Channel levels Most businesses use third parties or intermediaries to bring their products to market. They try to forge a "distribution channel" which can be defined as "all the organisations through which a product must pass between its point of production and consumption" Why does a business give the job of selling its products to intermediaries? After all‚ using intermediaries means giving up some control over how products are sold and who they are sold to. The answer lies in efficiency of
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responsibility is defined in Chapter 5 as the corporate duty to create wealth by using means that avoid harm to‚ protect‚ or enhance societal assets. Did GE in the Welch era fulfill this duty? Could it have done better? What should it have done? I believe that Welch only fulfilled one portion of his corporate social responsibility duty. Financial results for GE show that Welch was very effective in directing a highly profitable company‚ but he did so at the expense of many of the employees of the business
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responsible for formulating effective distribution strategy (place) in order to keep the other Ps moving (Distributionstrategy.org.‚ 2013). As a result‚ studies described distribution strategy as crucial prerequisite for success of any business (Chapter 15: Product Distribution‚ n.d.). It is a plan of actions employed to move service/product from the manufacturer to the end consumers through different approaches such as physical distribution and distribution channels. Generally‚ it tries to describe where
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HBR - GE ’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch ’s Leadership Dawn Davis California Baptist University Professor Putulowski 18 October 2014 Summary of Backgrounds and Facts Jack Welch introduced transformational leadership at General Electric (GE) with the aim of stretching the organization towards achieving global objectives. Welch took the helm of the organization in 1981‚ at a time when the US economy was overwhelmed by recession. In addition‚ his predecessor‚ Jones‚ had introduced a highly
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Founded by American icon Thomas Edison‚ General electronic (GE) has been admired for his performance and spirit for more than 125 years. The businesses that they invent and build fuel the global economy and improve people’s life. GE is s very large corporation with business in a wide range of industries‚ including‚ aerospace‚ power system‚ health care‚ commercial finance and consumer finance. Today GE has more than 11 technology‚ services and financial business with more than 315‚000 employees in
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Introduction Technology in household appliances and entertainment systems is making the lives of consumers more convenient‚ and comfortable while remaining attainable to the masses. However associated with this technology is cost. Cost to the user‚ cost the environment‚ and cost to the future. Some of this technology has been used to increase efficiency‚ therefore reducing the costs. This increase in efficiency is a strong selling point allowing companies to market long term savings for the consumer
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External Analysis An external analysis is one of the most important tasks to complete when completing a strategic analysis for a given corporation. By looking at our Internal Analysis of General Electric (GE) we identified Strengths and Weaknesses and we were able to recognize the Distinctive and Core Competencies that exist within the General Electric organization. Our external analysis consists of two major analyses: The Competitive Analysis and the Industry Analysis. By taking a closer look
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Planning at GE Oil and Gas GE Oil & Gas was established in 2012 when GE Energy was divided into three new business units of General Electric. Prompted by poor financial performance‚ GE Oil & Gas was created in an effort to simplify business and also make General Electric more visible to its shareholders ("Working Environment | GE.com"‚ n.d.‚ p. 1). GE Oil & Gas has grown to become one of the key players in the energy sector. Operating in more than 100 countries and employing 43‚000 people‚ GE Oil & Gas
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3/25/2011 Ge Making Of Ceo Management of Organizations Case Write-up 1 – GE’s Talent Machine: The Making of a CEO http://www.papercamp.com/print/GeMaking-Of-Ceo/10993 1.What philosophy‚ policies‚ and practices have made GE a “CEO factory” as Fortune called it? General Electric (GE) has traditionally had a hands-on approach to talent management. There is a high degree of involvement of the top management in its people policies. There is a top-down approach to human resource policy. Also‚ GE recognized
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Omni-Channel 2012: Cross-Channel Comes of Age 2012 Benchmark Report Nikki Baird and Brian Kilcourse‚ Managing Partners June 2012 i Executive Summary Since our first cross-channel benchmark in 2007‚ we’ve observed how retailers have moved from accepting the notion that establishing a selling channel in the “digital” domain is important‚ to realizing that the new selling channels need to have some level of integration to the legacy store channel‚ and now to an understanding that
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