Six Sigma at 3M 1. What are the potential benefits and risks of implementing Six Sigma at 3M? Benefits: Six sigma not only provides a platform to improve existing processes but also enables 3M to design new processes in an efficient manner so that it results in lowered costs‚ increased sales‚ improved customer satisfaction‚ improved managerial development‚ increased cash flow and increased pace of development of 3M. 3M Acceleration was implemented by 3M to improve efficiency and pace of product development
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4.0 Recommendation 4.1 Recommendation for Cadbury As the trend nowadays‚ most people are health conscious‚ emphasis on natural food and prefer food with less sugar‚ less salt‚ less oil‚ low fat‚ low calories‚ and others. Food with lower sugar content is most preferred due to weight and health concern. Cadbury products are generally sweet and thus many people are unable to enjoy Cadbury’s products due to its sweetness. Cadbury should come out with some sugar free or low sugar chocolate products
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Recommendations: The recommendations that we are conducting to address these central marketing issues as well as attracting consumers to use Kinect Boutique in Australian market is a advertising-pod as a promotional campaign cooperated with retailer Westfield. In addition‚ advertisements in print magazines (e.g Vogue‚ GQ) are applied for the Kinect Boutique marketing strategy. Advertising pod The campaign’s name is called ‘It’s a Kinect Boutique’. This campaign is a display pod devised Kinect
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Costco Case Strategic Recommendation Bringing New Products for Customer Loyalty The Purpose: In order to counteract against the increase of taxes Costco now pays‚ we must raise revenues by attracting new customers‚ and give them a reason to remain loyal. To do this‚ Costco should introduce a slightly wider variety of products. Initial Problem: Although the company has exceeded in revenue generation and debt management‚ we have to deal with the catch-22. We have drastically limited our interest
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Atlas Eléctrica recommendation: External strategy: 1) Buy La Indeca and the store chain La Curacao: - Why: To keep market shares and leadership in Central America‚ deeper market coverage. - How: Take long-term loans - Alternative: It will kill the company if other competitors buy La Indeca (Mabe‚ Whirlpool‚ LG‚ Samsung in Mexico)they would take market shares from Atlas Eléctrica and by the time wipe out the company from Central America where Atlas Eléctrica has the biggest market
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Recommendation New product development strategy In order to increase the sales and make more company profit‚ launching a new product is considered as good ways to the new product development strategy. Based on the Dutch Lady product life cycle‚ it can maintain its loyal customers for those who are always look for the innovated product by using the new product innovation. Dutch Lady Company can launch some products which focus on elderly. They can produce more product like milk‚ it must contain a
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specialization in tapes and adhesives are 50%-60% division turnover and abrasives are 40%-50% ■ Access to experience and knowledge pool of the worldwide organization and profiting from close connection in the marketing strategies of over 50 divisions in 3M ■ Natural fit with the culture of the Special and Niche categories ■ Groomed employees grow and develop to become product experts Weakness ■ IBD had not concentrated on the MRO segment because it was fragmented with slight brand loyalty ■ Sales
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3M Should Paul Guehler approve the Authorization for Expenditure for the new privacy screen if Andy Wong sends it up to him? First two attempts of Wong’s team to launch new product crushed. First of all‚ it can be because of false assumptions (“dangerous assumptions”) that were made by team. That’s why we can conclude that level of uncertainty for new security screeen is rather high and Optic System doesn’t see all opportunities and threats. There is no relevant marketing research for new product
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Innovation Best Practices - 3M Case Study Introduction We have been working with a number of global organizations on innovation practices for New Product Introduction (NPI) and have found in companies like: SAP‚ Microsoft‚ Bell Canada‚ Siemens etc‚ - that operationalizing innovation from its early creative stages is a stocatto like tango. Balancing creative tension to ensure innovation downstream execution traction requires tremendous leadership navigation and skill. It is so difficult for
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Past progress Budget The budget for our Halloween party is RM70000 and our finance department had approved this budget. This budget includes expenses such as decoration‚ advertisement‚ catering‚ rental and presents. We will have a make-up competition during the Halloween party. The budget for champion is RM1000‚ runner-up is RM500 and the third place is RM250. We also had some present give to the other participants. That day‚ our company will also organise a lucky draw which is budgeted at RM2000
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