The reputation aids in moving of the organization's products in the market. It also safeguards the company's various brands against lawsuits, which may hurt its performance. The company's chief executive officer is on record asserting that the food and health quality is paramount as it reflects how the organization handles its employees as well as consumers. KORE sees to it that the company's culture and organizational structure are safeguarded

The KPIs shown in Table 1 illustrate this fact. Table 1: SOA Framework Results by Area of KPI Measurement Areas of Measurement Baseline: What to Measure SOA Performance Evidence Company-specific Project costs and expenses Use as a baseline for defining ROI Number of orders per year Determine configuration's impact on inventory turns Current inventory and costs Inventory turn savings Customer Data Lifetime cost per customer; avg. deal size by customer Sales Order cycle time Order cycle times reduction of 65% or more recorded with mftrs

The argument of one-size-fits-all branding fits with institutionally-based branding strategies (Harris, Attour, 2003) yet on a product or service-specific basis the need for having highly specific, targeted, localized branding strategy that aligns with the cultural norms, values and expectations of potential customers is crucial for trust to be created and sustained (Cayla, Arnould, 2008). In many Islamic nations there is a strict code of dress and adherence to religious

Furuholt, (2006) argues that lack of management engagement to the acceptance of information systems has been a barrier to the implementation of information systems. The issues are even common with organizations in the developing countries where management does not give enough priority to the information systems implementation. Importantly, implementation of information systems requires management support since management will need to approve fund that would be used for IS implementation.

Information Systems Outsourcing Advantage and Risks There appears to be some confusion and trepidation about the use of outsourcing for Information Systems in today's organizations. While some advocate for the use of IS outsourcing still others state claims that it is not an effective or efficient organizational practice. The objective of the research contained in this study is to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of information systems outsourcing practices. The significance of the

The performance of each team member depends on the performance of all others, this being a team project. Constraints include time and financial resources; as such improvement requires permanent improvement effort. Risk Management. No risk has been identified related to the project's completion. Monitoring and Controlling Mechanisms. The data analysts will develop a metric system to measure each member's performance on a weekly basis. This weekly performance will be submitted to