will compare the marketing strategies used by Mercedes Benz and BMW both of which are German car manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz will discontinue the CLK model after 2010 and replace it with a coupe and convertible based on the new E-class. In comparison BMW has been extending its product portfolio by including smaller and less profitable cars. During 2008 Mercedes-Benz USA appointed 27 dealers to open special AMG performance centers. BMW created an import/export operation which is the only U.S. manufacturing
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BMW Latin America BMW Supports Model Launch‚ Develops Prospects with Cloud-Based Social Marketing When BMW Latin America had to promote the launch of two new model lines‚ it wanted to kick off an interactive marketing campaign through the Facebook social network that would support the launch and collect audience data. BMW used Windows Azure to support a solution that integrated the Facebook promotion with its internal Microsoft Dynamics CRM environment‚ engaged 90‚000 consumers‚ and converted 900
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WIntroduction BMW Group manufactures products under three brands: BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. As a worldwide organisation‚ BMW Group has a long and established heritage of manufacturing premium products. This section offers an overview of the Company. BMW Group headquarters is located in Munich at D-80778‚ Munich‚ Germany . In 1973‚ the Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer revealed his design for BMW Group’s head office the ’Four-Cylinder’. The building located next to Munich’s Olympic
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BMW 1 Series 5-door 116i 118i 120d 125i M135i www.bmw.co.za/1 Sheer Driving Pleasure BMW 1 SERIES PRICE LIST. JULY 2012. BMW 1 SERIES SPORT HATCH 5-DOOR PRICE LIST. JULY 2012. CO2 Tax including 14% VAT 6-speed Manual 8-speed Automatic Transmission Steptronic 116i 769.50 940.50 118i 1 197.00 940.50 120d 125i 2 907.00 2 479.50 M135i 5 814.00 4 702.50 Recommended retail price including 14% VAT‚ but excludes CO2 emissions tax Standard Model 6-speed Manual 8-speed Automatic Transmission
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SWOT Analysis Strengths o BMW is not the best biggest but the best car company in the world. o BMW has strongly influenced consumers through media and film industry. o Spartanburg demonstrates that BMW is firmly committed to the US market and rededicated to the performance values that made BMW a cult here in the 1980s. o The Spartanburg plant can build 250 to 300 cars a day and production is set up to be flexible so that it can produce several models on the same line in random sequence. o
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1. Cover sheet 2. Executive summary 3. Table of Contents 4. Introduction 5. Strategic analysis 6. Strategic directions 7. Key strategies 8. Strategic implementation 9. Key strategic implementation issues 10. Evaluation of strategy 11. Conclusion 12. References 13. Appendix 1. Introduction The automotive industry is one of the most competitive industries in the market. Companies that get into the automotive industry are faced with
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BMW Advertising & Marketing Strategy The Ultimate Driving Machine Draft Agenda Introduction Marketing Overview Advertising Overview Target Audience Marketing Channels Advertising Campaigns Competition Analysis Introduction BMW is Bayerische Motoren Werke Industry :Automotive industry Founded :1916 Founder: Franz Josef Popp Headquarters: Munich‚ Germany Products : Cars‚ Aircraft engines‚ motorcycles Employees : 96‚230 Subsidiaries :Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
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BMW Company (Bavarian Motor Works) Introduction BMW Company was established in 1913. The person who founded the company was Karl Rapp. Before he worked in a German aircraft company as a director. He started the business in a very small scale. The name was Rapp Motor Works. In 1917 he resigned‚ led by Austrian engineer Franz-Joseph Popp‚ who changed the name to Bavarian Motor Works. In the same year Max Frizz‚ the chief engineer designed the company ’s first aircraft engine and when the treaty
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Analysis Steven Tyson Marketing Analysis – Grau April 2‚ 2012 Introduction and Purpose The automotive market is defined by the common goal of high efficiency‚ with the aim of lowering production costs and raising revenues. In this highly competitive landscape‚ standardization‚ components‚ and mass production are king. Yet‚ there is an outlier that refuses to abide by the market trend of efficiency over quality. BMW continues to provide consistent growth both financially and in market share
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CONTENETS 1. Executive summary....3 2. Introduction….3 3. Transformation process of BMW automobile production in the Dingolfing plant….3 4. Differences between service and manufacturing operations….5 5. Operations strategy of BMW….6 6. Operational objectives for automobile production in Dingolfing plant….7 7. Design….8 7.1 Process design….8 7.2 Product design….8 7.3 Designing an car in BMW….9 7.4 Evaluating and improving the design…9 7.5 Simulation and prototyping in design of the BMW’s…
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