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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1. Helmut Panke‚ chairman and CEO of BMW (U.S.) introduced BMW’s strategic significance of the Z3 as reducing cost‚ firm commitment to the U.S. market and increase in production. Firstly‚ BMW’s BDI in the U.S. had decreased from 16.3% in 1984 to only 9.6% in 1991. With a low amount of product sales and international monetary fluctuations‚ BMW desired to lower production cost by moving from Germany to the U.S. and adjust model prices if necessary. Secondly‚ manufacturing in the U.S. had attained an
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BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It by Dmitry Alenuskin‚ Andreas Schotter Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management 16 pages. Publication Date: Jun 23‚ 2012. Prod. #: TB0301-PDF-ENG BMW‚ the leading luxury car manufacturer in the United States‚ implemented a new marketing initiative based on its online video services aimed to increase sales of customized vehicles. Prior to the introduction of the "Dream It. Build It. Drive It." program‚ BMW’s SUV sales in America were in
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The BMW campaign consisted of many major and small events which helped to market the new BMW Z3 roadster to the public. However‚ the question now is whether the campaign is successful in accomplishing that goal. Success of the BMW campaign can be measured in several ways. For example‚ it can be measured by its objectives (whether the objectives of the campaign have been met) or by the number of pre-orders made. In this case‚ due to the lack of knowledge about the number of pre-orders made after each
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cASe Study BMW South AfricA Wireless Solution helps Car Manufacturer’s Logistics Management reduce Inventory Levels and keep more Accurate Stock Records Based in rosslyn Pretoria‚ BMW South Africa (SA) produces most of the 3 series BMW’s (right and left hand drive) at a volume of approximately 200 units per day. A large percentage of these vehicles (over 70%) are exported to the united States‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Japan‚ the uK‚ Singapore‚ taiwan‚ and Germany. An efficient and effective
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Porsche‚ Jaguar‚ Mercedes Benz‚ BMW‚ AUDI‚ Bentley‚ Rolls Royce‚ and a few more are on their way. For the past two calendar years‚ 2009 and 2010‚ BMW came out on top as they sold the highest number of cars in the luxury segment in India. BMW‚ Mercedes Benz and Audi are the 3 dominant German car manufacturers who are ruling the roost in the country’s luxury car segment today. All 3 have around 8-10 models in India which compete right from price points to performance. BMW 3 Series‚ Mercedes Benz C Class
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For the exclusive use of X. LIU CASE: A-165 DATE: 09/00 (REV’D. 05/07) SEARS: ACCOUNTING FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS Sarah Simons picked up the 1999 Annual Report for Sears‚ Roebuck and Co.‚ which had just been delivered to her office. As an analyst for a major brokerage‚ she was responsible for providing investment advice regarding companies in the retail industry‚ including Sears. She looked over the income statement‚ noting that net income grew by 39 percent over the previous year‚
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