The Innocent Drinks Design Culture Discuss and illustrate the extent to which a ‘design culture’ in an organisation can give it competitive advantage. I. Introduction In 21st century‚ the organizations are entering a brand new era full of opportuni-ties and innovations‚ and great changes have taken place in companies’ attitude to-wards some traditional practices. Design has become an essential issue. As the writer in “Designing the 21st century” observed: Throughout the industrialized
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13 Procurement 13 Maintaining Growth 14 Conclusion 17 Glossary of Terms 18 References 19 Bibliography 20 Appendix A – Innocent Annual Report 2007 22 Appendix B – Innocent Facts and Figures 23 Appendix C – Dec 2008 Financial Report 24 Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess Innocent Drinks‚ a UK based company who operate within the soft drink FMCG industry. This case study was derived from seeking the answer to how the organisation has achieved the growth‚ and how this
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SWOTS ANALYSIS OF INNOCENT DRINKS: Internal: Strengths: * Owners are 3 young men experienced with management consulting and advertising‚ which is crucial when starting a business. Thus by having this fundamental skills‚ they have an advantage in starting their business as compared to someone who does not have the knowledge of business. * Have aims and objectives. * High ambition‚ motivation and excellent personal caliber. This allows them to fulfill their mission and vision‚
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The innocent marketing story Marketing & brand stuff We believe that 95% of our marketing is in the bottle and like to let the drinks do all the talking. We’re very big on keeping the main thing‚ the main thing and try to be as innocent as we can in everything we do. So that means‚ quite simply‚ being natural‚ honest and making business decisions that we can all be proud of. We work hard to keep our brand fresh‚ just like our drinks. From changing our labels every few months‚ to putting nice little
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and Adam Balon founded the innocent drinks in 1998. All the three were in their respective fields of work and working for different companies after they graduated in 1994. Reed worked for an advertising agency‚ while Balon and Wright worked for different management consultants. The three friends always had an idea about starting a company of their own and in 1998 they founded the innocent drinks after an intense market research and testing their product. THE EARLY INNOCENT Reed‚ Balon and Wright organised
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Chapter 4 The External Environment The Environmental Domain Organization Environment is composed of all elements that exist outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect all or part of the organization. Its domain is the chosen field of action. The environment comprises several sectors or subdivisions of the environment that contain similar elements (ie. industry‚ raw materials‚ human resources‚ market‚ technology‚ financial resources‚ economic conditions‚ government
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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play a role‚ the vast majority of the highly successful business people I’ve met over the past 25 years do one thing in common – and they do it extraordinarily well. They monitor their business environment to predict future market trends. They analyse external forces‚ such as their competitive environment‚ economic conditions‚ technological possibilities‚ political and legal forces‚ changes in demographics‚ seasonal factors‚ as well as shifts in social behaviour”. Basically they engage their crystal
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The External Environment All outside factors that may affect an organization make up the external environment. The external environment is divided into two parts: ● ● Directly interactive: This environment has an immediate and firsthand impact upon the organization. A new competitor entering the market is an example. Indirectly interactive: This environment has a secondary and more distant effect upon the organization. New legislation taking effect may have a great impact. For example‚ complying
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