiary Wakefield Sandwich Company produces frozen sandwiches. The company, through its seven distribution centers serves 13,500 retail customers. It also manages 1,433,000 square feet of warehouse space. Eby-Brown is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, the US.
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Eby-Brown Company, LLC: Consumer Packaged Goods - Company Profile & SWOT Report
Eby-Brown Company, LLC (Eby-Brown) is a wholesale food distributor based in the US. The company primarily supplies and distributes various products including snacks and other food items, non-alcoholic beverages, confectionery items, health and beauty care products, tobacco and other grocery items to convenience stores and other retailers. Furthermore, Eby-Brown, through its subsidiary Wakefield Sandwich Company produces frozen sandwiches. The company, through its seven distribution centers serves 13,500 retail customers. It also manages 1,433,000 square feet of warehouse space. Eby-Brown is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, the US.
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Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.: Consumer Packaged Goods - Company Profile & SWOT Report
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. (Prairie Farms Dairy) is a farmer-owned producer and marketer of dairy food products. The company's product portfolio includes fluid milk products, juices and drinks, butters, creams, tea, dips, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice creams and ice cream mixes, dips and yogurt. The company also co-packs dairy products for other companies. Prairie Farms Dairy supplies its products to food producers, drug and convenience stores, mass merchandisers, schools and restaurants. Along with its subsidiaries, the company operates 24 plants and 13 joint venture plants throughout the Midwest and Mid-South of the US. The company has joint ventures with six dairy companies in the US. Its distribution network is spread across Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, and Mississippi, the US. Prairie Farms Dairy is headquartered in Carlinville, Illinois, the US.
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Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.: Consumer Packaged Goods - Company Profile & SWOT Report
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. (Prairie Farms Dairy) is a farmer-owned producer and marketer of dairy food products. The company's product portfolio includes fluid milk products, juices and drinks, butters, creams, tea, dips, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice creams and ice cream mixes, dips and yogurt. The company also co-packs dairy products for other companies. Prairie Farms Dairy supplies its products to food producers, drug and convenience stores, mass merchandisers, schools and restaurants. Along with its subsidiaries, the company operates 24 plants and 13 joint venture plants throughout the Midwest and Mid-South of the US. The company has joint ventures with six dairy companies in the US. Its distribution network is spread across Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, and Mississippi, the US. Prairie Farms Dairy is headquartered in Carlinville, Illinois, the US.
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