1. The cost of robots is FIXED according to me. As once the expenditure is done to purchase the robots, there is no other expenditure (Except maybe their maintenance and upkeep expenditure.) So, there is no variable portion in this expenditure.
2. The cost of full time hourly employees behave mainly as fixed
cost as the salary expense will remain same irrespective of their
working hours. They will be paid full salary.
However, in the case of part-time hourly employees, wages will only
be paid on the basis of hours wored. Thus, it is variable
expense.
3. Robots is considered as fixed cost. Break even point is calculated by dividing the total fixed costs of production by the price per unit less the variable costs to produce the product. Thus, increase in fixed cost will lead to change in BEP.
4. Advantages of using employees are
- Employees have feelings which create more connection with customers.
- Major incentves can be given to the employees on the basis of efficiency.
5 Advantages of using robots are
They dont get tired.
They do not create arguments
How will Walmart's use of robots change its break even point? Walmart (WMT) is robotic janitors...
Washington Post Artiele Dec 10, 2018-Walmart's latest hire: Robotic janitors that elean floors and collect data The Auto-C, powered by BrainOS, joins Walmarts technology ecosystem. By Ester HolleyWalmart's latest custodial tool may look like a mini Zamboni, but it's more like a Roomba, the robotic sweeper sliding across floors worldwide.This week, the big-box retailer announced plans to place 360 autonomous robots inside Their job: scrubbing the store's expansive aisles and collecting data in the process.The robot custodians are powered by...
Why has Zara’s RFID rollout been less problematic than those at Walmart and JCPenney? How does Zara’s use of RFID reduce concerns that customer products will be tracked post purchase? How does Zara reduce the expense associated with tagging each item? (Please be sure to write in as much detail as is needed to respond in a way that clearly responds to the question at hand, while clarifying and elaborating with examples and details, where possible) Key Takeaways - Zara...
Why has Zara’s RFID rollout been less problematic than those at Walmart and JCPenney? How does Zara’s use of RFID reduce concerns that customer products will be tracked post purchase? How does Zara reduce the expense associated with tagging each item? (Please be sure to write in as much detail as is needed to respond in a way that clearly responds to the question at hand, while clarifying and elaborating with examples and details, where possible) Key Takeaways - Zara...
Answer the case study questions please and thank you BUSINESS PROBLEM-SOLVING CASE Walmart Versus Amazon and the Future of Retail Walmart is the world's largest and most success- ful retailer, with more than $485 billion in 2016 For online shopping, Amazon has some clea advantages. Amazon has created a rec sales and nearly 11,700 stores worldwide, including and highly successful brand in online retailing. The more than 4,600 in the United States. Walmart has company has developed extensive warehousing facili...
Questions: 1. What trends are happening as it relates to consumer retail purchases, online vs. in-store? 2. What challenges do traditional retailers face in trying to transition from in-store sales to online sales? 3. List and briefly describe at least three of the strategies that Target has implemented in its staffing system to better accommodate online sales. 4. What are the career implications of the trends described in this article? 5. From a consumer perspective, what are the relative advantages...
Is Wal-Mart Waging War on Its Workers? Walmart, the world's largest private employer, is also one of organized labor's largest unionization targets. The retailer maintains a global work force of 1.3 million employees, and it hires thousands of employees every month as it continues to open new Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) says that Wal-Mart's employees would benefit from collective bargaining, citing the retailer's low wages, inadequate benefits, huge profits, and anti-union...
Management in Action J.C. Penney Is Effectively Navigating Strategic and Managerial Change J.C. Penney was founded in 1902. It began as a Wyoming dry goods store and grew to be one of the largest department stores and catalogue retailers. Given the growth of Internet shopping, Penney’s sales, along with those of other big retailers, began to fall in the 2000s. The company hired former Apple retail store executive Ron Johnson as CEO in 2011 to turn things around. Johnson’s vision...
Atlanta-based Southern Company, a leading utility provider in the southeast United States, is valued by its 4.4 million electricity customers for its excellent service, and it ranks as Fortunemagazine's “most admired” company in its industry. That means quality is important in everything the company does. When David Traynor, the company's business excellence manage, was charged with implementing a new enterprise change management (ECM) suite, 55 he knew its key users, employees in the IT department, would scrutinize the new system...
Case Study - Whole Foods Market Overview Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain that specializes in fresh, organic produce from local sources. As an international company with locations around the world, it has a large operation to watch over and a very specific mission to uphold: to sell the highest-quality natural and organic products available. Sticking to this goal and keeping up with the demands of a rapidly expanding business aren’t always easy, however. In order to stay committed...
Domino’s Global Marketing Domino’s made its name by pioneering home delivery service of pizza in the United States. The company was founded in 1960 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, by Tom Monaghan and his brother, Jim. Domino’s Pizza was sold to Bain Capital in 1998 and went public in 2004. Before that, on May 12, 1983, Domino’s opened its first store internationally—in Winnipeg, Canada. And, in 2012, Domino’s Pizza removed the word “Pizza” from the logo to emphasize its non-pizza products. Its...