E*Trade Securities, Inc., Poineer Online Trader, Struggles to Stay on To

2011 ◽  
pp. 48-72
Author(s):  
Adam T. Elegant ◽  
Ramiro Montealegre
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Options ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Price Leader ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control

E*Trade revolutionized the securities brokerage industry by “creating” Internet trading. E*Trade’s original strategy was to deliver cost savings to customers while amortizing fixed costs over a greater number of accounts. In 1997, several competitors established Internet sites and E*Trade was dethroned as the price leader. Its management team introduced a strategic initiative to transform the company into a financial, one-stop shop for investors. The initiative included expanding its information technology, improving its marketing and advertising program, and developing new strategic alliances. By early 1999, E*Trade had established a popular Web site offering the convenience and control of automated stock, options, and mutual fund order placement at low commission rates. E*Trade’s success pleased management but was challenged by fierce competition and emerging ethical and operational problems.

E*Trade Securities, Inc., Pioneer Online Trader, Struggles to Stay on Top

2011 ◽  
pp. 221-249
Author(s):  
Adam T. Elegant ◽  
Ramiro Montealegre
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Options ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Price Leader ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control

E*Trade revolutionized the securities brokerage industry by “creating” Internet trading. E*Trade’s original strategy was to deliver cost savings to customers while amortizing fixed costs over a greater number of accounts. In 1997, several competitors established Internet sites and E*Trade was dethroned as the price leader. Its management team introduced a strategic initiative to transform the company into a financial, one-stop shop for investors. The initiative included expanding its information technology, improving its marketing and advertising program, and developing new strategic alliances. By early 1999, E*Trade had established a popular Web site offering the convenience and control of automated stock, options, and mutual fund order placement at low commission rates. E*Trade’s success pleased management but was challenged by fierce competition and emerging ethical and operational problems.

E*Trade Securities, Inc., Pioneer On-Line Trader, Struggles to Stay on Top

2011 ◽  
pp. 89-114
Author(s):  
Adam T. Elegant ◽  
Ramiro Montealegre
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Options ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Price Leader ◽  
One Stop ◽  
On Line ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control

E*Trade revolutionized the securities brokerage industry by creating Internet trading. E*Trades original strategy was to deliver cost savings to customers while amortizing fixed costs over a greater number of accounts. In 1997, several competitors established Internet sites and E*Trade was dethroned as the price leader. Its management team introduced a strategic initiative to transform the company into a financial, one-stop shop for investors. The initiative included expanding its information technology, improving its marketing and advertising program, and developing new strategic alliances. By early 1999, E*Trade had established a popular Web site offering the convenience and control of automated stock, options, and mutual fund order placement at low commission rates. E*Trades success pleased management but was challenged by fierce competition and emerging ethical and operational problems.

E*Trade Securities, Inc., Pioneer On-Line Trader, Struggles to Stay on Top

2011 ◽  
pp. 89-114
Author(s):  
Adam T. Elegant ◽  
Ramiro Montealegre
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Options ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Price Leader ◽  
One Stop ◽  
On Line ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control

E*Trade revolutionized the securities brokerage industry by “creating” Internet trading. E*Trade’s original strategy was to deliver cost savings to customers while amortizing fixed costs over a greater number of accounts. In 1997, several competitors established Internet sites and E*Trade was dethroned as the price leader. Its management team introduced a strategic initiative to transform the company into a financial, one-stop shop for investors. The initiative included expanding its information technology, improving its marketing and advertising program, and developing new strategic alliances. By early 1999, E*Trade had established a popular web site offering the convenience and control of automated stock, options, and mutual fund order placement at low commission rates. E*Trade’s success pleased management but was challenged by fierce competition and emerging ethical and operational problems.

Studi Kualitas Puding Melalui Pendekatan Six Sigma Studi Kasus Di Pt. Keong Nusantara Abadi

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Rony Trizudha ◽  
Sri Rahayuningsih ◽  
Ana Komari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control ◽  
Technology Advances

