Our Roadmap starts with our mission, which is enduring. It declares our purpose as a company and serves as the standard against which we weigh our actions and decisions. Our mission statement is to maximize shareowner value over time. In order to achieve this mission, we must create value for all the constraints we serve, including our consumers, our customers, our bottlers, and our communities. The Coca Cola Company creates value by executing comprehensive business strategy guided by nine key beliefs:
1. To refresh the world...
2. To inspire moments of optimism and happiness...
3. To create value and make a difference.
4. Consumer demand drives everything we do.
5. Brand Coca Cola is the core of our business
6. We will serve consumers a broad selection of the nonalcoholic ready-to–drink beverages they want to drink through out the day.
7. We will be the best marketers in the world.
8. We will think and act locally.
9. We will lead as a model corporate citizen.
The ultimate objectives of our business strategy are to increase volume, expand our share of worldwide nonalcoholic ready to drink beverages sales, maximize our long-term cash flows, and create economic value added by improving economic profit.
The Coca Cola system has more than 16 million customers around the world that sells or serves our products directly to consumers. We keenly focus on enhancing value for these customers and helping them grow their beverage businesses. We strive to understand each customer’s business and needs, whether that customer is a sophisticated retailer in a developed market a kiosk owner in an emerging market.
There are nearly 6 million people in the world who are potential consumers of our company’s product. Ultimately, our success in achieving our mission depends on our ability to satisfy more of their beverage consumption demands and our ability to add value for customers. We achieve