Monthly Archives: October 2014

Taseko forced to Abandon a new Mine Found(Class 10)

10192767Taseko Mines Ltd. stated to have found a mine in BC, which will resulted in about $1.1-billion profit, near a future tribal park. The first nations, perceiving a instinctual hatred for mining, deliberately stated the mine spot belonging to the tribal park, which shouldn’t be true. The project by Taseko was forced to be postponed due to the influence of natives.

The interpretation of first nations had an influence in Taseko’s Business Model Canvas. They stopped Taseko’s project according to the social/culture trend based their habit. And in the canvas, the project, in key activities, is forced to a stop. Therefore, Taseko turned to a new copper project in Arizona, which related loosely Taseko’s value of “focus on the operation and develop on mines in British Columbia”. However in the same time, the company do win a name of considering first nations in Canada.

In SWOT Analysis, the opportunity of the new project with tremendous profit hardly existed anymore, subject to the threat of regulation protecting first nations, as well as their culture and believe. Even when Taseko found an alternative to the park project, its future profit certainly decreased.

Photo by: Garth Lenz, a scene of Dasiqox Park with the fish pond

References: “Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park” www.vancouversun.com <http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Unilateral+park+declared+Tsilhqot+includes+Prosperity+mine/10192766/story.html?__federated=1#ixzz3FJWSPlpt> Sep 11, 2014

Work cited:

“Taseko Mines Limited”.<http://www.tasekomines.com/home> Copyright Taseko Mines Limited.

Amazon in action to reduce late shipments

screen shot of AMAZON.CA

screen shot of AMAZON.CA

Amazon is recently corroborating with Postal Service while still having UPS as a parter, aiming to reduce late shipments. Other than that, it is building more sortation centres to store its inventory. As Marilyn stated,

These two changes made can potentially solve the biggest problem that the company faces: late shipments is not only costing the company money, but also its brand image and buyers’ trust.

I somewhat disagree with the points.

Amazon should act in concordance with its value proposition, innovative and viable.

Since service of postal service is covered by UPS, which is known for efficiency and holiday-free policy. The change in delivery may break its brand promise(value preposition) of viable, which was supported by its strong partner UPS while providing no significant benefit. Apart from that, Amazon has been closing its shopping centres in Kansas, indicating a negative marginal benefit in building new shipping centres.

Alternatively, it would be a great idea if they choose DHL as their extra parter to decrease late shipment rate. DHL provides drone services (PoD) and can be used to show Amazon’s compatibility with innovative technologies, reinforcing its value proposition.

 

Comment on Jiang, Marilyn’s Blog “Amazon works on Reducing late shipments to improve customer satisfaction

Picture: A screen shot of www.amazon.ca

Reference:

Weiss, Richard “DHL beats Amazon, Google to first planned drone delivery”, Bloomberg, <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-25/dhl-beats-amazon-google-to-first-scheduled-drone-delivery.html> Sep 24, 2014

Johnson W. Mark “Amazon’s Smart and Innovative Strategy” Business Week, <http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2010/id20100412_520351.htm> April 12, 2012

“Amazon closing Kansas Shipping Center” NewsOn6, <http://www.newson6.com/story/26671586/amazon-closing-kansas-shipping-center> Sep 30, 2014