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AO-Funded Aquaponics Project Launched In Barbados Barbados GIS – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has collaborated with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, and local business Adams Aquafarms, on a project to train persons in aquaponics. Aquaponics is a sustainable way of integrating land-based fish farming with plant production. Both are placed in a tank, and the set up allows for them to coexist, with the waste produced by the fish fertilizing the plants, while the plants purify the water for the fish. The training, funded by the FAO, will take place at a demonstration facility, located at Adams Aquafarms, Hopewell, St. Thomas. The FAO is currently targeting 30 entrepreneurs and 10 teachers. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, believes the project will be “transformative”, as it has the potential to empower Barbadians. “In aquaponics, you have the opportunity to have, at the same time, multiple sources of…

Discuss the Situation Analysis (6 Cs) for the Ebay company.

Consider the global hotel market.  what is the trade-off for managerial decision when considering service standardisation and the role of service standardisation on market segmentation (i.e. hotels with different levels of service standardisation).

During the COVID-19 pandemic what was the largest disruption that the McDonald’s Corporation experienced?   a.Disruption in global meat supply chains b.Disruption in local supply chains for dairy products c.Disruption in global supply chains for restaurant equipment d.Disruption in local poultry and seafood supply chains e.Disruption in local fresh produce supply chains

Compnay: Accor hotel  Focus on industry-level data from Europe and UK Analysis about the Accor hotel The analysis of the structure of the Accor hotel industry in the Europe and UK (degree of industry concentration or fragmentation, i.e. proportion of large, dominating firms v smaller firms) Structure of the Accor hotel industry, For example: the market share of major and/or small firms Accor hotel size and growth rate numbers over the 7 years in the Eurpoe and the UK  Stage of the Accor hotel life cycle  Accor hotel value chain and how external factors, i.e. PESTEL factors, might affect key parts of the value chain in the Europe and the UK

What is the research method about " e-commerce platform; cross-border e-commerce platform"?

Hewlett-Packard puts integrated marketing communications to work in its business to business markets. H-P uses a closely coordinated mix of advertising, event marketing, direct marketing and personal selling to sell workstations to high-level corporate buyers. At the broadest level, corporate image television ads, coupled with targeted ads in trade magazines, position H-P as a supplier of high quality solutions to customer’s work-station problems. Beneath this broad advertising umbrella, H-P then uses direct marketing to polish its image, update its customer database and generate leads for the sales force. Finally, company sales reps follow up to close sales and build customer relationships. H-P’s highly successful program of Interactive audio teleconferences illustrates the company’s mastery of integrated communications. These teleconferences are like mammoth conference calls in which H-P representatives discuss key industry issues and H-P practices with current and potential…

Write down research appendix about  e-commerce platform; cross-border e-commerce platform?

After reading Ivey Publishing's article "University of Chicago medicine: Transformation and sustainment of the supply chain and adapting to covid-19, What challenges did the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic present to the UCM supply chain? How was it able to meet those challenges?

Jordano Food Products Supply Chain Profile Jordano Foods Tracie Shannon, Vice President for Logistics at Jordano Foods (Jordano), had sent the following e-mail to members of the executive committee of the company two years ago: I just returned from a lengthy meeting with Susan Weber, CEO ofSAB Distribution. She is under great pressure from her Board ofDirectors to continue to grow market share and improve profitability. SAB received a recent tender offer from another larger food distributor to buy the company and several members of their board have recommended that the offer be seriously considered. Susan feels that SAB can continue to improve their “bottom line” with additional changes in service offerings. Ms. Weber met with SAB’s major suppliers and customers to discuss new services that SAB can offer to enhance the competitiveness ofthe SAB supply chain. She was particularly concerned with the changing demographics oftheir customer base, particularly the Gen-Y and Plus-55 age…

What were the objectives of BCBS-KC in building its CRM system?

Zaid Store,one of the retailers from the kingdom, was well-prepared for this year's Covid-19 lockdowns, thanks to its existing omni-channel expertise. The Saudi retailer had already invested in digital infrastructure for online retailing and a a result was able to serve customers as they started to do much more of their shopping online during the coronavirus pandemic. During the lockdown, the UAE arm of the business noticed a sudden high demand for home delivery, and it was able to respond while at the same time offering a new range of services to customers who were now buying from home rather than in stores that were closed in many markets during the lockdown. "Omni-channel" means: OA. Buy from the online store as well as the offline store O B. Buy from the online store only OC. Neither from the online nor the offline stores OD. Buy from the offline store only

marketing and financial capabilities of Nivea

Management  Company A is a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics that sources raw materials and components from multiple suppliers located in different parts of the world. The company's supply chain has been facing significant disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the company is struggling to manage the resulting supply chain risks. As the newly appointed global supply chain manager for Company A, what strategies would you recommend to address the supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic? How would you prioritize these strategies, and what metrics would you use to measure their effectiveness?

Explain the market summary of Air Asia company as a part of the situation analysis.

PRT Distributors Limited is a leading Jamaican consumer goods and pharmaceutical distribution company.    The company has been in operation since February 2010.  It is seen as a successful company in the industry.  However, since COVID-19 sales of some higher end (non-essential) brands have reduced dramatically.  While the company has seen increases in personal hygiene and cleaning products, the overall profit position decreased by 40 percent in 2020 when compared to 2019. At the beginning of 2021, the CEO had become very concerned about the state of the company and in a meeting with the Senior Leadership Team gave instructions which left some of them concerned. He asked that 10% of the staff be laid off for 120 days without pay which is justified under the Employment Termination and Redundancy Payment Act (ETRPA).  However, he asked the Human Resource Manager to get creative and get them to stay off the job for 240 days without pay and make an assessment at the end of the period who…