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The House of Gucci which is more popularly known as just Gucci, is truly an icon in Italian fashion as well as a renowned leather goods designer label.

This fashion house was founded by the Italian Guccio Gucci in 1921 in Florence.

Gucci has been considered to be one of the most prestigious, famous and easily recognizable fashion brands globally. New Balance 420 męskie This fashion house belongs to the Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) which is a well known French conglomerate company.

Back in 2006, Gucci has been able to generate a global revenue of more than US$7 billion based on a report done by BusinessWeek magazine.

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Through a turnaround devised within the company in the late 1980s, Gucci was made into one of the most influential fashion houses in the world and into a very profitable business operation. Auburn Tigers Gucci later on went public in October of 1995 and had its very first public offering on the NYSE and AEX for $22 per share. Vêtements Nike Pas Cher In November of 1997, Gucci acquired Severin-Montres, a watch licensee, which they renamed Gucci Timepieces. …

Unlock your company’s most valuable resource with Business Intelligence.

Remember IT? Information Technology? It seems many businesses forgot that the computer age was supposed to be about information and efficiency.

Instead, the entire computer industry became about the collection of data for its own sake.

In recent years the concept of Business Intelligence (BI) has evolved, and as a result, many managers have been reminded why they were collecting all of this data in the first place.

As a manager, you should be able to ask any question about your company operations and be provided with a clear answer from the information held on your computer systems:

* Seasonal sales figures

* Bulk buying trends

* Geographical spread of customers

* Staff efficiency and performance

* Advertising campaign effectiveness

* And any other process analytics

If you cannot, you are making decisions in the dark.

Business Intelligence is the torch that can light the way.

Back in the mid 90’s Joe’s Garage installed a computerised records system. Fjallraven Kanken Large nike air max 2017 dames grijs This was nothing flash a stand alone PC installed with some basic business software, which came free with a magazine, and records customer details, sales and stock.

Joe has been dutifully entering every customer and transaction for fifteen years.

Big Companies use Business Intelligence

While the world’s largest organisations have invested heavily in Business Intelligence, and are busy reaping the rewards, the majority of businesses are reminiscent of pirates burying hoarded treasure and never spending it, and in some cases, forgetting that it is there at all.

You already sort of use Business Intelligence

Most companies gain benefit from the tiniest amount of BI which exists by default within their business software process analytics.

Something as simple as checking a customer’s payment history before agreeing credit is an example of BI at work.

Unfortunately, extracting more complex information is beyond the capabilities of most business software.

Joe only uses his customers’ contact details when he needs to inform them when their required parts have been delivered. new balance 574 homme orange Canotte Miami Heats

One day, Joe buys a pallet of oil at a bargain price and realises he can offer cheap oil changes.

Unfortunately, his computer system cannot provide him with a list of customers who have not purchased an oil change in the past year.

Databases, the Hidden Treasure

For each of the little clues that your current business software imparts, there is a wealth of hidden treasure buried deep in your data records.

Do a large percentage of your customers always buy a particular add-on purchase with their main order? And the customers who don’t – are they aware that this add-on is available?

Does your current software answer this question?

The answer to these questions (and many more) can be found in the information already stored in your company database, and extracting these answers is the heart of Business Intelligence.

I have worked as a BI specialist for over a …

In 2007, there were five businesses rated as the best and most lucrative home based businesses to start. These five businesses are Wedding consultation, Dietary consultation, Alterations and Sewing, Home beauty consultation and Personal cleaning services. Taking a look at each of these will help you decide which might be the best for you.

Becoming a wedding consultation specialist requires a lot of hard work on your part. You have to have an eye for detail and the drive to find the best deals out there for your clientele. You will need to have the ability to negotiate the best deals with the many types of businesses. You should have a few essential office tools like, a computer, fax, copier, phone and an internet connection to get things started. You must be an organized person and pay close attention to details.

You must also be able to stay calm should anything go wrong and be creative enough to fix these types of problems should they arise. As this world around us becomes increasingly aware of their poor eating habits many people are trying to change that. By starting a business that focuses on helping these individuals understand what it is they should be eating you can make a rather lucrative income. You can become certified as a dietician online and start your own business sending menu plans or selling your knowledge to customers who are looking for the information.

If you know how to sew then alterations can be a good business for you to start. You simply need a room that can be dedicated to making these alterations and a good strong sewing machine. Alterations can be needed for all types of clothing from uniforms to formals. People may also need alterations if they are on the short side or if they recently lost some weight.

If you have a beauticians license starting your own in home salon can be a great business. You can set your own clientele and create a personal experience for each of them. Setting a fair price then will ensure that you can attract clients. The ability to offer other services like manicures and pedicures will also help bring in clientele.

If you are a very organized person who enjoys cleaning, a personal cleaning service could be the perfect business for you. The main requirements for a personal cleaning service is to have all of your own cleaning supplies as well as a good car or van to get you to and from each separate job. On average there are not many people in the work force today that would not love the chance to work for themselves.

