Submitted by: Group 1 Alok Aswathy Ashwini Nayanshree Sai Sujeetha Shivani INTRODUCTION The 3M Company‚ formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in St. Paul‚ Minnesota. 3M headquarters are in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood‚ Minnesota. Five businessmen founded 3M in Two Harbors‚ Minnesota‚ in 1902. Originally a mining venture‚ the goal was to mine corundum‚ but this failed because the
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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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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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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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disaster into best plant? This report is going to examine a dramatic change conducted by NUMMI’s leadership. It will address three main reasons which made this change possible: • Creating a new production system • Developing a new management system • Reformation of corporate culture. And finally‚ the recommendations will be identified that should have been implemented in order to run the plant efficiently another two or more decades. Analysis of Situation By 1982‚ GM’s Fremont
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their inventions. Having said that‚ low rankings employees can’t always get their products up the ladder‚ this is certainly the case for 3M. Products don’t die at 3M‚ but this case study does suggest that many good ideas never materialize to a good product. After all‚ the Post-It success looks a bit miraculous‚ and miracles don’t happen very often. 4. Every 3M researcher gets to spend up to 15% of his time pursuing his own interests. This policy is immeasurable because of the very nature of a scientist
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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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Management System 12 3.2 Enterprise Resource Planning System 13 3.3 Advanced Planning and Scheduling System 14 3.4 Electronic Flight Bag System 15 3.5 Customer Relationship Management System 17 3.6 AirAsia Vista Gadgets 18 4.0 ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS PROCESSES AND THE IS SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTED IN AIRASIA 20 4.1 Booking 20 4.1.1 Travel Agency booking 20 4.1.2 Online booking 21 4.1.3 Mobile reservation 23 4.2 Transactions 24 4.2.1 FXmicropay Pricing E-platform System 25 5
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Managing Information A term paper submitted to Engr. Camilo Polinga In partial fulfillment of the requirement in CENG26 (Engineering Management) Vidamo‚ Steeven Sean P. March 2013 CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY Indang‚ Cavite This research work entitled “Managing Information” prepared and submitted by; Steeven Sean P. Vidamo‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements in CENG 26 (Engineering Management) is hereby accepted. Approved: ____________________ Engr
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Case study-The 3M Company Insert name Insert institution Insert instructor’s name Insert the date Case study-The 3M Company Initially known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ this company was pioneered in 1902 at Minnesota near Lake Superior. It was set up to sell mineral deposits which were later proved to be valueless and this initiated early research and development of this company while in Duluth. This saw its success in selling sandpaper products. The company later increased
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