Monthly Archives: December 2009

ERP brings visibility into Madras Cements' business

MCL had several 'islands' of systems (its own legacy applications) running across its three manufacturing plants and its corporate office in Chennai. In order to gain a competitive advantage, it had begun investing in computerising its payroll, finance, inventory, and [...]

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Filed under Computers and IT, ERP, MIS, Operating System

CRM responsible for magic at Bharti

Bharti Tele-Ventures is one of India's leading private sector telecom operators. Its cellular business, AirTel, is a leading mobile telephony brand. Like any telco, Bharti considers information technology a key business enabler. "For telecom, IT is like bread and butter. [...]

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Filed under CRM, Industry Specific Cases, MIS, Telecom Industry

Emerging Markets : a Case Study on Foreign Market Entry in Laos; MBA-thesis in marketing

This thesis is conducted for Husqvarna AB with the aim to map the Laotian market for them in terms of market potential for forestry power equipment. In order to provide decision material for further action I was asked to give [...]

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Filed under Business, Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, MIS

International Marketing Case Study Chrombach Foods

Chrombach Foods was a major supplier of catering products to German restaurants, cafes and takeaways. It had grown rapidly as the number of snack type meals eaten in Germany had increased since the 1960s - as a result of economic [...]

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Filed under Advertising, Marketing, Positioning/Segmentation

Role of statistics & computers in agricultureal reasearch

Agri research has played a vital role in in development of statistical methods. I is indeed true that the statistical tools have wide applicability to almost any branch of science dealing with thw uncertain phenomenon involving aggregates. With the advent [...]

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Filed under Computers and IT, MIS, Miscellaneous

CASE STUDIES IN OPTIMIZATION: CATENARY PROBLEM

In more recent times, the catenary curve has come to play an important role in civil engineering. The solution of the catenary problem provides the starting point for consideration of the effects on a suspended cable of extraneous applied forces [...]

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Entrepreneur Success Story: Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

Brian Scudamore started his company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in 1989 straight out of high school with $700 and a beat-up old pick-up truck. Today they have 95 franchise partners across North America with a true national presence — they are in 47 [...]

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Filed under Entrepreneurship

Nirula's tasting the SAP flavour

Nirula's, a popular restaurant chain in North India, was finding its legacy system insufficient for its ambitious growth plans. So the group decided to consolidate its business processes on a SAP platform...click here to know how Register to mark your comments nirulas [...]

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Filed under Computers and IT, ERP

The Importance of Climate Change for Future Wildfire Scenarios in the Western United States

Fire has always been an integral part of the ecology of the western United States and has contributed to the diversity of its ecosystems, influencing their carbon and nutrient cycling. Will a warmer future climate increase fires in western forests? [...]

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Filed under Enviornment Management

Competency Mapping: How they use it?

Competency Mapping is a process of identifying key competencies for a company or institution and the jobs and functions within it. Competency mapping is important and is an essential exercise. Every well managed firm should: have well defined roles and list [...]

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Filed under Change Management, Employee Relations, HR, Recruitment & Selection