1. Description of Company and Industry Founded and headquartered in Peoria‚ Illinois‚ Caterpillar‚ Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction & mining equipment‚ diesel & natural gas engines‚ industrial gas turbines‚ and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates in five segments. The construction segment provides machinery‚ such as backhoe‚ loaders‚ small track-type tractors‚ and mini excavators for use in infrastructure and building construction projects. The resource segment
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other locations. Because the Oxford plant is the only one owned by Caterpillar that produces these couplings‚ he needs to find outside sources that can produce the couplings to Caterpillar’s standard and get them contracted and trained so they can get couplings to the manufacturing plants and keep production running while Caterpillar rebuilds the Oxford plant. While other plants are gearing up to produce the couplings‚ Caterpillar needs to begin “cross-distributing” whatever couplings are on hand
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Caterpillar is an American company known for its design for manufacture‚ markets‚ and construction and mining machinery. It is a world leading Fortune 500 corporate known as the ticker symbol‚ CAT‚ on the Wall Street Stock Exchange. Benjamin Holt‚ founder on Holt Manufacturing Company in 1890‚ designed and distribute stream tractors in San Joaquin Valley in Stockton‚ California. In 1907‚ Benjamin Holt decided to change Holt Manufacturing Co. to Caterpillar after a reporter specified that Holt’s
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‘Mature product markets drove Caterpillar’s restructuring during the 1990s’. Critically examine this statement. With 2004 sales revenue in excess of $30 billion and profits of $2.03 billion Caterpillar is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction‚ mining and earth moving equipment. Caterpillar operates in three key areas; machinery‚ engines and more recently financial products. Mature product markets are an aspect of all product lifecycles once the initial rapid growth stage is complete
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1. What “story” does management at Caterpillar recount as a way of communicating the company’s redesigned values? Why are these stories important? 2. Caterpillar uses the “story” of the School Bus Project‚ “Embark‚” to recount the way they communicate the company’s redesign value. This story is important because the company knows that a healthy environment helps shape the growth and depicts valuable attributes within the company. It decided to retrofit school buses to have all students ride
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ABB Asea Brown Boveri Case n. 4 (5-6-7) 1) What is ABB context and environment? A deep study and understanding of the environmental context where an enterprise operates‚ is a necessary step that must precede any further analysis. Before setting a strategy‚ the management of the firm has to be aware of the internal potentiality of the company as well as of the external uncertainties (both positive and negative) it may encounter. The case presents a new born company that has just handled
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Who they are? ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies aimed at improving performance and lowering the environmental impact for their utility and industrial customers. They provide a broad range of products‚ systems‚ solutions and services which are designed to improve power grid reliability‚ increase industrial productivity and enhance energy efficiency. Their power businesses focus on power transmission‚ distribution and power plant automation. Their automation businesses
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Case Study About ABB Introduction From a company which is one of the most admired global firms‚ after experiencing great frustrating and changing in both strategy and organization‚ ABB is an attracting case for many people to study. In this paper‚ it will discuss about the development of ABB and the conditions Kindle faces with as well as some recommendation for him(International Metalworkers’ Federation). Development Cycle of ABB To the problems in the development of ABB‚ especially those
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1. Addressing the Comsys problem: If I were Don Jans I would take up the COMSYS project issue with the steering committee as follows: * Currently the U.S. relays division is facing problems in allocating resources to its activities. The COMSYS project whose objective is to develop a common platform for future product development is‚ apparently‚ consuming more resources which in turn is affecting the local development of the division. As a result the front-line profit center managers’ performance
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ABB Power and Productivity for a Better World COMPANY BRIEF ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) was formed in 1988 by the merger of two companies: the Swedish company ASEA and the Brown Boveri of Switzerland to create a global electrical engineering giant. Percy Barnevik (of ASEA) was the chief executive and master mind of the restructuring process that integrated both the companies. * In your opinion‚ was the organization structure chosen for Asea Brown Boveri by Barnevick appropriate? The Organisation
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