Kerry Pemberton

Kristin,
I agree that society must adapt to both abundance and scarcity. In addition, I think that both approaches are needed to provide products and services for all income levels of consumers and variations in the preference of consumers. Both approaches creates a price point that is suitable for the end user.

Duke, you bring up a great example of where the abundance of automobiles is not disruptive as opposed to scarcity. However, many automakers use scarcity in their approach when manufacturing some of their high end vehicles such as: Corvette, Mustang (Boss & Shelby Cobra), and Bentley. This approach allows the value of these vehicles to remain…[Read more]

Vinay,
I agree that digital media does have a lot of advantages over physical media. However, in the case of “In Rainbows” I read an interesting article that states that 62% of people downloaded the album for free which gave an average of $2.26 per download. I’m sure that this activity was predicted by Radiohead and the goal for “In Rainbows”…[Read more]

I don’t think the age of agents and publishers is dead because not everyone has the desire, determination, or knowledge for disruptive change. Professional management can be used to catapult an author’s career in many cases better than the author could themselves. Start-up capital is powerful when trying to market new material of a new aut…[Read more]

Ford Motor Company used an open innovation tactic last year by sponsoring it’s innovate mobility challenge across the globe consisting of 8 regions and cash prizes offered. The competition was based on the best innovative ideas of the vision of transportation in 2025 and beyond. Ford launched its Innovate Mobility Challenge Series in eight d…[Read more]

Digital media has an advantage over physical media because in our tech savvy environment, media devices are being used to download and store music when it is downloaded. This allows music to be accessed while being mobile by using devices such as IPod, Apple devices, and Android devices. However, labels are resistant to digital media because of…[Read more]

Thanks for the article Kevin. I think many corporations will look toward enterprise to militate against disaster such as a security breach. This would have been useful in a few of our readings such as Sunnylake hospital when their computer system was hacked. This would have allowed them to continue providing superior service to their patients…[Read more]

Duke,
Thanks for opening my eyes to this type of sharing via the cloud. I have a family reunion scheduled for 2016, so I am definitely suggest using Google Chrome as we prepare documents and share information with other family members.

Elaine,
Thank you for this information. I did have another question. If multiple people are updating the same document simultaneously, does Google Drive save multiple copies of the document, or does it only allow 1 person in the document at a time and give “read only” access to other users? So far, I’m hearing a lot more pros than cons about…[Read more]

BYOD is supported in a limited sense at my company. The company allows us to download the software to access the internal outlook application using our personal smart phone devices. However, we can only use personal computers provided by the company to access the internal data base. The BYOD methodology could be effective as long as there is…[Read more]

Duke, I agree that the emergence of global brands is influenced by information technology. My company, Ford Motor Company, is in the final stages of implementing SAP,s Extended Warehouse Management system in all of its parts distributions centers in the US with global launches slotted in the 3rd quarter of this year. Since we have installed the…[Read more]

Duke, I agree that Google Drive would be a great demonstration to explain the cloud service. I did not use any cloud service until last week’s assignment, but I will say that I am shopping for a service that would support my needs. Also, my brother that is an administrator in the NJ school system, informed me of how he uses Google Drive to share…[Read more]

The cloud is a means of accessing data, programs, pictures, music or any other stored information over the Internet instead of from a computer’s hard drive. The cloud service gives much more storage capacity than a personal computer. I believe the cloud will continue to have a lasting impact. As hackers continue to infiltrate many large c…[Read more]

What are the four major web services described in the case that are offered by Amazon.com? What does each service do?
Simple DB is a database that is distributed by Amazon. It is used as a web service in conjunction with its other web services which charges fees for users to store and transfer data via the internet.
Simple Queue Service is a…[Read more]

Christine, thank you for sharing your business’ segmentation model. I think that having the business divided as such covers a vast majority of situations and occurrences. How are situations handled where a patient has characteristics across multiple segments? Also, I agree that having area experts creates an organizational structure primed to…[Read more]

Ford Motor Company’s Warehouse Management System. Until the past 3 years, Ford’s WMS (MOMS) was a MS DOS based system that was built exclusively for Ford in the mid 1980s. There were many issues with the MOMS system such as: 1 day lag time for updated information, system failures, inventory accuracy, and errors in receiving and shipping of…[Read more]

The customer segment is the primary focus in the parts distribution department at Ford Motor Company. In fact, the hours of operation are designed keeping the customer in mind and providing excellent service. The relationship with Ford’s parts depots and the dealership has been strengthened by a lowered lag time in part deliver from 2-3 day…[Read more]

Saqib, I have seen the complete opposite at Ford Motor Company where the funds have been allocated to strengthen the global supply system and the projects have failed. For example, Ford European sales have declined every year from 2009 through 2013 causing them to close manufacturing plants and reallocate funding in emerging markets such as…[Read more]

Vinay,
I agree that a system of transparency and teamwork are very effective in changing the methodology and business practice within an organization. The transparency allows a equal playing field for all departments and eliminates the idea of favoritism. Also, by empowering and establishing groups that viewed the many project proposals and…[Read more]