In no less than 500 words, discuss SCRM with relation to loyalty programs.

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Week 7 quiz

In no less than 500 words, discuss SCRM with relation to loyalty programs.

What is each project’s payback period? Provide a detailed explanation of how you calculated the payback period for each. What is the NPV for each project? Provide a detailed explanation of how you calculated the payback period for each.

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ASSIGNMENT

The Allied Group is considering two investments. The first investment involves a packaging machine, which can be used to package garments for shipping orders to customers. The second possible investment would be a molding machine that would be used to mold the mannequin parts.

The first possible investment is the packaging machine, which will cost $14,000. The second investment, the molding machine, would cost $12,000. The expected cash flows for the two projects are given below and the cost of capital to the firm is 15%. Both machines will be unusable after five years and have no salvage value.
The net cash flows for the two possible projects are given in the following table:

Year Packaging Machine Molding Machine
0 ($14000) ($12,000)
1 4100 3200
2 3300 2800
3 2900 2800
4 2200 2200
5 1200 2200

Address all of the following questions in a brief but thorough manner.

  1. What is each project’s payback period? Provide a detailed explanation of how you calculated the payback period for each.
  2. What is the NPV for each project? Provide a detailed explanation of how you calculated the payback period for each.
  3. What is the IRR for each project? Provide a detailed explanation of how you calculated the internal rate of return (IRR) for each.

What are the various methods for evaluating possible capital projects, in terms of their possible benefits to the firm? Describe the benefits and/or shortcomings of each. What is the NPV profile and what are its uses?

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Capital budgeting

Capital budgeting is the process by which long-term fixed assets are evaluated and possibly selected or rejected for investment purposes. The purpose of capital budgeting is to evaluate potential projects for possible investment by the firm.

Address one of the following prompts in a brief but thorough manner.

  1. What are the various methods for evaluating possible capital projects, in terms of their possible benefits to the firm? Describe the benefits and/or shortcomings of each.
  2. What is the NPV profile and what are its uses?

Provide a brief summary of your chosen project that includes a beginning and an end, results in something being delivered to someone, requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project, and requires resources.

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Week 5 Assignment – Project Proposal: Initiating and Planning

Overview

This is the first of three assignments that, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project. You will select your project to use throughout the remaining assessments allowing you to build on your project plan from beginning to end.

Scenario

You have been selected to be the Project Manager for a project of your choice. The project you decide to use must be one of a professional nature and must last for at least twelve months. In addition, the project should meet the key criteria of a project, such as:
Has a beginning and an end. (For example, the project begins January 15 and ends at midnight on January 30).
Results in something being delivered to someone (ensuring your end-user agrees with expectations and you deliver those expectations).
Requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project (develop WBS with timelines and deliverables).
Requires resources (e.g., people, materials, training, or tutorials) to complete the work.

Note: You are prohibited from using projects that can be found on the Internet, including projects found in places like CourseHero. All project submissions are submitted to SafeAssign for review.

Instructions

Write a 2–3 page paper in which you define the scope of your chosen project. In your paper you must:
Provide a brief summary of your chosen project that includes a beginning and an end, results in something being delivered to someone, requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project, and requires resources.
Describe at least three project goals or objectives. All goals or objectives should provide information on how you will confirm whether the goals or objectives can be met.
Describe the key customers and at least two stakeholders for your project. Remember, you are delivering the project to your customers; however, there are others (stakeholders) who have a vested interest in your project.
Describe at least three key milestones and three deliverables for your project and describe what makes them key.
Create a depiction of a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines.
Provide timelines for each milestone and identify potential roadblocks and mitigation efforts. Include rationale for the chosen timeline and potential roadblocks to meeting deadlines.
List each of the project’s key staffing and non-staffing resources needed and their estimated costs along with an estimate for the overall cost of the project. All estimates should reflect current market pricing.

Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate corporate strategy and the project life cycle phases to define the project and initiate a project plan.

What recommendations would you offer Apple to outperform its competitors in the future?

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Strategic Management

Apply the three-step process for developing a good strategy (diagnose the competitive challenge, derive a guiding policy, and implement a set of coherent actions) to Apple’s current situation. What recommendations would you offer Apple to outperform its competitors in the future? Be specific.

Reading: Strategic Management (https://online.vitalsource.com/reader/books/978126…)

 

Explain the content of this PEP from your point of view as a PM covering the below Key areas and how as a PM you will handle them.

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Project Execution Plan

ARE 410. Hala Al Dughaither 191122. Jan 31 2023

Q-1.0 Your project management consultancy organization won a contract to project manage the construction of a Beauty Salon in the RED Sea Western Coast of Saudi Arabia. You have been assigned by your executive as a project manager to manage with the supervision team the execution of the project and supervise the construction activities of the contractor.

The project will start in Feb -26 -2023. Effective start date.

  • Completion date is on 31- January -2024.
  • The contractor will mobilize to site starting February- 01 -2023.

In addition to the Project manager, the project requires a full engineering team (Architect, Structure Engr. Mech. Engr, Elect. Engr water services Engr. Life safety Engr. Document controller, Planning Engr. Inspector, and a secretary.

