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    205 days. The crisis lead to a very strong dollar and in return CAT’s strong profits turned into heavy losses‚ while its rival Komatsu was enjoying increasing market shares. George Schaefer knew that the situation was not just a consequence of the crisis‚ but also Caterpillar’s inefficient working style when he took charge of the company as the new CEO in 1985. His first years passed with cost reduction by closing more plants and reducing employees and inventories. After the Business Strategy Conference

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    company. That is exactly what happened during the late 1980s and early 1990s at Caterpillar Inc.‚ a $30 billion global manufacturer of large construction and earth-moving equipment‚ engines‚ and power systems. “Cat‚” as people call it‚ is a company that had enjoyed a long-standing record of profitability and market leadership until 1982‚ when it was almost put out of business by an unanticipated surge of competition. Caterpillar rebounded reasonably quickly and successfully at that time; it returned from

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    had been hampered to some extent by the company’s goal of catching Caterpillar. Whereas this strategy had worked remarkably well in expanding the company while the global market was growing‚ now that worldwide demand for construction equipment was down‚ Komatsu did not have the flexibility to adapt. Katada believed that the creativity of Komatsu’s middle managers had been sacrificed while everyone was concentrating on Caterpillar‚ and that managers had grown afraid to question the direction of the

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    Caterpillar Inc. was formed in 1925 when Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form Caterpillar Tractor Co. These two companies were formed by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best‚ thus the two founders of Caterpillar. Throughout their history‚ Caterpillar has continued to update and diversify their product lines to meet the demands of consumers. In 1931‚ the first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled off the assembly line in East Peoria‚ Illinois‚ offering a new efficient source

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    Caterpillar Inc. sustainability report Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Douglas R. Oberhelman has never been more committed to sustainable development that he is today. He is concentrated on question what does the world need while world population is growing and modernizing. But what the world needs is very hard to find‚ because everyone wants something else. The Caterpillar Inc. is world´s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ industrial gas turbines‚ diesel and natural gas

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    Caterpillar being global leading producer of construction and mining equipment operates in Energy‚ Transportation‚ Construction and Resource Industries (*SRG 2014). It is over ninety years Caterpillar Inc. put efforts to develop ambitious sustainability goals to make encouraging impact in every region they operate. With revenues of over $47 billion achieved in 2015 Caterpillar made interested their customers to stimulate infrastructure‚ energy and natural resource development through acceptance

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    Caterpillar Inc.--Early 1990s The assessment of opportunities and threats is the foundation upon which planners develop strategies. The Caterpillar case illustrates some of the problems associated with the identification of opportunities and threats‚ especially in a situation where previous successes are notable. Attempting to pattern long-term growth on the basis of previously valid assumptions is one of the classic dilemmas facing the strategic planner whether in consumer or organizational markets

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    1. Description of Company and Industry Founded and headquartered in Peoria‚ Illinois‚ CaterpillarInc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction & mining equipment‚ diesel & natural gas engines‚ industrial gas turbines‚ and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates in five segments. The construction segment provides machinery‚ such as backhoe‚ loaders‚ small track-type tractors‚ and mini excavators for use in infrastructure and building construction projects. The resource segment

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    Caterpillar Case Analysis EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS Global . In 1915‚ the British military invented the armor tank and modeled it after Benjamin Holt’s steam tractor‚ Caterpillar. Also during World War I‚ the United States and its allies used Holt’s track-type tractors to haul artillery and supply wagons. Shortly after it formation‚ during World War II‚ Caterpillar served as the primary supplier of bulldozers to the US Army. Although it was a successful company for many years‚ for three consecutive

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    other locations. Because the Oxford plant is the only one owned by Caterpillar that produces these couplings‚ he needs to find outside sources that can produce the couplings to Caterpillar’s standard and get them contracted and trained so they can get couplings to the manufacturing plants and keep production running while Caterpillar rebuilds the Oxford plant. While other plants are gearing up to produce the couplings‚ Caterpillar needs to begin “cross-distributing” whatever couplings are on hand

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