Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales‚ but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that‚ in field tests‚ deliver customer benefits that are many times CMI’s manufacturing costs. Joseph Fernandez and Rajiv Sanwal of CMI’s Engineered Products Division are responsible for formulating a strategy for the new product. A key issue is the price to charge for the pads. The case raises issues of analyzing market potential‚ aligning price with business strategy‚ and the implications
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Cat Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial turbines. It is also a technology leader in construction‚ transportation‚ mining‚ forestry‚ energy‚ logistics‚ and electric power generation. Its corporate world headquarters is located in Peoria‚ Illinois. Cat Inc is comprised of 26 business units. Cat Inc. is rated number 1 or 2 in every major S&P 500 and Dow Jones Index tracked category in the Construction‚ Agriculture
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proper evaluation is done prior to end of probation period or renewal of contract Creating the job descriptions for the whole company Organizing and carry out exit interviews. Performance Appraisal Develop a performance appraisal process Train managers and supervisors on the process Enhance and supervise the performance appraisal process‚ to ensure periodical evaluation and proper documentation is maintained in line with Company Policy. Training and Development Outsource training institutes
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drive sales to support our annual business goals. Long term is to have consumers fall in love with our brand experience so that other brands are far second‚ third choices or no choice at all. 9. What do you think are three key abilities of a good manager? ** Be an active listener‚ encourage
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abbey with its long term goals. OMS‚ will address all of these concerns and in a step by step mode how to go about making it possible. Below a chart on a sample of Operations Strategy Process 1 Problem 2.1 As an operations manager‚ you are concerned about being able to
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Matthiessen’s rule Prediction of thermal conductivity of 2steel 1∗ 1 Introduction There are many situations in design or in process modelling where it would be useful to know the thermal conductivity of the steel being used‚ and how it would change as a function of temperature. With the lack of any quantitative model the usual recourse is to look for a similar composition contained in published tables of data [1‚ 2‚ 3]. However‚ in the absence of a quantitative model it is not possible to assess
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1.0 Introduction: It is rightly said that finance is the life-blood of business. No Business can be carried on without source of finance. The financial manager is mainly responsible for raising the required finance for the business. There are several sources of Finance and as such the finance has to be raised from the right kind of source. Generally speaking‚ there are two sources of finance as follow: 1) SPONTANEOUS SOURCES: Finance which naturally arises in the course
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Listening and communicating Communication Approach • Communication takes place only when a message sent by one person has been receveid and undertstood by another person Reasons Managers Communicate • Pass on and receive information • Establish and maitain relationships • Tell people what they are expected to do and help them learn • Give feedback and crticism • Encourage‚ motivate and influence • Help others solve problems and develop actions plans • Work with others to come up with new ideas
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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MM5762 MARKETING MANAGEMENT GROUP PROJECT LECTURER: DR. PIYUSH SHARMA FACULTY OF BUSINESS THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Prepared by Group 2 KWAN Tak Wing Andy 13036541G SHUM Tiu Tiu Danny 13010819G WU Fung Nga Tracy 13033465G YEUNG Shuk Ming Ming 13021967G FONG Ying Ying Scarlett 12011198G TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 MARKETING STRATEGY 4 3. MARKETING MIX 7 4. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT 8 5. MARKET ANALYSIS
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FIANCE FOR MANAGER ASSIGNMENT Submission Date: 05th May 2013 Question: You are required to evaluate the financial performance of AirAsia Bhd. over its recent two years operation. * A brief description of the AirAsia Bhd.’s history‚ the nature of products/services in operation and the objectives. Figure 1.0 Air Asia Logo. AirAsia Berhad (MYX: 5099) is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia Berhad is Asia’s largest‚ and the world’s best‚ low-fare
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