As technology advances at this time, players in business are aware of the importance of product quality in the increasingly fierce competition in the industrial world due to the emergence of many similar companies. Therefore, companies must be able to compete to meet customer desires and try to retain customers. To maintain customers and their marketing areas, companies must have high competitiveness in order to survive by prioritizing quality improvement, increasing efficiency and increasing productivity to improve quality because by increasing quality, products can be accepted among consumers so that company goals can be fulfilled. Therefore, the company must carry out effective quality control which will result in high productivity, lower overall cost of making goods and the factors that cause production failure to be minimized. To improve quality, use the six sigma method, DMAIC and seven tools so that it can be known the cause of the damage and what actions are taken so that there needs to be a controversy to stabilize the processes of the production process so that we can know what percentage of damage and what factors cause damage, therefore there must be measurements and recommendations for improvement and control to reduce the causes From the analysis, it was found that the dent cup was 20.36%, the lid was 21.36% less dense, the lid was damaged in the finished product 18.72%, the cup was 19.28% less thick, the packaging was flexible 20.55%Seiring kemajuan teknologi pada saat ini pelaku di bisnis menyadari akan pentingnya kualitas produk dalam persaingan dunia industri yang semakin ketat karena banyak bermunculan perusahaan-perusahaan sejenis. Oleh sebab itu perusahaan harus dapat bersaing untuk memenuhi keinginan  pelanggan dan berusaha dapat mempertahankan pelanggan. Untuk mempertahankan pelangan dan wilayah pemasaranya perusahaan-perusahaan harus mempunyai daya saing yang tinggi untuk dapat bertahan dengan mengutamakan peningkatan mutu, peningkatan efisiensi dan peningkatan produktivitas untuk meningkatkan kualitas karena dengan peningkatan kualitas, produk dapat diterima di kalangan konsumen sehingga tujuan perusahaan dapat terpenuhi. Maka dari itu perusahaan harus melakukan pengendalian kualitas yang efektif akan menghasilkan produktivitas yang tinggi, biaya pembuatan barang keseluruhan yang lebih  rendah serta  faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan kegagalan produksi akan dapat ditekan sekecil mungkin. Untuk meningkatkan kualitas mengunakan metode six sigma, DMAIC dan seven tools agar dapat diketahui penyebab  kerusakan  dan  tindakan  apa  saja  yang dilakukan sehingga perlu ada kontror untuk menstabilkan  peoses proses produksi sehinga dapat di ketahui berapa persen  kerusakan dan faktor-faktor apa saja yang menyebabkan  kerusakan maka dari itu harus ada pengukuran dan  rekomendasi perbaikan serta melakukan kontrol untuk mengurangi penyebab kerusakan. Dari hasil analisis  di ketahui cup  penyok 20,36%, lid kurang  rapat  21,36%, lid  rusak  pada produk jadi 18,72%,cup kurang tebal 19,28 %kemasan lentur 20,55%

ASSESSMENT OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
K. I. ZAKURIN ◽  
◽  
M. V. VOLKOVA ◽  
Yu. G. GERTSIK ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Technological Chain ◽  
Industrial Markets ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
And Control

Fierce competition in industrial markets is pushing companies to seek sources of cost reduction and control rise. Stable cross-sectoral links within value chains contribute to the emergence of the possibility of integrating business structures. To make a competent decision to merge, a consistent analysis of the situation in the industry market, in the technological chain and at a particular enterprise is required. For this purpose, in this article, general methodological approaches and assessment indicators are collected in an algorithm, recommendations are given for determining the feasibility of vertical integration.

Dynamic Analysis of Two Cooperating Robots

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Pennock ◽  
B. S. Ryuh
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Multirobot Systems ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Cooperating Robots ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
And Control ◽  
Assembly Tasks

Abstract The use of a computer-controlled multirobot system with sensors in batch manufacturing and assembly tasks offers a number of significant advantages. These include cost savings, reliability, tolerance of working environments unacceptable to humans, and an adaptability to both structured and unstructured environments through simple reprogramming. The end results are improved productivity, efficiency, and flexibility in manufacturing and automation. However, the use of two or more cooperating robots has not been fully exploited to date. Current industrial practice employs simple time-space coordination which does not allow more than one robot working in a common workspace, such coordination and control results in under-utilization of robots. With the increasing demand for high performance manipulators and efficient multirobot manufacturing cells, there is a vital need to develop theoretical and design methodologies that will solve the generic problems faced by industrial robots working cooperatively. If multirobot systems are to be used in manufacturing and assembly tasks, a thorough knowledge of the dynamics of such systems is essential. This paper formulates the dynamics of two robots cooperating to move a rigid body object. The analysis is based on Newtonian mechanics with screw calculus and dual transformation matrices.

