North West Company B Introduction The North West Company is a leading retailer of food and everyday needs to rural and urban neighborhoods across Canada‚ Alaska‚ the South Pacific islands and the Caribbean. In early 2003‚ North West had negotiated a master franchiser agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Winnipeg. In contrast with North West’s ""push"" system of product replenishment‚ Giant Tiger had developed a successful ""pull""
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The North-West Resistance 1885 The Battle of Batoche The battle at Batoche lasted for four days‚ from May 9 to May 12. There 300 Metis and First Nations that participated in this battle. They dug rifle pits‚ and fired at Middleton’s Troops. By the last day of the battle the Metis and First Nations were out of ammunition. They started firing stones and nails from their rifles. Middleton’s troops invaded the rifle pits and the battle was over. There were over 25 dead from both sides Cut Knife Hill
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Executive Summary North West Company will move towards a “pull strategy” within its supply chain. Pull production is based on actual or consumed demand and individual store managers will monitor this. The benefit of localization for North West will be a higher inventory turnover rate. The benefit for customers will be a more customized shopping experience based on their community. The potential risks are there are high costs involved in implementing a new database system and procurement decisions
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Executive Summary The North West Company is a leading retailer of food and everyday needs to rural and urban neighborhoods across Canada. They are currently using a “push” strategy‚ which the category manager at North West headquarters in Winnipeg analyzed trends‚ placed orders and allocated products to stores. Inspired by Giant Tiger’s example of a “pull” system in action‚ North West management was considering giving store managers more control over their inventory ordering by moving to a “pull”
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MBA 670 EXAM – Spring‚ 2011 South West Cross Bank Towards the end of the 1990s‚ much of the European retail banking industry was facing unprecedented levels of competition. This was partly the result of excess capacity (many towns had four or more bank branches within 100 metres of each other) and partly triggered by the presence of aggressive new entrants‚ including insurance companies and other retailers‚ such as supermarkets. Many of the new retail banks concentrated on a few simple financial
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that cooperative‚ but not competitive goals between departments induce constructive controversy dynamics among employees from different departments that in turn result in organizational task accomplishment‚ commitment to the organization‚ and confidence in working together in the future. Results further indicate that organizational identification moderated the association of competitive goal interdependence with constructive controversy such that the negative association was weaker with higher organizational
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Godsey Re: Constructive Discharge Claim of Emily Watson Mr. Wilson‚ As you asked‚ I have researched the claim of constructive discharge by former employee Emily Watson. Ms. Watson is claiming that she had no choice but to resign based on the fact that she was scheduled to work Sundays. According to Ms. Watson‚ this is an infringement on her religious beliefs and she is claiming discrimination and constructive discharge based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Constructive Discharge and
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| |Discussed whether Caroline’s claim for Constructive Dismissal can be sustained. Provide your justification in details by citing the | |examples from the above case and supported by the relevant supporting documents. | In dealing with constructive dismissal cases‚ based on the Industrial Relations Act 1967‚ under section 20‚ a workman is given recourse in the
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North West Company Case Analysis Barry McLeod‚ Director of Procurement & Marketing Ken Claudel‚ VP of Logistics & Supply Chain Issue Identification Barry McLeod is currently faced with the decision to recommend a supply chain strategy to Ken Claudel as to whether or not implement localization at North West. This is a pull stategy approach as opposed to their current push model. North West is facing low inventory turns which is affecting their inventory costs and warehousing costs
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Toy Company Memo To: CEO From: Ken Dilger CC: Date: 1/22/2012 Re: Employee Lawsuit In 1964 Congress passed a Civil Rights law that outlawed major forms for discrimination against African Americans and women. One of the major features of this law was Title VII which prohibits discrimination by employers on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex or national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion
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