Samuel Adjetey. Business Strategy & Policy Thinkpiece 1 BMW SWOT Analysis One of the most critical processes of management of any company is the formulation of a sound business strategy. Strategic planning must combine a number of internal and external factors putting in mind how these factors affect the performance of the company. The company’s Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) are some of the critical factors a company must consider to effectively strategize. The
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Questions 24 Summary & Recommendation 29 Executive Summary In June‚ 1991‚ Carl-Peter Forster‚ director of Prototype and Pilot Manufacturing at BMW had a major decision to make. It was a little less than three and half years into the six year development program for the completely redesigned 7-series luxury sedan. Up to this point‚ BMW had been following their traditional method of designing automobiles. However‚ a project meeting was scheduled for that day to decide whether to change
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BMW BMW is enhancing the travel experience for drivers and passengers while also launching a series of new platforms The BMW Group – one of Germany’s largest industrial companies – is also one of the most successful car and motorcycle manufacturers in the world and 2011 was its best year to date. With almost 1.7 million vehicles sold‚ the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer in terms of sales volume. Its three automobile brands‚ BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce‚ and the BMW and Husqvarna
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Case Write UP on BMW BMW is in the midst of implementing changes to increase its sales and improve its image in the US market. In this phase BMW should target achieving 100‚000 units by the year 1996 in order to hold a competitive place in the US luxury car market. The main problem BMW is facing in the US market is poor customer satisfaction index which is negatively affecting the brand image. BMW should concentrate on improving customer satisfaction by way of investing into opening its own exclusive
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What is your mission statement? BMW Group’s worldwide mission statement is: "The mission statement up to the year 2020 is clearly defined: the BMW Group is the world’s leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility." Mission Statement This statement is retireved from the annual report 2008: "Today‚ the BMW Group is one of the ten largest car manufacturers in the world and possesses‚ with its BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce brands‚ three of the strongest premium
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May 2005 at Leipzig area ‚Germany Gerhard Schroder‚ Germany Chancellor opened Plant with Helmut Panke‚the Chairman of Company. BMW invested € 1.3 billion. Manufacture BMW 3-Series car’s. Max annual capacity: 650 cars/day Expected to create 5500 jobs in that area. 2 The ceremonial process of signing the Plant Establishment Contract. 3 BMW History In 1913 in Munich‚Germany‚Karl Friedrich Rapp established the Rapp-motorenwerke to manufacture Aircraft Engines. 4
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The BMW Group will expand production capacity at its US plant in Spartanburg from some 150‚000 to 240‚000 units by 2012. Plans for the expansion are already underway. Capacity at the Oxford MINI plant is to be increased to 260‚000 units per annum—without making further investments in infrastructure. The BMW Group will take the first step towards expanding its capacity in China by raising it from 30‚000 to 44‚000 units a year. Furthermore‚ the company will work on strategically increasing purchasing
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Brand kudos‚ company car tax efficiency‚ class-leading residual values and competitive whole life costs have resulted in BMW winning a record share of the UK contract hire and leasing market. New figures from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association reveal that BMW is the fastest growing premium brand manufacturer in terms of long term leasing vehicle acquisitions by contract hire companies. According to the newly published 2002 BVRLA Industry Review‚ BMW’s share of the leasing market
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considered the best strategy that BMW has to implement to address the four most important issues we mentioned in the SWOT Analysis (dealer relationship‚ image life cycle‚ Japanese power‚ and specialized competitors) is brainstorming and recollecting a few ideas. For this specific case‚ we came upon the following "brainstorming ideas" for each main issue: To begin explaining what each strategy is about and how we reached one final strategy to be used by BMW‚ let’s focus on the different "brainstorming
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BMW Read the case‚ and consider the following questions: 1. What main trends are identifiable in the business environment in general and in the automobile market in particular in 2004? • Equity prices had fallen until late in 2003: this‚ coupled with geopolitical tensions and concerns about oil supplies‚ add to the uncertainty about the economic and political environments • From the mid 1990s automobile producers strove to improve engineering adn quality of vehicles as a
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