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Assess Amazon’s supply chain. How is Amazon’s supply chain different from that of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers? Use information provided in Exhibit 1 & 2 of the case study. Your analysis should include growth of e-commerce sector, Amazon’s position in market, approaches to inventory management, various distribution channels deployed by Amazon, and major challenges faced by Amazon. Compare some of the major financial data among the three companies based on Exhibit 1. Using these data from the case( Exhibit 1), calculate and compare Inventory Turns (Cost of Sales / Inventory) Days Inventory (Inventory/Cost of Sales * 365) Days Receivable (Account Receivables / Sales * 365) Days Payable (Account Payable / (Cost of Sales /365) Cash Conversion Cycle (Days of inventory + Days Receivables – Days Payable) ROA ROE Note: You can create a spreadsheet (Excel) for your calculations and attach the file with your response. Identify different ways Amazon creates value (for various stakeholders) and revenue. What are the advantages to the structure of Amazon’s supply chain and management of its supply chain operations?   (Your discussion can include Amazon’s strategies for retailing/sales, information systems, supply/procurement, and distribution transportation/logistics. Feel free to use some of your observations from your answer from Question 2 of this assignment.

Your assignment is to choose a large well-known Fortune 500 company for the Course Project. Your task is to create an APA paper that uses the library and the Internet to research best practices and address the following topics.- Safe workplace and job design- Recruiting and selecting employees- Employee training and development- High-performance organizations and employee performance- Pay and benefits.The paper should be between five and eight pages in length. It will contain a title page, a header for each of the five topics, and a conclusion, as well as a reference page. Each of the five-topic section should contain citations from the appropriate chapter in the textbook as well as from research conducted.Research and identify an overview detailing the history of the selected company to include how long they have been in Fortune 500. What does this company do? Provide an overview detailing the history of the company to include how long they have been in Fortune 500. Why did you select this company?Wrap up with a conclusion. How do you judge this company in each of these five topics? What did you learn?

Watch each of the following interviews below, and answer each of the following questions for each of the three interviews. Question #1: Can you see yourself in the entrepreneur’s position? Why or why not? Question #2: What surprised you (if anything) about the entrepreneur’s answers? Question #3: Share at least one thing that you heard the entrepreneur say that relates to our course content in ENTR/ BUAD 350. THREE ENTREPRENEUR INTERVIEW LINKS – watch each interview and complete Canvas assignment (due Tuesday, July 7th)   Interview #1: Dave Raymond, Original Phillie Phanatic, Consultant, www.daveraymondspeaks.com  (Links to an external site.) Recording; Share recording with viewers: https://udel.zoom.us/rec/share/-c8pEejX6D5JH7fjtmTbau0AQbzjaaa8hyJP8qBfy04Aq2VbZ8Ys2obOYvcO9Jk5  (Links to an external site.)   Interview #2: Austin and Bella, Co-Founders, Keyp Share recording with viewers: https://udel.zoom.us/rec/share/2ZN5K46q6UVOZtbI-lHSULwcN6u1aaa82idLrvNZmkmbylwQUGy4oyqDedevbqPL  (Links to an external site.)  Password: 5Z*^F#36 Note from Austin: “The link to our website is: mykeyp.com  (Links to an external site.)  (it isn’t live yet but please tell the students to put their email in so they get notified when we launch)” Our business Instagram is @thekeyp_  And if they want to connect with me personally they can message me on Instagram @austingappelberg” Note from Bella: “Anyone can reach out to me at [email protected] or isabellarimton (Instagram).” Interview #3: Greg Star, Co-Founder, Carvertise https://udel.zoom.us/rec/play/6ZR_Jeyv-G43ToKd5ASDC_R9W9W9Kays1nNI_vJez0y2BSJRN1KgYbAXMOs5Iu77-0snvjfREXdAwVmN?continueMode=true

1. Go to your company’s website (Apple) and read what it states about ethics and social responsibility. In a minimum two page double spaced, 12 font, typed report, discuss what you have learned about your company from reading the website. Has your company been ethical and socially responsible? Include why you think a company should be ethical and socially responsible. How can a company benefit from being ethical and socially responsible? 2. Research one article about your company and social responsibility/ethics. Summarize the article. CITE YOUR SOURCES. (MLA format)

