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History: The Procter & Gamble Company‚ also known as P&G‚ is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ USA. Its products include pet foods‚ cleaning agents and personal care products. In 2012‚ P&G recorded $83.68 billion dollars in sales William Procter‚ a candle maker‚ and James Gamble‚ a soap maker‚ emigrated from England and Ireland respectively. They settled in Cincinnati initially and met when they married sisters‚ Olivia and Elizabeth
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Case study: Dell Computer Corporation Number of words: 2352 Introduction Dell Computer Corporation is one of the most famous computer brands in the world‚ and relies on its unique development and management model that occupies the large number of PC sales volume in a long term period. Dell Computer Corporation can be successful and lead the PC sales industry‚ because of the simple vision and business concept- the personal computer could be built to order. Through the build-to-order strategy customers
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Summary 1 Name of the book: Operations management for competitive advantage 11th edition. Section# 1: Operations Strategy and Managing Change Chapter# 2: Operations Strategy and Competitiveness The first section of this chapter explains the meaning of operations strategy. It includes a brief introduction to operations strategy with a historical example about the scenario of the post-World War II era. The second section is divided into three sub-sections: competitive dimensions‚ the notion
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Title: Difference in Competences between Nurses prepared at Associate Level vs Baccalaureate Level Nursing Name: LaToya Boyce Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-0503 Feb 21‚2015 A nurse is described as a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick and infirm. My paper will focus on the differences between an Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) and a Baccalaureate Degree Nurse (BSN). I will explain the differences in the education‚ approaches‚ and the roles of each. Associate
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Strengths of P&G Weaknesses of P&G Customer understanding P&G invest twice as much in R&D than there closest competitor to identify opportunities for innovation and better serve and communicate with our consumers. There average annual reach is -Interacting with more than five million consumers in nearly 100 countries. -conducting over 20‚000 research studies - invest more than $400 million. Customer base changes Customer preferences and behaviours all effect P&G because the company is
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Colgate’s ‘Simply White’ posed a threat to P&G’s dominant market share in the over- the-counter teeth whitening product category. Colgate emphasized that its product bleached teeth as effectively as P&G’s Crest Whitestrips and priced it at a significant 65% lower than Whitestrips which allowed it to gain almost 50% market share. Although concept tests done by P&G indicated that consumers perceived both products to be equal in terms of whitening levels‚ P&G’s internal scientific data suggested that
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P&G-Gillette Introduction On January 28th 2005 P&G agreed to buy Gillette for $57bn (£30). Gillette was the number 1 in razor accessories and proctor gamble was number 1 in consumer products‚ a marriage of the best in their respective industries. The merger of the two companies created “the world’s largest consumer products conglomerate.” Gillette was a leader in its category of razors and batteries‚ merging with P&G provided it access to P&G’s technology and marketing skills
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manufacturer (Procter and Gamble‚ or P&G) and a retailer (Wal-Mart). Both major players in their industries‚ P&G and WalMart found a way to leverage on information technology by sharing data across their mutual supply chains. The resulting channel has become more efficient because channel activities are better coordinated. There are reduced needs for inventories with increased sales by focusing on selling what the customers want. All in all‚ the supply chain between P&G and Wal-Mart has adopted a much
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617-783-7410. This document is authorized for use only in PGDM - 06122013 - IV by Prof Sunil Sangra at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) from June 2013 to September 2013. c h a p t e r 4 Transforming the Corporation The Design of Procter & Gamble p roc te r & gam b le ( p & g ) ‚ the world’s largest consumer packaged-goods company‚ spent most of the 1990s in a restructuring mode. It actively acquired new businesses‚
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