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3.9.1 Research task

• Why Tesco failed to crack China
• Tesco set to withdraw brand from China in new joint venture

3.9.2 Research task

• Toyota's never-to-be-repeated all-star production
• Kaizen – Toyota production system guide
• Can the Japanese car factory methods that transformed a Seattle hospital work on the NHS?

Videos

Learn more about containerisation

• Why have containers boosted trade so much?

Videos

3.9.3c Questions

• JCB's Brazil plant 'will benefit West Midlands' economy'
• JCB double factory opening marks 35 years of Indian success
• Frog Bikes bring manufacturing back home to beat the business cycle
• Reboot: Adidas to make shoes in Germany again – but using robots

Case study – Foster's Lager

• Foster's may be 'the Australian for lager' but it is brewed in Britain

3.9.3e Questions

• Morrisons to enter supply arrangement with Amazon

Useful references and sources on e-commerce

• Shopify
• Starting an online business
• Online business vs offline

Case study - Pokémon Go

• Case Study: Pokemon Go
• Big data case study: Pokémon Go

Case study – Marks and Spencer

• Marketing solutions via technology

Resources

• Example of how ERP works - PowerPoint ()PPT Presentation
• To ERP or not to ERP: It isn't even a question
• 12 mind bending ERP statistics
• Compelling ERP statistics: Why midsized companies must upgrade to a modern ERP system

Videos

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Explained from ERP FM on Vimeo.

3.9.4a Questions

• Amazon vs. Walmart: Clash of the Titans

The value of digital technology

• The ROI of social selling: 5 data-driven outcomes

The value of digital technology in improving business processes

Videos

Further reading

• The trials of Uber

3.9.4b Questions

• Uber - What's fueling Uber's growth engine?

Impact of digital technology on different functional areas of business

• 14 amazing social media customer service examples

Case study – Orbit Group

• Case study: 'Digital by default' at Orbit Group
• Gartner special reports