GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: BMW SPARTANBURG‚ USA ACTIVE HYBRID X6- V8 Hybrid Engine Business Administration- International Business 7th April‚ 2011 DALISO BULWANI SYAMAND KHODADADI LE SUN CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 PLANNING PEST Analysis----------
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Bmw Strategic Plan Table of Contents 1.0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2.0. BUSINESS MISSION VISSION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 5 2.1. Company Mission and Vision 5 2.2. Goals 5 2.3. Core competence/sustainable competitive advantage 6 3.0. ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 7 3.1. Micro Environment (C3SPM ) 7 3.2. Macro Environment (SLEPT) 12 4.0. KEY CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS 15 5.0. SWOT 17 6.0. BASIC STRATEGIC THRUST 23 6.1. Proposal 1: Innovation 25 6.2. Proposal 2: Differentiation
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The History of BMW The name BMW came from Karl Friedrich Rapp‚ who was a Bavarian but well known as an engineer in 1916. BMW stands for Bayersiche Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) and its first appearance was actually in an aircraft engine. In 1917 this 6 cylinder Type IIIa went into production. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed and it forced them to stop production because it prohibited BMW from making aircraft engines in 1919. So they started to build air brakes for railway cars
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Resource based analysis of BMW: RESOURCES CATEGORIES BMW RESOURCES PHYSICAL RESOURCES BMW’s technology‚ conventionally designed and styled‚ effective segmentation according to the market‚ supply chain and dealership management FINANCIAL RESOURCES Turnover of € 41.53 billion in 2003‚ gross margins of € 3.2 billion in 2003‚ annual surplus of € 3.2 billion in 2003‚ 7.4% profit margins in 2003 HUMAN RESOURCES Highly qualified labor force‚ Young and affluent professionals INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
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Background: The Munich based Bayerische Motoren Werke AG(BMW)automobile company grew into one of the leading automobile producers in the world by the 1990s‚ and radically changed the way BMW was handling “innovation process management” at its automobile division. Goals: To develop and demonstrate exceptional skills in constantly creating and capturing value‚ through its innovations and development of new products. Actions(Actual Ideas): The new innovation management system was developed and
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relationships with an organizations target market. These multiple forms include advertising‚ public relations‚ and sales promotion. In order to develop a creative strategy‚ marketing professionals must fully understand the functional and emotional attributes of the brand to the customer as well as the 4 P’s of the brand (Integrated Marketing Communications). Emotional Relationships High end grocers such as Whole Foods Market (WFM) have created solid relationships with customers on an emotional level
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BMW Interview Process: Physical Okay‚ so‚ we’re on to step four in the process of getting hired on at the BMW plant in Greer (Spartanburg County). Incidentally‚ so far not one person has come to this blog after searching for information about what’s the BMW interview process like. I’m almost insulted‚ except that being insulted about something that stupid is a waste of time. Step four is the physical. Assuming you make in through the first three steps and get your conditional offer of employment
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Project Attributes A project has a unique purpose. Every project should have a well-defined objective. For example‚ Anne Roberts‚ the Director of the Project Management Office in the opening case‚ might sponsor an information technology collaboration project to develop a list and initial analysis of potential information technology projects that might improve operations for the company. The unique purpose of this project would be to create a collaborative report with ideas from people throughout
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BMW Case Assignment #1: BMW Integrating Case Professor Mary Tranquillo Bus 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior January 26‚ 2010 Culture of BMW Much of BMW’s success has derived from cultivating the concept of an entrepreneurial culture. They have adapted the idea to provide a place where workers feel connected‚ feel more like a family‚ and where work is compared to a lifestyle. “From the moment they set foot inside the company‚ associates experience a sense of place
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Corporate Research Paper – BMW Group Introduction Bayersiche Motoren Werke Group (BMW Group) is a German company whose operations are “focused on the premium segments of the international automobile markets (BMW Group)”. BMW Group was founded in 1916 and established its main plant and headquarters in Munich‚ Germany just after World War I in 1922. Those facilities exist as BMW’s headquarters and flagship plant to this day (BMW Group). BMW Group coordinates its activities in more than 150 countries
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