Topic: How 3M draws up sales and spending forecasts? Questions: 1. Sketch out the 3M organization structure from the board of directors to the production foreman as best as you can from the information in the article Management committee (President‚ seven group vice presidents and nine vice presidents of staff departments) Controller Groups of divisions (Group vice presidents and Group head) Divisions (General managers) Departments (Department managers) Top aides Foreman 2. How many
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Individual Research Paper 3M Prepared for: TC Sydney Graduate School of Management By: Surbhi Suri: 16453584 Submitted On: 09/11/2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3M is a multinational company with branches operating all over the globe. 3M is looking to grow in the new markets for its long term strategy‚ and decided to service China‚ India‚ and Singapore. 3M expansion in the international markets and business strategy is build around its core competency of innovation. 3M has adopted product differentiation
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CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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INNOVATION AT 3M CORPORATION: CASE STUDY There are two major issues highlighted in this case study: 1. Is the ‘lead-user’ process‚ an effective method for research and subsequent product innovation? 2. Should the Medical-Surgical Markets Division (MSMD) lead-user research team present its revolutionary new approach to treating infection to senior management despite the fact that it challenged the existing business strategy? QUESTION 1 The answer to the first question is ‘yes’. By the
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3M Strategy 1) How does your company handle strategy? How does your company handle strategy? Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing‚ also known as 3M‚ is one of the world’s premier manufacturing companies. The 3M Company handles strategy like mostly any other business. The number one reason people go into a business is because they want to make as much money as possible. This can be accomplished if they have a strategic approach to it. For example‚ the most important strategy that 3M uses is selling
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Executive Summary This paper is to find out the marketing plan of England Optical Group (EOG). This paper will focus on EOG‚ optical market and EOG’s main competitor (Focus-Point). This paper will consist of EOG history‚ background‚ weakness and strength and all types of marketing issues. This paper also will consist of optical business environment which included the environment‚ opportunity and threat in this industry. Besides‚ this paper will included some part of Focus Point information about
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3M The article “Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning” is a two in one type of article. The author initially discusses the drawbacks of using bullet point in presentations‚ mainly on how it contains lack of information‚ clarity and attention to the audience. The author continues by giving an alternative way of delivering the idea in mind by a strategic narrative style‚ which captures the audience and delivers the points needed to be made effectively. Throughout the article the
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I did a little research on this‚ but not much. "A good essay‚ but a few grammer errors." I corrected them in the one I submitted to you. Optical Illusions Have you ever looked at something‚ and it appears normal‚ but after a few minutes of thinking about it‚ you find it distorted? The brain and eyes are two organs that work together constantly. Two sources feed visual information to the brain:the eyes and the brain’s memory of past experience. Usually the information is clear enough‚ and you have
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1. How the 3 M innovation process evolved from the time the company was found? Answer: The innovation process at 3M has typically been a focus area for the upper management. The company had taken a getoutoftheway attitude towards the product developers who in turn have worked accordingly towards innovation. Along with technicians each team had a process engineer to ensure that the product was efficiently made. The entire team did not face any risk if the product failed.
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There is no need to change basic corporate culture of innovation at 3M. 3M already has impressive internal strengths and in order to avoid further stagnation and increase company’s earnings per share more cohesive and systematic plan is needed. We would recommend the long term strategy development to increase the efficiency and competetiveness of the 3M products. 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products‚ and we’re a leader in scores of markets -
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