Strategic Management 313 Unit Index Number 3522 Semester 1‚ 2006 BMW Automobiles [pic] Group Members Daniel Smentek‚ 13264679 Melanie Bernroitner‚ 13264682 Marie-Charlotte Neumann‚ 13264640 Submitted on‚ May 16‚ 2006 Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 5 BMW and the Automobile Industry 6 Aspects of the Automobile Industry 6 Historical Background of BMW 6 BMW in the Global Environment 9 General Environment of the Automobile Industry
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Identity I am here today to discuss our Australian Identity. How do you imagine a typical Australian? Maybe you see a blonde haired‚ blue eyed surfing babe? Or a bushman who drinks Bushels tea and four X beers while munching on some snags cooked on the BBQ? Or perhaps you see someone like Steve Irwin‚ our iconic crocodile hunter. Or do you picture the movie “Crocodile Dundee?” Australians are stereotyped and our typical Australian is usually imagined to be male. (Click) Russell Ward‚ well known author
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Motor Works) TABLE OF CONTENTS An overview of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG----------------------------------P.4 BMW – Mission-------------------------------------------------------------------------P.5 Automobile Market--------------------------------------------------------------------P.9 BMW – “The Ultimate Marketing Machine”-----------------------------------P.12 Customer-driven------------------------------------------------------------------P.12 Competitor-focused--------------------------------------------------------------P
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Non-Traditional Marketing Bavarian Motor Work created its BMW Films campaign to be unconventional with its non-traditional marketing. BMW sought out to change its frame of reference‚ for its target market segment; to do this BMW did not rely on deception in its advertising execution. Throughout each of the BMW films the viewer knew that the plot revolved around a BMW vehicle and what the car could do for the actors. BMW has three market segments that create the 7 Series‚ the 5 Series and the
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Background: The Munich based Bayerische Motoren Werke AG(BMW)automobile company grew into one of the leading automobile producers in the world by the 1990s‚ and radically changed the way BMW was handling “innovation process management” at its automobile division. Goals: To develop and demonstrate exceptional skills in constantly creating and capturing value‚ through its innovations and development of new products. Actions(Actual Ideas): The new innovation management system was developed and
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on “what makes a BMW a BMW”. In fact‚ there was no product launch to advertise and BMW was able to use this time to shift its strategy from ‘push’ to ‘pull’. The goal of this advertisement was to “produce the most exciting‚ fun thing people had ever seen come out of their computer”. In terms of numbers‚ this campaign was used to maintain growth and sales‚ which had been growing excessively since 1992: from 60 000 units sold to 180 000 units (exhibit 1). In terms of target‚ BMW wanted to attract
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| Valuation BMW Group | BUSM31 – Strategic Financial Management | 2010-10-27 | Group 14 | | | Tutor: Authors: Måns Kjellsson Daniel Hedevåg Jonas Karlsson Mathias Ljungberg Jakob Tuvehjelm Background BMW is one of the ten largest automobile manufacturers in the world‚ with an annual production of 1.3 million cars (2009). It is furthermore one of the leading manufacturers in the premium car segment. BMW Group brand portfolio includes in addition
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- Case: BMW Film. Answer the following question: - 1/ Was the BMW film idea a good one? How successful has the campaign been? - 2/ What was the motivation behind the idea? Who was the target market for the BMW films campaigns? - 3/ What should McDowell do? Which option should he pick? Answer : 1/ Was the BMW film idea a good one? How successful has the campaign been? Answer : Definitely it is. Firstly‚The BMW Film ‘ The Hire’ attracts nine million people to view it on
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CONTROLLING What quality control procedures operate within BMW? BMW believe that quality is of key importance in every stage of the manufacturing process‚ from product conception to customer feedback. Principles applied are consistency and complete coverage of all requirements throughout the development and production process. Quality control is achieved through a system of quality audits at every stage of the manufacturing process: the production of parts‚ components and in the assembly plants
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What are the causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products? What should be done to improve “launch quality”? BMW made extensive use of computer-aided design and computer simulation before testing by actually sitting in and driving a fully functional vehicle. Prototyping can improve the quality of requirements and specifications provided to developers. Because changes cost exponentially more to implement as they are detected later in development‚ the early determination
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