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1 Ever Increasing consumer demand
2 Increasing consumer demand
Jaygopal Raghavan  |  Added idea  "Democracy, Rule of the law and Population"  |  1 year ago
To me these are the points in order. Because on the last point we compete with China and Russia whereas on the first two ie., democacry and rule of the law, global investors or the retailers have more confidence on india because of our democratic...
Nitin Dobre  |  Added idea  |  1 year ago
The boom in the Indian economy has led to the rise of a new affluent middle and upper-middle class who have a large spending power.There has been an increase in the numbers of cars on the road and the reach of telephones. People are lapping up FMCG...
 
 
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Vivek Singh  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
All are right. The basics are: 1. Question the base.    Why it (the cost) can not be lower than present? 2. Improve continually 3. Keep an eye over breakthrough improvement
Nitin Dobre  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Cost Control system The cost control system starts operation on award of contract and remains in operation throughout the life of a project until completion of final close out reports. The cost control system covers three distinct areas corresponding...
Bhavesh Kumar  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
cost control can be effectively exercised using project management techniques. We should adopt the following : (a) Follow the material procurement schedule as per the requirement commensurate with progress of the work. This will obviate the...
 
 
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linda  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  1 year ago
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V.Chandramouli  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
Well, I go with your argument.  Before this liberalization many of our nationalised banks didnt provide cash to its customers when they are charging if used in other atms.  Why that has happened. Secondly during the recent strike by all the...
Nitin Dobre  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
1) People now ask "ATM kahan hai" earlier they used to ask " xyz ka ATM kahan hai" 2)Indians like to save money, even if Rs.5 is charged and if people have the option to save that five rupee they ll save it.  3)A trend have started, people have...
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Nitin Dobre  |  Argues in support of  "Positive"  |  2 years ago
I think slowdown have helped retail in a long run in certain manners: 1)Corrective actions are being taken by almost all the retailers 2)Importance of supply chain management, IT systems and DC have been realised 3)Focus have been shifted to make...
Makrand Bhave  |  Argues in support of  "Positive"  |  2 years ago
Exposure of mistakes during this slowdown has definitely helped the retail sector!! Your views are good and you have made the correct observations. I am sorry to hear that about your job, but maybe there is something bigger and better for you. Be...
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1 insufficient market info about consumers need want and demand, poor suppy chain methods, high real estate cost,
2 Lack of strategy, focus, standardization and Planning
ujjval jain  |  Supported idea  "insufficient market info about consumers need want and demand, poor suppy chain methods, high real estate cost,"  |  2 years ago
Discounts, promotional activities, offers these are only tools for some specific time, product or for buyers, that keeps the momentum of trade. One should always understand the basic needs of his/her target customers. From my experience being a...
Nitin Dobre  |  Added idea  |  2 years ago
 In the race for acquiring sites in the last two years, retailers made decision which were not according to the business requirements, cause of this we have seen many unviable stores being closed down.Many opted for carpet bombing without doing proper...
Mohan Murari  |  Supported idea  "insufficient market info about consumers need want and demand, poor suppy chain methods, high real estate cost,"  |  2 years ago
Yes, the malls should make people aware and also the companies and brands who have their stores in these malls. A common man who shop in neighbourhood stores or a kirana store would always feel that the prices in these malls could be higher. so...
 
 
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1 Compliment at the Back end process
2 Buliding a profitable retail business, focus should be on:
Sandeep K. Das  |  Added idea  "Make a strong Clustomer Base"  |  2 years ago
In my opinion big chains of retailers cannot succeed without having a strong customer base and that requires image building and brand equity. For e.g. Wall Mart where products are available at low prices with quality assurance.
Nitin Dobre  |  Added idea  |  2 years ago
1)Giving consumer more value 2)Undesrtand customer,anticipate the shift and deliver what consumer is anticipating 3)Streamlinig back end, by minimising DC,Reatail giants have also come up with an option of a collabrative back end to reduce the...
Kiran Kumar Koti  |  Supported idea  "Compliment at the Back end process"  |  2 years ago
Mr. Cherian has a point. complimenting at the back end processes will certainly reduce the competetive advantages. But that doesnt mean you cannot do it. May be instead of 2 biggies tying up one giant can tie up wiht few uncompetetive smaller...
 
 
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1 marketing ideas for the pharma sector
2 Exhibition and Conference
Ratnakar Naik  |  Supported idea  "marketing ideas for the pharma sector"  |  2 years ago
Yes Amit, I also think so, by promoting the ideas for pharma sector, Healthcare Marketing can be popularised...
Nitin Dobre  |  Added idea  "Comprehensive product story and key message development "  |  2 years ago
Comprehensive product story and key message development Training program “Scalable” to meet increased demand Standardized training curriculum to decrease incidence of adverse events, optimize patient outcomes, and leverage learnings from clinical...
 
 
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1 Compliment at the Back end process
2 Buliding a profitable retail business, focus should be on:
Sandeep K. Das  |  Added idea  "Make a strong Clustomer Base"  |  2 years ago
In my opinion big chains of retailers cannot succeed without having a strong customer base and that requires image building and brand equity. For e.g. Wall Mart where products are available at low prices with quality assurance.
Nitin Dobre  |  Added idea  |  2 years ago
1)Giving consumer more value 2)Undesrtand customer,anticipate the shift and deliver what consumer is anticipating 3)Streamlinig back end, by minimising DC,Reatail giants have also come up with an option of a collabrative back end to reduce the...
Kiran Kumar Koti  |  Supported idea  "Compliment at the Back end process"  |  2 years ago
Mr. Cherian has a point. complimenting at the back end processes will certainly reduce the competetive advantages. But that doesnt mean you cannot do it. May be instead of 2 biggies tying up one giant can tie up wiht few uncompetetive smaller...
 
 
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Kailash Sharma  |  Argues in support of  "Smaller & fast"  |  2 years ago
I agree with Mr. Santosh. Instead of a few places, Aviation industry should focus on as many cities as it can which will bring smaller secondary tertiary airports coming up resulting in easing out the pressure on major city airports.
Nitin Dobre  |  Argues in support of  "Bigger & bulkier"  |  2 years ago
Looking at the future perspectives when aeroplanes will be powered by biofuels via biomass-to-fuel-conversion technologies using sources such as algae, halophytes, babassu, switchgrass, and jatropha. The transition to economically viable and...
santosh kumar  |  Argues in support of  "Smaller & fast"  |  2 years ago
I my opinion the air travel needs will get spread geographically rather than getting focussed on selected cities. As a result there will be many smaller secondary tertiary airports coming up. This also will result in easing out the pressure on...
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