SWOT Analysis Lucent Strengths ← Lucent’s switch set a new record by becoming the only switch in the history of the ARMIS (Automatic Reporting Management and Information System) Report that has achieved six 9s availability per switch‚ per year for five straight years. It recorded the best reliability performance of any switch ever‚ improved by over 22 percent from the previous year (1999)‚ and Lucent is the only switch supplier whose product has been improving consistently over the past few
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corporation’s business survival in order to keep competition in check and continue to remain profitable especially in the current global market where competition and increasing consumer demands are a challenge. The main objective of this proposal is to provide an appropriate analysis pertaining the operational challenges faced by Cisco Systems‚ an Internet networking icon in their business environment towards achieving their strategic goals. The analysis would include suitable
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Cisco Systems Inc.: Implementing ERP come ride with us your cowboys: bill atkinson denisa kubricka edmond lui georg wittenburg iman sharif Company Background • Founded in 1984 by two Stanford computer scientists • Became publicly traded in 1990 • Primary product is “router” • By 1997‚ Cisco was ranked top five companies in return on revenues and ROA in Fortune 500 • In 1998‚ market capitalization was over $100 billion Markets • Cisco was a key infrastructure supplier for the “New
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EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION SYSTEM India and Pakistan were partitioned and given independence in 1947‚ after which there was remarkable improvement in scientific and technological education and research; illiteracy‚ however‚ remained high. The new constitution adopted by India did not change the overall administrative policy of the country. Education continued to be the prime responsibility of the state governments‚ and the union (central) government continued to assume responsibility for the coordination
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1. Executive Summary of the Case This case study goes through the evolution of IT governance at Cisco and the related project management. This case is a classic example of the result of a decentralized governance of business units. What happened to CISCO due to the decentralized governance‚ how the business processes were modified to overcome the chaos created by the decentralized governance and how the employees and management reacted to this change in CISCO’s business governance? This case clearly
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Industries and Countries CLOSING CASE cisco systems develops a collaborative approch to organizing Cisco Systems‚ famous for developing the routers and switches in which the Internet is built‚ is faced with reexamining its organizing approach in order to improve how its teams and divisions work together. Despite still making billions in revenues‚ John Chambers‚ CEO‚ recognized that his mechanistic approach would not be enough to overcome Cisco’s shrinking market value. Thus‚ implementing a “collaborative
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Cisco Systems Uses Its Culture for Competitive Advantage Case Study Cisco Systems Uses Its Culture for Competitive Advantage Introduction Cisco Systems‚ Inc. is the worldwide leader in providing hardware‚ software and related services to enable networking for the Internet. Today‚ networks are an essential part of business‚ education‚ government‚ and home communications. Cisco hardware‚ software‚ and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make these networks possible‚
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Pete Solvik made a very good decision to upgrade the existing information system by implementing ERP when the company encountered a major shutdown for two days. One reason the project became successful was because of internal recruiting. The team consisted of the best business people. The company just did not rely on IT department‚ instead IT and business people worked together to meet the core objectives. The estimated costs and time to complete to the project matched closely with the initial
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Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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1. Discuss the evolution of Market Marketing has evolved through three successive stages of development: Product orientation‚ Sales orientation‚ and market orientation. Product orientation stage Firms adopted the “product orientation” typically focus on the quality and quantity of offerings‚ while assuming that customers will seek out and buy well made products with reasonable prices. . This mindset is commonly associated with a long ago era‚ when demand exceeded supply. The primary focus in
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