BMW: THE 7-SERIES PROJECT mary lou Brief History of Bayerische Motoren Werke: BMW‚ a German company is a producer of automobiles and motorcycles. Designed as an aircraft manufacturer and originally founded in 1913 by Karl Fredrich Rapp‚ the company was commissioned to build the V-12 engine for Austria-Hungary. In need of extra financing‚ Rapp reconstructed the company as the Bayerische Motoren Werke. In 1917‚ Rapp left the company and it was taken over by Austrian Franz Josef Popp who
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CEIBS. The CEIBS Case Centre is sponsored by McKinsey & Company. BMW’s Foreign Exchange Risk Management CC-111-010 BMW’s Foreign Exchange Risk Management “Currency is much more volatile than it ever was. We’ve seen dramatic shifts between the euro and the dollar in recent years. The only real solution here is to op y manufacture and buy components in the currencies where we sell cars.” Norbert Reithofer‚ CEO of BMW BMW Legend No tC BMW‚ the world-famous auto and motorcycle manufacturer‚ was
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Where the BMW films a good idea? How successful was the campaign? In my opinion‚ the BMW films where a great idea at that specific moment in time. The company had no new product launches to promote. Furthermore‚ budget was available in order to “experiment” new ideas and innovative advertising and promotion actions. With this pure branding exercise BMW had little to lose (mainly money) and a huge deal to win. The campaign proved to be an incredibly successful one. In order to measure and justify
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on “what makes a BMW a BMW”. In fact‚ there was no product launch to advertise and BMW was able to use this time to shift its strategy from ‘push’ to ‘pull’. The goal of this advertisement was to “produce the most exciting‚ fun thing people had ever seen come out of their computer”. In terms of numbers‚ this campaign was used to maintain growth and sales‚ which had been growing excessively since 1992: from 60 000 units sold to 180 000 units (exhibit 1). In terms of target‚ BMW wanted to attract
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- Case: BMW Film. Answer the following question: - 1/ Was the BMW film idea a good one? How successful has the campaign been? - 2/ What was the motivation behind the idea? Who was the target market for the BMW films campaigns? - 3/ What should McDowell do? Which option should he pick? Answer : 1/ Was the BMW film idea a good one? How successful has the campaign been? Answer : Definitely it is. Firstly‚The BMW Film ‘ The Hire’ attracts nine million people to view it on
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been overshadowed by China ’s rapid growth in recent years‚ emerging markets is set for steady growth where BMW is already there but needs to concentrate more and needs to adaptive marketing strategies to get success out there. These markets are going to be huge as there is more population in these countries as in comparison to US and UK market. In addition‚ BMW needs to come with few more BMW Films interactive marketing campaigns‚ the quot;Ultimate Driving Machinequot;. As it is had very successful
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What are the causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products? What should be done to improve “launch quality”? BMW made extensive use of computer-aided design and computer simulation before testing by actually sitting in and driving a fully functional vehicle. Prototyping can improve the quality of requirements and specifications provided to developers. Because changes cost exponentially more to implement as they are detected later in development‚ the early determination
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Competition BMW faced competitive rivalry in the United Kingdom most especially from Mercedes who are their biggest rivals. Mercedes have the second largest market share of cars in the United Kingdom‚ hence making them a strong competitor against BMW who are the first in market share in the United Kingdom. Besides that‚ there are introduction of new entrants into the car manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom. The new competitor that enters into the market was taken over some of the market
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For over three decades‚ BMW built its brand to be synonymous with performance and the driving experience. The brand character and tone (serious‚ focused‚ and engaged) remained unwavering for the most part‚ while drivers enjoyed innovative‚ high-performance-yet-accessible vehicles that connect them with the road‚ rather than isolating them from it. | | | | | BMW created a highly coveted brand franchise by successfully cultivating an extremely loyal following of luxury-performance automobile
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Executive Summary BMW has embarked on a mission to cut its notoriously long product development time in half utilizing a newly developed system code named "Digital Car". Senior management has decided to utilize the new process on the 7-series platform. In order to accomplish this goal‚ BMW is preparing to take advantage of the latest computer technology in car development. At the forefront of the new plan is a debate over the use of computer-aided-styling (CAS). We recommend that BMW implement the
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