The chance to be your own boss is often a very appealing idea. There are also several other advantages that include but are not limited to, tax breaks, no subordinates and the ability to control your income and retirement. With these advantages it is not hard to see why so many people would prefer and are …

1.      INTRODUCTION

The Internet has changed the rules for today’s businesses, which now increasingly face the challenge of improving and sustaining performance throughout the enterprise. The growth of the World Wide Web and enabling technologies has made data collection, data exchange and information exchange easier and has resulted in speeding up of most major business functions. Delays in retail, manufacturing, shipping, and customer service processes are no longer accepted as necessary evils, and firms improving upon these (and other) critical functions have an edge in their battle of margins.  Technology has been brought to bear on myriad business processes and affected massive change in the form of automation, tracking, and communications, but many of the most profound changes are yet to come.   

Leaps in computational power have enabled businesses to collect and process large amounts of data. The availability of data and the necessary computational resources, together with the potential of data mining, has shown great promise in having a transformational effect on the way businesses perform their work. Well-known successes of companies such as Amazon.com have provided evidence to that end.  By leveraging large repositories of data collected by corporations, data mining techniques and methods offer unprecedented opportunities in understanding business processes and in predicting future behavior. With the Web serving as the realm of many of today’s businesses, firms can improve their ability to know when and what customers want by understanding customer behavior, find bottlenecks in internal processes, and better anticipate industry trends.

This chapter examines past success stories, the current efforts, and future directions of ‘Web mining’ as an application for business computing. Web usage mining is a part of Business Intelligence rather than the technical aspect. It is used for detecting business strategies through the efficient use of web applications. It is also crucial for customer relationship management (CRM) as it can ensure customer satisfaction as far as the interaction between the customer and organization is concerned. Examples are given in different business aspects, such as product recommendations, fraud detection, process mining, inventory management, and how the use of Web mining will enable growth revenue, minimize costs, and enhance strategic vision.

1. 2.      WEB MINING

Web mining is a research is converging area from several research communities such as Database, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. It is related to the Data Mining but not equivalent to it. Besides a large amount of content information stored on web pages, web pages also contain a rich and dynamic collection of hyperlink information. In addition, web page access and usage information are also recorded in web logs. Web mining [Kosala and Blockeel, 2000] is the use of data mining techniques to automatically discover and extract useful information from web documents and pages. This extracted information enables an individual to promote business understanding marketing dynamics; current trends opted by companies for better growth results etc.

Web Mining Subtasks

Resource Finding:

The task of retrieving intended web document from the web.

Information Selection & Preprocessing: Automatically selecting and …

by Quint Studer

Performance reviews get a bad rap these days. Employees dread them, vacillating between cynical eye-rolls and desperate last-minute bids to suck up to the boss before review time. Managers see them as an obligation to plow through before they can mark one more task off their endless to-do lists. And lately, prominent business journalists have gotten in on the act, not only questioning the relevance of reviews but suggesting that they’re actively harmful to morale and overall organizational results.

Are the naysayers right? Should the performance review be banished to the ash-heap of obsolete business practices?

Absolutely not. Performance reviews themselves aren’t the problem. It’s the way companies handle the review process that’s flawed.

Performance reviews are necessary. And when they’re done properly, people actually like them. I mean, employees want to know how they’re doing. They want to connect with their managers. And reviews give leaders an opportunity to measure performance results, reward great employees, and move not-so-great ones up or out.

That being said, many companies could stand to overhaul their performance review system. Changing your approach will not only make your reviews more effective, it can have a positive impact on company culture.

So what can you do to make your performance reviews really count? Here are a few guidelines:

• Think of them as a process, not an event. Let’s put the traditional performance review in context. It’s “business as usual” all year: Employees go about their work, managers go about theirs, and never the twain shall meet. Then suddenly, once a year, they do meet. That one encounter is expected to yield a productive meeting of the minds, followed by growth and progress on the employee’s part. It rarely works that way. The review is an aberration in the fabric of daily work life, so of course results are lackluster.

Leaders should be laying the groundwork for performance reviews all year long. I think leaders should practice weekly or even daily rounding for outcomes. In the same way that a doctor makes rounds to check on patients, a leader makes rounds to check on employees. The technique allows you and your managers to regularly touch base with employees, make personal connections, recognize success, find out what’s going well, and determine where improvements are needed.

Rounding is not about tossing out a casual “How are you?” and then walking off without waiting for an answer. It means asking specific questions in the right sequence: Do you have the tools and equipment you need to do the job? What is going well? What isn’t going well? Is there anyone who’s been particularly helpful to you that I should recognize? Always listen and write down your answers and then follow up—if you don’t do this last part, it negates all your hard work.

When you build your reviews on a foundation of rounding, they become meaningful. They’re the culmination of lots of mini-meetings. Neither party is surprised by what the other party says …