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Business Forum articles from December 22 2005
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Business Forum archives from December 22 2005
The restructuring of the retail business in the US: the fall of the shopping mall.
December 22, 2005... Thirty-five years ago, shopping centers began to appear in the US and slowly changed the face of retailing. Downtowns struggled to compete with the new, enclosed, super structures neatly perched on the open spaces of suburbia. Mall anchor...
Transportation issues for supply chain management.
December 22, 2005... Since the popularization of Just-In-Time (JIT) practices in the 1980's, companies have worked to reduce inventory levels and lower overall production costs. JIT programs have had a positive impact on manufacturing and service processes, and the...
Are you using costly outmoded techniques to purchase materials?
December 22, 2005... Corporate purchasing decisions are becoming more important as material costs represent a larger portion of total costs in an era of declining labor costs. Therefore, an increasing number of US companies are forced to pay more attention to the...
Finding competitive advantage in self-managed work teams: as the world moves closer to a global marketplace, work teams are proving to be a valuable managerial tool for improving productivity, costs management, quality, and cycle time. Though difficult to carry out, the reward from creating such work teams are often significant.
December 22, 2005... One of the rising managerial topics today is how to improve global competitiveness using Self-Managed Work Teams. These groups are not ad-hoc problem solving teams that form quickly and disband once their work is done. Rather, they signify a...
Understanding Generation X ... Boom or bust introduction.
December 22, 2005... The central tenet of marketing is the exchange relationship. Simply put, marketers provide benefits, outcomes, or solutions sought by consumers. In the interest of a targeted marketing effort, marketers attempt to profile each segment. The...
Exploring methods to evaluate the return-on-investment from training.
December 22, 2005... Human Resource (HR) managers are often plagued by the lack of simple and effective methods for showing the benefits of the training their departments conduct. They often resort to "smile sheets" or just assume that if the training is based on a...