Data Mining for Internationalization

2011 ◽  
pp. 424-430
Author(s):  
Luciana Dalla Valle
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
International Firms ◽  
Large Databases ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
And Control

The term “internationalization” refers to the process of international expansion of firms realized through different mechanisms such as export, strategic alliances and foreign direct investments. The process of internationalization has recently received increasing attention mainly because it is at the very heart of the globalization phenomenon. Through internationalization firms strive to improve their profitability, coming across new opportunities but also facing new risks. Research in this field mainly focuses on the determinants of a firms’ performance, in order to identify the best entry mode for a foreign market, the most promising locations and the international factors that explain an international firms’ performance. In this way, scholars try to identify the best combination of firms’ resources and location in order to maximize profit and control for risks (for a review of the studies on the impact of internationalization on performance see Contractor et al., 2003). The opportunity to use large databases on firms’ international expansion has raised the interesting question concerning the main data mining tools that can be applied in order to define the best possible internationalization strategies. The aim of this paper is to discuss the most important statistical techniques that have been implemented to show the relationship among firm performance and its determinants. These methods belong to the family of multivariate statistical methods and can be grouped into Regression Models and Causal Models. The former are more common and easy to interpret, but they can only describe direct relationships among variables; the latter have been used less frequently, but their complexity allows us to identify important causal structures, that otherwise would be hidden.

scholarly journals Claims frequency and risk premium rate as a function of the size of the risk

1973 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Benktander
Keyword(s):  
Risk Premium ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Claims Frequency ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Premium Income ◽  
The Right

The rapid economic growth in the last decade and the fierce competition have forced industry to raise its output, to develop new manufacturing methods and, where possible, to lower the fixed costs per unit of output. Consequently bigger factories and warehouses have been and are being built. Furthermore increasing labour costs have speeded up rationalisation and the introduction of efficient machinery.Often, in the course of this development, too little attention has been paid to safety. This is reflected in the increasing number of Fire and Consequential Loss claims which have become so costly that the premium income has proved inadequate. Insurers have therefore adjusted their tariffs and increased their rates.Of course, this is no solution to the problem. Insurers have to insist on adequate fire prevention and fire protection measures. Progress in the right direction can certainly be expedited by realistic tariffs which take account of all the positive features (sprinklers, inspection reports, etc.) and the negative features of a given risk (in commerce or industry).Rating experts say that the tariffs of industrialized countries do not always point to the actual risk and claims fluctuations; one very important factor here, the size of the risk or of the building (i.e. its insured value, volume, surface area), brings me to the main theme of my today's talk.

Digitalisation as a critical tool in resource asset valuations, acquisitions and dispositions

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
Douglas W. Hollett ◽  
Craig N. Phasey
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Asset Valuation ◽  
Significant Cost ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
And Control ◽  
A Company

Digital twins and digital ‘solutions’ have become increasingly common in recent years, as companies recognise the benefit of greater visibility and control into their operations. When built and implemented properly, a digital twin (DT) offers the potential for significant cost savings, coupled with attractive add-on value in safety, operational integrity and predictive maintenance, all of which can also result in increased production. DTs are also critical for effective portfolio management, in allowing a full understanding of asset or field value, upside, and long-term potential. By identifying areas for optimisation, a DT can help the operator prioritise investment, and accurately understand which assets to keep or monetise. Through building DTs for operating properties, Nova Systems and PTC have gained a deep understanding of the upside potential inherent in the technology. This also means that DT technology can be invaluable in asset acquisitions. During merger and acquisition (M&A) analysis, a company typically looks for technical, operational and financial leverage which can unlock potential not seen by the current owner. These can be commercial (commodity contract, price deck and agreements), technical (e.g. engineering approach and models, and subsurface), operating synergies (common services, facilities and duplication) and digital solutions. While most companies utilise traditional and tested approaches to asset valuation, new digital solutions offer the opportunity for break-out higher valuations which can drive an entirely new approach to M&A growth. In today’s competitive marketplace, the company with an innovative digital solutions skillset will have the advantage.

What are the principles and goals of antimicrobial stewardship?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Robb ◽  
Andrew Seaton
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Antimicrobial Management ◽  
Protection And Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
National Framework

Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is a coordinated strategy for quality improvement designed to improve the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents to optimize clinical outcomes whilst minimizing collateral antimicrobial effects including antimicrobial resistance andClostridium difficileinfection. AS is a function of the multidisciplinary antimicrobial management team and is dependent on key relationships with infection protection and control, clinical governance, therapeutic, and medical management structures within a healthcare organization. AS should operate within a national framework and is driven by quality improvement and patient safety. Engagement with prescribers through education, surveillance, and audit and feedback are key to the success of an AS programme.

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