Danaher Corporation Case Study
BACKGROUND
Danaher Corporation is a large global company and its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. Furthermore it operates in four segments: Professional Instrumentation, Medical Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Tools & Components
MAIN PROBLEM
After looking at some of the problems that were laid out within this case the major one that is really discussed is whether or not Danaher could continue to identify and execute attractive, value added acquisitions?
RECOMMENDATION Danaher will continue to succeed especially if they utilize and adapt DBS. The real question is can these companies that they acquire adapt their corporate culture? Therefore this is very vital when Danaher makes a decision in regards to whether or not to acquire a company or merge with one. Furthermore if they were to utilize six sigma approaches they could fully understand whether a company would fit within their organization especially if they weight important items that are especially important to their corporate culture, i.e. DBS. When looking at Danaher strategic platform they would most likely want to weight what is most important to them when acquiring a company. Whether it be market size, market growth potential, ales, operating margins, geographic mix, key customers, growth drivers and key brands. However if I was to weight each of these categories I would weight the following categories: Industry Attractiveness | Wts | Market Size | .4 | Market Growth | .3 | Margin | .3 |
Competitive Position | Wts | Market Share | .5 | ROI | .3 | Brand | .2 |
This is how Danaher Corporation should weight any company or organization that is currently within their portfolio or they are looking to acquire. This will allow them to find out what organizations are within an attractive industry and our their star so to speak and what organizations need to be sold and where they
Danaher Corporation is a large global company and its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. Furthermore it operates in four segments: Professional Instrumentation, Medical Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Tools & Components
MAIN PROBLEM
After looking at some of the problems that were laid out within this case the major one that is really discussed is whether or not Danaher could continue to identify and execute attractive, value added acquisitions?
RECOMMENDATION Danaher will continue to succeed especially if they utilize and adapt DBS. The real question is can these companies that they acquire adapt their corporate culture? Therefore this is very vital when Danaher makes a decision in regards to whether or not to acquire a company or merge with one. Furthermore if they were to utilize six sigma approaches they could fully understand whether a company would fit within their organization especially if they weight important items that are especially important to their corporate culture, i.e. DBS. When looking at Danaher strategic platform they would most likely want to weight what is most important to them when acquiring a company. Whether it be market size, market growth potential, ales, operating margins, geographic mix, key customers, growth drivers and key brands. However if I was to weight each of these categories I would weight the following categories: Industry Attractiveness | Wts | Market Size | .4 | Market Growth | .3 | Margin | .3 |
Competitive Position | Wts | Market Share | .5 | ROI | .3 | Brand | .2 |
This is how Danaher Corporation should weight any company or organization that is currently within their portfolio or they are looking to acquire. This will allow them to find out what organizations are within an attractive industry and our their star so to speak and what organizations need to be sold and where they