What functional-level strategies has amazon pursued to boost its efficiency? what functional-level strategies has amazon pursued to boost its customer responsiveness? what does product quality mean for amazon? what functional-level strategies has amazon pursued to boost its product quality? how has innovation amazon improve its efficiency, customer responsiveness, and product quality? do you think that amazon has any rare and valuable resources? in what value creation activities are these resources located? how sustainable is amazon’s competitive position in the online retail business?

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

Corrective action must be taken for a project when (a) actual progress to the planned progress shows the progress is ahead of schedule. (b) the technical specifications have been met. (c) the actual cost of the activities is less than the funds received for the work completed. (d) the actual progress is less than the planned progress.

In myanmar, six laborers, each making the equivalent of $ 2.50 per day, can produce 40 units per day. in china, ten laborers, each making the equivalent of $ 2.25 per day, can produce 48 units. in billings comma montana, two laborers, each making $ 60.00 per day, can make 102 units. based on labor cost per unit only, the most economical location to produce the item is china , with a labor cost per unit of $ . 05. (enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)