recommended threshold policies that can be applied to improve the profitability of a rental provider. Keywords: Transportation; Vehicle rental system; Customer service differentiation; Semi-open non-work conserving queue; Priority threshold queuing
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Relative Size in the Industry IBM is part of the technology sectors in the diversified computer systems industry (IBM: Summary for International Business Machines- Yahoo! Finance). The market cap is 254 billion with IBM making up 218.6 billion. IBM is the largest company relative to the diversified computer systems industry. In a less specific industry of computers IBM only trails Microsoft Corporation by 12 billion dollars ("International Business Machines Corp."). Because of IBM’s large size
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Target Price (IBM-NYSE) NEUTRAL Outperform 10/08/2009 $190.00 $200.00 IBM reported a dismal first quarter missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both lines. Revenue growth was particularly weak‚ due to execution problem and lackluster demand. We believe that sluggish IT spending remains the major headwind in the near term. Additionally‚ increasing competition in the hardware segment is another significant concern going forward. IBM continues to expand its Power systems into the Linux market
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History: IBM was founded on 1914 by Thomas Watson. The driving force behind the success of the company‚ however‚ is his son‚ Thomas Watson‚ Jr.‚ who understood the potential of computers and embraced new technologies. Under him‚ the System/360 was developed and became highly successful. Despite IBM’s steady approach toward its one hundred-year anniversary‚ the company continues to lead the market in terms of innovation. Corporate Information: IBM is one of the world largest companies‚ delivering
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rP os t CASE: HR-22 DATE: 01/14/04 op yo TRANSFORMING HUMAN RESOURCES AT NOVARTIS: THE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM (HRIS) Since the early days of the merger‚ we knew we would need a significant effort to transfer the new company into a high-performance organization.1 —Daniel Vasella‚ MD‚ Chairman and CEO‚ Novartis AG INTRODUCTION tC Since the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz that created the Swiss healthcare and pharmaceutical company of Novartis in December 1996
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SmartMobility Management Information System for Transportation (MIST) Version 5 Solution description: MIST is Telvent’s most advanced software platform for integrated traffic control and advanced transportation systems management. MIST is a proven‚ powerful and cost-effective solution used by transportation managers to minimize congestion‚ enhance safety‚ respond to incidents‚ and improve operations. Detailed solution description As part of Telvent’s SmartMobility Suite of products for managing
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investments in a number of key areas. The CEO of IBM at that time was Louis Gerstner Jr. He placed importance on focus‚ speed‚ customers‚ teamwork and execution. Gerstner totally revamped the company’s whole operating procedures‚ from top management to bottom‚ by standardising global core processes‚ centralising the company to leverage its strengths as provider of solutions to customers‚ fixing the core businesses‚ redesigning the metrics and reward systems of employees and relentlessly driving the culture
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Few companies have had such a long history of ups and downs as IBM. What were some of the keys to its recent success? Can its plan to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems succeed? Why or why not? International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue"‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas
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answer‚ which makes me believe that he is similar to the human intelligence. I do not know if it will ever be able to be similar in human emotional intelligence part of the brain. 3) Watson would be helpful in certain parts of customer service systems. It could help customers find items they are looking for or diagnose problems that they might be having with a certain item. What the business would have to do is download all of their product information into Watson and then any related information
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Lotus and IBM Knowledge Management Strategy An Overview September 2000 A Lotus Development Corporation White Paper Copyright 2000 Lotus Development Corporation. All rights reserved. Not for reproduction or other use without express written consent of Lotus Development Corporation Table of Contents The Dynamics of Knowledge Management People‚ Places & Things The Raven Development Project Implementation Scenario Conclusion White Paper Description This overview describes the Lotus
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