persistent help this dissertation would not have been possible. I would like to thank Mr.Tabish Ahmed Hashmi‚ Senior Supply Chain Manager at 3M Pakistan who provided us with the required information to complete our research report on 3M. In addition‚ I would like to thank my institute PAF-KIET for providing us such a platform to complete our management project on 3M. Which increased our knowledge regarding management. Contents Acknowledgement 1 3MIntroduction 3 Company History 3 Vision Statement
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is the 3M culture. The official vision statement is “to be the most innovative enterprise in the world”‚ and 3M’s basic definition is: “new ideas +action or implementation which results in an improvement‚ gain‚ or profit”. 3M has also coined the word “inventorpreneur” for those who invent and implement. The culture encourages stubborn persistence amongst employees to accept and promote their ideas - “do your own thing”. The culture is taught and conveyed through stories and myth about 3M inventorpreneurs
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Case: Innovation at 3M Corporation What had been 3M’s traditional approach to innovation? Product developers at 3M generally relied on more traditional methods of seeking marketing input. They collect data from sales representatives‚ focus groups‚ customer evaluations‚ site visits‚ and data on risk factors for diseases. Product developers mainly focused on finding new angel or twist on early trends and basically didn’t have direct access to customers. In 3M‚ Sales representatives contacted with
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Executive Summary 3M Singapore controls many market leading brands in their various markets‚ such as Post-It®‚ Scotch® Tapes‚ Scotch-Brite® and Command™. In this report‚ we will be focusing on the brand – Command™. We aim to address the problem of the erosion of Command™’s competitive advantage in its increasingly competitive industry by providing improved/new BTL strategies which Command can undertake. Based on our survey‚ there are 2 interesting findings which we aim to tackle through our recommendations
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ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICAITONS THROUGH A FOREST CANOPY Clinton Lee Edwards‚ Master of Science‚ 2004 Thesis Directed By: Professor Christopher C. Davis‚ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering This paper models the effects of the leaves of mature broadleaf trees on air-to-ground free-space optical (FSO) communication systems operating through the leaf canopy. Ecological radiation transfer models are considered and the concept of Leaf Area Index
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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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emerged over time? 3M goes back to 1902 when five Minnesota businessmen established the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. to mine a mineral that they thought was corundum‚ which is ideal for making sandpaper. The mineral‚ however‚ turned out to be low-grade anorthosite‚ nowhere near as suitable for making sandpaper‚ and the company nearly failed. To try and salvage the business‚ 3M turned to making the sandpaper itself using materials purchased from another source. In 1907‚ 3M hired a twenty-year-old
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1. Introduction Blu-ray is a new optical disc standard based on the use of a blue laser rather than the red laser of today’s DVD players. The standard‚ developed collaboratively by Hitachi‚ LG‚ Matsushita (Panasonic)‚ Pioneer‚ Philips‚ Samsung‚ Sharp‚ Sony‚ and Thomson‚ threatens to make current DVD players obsolete. It is not clear whether new Blu-ray players might include both kinds of lasers in order to be able to read current CD and DVD formats. The new standard‚ developed jointly
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3M Case Study 1. Classify the Greptile Grip golf glove by the two methods discussed in the class. Identify what kind of product the Greptile Grip golf glove best belongs to. Explain why. I would have to say the Greptile Grip golf glove best belongs to business goods because it is a product that can directly or indirectly assist in providing products for resale. For instance‚ the glove can assist in the purchase of clubs from 3M or even more of their products if they like it. Gloves are not the
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Executive Summary Three Rivers Optical is a company located in Pittsburgh which supplies lenses to the ophthalmic community. Steve Siebert‚ CEO and head of marketing faces different challenges on deciding if he should keep trade shows he has been doing as sales have not been proficient enough‚ and whether he should invest in new trade show to grow TRO’s market share. Steve’s plan is to invest into different states such as California and Michigan in the next five years. As TRO is moving towards
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