BMW Z3 Launch HBS Case Study Date: 18th August 2009 Question 1 Define what you see as the 2 main risks and 2 main benefits of non traditional marketing. Use the BMW case to support your assertions. A paragraph explaining each point will be sufficient. Answer 1 The Z3 case shows how communications strategy and tactics have evolved beyond traditional TV and print advertising. *Two key* Risks of Non-Traditional Marketing are highlighted below: *Systems not in place to measure
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BMW Motorcycles is a division within the BMW Group. As such their mission is tied to that of the parent company. On the BMW Group website it is noted as follows:"Identifying potential and encouraging growth. Knowing what we represent. Recognizing where our strengths lie and making the best use of every opportunity. Following a clear strategy. Goals we have attained are in essence the point of departure for new challenges. This is the philosophy that inspires every individual at the BMW Group. It
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BMW: The 7 Series 1. What are the causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products? What should be done to improve “launch quality”? The causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products were plentiful and apparent all throughout the case study. For instance‚ BMW does not use pre-production tools during prototyping. This significantly lowers their opportunity to discover and fix quality problems earlier in the production process. Secondly
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Strategic Analysis of BMW AG 1.1 Evaluation of strategic factors affecting BMW strategy To understand factors that influence on the competitiveness of BMW the SWOT analysis is applicable. Strength Weakness • Strong Brand Reputation • High cost policy • Trained and highly skilled workforce • Inefficient brand portfolio • High quality products • High product prices • Corporate Social Responsibility • Inefficient level of acquisition and • Contribution to the environment
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DEFINITION BCG MATRIX Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix is defined by the following authors as follows: Table 1 Definition of BCG Matrix Pearce (2013) David (2012) BCG Matrix is an approach pioneered by the Boston Consulting Group that attempted to help managers “balance” the flow of cash resources among their various businesses while also identifying their basic strategic purpose within the overall portfolio. It is also known as “portfolio techniques”. BCG Matrix graphically portrays
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The BCG Matrix is a method used by businesses to identify market growth and market shares for organizations. It was developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consultant’s Group in the early 1970s. To establish long term value creation‚ a company should have a portfolio of products that contain both high growth products in need of cash inputs and low growth products that generate a lot of cash and use this information to improve it. The basic idea behind it is that the bigger the market share a product
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Placing products in the BCG matrix results in 4 categories in a portfolio of a company: BCG STARS (high growth‚ high market share) - Stars are defined by having high market share in a growing market. - Stars are the leaders in the business but still need a lot of support for promotion a placement. - If market share is kept‚ Stars are likely to grow into cash cows. BCG QUESTION MARKS (high growth‚ low market share) - These products are in growing markets but have low market share. - Question
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Boston Consultancy Group (BCG Matrix) This product portfolio matrix classifies product lines into four categories. The BCG models suggests that organisations should have a healthy balance of products within their range. The Boston Consultancy Group classified these products as following: Dogs These are products which have low market shares and low market growth rates. The options for many companies is to phase these products out‚ however some organisation do go for the strategy of
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LEVIS SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT analysis empowers firms to identify elements that need to be taken into account when developing marketing and corporate strategy. Strengths and Weaknesses are in-house factors that are controllable by the organization. Opportunities & threats are outside factors‚ which are uncontrollable by the organization. According to Kotler and Armstrong‚ SWOT analysis involves a distillation of the findings of an internal and external inspection that lures attention‚ from a strategic
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BCG Analysis In term of Boston Consulting Group‚ there are four types of business. According to the research‚ it shows that Poh Huat Resources Holding is exists as a question mark in BCG matrix. Question marks represent business units having low relative market share and located in a high growth industry. Hence‚ Poh Huat Resources Holding should invest huge amount of cash to maintain or gain market share. If successes in gaining a huge market share‚ then Poh Huat Resources Holding has potential
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