Assignment #1: Company Background 1. FIRM NAME: Apple Inc. 2. HEADQUARTER LOCATION: 1 Infinite Loop CUPERTINO‚ CA 95014 United States Phone: +1-408-996-1010 Fax: +1-408-996-0275 Website: http://www.apple.com KEY EXECUTIVES Name | Since | Current Position | Arthur Levinson | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board | Timothy Cook | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer‚ Director | Peter Oppenheimer | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer‚ Principal Financial Officer‚ Senior Vice
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Date: 04/06/2014 Case 14: Apple Computers in 2012 Background Apple computer Inc. is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronic‚ personal computer‚ computer software‚ commercial servers and digital media. Apple‘s core product lines were iPhone‚ smart phones‚ iPads‚ tablet computers iPods‚ portable media players and Macintosh computers. The founder‚ Steve Jobs‚ and Steve Woziak started Apple Computers in 1976 and incorporated it into a company
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RESEARCH‚ GURGAON STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROJECT REPORT STRATEGY MANAGEMENT AT APPLE‚ INC. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PRESENTED BY: Group 11 Kapil Bhati (19) Kumar Rathnam (21) N Praveen Kumar (29) Nikhil Yadav (30) Sharath Babu (46) Date: April 3‚ 2012 Contents 1. 2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3 APPLE: BRIEF HISTORY .......................................................................
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VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS Victor Hugo Delgado Martinez TC212 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT Professor Eduard G. Lewis October 5‚ 2013 Key Issues Increased specialization and standardization of work and the dispersal of productive activity has raised the importance of the competitiveness. To have a sustained growth requires understanding and integrating dynamic factors within the production models of organizations‚ businesses and governments. The global economic activities
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‘Strategic Cost Management and the Value Chain’ Every business‚ whether it be a production or service entity has an underlying goal in maximizing revenue whilst keeping the costs of sales low‚ inevitably to increase profits from year to year. American Professor Michael Porter developed a concept called the value chain‚ hence creating value chain analysis. A value chain can be defined as‚ the linked set of value-creating activities beginning with basic raw material sources through
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Introduction Value Chain Analysis describes the activities that take place in a business and relates them to an analysis of the competitive strength of the business. Influential work by Michael Porter suggested that the activities of a business could be grouped under two headings: (1) Primary Activities - those that are directly concerned with creating and delivering a product (e.g. component assembly); and (2) Support Activities‚ which whilst they are not directly involved in production
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| Apple Apple Inc. is one of the most successful companies in the United States and in the world. Apple Inc. is a multinational company that specializes in the manufacturing of electronic equipment like smartphones‚ software and computers. The company is well known to everyone for products like iPhone‚ Macintosh‚ iPad and iPod. Apple came into existence as the joint effort of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was the mind behind the technology while Jobs was mind behind the marketing strategies
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Value Chain Analysis Many organizations do not achieve the profits they anticipate by using incorrect methods or models to determine the true costs of products and services. This failure to correctly assess the costs associated with business not only affects the profit margin‚ but the organizations competitive advantage as well. In order to asses whether the organization is failing to realize optimum resource allocation‚ the organization should look at the methodology first popularized by Michael
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A. Value Chain Analysis Nike’s value chain contains seven primary activities. These activities are Technology Development‚ Product Design‚ Component Manufacturing‚ Assembly‚ Marketing‚ Distribution and Retail Sales. As stated in its annual report‚ Nike is primarily a design and marketing company. As such‚ Nike controls the functions related to design and marketing of its products. 1. Technology Development Nike’s shoes have been on the leading edge of technology development for nearly 40
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value chain analysis Inbound Logistics Operations Marketing Service Outbound Logistics SAP ‚ VCM SAP ‚ CRM - DMS Strategic Alliances Transporters‚ Convoy Drivers Association Dealer Network‚ Marketing Research Firms‚ Vehicle Financing Regional Warehouses‚ Dealer Workshops‚ Distributors‚ TASS 9 Value Chain Analysis: Tata Motors Inbound Logistics Long term contract with service provider’s – transporters and agents Personnel at regional offices for over seeing
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