Vinay Thakaria
Contents 1. Summary 3 2. Introduction 3 3. Rolls Royce’s products 3 4. Rolls Royce’s competitors 4 5. Rolls Royce’s order winning criteria. 4 6. Rolls Royce’s Main Opportunities and Threats 4 7. Recommendations for Rolls Royce’s strategy 5 8. Conclusions 6 9. References 6 10. Glossary 7 11. Appendix 7
1. Summary
Rolls-Royce is a public limited company and is listed on the FTSE 100 index. Since December 2011, Rolls-Royce PLC is the 28th largest company on the FTSE, it has a market capitalisation of £13.58 billion. The shares of Rolls Royce are available to the public. Rolls-Royce PLC’s business segments are divided down as the following :Civil aerospace-(44.3%), Defence aerospace-(19.9%), Marine-(25.6%), Energy-(10.2%). Civil aerospace is where the company generates its largest amount of revenue. This report analyses the current competitors in the Aerospace manufacturing industry, the opportunities and threats Rolls-Royce currently face and provides a strategy on how Rolls Royce could possibly compete more effectively in their current market. 2. Introduction
This report has been devised by myself to explain and analyse the : * Products * Competitors * Order Winning criteria * Main opportunities and threats * Strategy * Conclusion
Of Rolls-Royce PLC. 3. Rolls-Royce’s products
There are 5 different sectors to Rolls Royce. * Civil Aerospace * Defence Aerospace * Marine * Energy * Nuclear
Civil Aerospace
There are different types of Civil Aerospace engines that Rolls-Royce produce, large aircraft engines, small aircraft engines and helicopter engines. Figure 1 shows the Trent 1000 engine, this is one of many different types of large engines that Rolls-Royce provide. There are also small engines and helicopter engines, that Rolls-Royce have to offer. The Trent 1000 in this case is an engine which
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