1. Description of Company and Industry Founded and headquartered in Peoria‚ Illinois‚ Caterpillar‚ Inc. 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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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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Caterpillar is an American company known for its design for manufacture‚ markets‚ and construction and mining machinery. It is a world leading Fortune 500 corporate known as the ticker symbol‚ CAT‚ on the Wall Street Stock Exchange. Benjamin Holt‚ founder on Holt Manufacturing Company in 1890‚ designed and distribute stream tractors in San Joaquin Valley in Stockton‚ California. In 1907‚ Benjamin Holt decided to change Holt Manufacturing Co. to Caterpillar after a reporter specified that Holt’s
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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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‘Mature product markets drove Caterpillar’s restructuring during the 1990s’. Critically examine this statement. With 2004 sales revenue in excess of $30 billion and profits of $2.03 billion Caterpillar is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction‚ mining and earth moving equipment. Caterpillar operates in three key areas; machinery‚ engines and more recently financial products. Mature product markets are an aspect of all product lifecycles once the initial rapid growth stage is complete
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1. What “story” does management at Caterpillar recount as a way of communicating the company’s redesigned values? Why are these stories important? 2. Caterpillar uses the “story” of the School Bus Project‚ “Embark‚” to recount the way they communicate the company’s redesign value. This story is important because the company knows that a healthy environment helps shape the growth and depicts valuable attributes within the company. It decided to retrofit school buses to have all students ride
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Baylor HealthCare System: Efforts in Reducing Turnover Rate Background Baylor Health Care System is one of the premier health care systems in the United States. Located in north Texas‚ U.S.‚ Baylor employs approximately 16‚000 people who serve more than 110‚000 patients annually in 12 hospitals and 85 clinics. For 103 years Baylor has not only provided quality healthcare‚ but has been a major contributor to the community by supporting programs through the Dallas Chamber of Commerce‚ The United
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SWOT usage SWOT has been used by countless practitioners‚ marketing researchers‚ and is a frequent and popular tool for business marketing and strategy students. Its simplicity and catchy acronym perpetuates its usage in business and beyond as the tool is used to assess alternatives and complex decision situations. In the business arena the grouping of internal and external issues is a frequent starting point for strategic planning. It can be constructed quickly and can benefit from multiple viewpoints
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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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Caterpillar Inc. Analysis FIN400 – Analyzing Financial Statements June 23‚ 2013 Caterpillar Inc. Analysis Caterpillar Inc. is a global company headquartered Peoria‚ Illinois. They specialize in the manufacturing and selling of construction‚ mining‚ and farm equipment. Caterpillar Financial Services is a subsidiary company that offers financing options to their customers. I currently work of a construction company and I specialize in the accounting management of the company’s assets. Approximately
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