You have to come up with a Project Execution Plan (PEP) by Feb 17, 2023, to discuss it with the upper management.

Explain the content of this PEP from your point of view as a PM covering the below Key areas and how as a PM you will handle them:

  • Planning, (5)
  • Team organization. (5)
  • Draw the project Org Chart. (5)
  • Administering the project.) (5)
  • Quality and cost control . (5)
  • Communication and reporting. (5)
  • Dispute and conflict resolution. (5)
  • Project close out. (5)

 

Your answer should be specific to the project and not generic.

Creativity and critical thinking are important and rewarded

 

Answers

Exchange rates change because of a number of economic factors affecting the supply of and demand for a nation’s currency. What are the factors that cause change in exchanges rates of currency of a country? State and Explain any four of these factors.

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Business Question

250 words discussion APA reference with intext ciation

Exchange rates change because of a number of economic factors affecting the supply of and demand for a nation’s currency. What are the factors that cause change in exchanges rates of currency of a country? State and Explain any four of these factors. (4 Marks)

 

Explain what the company needs to consider if it is going to move to a more on-line approach for its sales and marketing activities. In particular, describe the consequences for its IT department and why they need to be involved in the planning phase.

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Business question

Delta Corporation has been very impressed with the progress it has made with its new product line and the new marketing approach that you recommended and instigated. As a result, it is now considering expanding this approach for its other product lines, providing them with the ability to market and sell all of its products online. However, it has not considered the implications for its IT department in developing this type of plan. As the Social Media Marketing Consultant, you are familiar with integrating business and IT strategic planning. They have called upon you to provide advice. You need to:

  • Explain what the company needs to consider if it is going to move to a more on-line approach for its sales and marketing activities. In particular, describe the consequences for its IT department and why they need to be involved in the planning phase.
  • Given the likely increase in costs associated with this move, you need to outline the potential benefits and possible pitfalls of outsourcing the IT maintenance and development.
  • Outline some strategic technology trends that the company may wish to monitor and consider for the future.

 

Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?

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An entrepreneur Start-up

Business Plan

A business plan is any simple plan, not only limited to the business start-up plan that helps the management to understand the current situation of the enterprises (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) and look forward into the future. A start-up plan is a business plan which consists of the mission, vision, objectives and action plans for the future of the new enterprises while the business plan drawn during the operation of the firm is vital for running the firm effectively, acquire new customers, partners, loans and so on. According to Fiore (2005), a business plan involves two dimensions; an organizing tool to simplify and clarify your business goals and strategy, the second one is a selling document that sells the business idea and shows that a product or a service can make a profit and attract funding and company resources.

Imagine you started a new business as an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia. Briefly mention the specific steps which you consider necessary to a successful business plan.

Think and share information on the following items:

  1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (3 Marks)
  2. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
  3.  Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….
  4. Investment capital
  5. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
  6. Scope and type of business (5 Marks)

What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?

  • Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes your idea different?
  • Mission Statement
  • Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
  • Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they live? What is your target market passionate about?

 

  1. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)

What is important to you in your business?

  • Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?
  • Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?
  • Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using SWOT.
  • Who is your competition and how do you beat them?
  1. Products and Services (3 Marks)
  2. Briefly discuss your products or services (Technical specification).
  3. Size of business: how many employees? How many offices and retail facilities?
  4. What factors will give you competitive advantages or disadvantages? Examples, include level of quality or unique or proprietary features.

 

How powerful is the commerce clause? What is it and why? What is a precedent? Why does it exist? When might a court deviate from it? Can you cite an example of when or why a court has done so?

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Chapter 1: The Constitutional Foundations

The historical background of the law and Constitutional law in the very first chapter! It is a treasure chest of information and ripe with controversy-exactly what our founding fathers envisioned. Put on your critical thinking hat and let’s get started!

Here are a few areas which you might want to discuss in a post or feel free to come up with something of your own that you find of interest in the chapter. Focus Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are quite engaging. For each chapter, I will start you off with Chapter Discussion Topics. Posts should be at least a paragraph.

  • Do you agree or disagree with the outcome of the cases in this chapter? Always love when cases are discussed, especially Classic Cases like Classic Case 1.2.
  • How powerful is the commerce clause? What is it and why?
  • What is a precedent? Why does it exist? When might a court deviate from it? Can you cite an example of when or why a court has done so?
  • In light of 9/11, do you think Americans should trade off some of their civil liberties?
  • Do you think that the right of free speech can or should be traded off to reduce violence in America?
  • What is free speech? What is symbolic speech? Can you yell FIRE at a crowded movie?
  • Do you think burning the American Flag is just legal, illegal and or anti-American?

Gun Regulation: Banning Assault Rifles and or certain types of magazines. Could this be construed as a violation of a 2nd Amendment Constitutional Right to bear arms?

REPLY- Have one of your replies cover the Practice and Review Hypo on page 26. I would like half the class with last name A-M to make a case that it violates the law and the other half N-Z to make a case that it does not.

What exactly is due process and equal protection all about? What are the 3 different tests/standards used to determine if a law violates the equal protection? What are your thoughts on the Practice and Review Hypo about banning motorcycle helmets?