This has to be typed it the questions below  INSTRUCTIONS:  Answer all of the following questions by INSERTING YOUR WORK AND ANSWERS AFTER EACH QUESTION and then saving it and uploading the .doc or .docx file.   ·         Large Pillar Candle is 3.1 inches in diameter and 6.2 inches tall. It costs $21.99 before tax. ·         Medium Pillar Candle is 3.1 inches in diameter and 4.9 inches tall. It costs $17.99 before tax. ·         Small Tumbler Candle is 2.5 inches in diameter and 2.8 inches tall. It costs $6.99 before tax.     1.       Large Candle:   a)       Calculate the volume of the Large Pillar Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   b)       Calculate the price per cubic inch for the Large Pillar Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   c)        Calculate the amount of candle you get for each $1 you spend when you buy the Large Pillar Candle.  Show your work including units in your work and answer.  Answer with a complete sentence.   2.       Medium Candle:   a)       Calculate the volume of the Medium Pillar Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   b)       Calculate the price per cubic inch for the Medium Pillar Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   c)        Calculate the amount of candle you get for each $1 you spend when you buy the Medium Pillar Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   3.       Small Candle:   a)       Calculate the volume of the Small Tumbler Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   b)       Calculate the price per cubic inch for the Small Tumbler Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   c)        Calculate the amount of candle you get for each $1 you spend when you buy the Small Tumbler Candle. Show your work including units in your work and answer. Answer with a complete sentence.   4.       Conclusions:   a)           Compare the price per cubic inch for the three candles, and also compare the amount of cancle you get for each $1 you spend that you calculated in your answers above. Which is the best deal, and which is the worst deal when comparing the three candle sizes? b)           Impact of upgrading from Small to Medium (show all work with units, answer with complete sentences):  What percent does the price increase when you upgrade from Small candle to Medium candle?   What percent does the amount of candle increase when you upgrade from Small candle to a Medium candle?  Show all work! c)           Impact of upgrading from Medium to Large (show all work with units, answer with complete sentences):  What percent does the price increase when you upgrade from a Medium candle to a Large candle?  What percent does the amount of candle increase when you upgrade from a Medium candle to a Large candle?  Show all work!

Lecture 9 focuses on how analytics are about helping drive better decisions. Do some online research to find an example of a marketing decision that either: Was made using data and analytics Was not made using data and analytics, but clearly should have been Using the example you found, discuss what data you feel was necessary to make the decision that was made. Where did the data come from (or could have come from)? Based on what you can learn from the example you found, was the decision the right one? Make your initial post before midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 21st of between 250 and 400 words in length.

Review and reflect on this week’s readings and resources Which of the steps in the product design process is most problematic for global manufactures and why? What metrics are used to help managers analyze waiting for lines? Support your opinion with a relevant example or reinforce your position(s) with applicable reference cite and textbook content. (See attached)

After read chapter 1&2 please answer these 12 questions: 1.List and explain 5 phases of the listening process. 2.Biased language has no place in business communication. Identify 2  types of biases and discuss methods to avoid these. 3.What are the 6 major categories of nonverbal communication? 4.What is the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical lapse? 5.Provide an example of an ethical lapse 6.What 2 pros and 2 cons of accomplishing work in groups or teams? 7.What are 5 standards of etiquette or guidelines to follow whenever you are representing your business or company online 8. What are the characteristics of effective teams? 9.Please identify  7 rules for effective meetings 10.Tell me about the advantages and disadvantages of communicating business via your cell phone 11.If you needed to give someone advice about how to best communicate with someone from Nigeria who does not speak English, what would you tell them? 12.Please read pages 24 and 25. Answer this question- there are 10 different types of digital tools described. Choose the one you think is the most powerful tool in the business world and tell me why you selected that tool.

Discuss some of the various financial position (Financial Jobs) found in most hotels. What does the employee do? How does their work contribute to the hotels overall success? (400 words required. See direction below as a reminder for all directions) Objective: Discussion topics are mini essay type papers designed to open your mind to some of the complex and often challenging aspects of the hospitality industry and the financial processes within the industry. These are topics that in live class we dive into. Not all topics will be found in your book. You may need to search the internet and your mind for these topics. Answer all topics with your OWN thoughts. There are no bad ideas, but stolen ideas are not accepted. What does the topic mean to you? What do you perceive the best way to approach these topics would be? Think about your own experiences as you answer each topic and complete all aspects asked in the question. Plagiarism will result in a zero grade.

As you have discovered in this week’s material, to be successful in Human Resources Management it is important for an employer and/or HR specialist to understand and analyze the impact of external environmental factors on an organization. With this discussion you are required to analyze two of those external factors on a specific industry, fruit and vegetable farming. This industry must rely on seasonal i.e. April – October employees. Our economy also depends upon the picking of fruits and vegetables getting done. Did you know that we export over 50% of locally grown fruits and vegetables but, of course, much of the produce goes into our own food supply chain i.e. grocery stores. Without it getting done, food costs will rise, farms may fail (leading to an increase in Employment Insurance usage), etc. Seasonal Fruit and vegetable pickers are classified as Harvesters. A big problem is getting enough workers to harvest these crops. More than 40% of the seasonal workers come from other countries and are classified as temporary foreign workers. That leaves 60% being domestic (Canadian citizen) workers. Yet the average age of these domestic workers is 40; shocking right? Especially when you consider it is a very physically demanding job. Now use your good critical thinking skills to answer the following two questions, from an HR practices/impact perspective. What can these employers do to attract more Gen Z (aged 15 – 23) domestic workers? Provide and explain two suggestions ensuring that they are relevant to this specific generation.   What might be the impact on these farm owners and their HR practices if the U.S. places higher tariffs on our exported fruit and vegetables?