PREGUNTAS 1. ¿Qué beneficios tiene CEMEX y los otros competidores globales del cemento‚ derivados o provenientes de la globalización? ¿Cómo pueden las actividades cross-border agregar valor en una industria‚ aparentemente local‚ como es el cemento? 2. ¿Cómo específicamente se ha manejado CEMEX para superar a los competidores globales líderes en la industria de cemento?.Enfocarse en comparar ésta con Holderbank‚ quién es el otro gran competidor orientado principalmente al cemento. ¿Qué sugiere
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Introduction: CEMEX which is one of the largest cement producers in the world was founded in 1906 by Lorenzo Zambrano Gutierrez near Monterrey in Northern Mexico. It was initially named as Cementos Hidalgo. CEMEX remained a domestic company till 1960. During this period it acquired company called Cementos Portland Monterrey and merged with Cementos Mexicanos. In 1982 when the economic crisis hit Mexico‚ the government was forced to liberalize its economy which allowed CEMEX to attract foreign investment
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Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review On 20th January 2015 Summary Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPIC)is an oil and gas service provider. The company provides services in the areas of oil‚ gas‚ and petrochemical sectors. Its business areas include reservoir management and services optimization‚ oil wells engineering‚ reservoir development and planning‚ oil field implement‚ reservoir monitoring and control‚ crude oil and petroleum product trading
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organization operates and on the organization itself‚ in order to formulate strategy. A number of tools are used in the process of strategic analysis‚ including PEST and/or SWOT analyses‚ and Michael Porter’s five forces model. http://www.bnet.com/topics/strategic+analysis http://www.ehow.com/about_5085518_reason-use-swot-pestle-analysis.html PEST Analysis The PEST analysis is a framework that is used during strategic analysis to scan the external macro-environment in which a firm operates
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Case Study 1 Cemex: A DIGITAL FIRM IN THE MAKING 1. How did digital technology transform the way Cemex ran its business? In previous years when Cemex began‚ the business’ operations ran without the use of digital technology‚ they used telephones as a communication medium between customers and employees. However‚ this proved to be futile because it was very time consuming and costly to Cemex. Phone lines were jammed as customers‚ truckers and dispatchers tried to get orders
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06 Internal Analysis In this part‚ the report will briefly illustrate the result from analysing the internal environment of CEMEX by supply chain analysis and resources and competences framework and VRIO model. 6.1 Value Chain Analysis Activities | Resources | Competencies | PrimaryActivities | Supply chain management | | * Good relationships with products suppliers and transportation companies | | Operations | - Internal design | - Import products from Vietnam | | Distribution
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CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers - R.Sathyanarayanan S Santhosh Kumar Shriram V Mohan Prasanth Subramaniam Goutham Raju To extend its global presence‚ CEMEX entered the Egypt market through acquisition of Assiut Cement Company CEMEX – Company background • CEMEX was founded in 1906 under the name Cementos Hidalgo • Purchased Mexican Cement producers and expanded into petrochemicals and tourism • Initially it was a domestic firm with 90% of revenues from Mexico • In 1992
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Cemex Case Write-up Cemex and the Low Income Construction Market * Cemex’s target market in Mexico does not realize their dream home‚ while they can afford it. * Cemex’s revenue comes from big-ticket/large scale customers‚ middle- and upper-income individuals‚ and low income/do-it-yourself homebuilder customers. The sales for low-income customers only drop 10-20% during 1994 Mexico crisis. And Cemex see large market potential in low-income customers market. Thus‚ Cemex’s target market
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his “creative thinking”‚ but I am very sorry to say this kind of “creative thinking” is called “YY” in China. 2. Did the Reward Program motivate retailers to sell more CEMEX products? I’m afraid not. Here we have to define what the real motivation is? Yes‚ making money. Where is the money come from? Yes‚ the end-users. If CEMEX can de-commoditizing the product and crate really value for the end-users‚ its products will become money making products which can bring long-term cash for the retailers
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How did CEMEX elect to compete in a Blue Ocean? How might the changes that they undertook be viewed from the perspective of core competencies? CEO Zambrano realized that due to the consolidation and commoditization of the construction products industry‚ traditional concrete manufacturers would struggle to survive if they did not expand into uncharted markets. Until the late 1990s‚ CEMEX had focused almost exclusively on cement. However‚ customers found little use for cement unless paired
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