Customer Bargaining Power: There has been an increase in competition in the steel sector‚ especially in the United States. Therefore‚ the options of buyers are steadily increasing. Since the product differentiation in this industry is low‚ the switching costs are also low. Therefore‚ the competitive force coming from customer bargaining power is very strong. Supplier Bargaining Power: There is a scarce amount of raw materials for steel in this industry and there are very few suppliers for them. Most of
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Industrial Organization and Competitive Strategy Analysis of competitive advantage of Tata Steel in the Indian Steel Industry. Submitted by:- Himanshu Singh‚ G12024 Paul Jacob‚ G12034 Aninda Goswamy‚ G12008 Objective: This study has multiple goals:- 1. To find out if Tata Steel does enjoy a competitive advantage vis-à-vis other players in the Steel industry in India. 2. To ascertain the source of this competitive advantage. 3. Find out if this competitive advantage is sustainable
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Rashmi Shrestha (10324) April 06‚ 2011 Nucor Corporation What are the basic success indicators of Nucor to convince that the company was doing exceptionally well? * Highest return on equity‚ sales growth and profit margin; least debt/capital percentage (exhibit 1) * Zero turnover * A focused strategy Why has Nucor performed so well? Relate your answer to organizational design elements. * Strategy: Nucor maintained a focused strategy that revolved around its major competencies
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Executive Summary Lehigh Steel is a manufacturer of speciality steels for high strength‚ high use applications. Its financial performance has generally trended wit but outperformed the industry as a whole. Following the general recessionary trend of the market‚ Lehigh Steel reported record losses in 1991 after posting record profits in 1988. This had led to an increasing need to rationalizing Lehigh Steel’s product mix. Traditionally‚ Lehigh Steel has followed Standard Cost Method for cost accounting
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In the article‚ “Sunken Steel Cages Could Save Coral Reefs”‚ Gaia Vince discusses that sunken steel cages may help restore endangered coral reefs. First‚ Vince explains how the steel cages are showing results for the endangered reefs. Carbon dioxide is above the level that it needs to be‚ and that is part of why coral reefs are going extinct. The metal cages do not fix that problem‚ but they appear to show results. The steel cages are connected to a long electrical cable that triggers a chemical
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strategic issues facing NUCOR. Key strategic issues challenging NUCOR include legislation related to climate change‚ fluctuating cost and supply of iron ore and scrap steel‚ increasing amount of steel imports‚ production technology improvements and economic weakness. Changes in legislation could have severe impacts on the firm’s numerous production facilities and could be costly to become compliant. The fluctuations in both the cost and supply of iron ore and scrap steel directly impact the firm’s
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above complex approach actually worked‚ over these four years? What was the outlook (as of the case date) for further progress in this matter? In 1975 Chaparral Steel commissioned minimill and started production. Minimills are different from traditional integrated steel plants. In minimill an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is used for steel making purpose and in downstream long product is made using rolling mill. The advantage of minimill is it requires less capital investment and a good solution when
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possible market share‚ and to increase it further‚ it would have required additional price cut. So‚ the option with the firm was to expand its operation in the segment of specialty steel segment‚ which is typical mini mill product line. The alternative was to increase beam size capacity and directly challenge large integrated steel companies. Due to constraint of the rating of available rolling mill‚ it could make only small section beam. Manufacturing of medium and large section beams needed higher capacity
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VALUE ANALYSIS THE CONCEPT OF VALUE The value of a product will be interpreted in different ways by different customers. Value is subjective. Just as beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder‚ value is highly dependent upon perspective. Frequently‚ the analyst will discover that the different perspectives will lead to conflicting definitions of value. But usually its common characteristic is a high level of performance‚ capability‚ emotional appeal‚ style‚ etc. relative to its cost. This can also
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Technology | Lack of focus on competitors | Opportunities | Threats | Expansion to foreign markets | Lack of raw materials | Acquisition of David J Joseph | Competition buy out | Hismelt technology | Domestic invasion | The SWOT analysis for Nucor Corporation has great strengths. The main strength is its continued successful market position. Throughout the history of the company‚ they have stayed on the top of competition through both innovation and drive. Another important strength
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