This paper will be focusing on One Tambon One Product (OTOP). Going back to where it began, who inspired the idea of OTOP in Thailand. Looking closely at all the different regions of where the different OTOP products come from and what they are such as in the Northern, Northeastern, Central, Eastern and Southern regions. It will also be discussing the various challenges that OTOP was faced with in the beginning and how the local communities were assisted by the Thai government to make the program successful. This paper will also be looking at the requirements for exporting OTOP products and some challenges that the locals communities were faced with and lack of experience. Key words: Tambon, product, discussing, various, challenges, communities, …show more content…
Thailand is a country that suffers from poverty and other struggles through life, however, His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej has presented various constructive philosophies for his people to live a more comfortable and prosperous life. These philosophies help the people adapt and change their ways to become more self-sufficient as a community, and working together. The successful Japanese program called One Village One Product (OVOP) originally inspired the program in Thailand called One Tambon One Product (OTOP). The drive of this is to improve the local resources and produce goods that are internationally accepted. However, when OTOP started in Thailand, not all the products met the international requirements. Once OTOP was launched in Thailand, Japanese External Trade Organisation (JETRO) setup a one-year programme to support Thailand’s development of OTOP and promote OTOP products in the Japanese market from January to December 20012 targeting specific industries such as textiles, wooden products, baskets, ceramics and mulberry …show more content…
The Thai processed food and beverages were known to be the highest in demand in Germany and the United States. Health snacks to be the most popular in Germany and the United States. Among the health snacks in the two markets were organic rice, crispy vegetables, processed fruits, Thai-style sauces such as chilli sauce and chicken sauce, and health drinks such as concentrated juices, health tea, and ready-to-drink beverages. In this research it was found surprising that Germans liked nam jim kai and other Thai-style
This initiative brings back much-needed control to communities by promoting local agriculture and providing capital growth to these areas as well.4 Another possible solution in areas that are able to support
To have a successful rice paddy, you have to rise before dawn and work hard all day, every day. The amount of work and diligence you put into the paddy directly affects how successful it will be. In contrast, many Western farmers learned to use large farm machinery to reduce their work. But in China and other Asian countries, the rice paddies are so small and on steep mountainsides that would not accommodate such machinery. The result is that rice paddies still require hard, personalized, individualized manual labor to thrive as well as commitment, meaningful work involving autonomy, complexity, and
The long-term effects from this success will live on in their invention, making it difficult for successful communists to discrediting Americans in the future. This brings me to the second SOF imperative shown by Atkins, which was ensuring long-term sustainment. Atkins always kept in mind that his invention must always incorporate equipment and supplies readily available to the villagers. By enlisting the help of Jeepo and his knowledge of what the people could actually use, the pair found a creative way to harness local mechanisms to reach their goal and reduced the villager’s reliance on external
The company segments its market on base of demographics, geographic and behavioral. • Exclusive high quality and green products sold by the company • Exceptional customer service offered by the employees at all the
In the article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity”, David Freedman talks about the processed food’s role in American obesity. He think processed foods should not be consider as one simple problem. And processed foods are not the only reason which cause Obesity. Freedman came up his argument with two event of his experiences with foods which were unprocessed fruits and vegetables.
Globalization is the inclusion of the differents values socio-cultural and economic local from one country to another, through their relationships exchanged a series of products and knowledge that extend and increase their ideological and economic situation. Globalization is beneficial for businesses of Colombians. As well as has influenced in areas as the social, economic, cultural, political, technological and educational in our country, globalization has ventured into the business of Colombians to favor or disfavor wholesale sales. Globalization has been a transition process started from the time of conquest and colonization, this exchange of cultural contracted a new market with mobility and trade of products and goods which over time did not stop there, but rather it was intensified and point greater flowed recognition from the
And achieve as a result, the growth for its brand, market share, and sales
Recalling Dido She had the crowd sing with her soulful and husky style of singing. The wider audience first known her as that croaky songstress side by side by Eminem on the hit single ‘Stan.’ It must be true that her appearance with Eminem allowed her to charm a wider scope of audience however, unknown to majority of worldwide music patrons, she is already a big thing in the UK. Even before she set foot in the US music arena, Dido has been a regular presence in the UK scene.
Many people share their food while others also feel comfortable drinking from their soup bowls rather than using a spoon, an etiquette that seems to concur with the cuisine and its exotic nature. Therefore, the creation of a Thai authenticity and exoticness is used to satisfy customers’ demands for differentiation and supposed authenticity while creating an experience of high quality dining and
As per the context of the case study, we have come up with three possible actions that can be taken in order to meet the excess inventory problem are geographical expansion and increasing the market size by covering the untapped market in South and Central parts of America or making an internal agreement with a small manufacturing company that imports raw fishes and produces fish allied products such as fish oil, fish sauce, etc. Else we can launch a ‘Limited Edition Product’ by increasing the quantity per package at the existing price and providing exciting offers. The underlying cause of excess inventory in Neptune Gourmet Seafood is due to limited target market size. Neptune has to identify areas that are isolated from its product and enter new geographic markets.
The factors such as consuming healthy and obesity have also been a prospect for food chains like Arby’s, which is offering the fresh and customized flavours in sandwiches away from the classic junk foods like burgers/fries and others. Fast food trends change built on what customers want. As said above, through this analysis, healthiness is the emphasis in many countries. This is not only suggested by governmental authorities, but also consumers. Nowadays, there is a growth in in organic and foods as regimes and lifestyle variations come into play.
Uniqlo is a company from Japan; it could easily take advantage of this political factor. Vietnam – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement signed in 2008 has brought opportunities for two countries’ businesses and consumers to “access capital sources, modern technology, materials and goods” effectively (Viet Trade Promotion Agency, n.d) 2. Economic Economic bodies which constitute the external environment have certain influences on economic environment faced by organizations (Capon, 2009). • It is expected that, in 2016, among the six major countries in ASEAN group, Vietnam would grow fastest (The Economist, 2015). • Vietnam has been a member of WTO and a TTP trade agreement: these practices promote more competition and provide more mode of entry alternatives for new firms into Vietnam markets (KPMG, 2015).
According to a lot of Malaysians, there is nothing that symbolises Malaysia better than “mamak” stalls. These stalls serve a variety of mouth-watering food such as the iconic “roti canai” and the infamous “teh tarik”. People of
Evaluate the positive and negative of globalization on Vietnam Today, there are increasing international brands set their factories in Vietnam such as Columbia Sportswear, L.L.Bean and Nike(DangThu,2011). It is not a secret that globalization is increasing substantially and creating new opportunities for Vietnam. As Wild and Han said, ‘Globalization trend toward greater economic, culture, political, and technological interdependence among national institutions and economic. ’(Wild&Han, 2006:6) However, globalization not only took benefits to Vietnam.
Strengths: As a student one of my strengths is organization. I can say I can keep my school materials and notebooks organized in a way that I and others can comprehend. The reason I can say I am organized is because, I have hardly ever had in the past or present any issues with trying to find homework or assignments because I always kept my materials for each class organized and in a place I could easily find. Another strength I have is social skills. I can believe that I communicate with others well in a group.