Mis Case Study
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO
1. AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL
STRATEGY 03
• SOLUTION 07
2. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE 10
• SOLUTION 14
3. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING 16
• SOLUTION 20
4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 25
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You probably have not heard of Avnet Inc.—or its leading competitor Arrow Electronics—but chances are the computer you are using these days has components purchased from one of these distributors, if not the entire computer. Avnet is number 212 on the list of Fortune 500 firms, and number three on InformationWeek’s list of most innovative users of information systems. Avnet and Arrow are two American-based firms that together dominate the world market for electronic parts, connectors, components, and computers, with a 60- percent global market share. While locked in competition for the remaining 40 percent of the world market, Avnet and Arrow have each adopted different business strategies for future growth, and each has a different idea about how to use information systems to support corporate growth.
Beginning as a radio-parts distributor started by Charles Avnet in 1921 in New York City, the company went public in 1959 and was managed by his sons. Since 1991, the company has been on a growth tear, purchasing 43 companies including British semiconductor distributor Access Group. About 60 percent of its business involves component distribution, and the rest distributing computers which it purchases from computer manufacturers and resells to corporations and large retail outlets. Avnet, like Arrow, is a middleman between manufacturers and ultimate end users. It’s also a key supplier of industrial electronic
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO
1. AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL
STRATEGY 03
• SOLUTION 07
2. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE 10
• SOLUTION 14
3. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING 16
• SOLUTION 20
4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 25
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You probably have not heard of Avnet Inc.—or its leading competitor Arrow Electronics—but chances are the computer you are using these days has components purchased from one of these distributors, if not the entire computer. Avnet is number 212 on the list of Fortune 500 firms, and number three on InformationWeek’s list of most innovative users of information systems. Avnet and Arrow are two American-based firms that together dominate the world market for electronic parts, connectors, components, and computers, with a 60- percent global market share. While locked in competition for the remaining 40 percent of the world market, Avnet and Arrow have each adopted different business strategies for future growth, and each has a different idea about how to use information systems to support corporate growth.
Beginning as a radio-parts distributor started by Charles Avnet in 1921 in New York City, the company went public in 1959 and was managed by his sons. Since 1991, the company has been on a growth tear, purchasing 43 companies including British semiconductor distributor Access Group. About 60 percent of its business involves component distribution, and the rest distributing computers which it purchases from computer manufacturers and resells to corporations and large retail outlets. Avnet, like Arrow, is a middleman between manufacturers and ultimate end users. It’s also a key supplier of industrial electronic
Bibliography: CASE 1 AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL STRATEGY http://www.ats.avnet.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx http://www.studymode.com/subjects/avnet-developing-systems-to-support-global-strategies-page1.html CASE 2 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/assets/pdf/Offshore-Outsourcing.pdf http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q CASE 3 COLGATE - PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING http://www.studymode.com/subjects/colgate-palmolive-keeps-the-world-smiling-page5.html