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COVER
STORY
i2
Technologies providing supply chain tools
-- Ravi S Madapati
i2
was founded in 1988 by two visionaries, Sanjiv Sidhu and Ken
Sharma, which became a leader in the supply chain management
industry. Sanjiv and Ken's passion is to apply technology
and best practices to eliminating inefficiencies in business.
From humble beginnings in a 2-bedroom Dallas apartment where
the first program was created, i2 has grown to have more than
900 customers and 500 deployments in the last year alone.
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STRATEGY
Sainsbury's
Improving Supplier Relationships
-- Manoj Kumar
Sainsbury's,
the undisputed market leader in UK's organized retail segment
for over a century, lost the 'number one' title to Tesco in
1995 and had been relegated to the third place by ASDA in
2003. One of the biggest reasons for this Was mishandling
of its Supply chain. In the late 1990s, behind the storefronts
was an outdated Supply chain infrastructure that Was no match
for a system required to efficiently handle more than 2,400
suppliers, 35,000 product SKUs and 800 milion cases of product
each year. To address these problems, Sainsbury's began a
major refurbishment program in late 2000. The article discusses
about how Sainsbury's actively Worked on improving Supplier
Relationship Management (SRM) since 1998 and initiated a number
of steps towards optimizing SRM.
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MANAGEMENT
CLASSICS
Competitive
strategy
-- G Parthasarathy
Michael
Porter is one of the most respected management gurus in the
world. In his seminal classic, Competitive Strategy, Porter
enlisted many theories that are taught in business schools
all over the world. For Porter, developing a competitive strategy
is developing a broad formula for how a business is going
to compete, what its goals should be, and what policies would
be needed to reach those goals. This article reviews some
of the theories from his classic work.
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TECHNOLOGY
Understanding
Intel's Business
-- Ravi S Madapati
Intel
is the undisputed leader in the industry with about 90% market
share. Since 1968, when it was founded, Intel had launched
many groundbreaking products. Today, it has 450 products and
services ranging from the ubiquitous PC microprocessors like
Pentium, the 64-bit high-end Itanium 2 to mobile computing
chipsets such as Centrino. Many people are under the impression
that Intel makes only desktop chips, but the company is also
a world leader is flash memory. This article talks about the
various business segments of Intel. It also gives more information
on a few important products of Intel such as Itanium, Centrino,
and Pentium.
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RISK
MANAGEMENT
Financial
risk management at Peugeot
-- Arun Khan
Peugeot,
the largest maker of cars in Europe after Volkswagen, makes
cars and light commercial vehicles under the Peugeot and Citroën
brands. Peugeot is exposed to various risks in the normal
course of its business. The Group had created an elaborate
risk prevention and management organization charged with implementing
appropriate measures to limit the consequences of events affecting
Group operations. The article enlists the risk management
philosophy of the company and talks about the various measures
the company takes to face its financial risks.
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HUMAN
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Talent
management at Intel
-- Ravi S Madapati
Intel
is famous for its "paranoid" work culture. The company's business
model emphasizes consistent product innovation. From the beginning,
Intel has strived to shape a unique, result oriented work
culture that attempted to minimize power distance. Intel's
mission statement stresses that top management should not
be reluctant to accept and learn from their mistakes.
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