a Case Study about “The Honda Element” Comment on the factors leading to success of the Element include Honda’s platform strategy as well as any other aspects oft he new product progress that you feel relevant. The Element—a cost-efficient‚ new light truck from Honda—is conceived for the target Generation Y. This generation is a really lucrative market‚ almost as large as the “baby boom” generation. In this way‚ Honda used demographic segmentation to identify a segment with very high potential
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History‚ Growth and Development Honda Motor Company‚ LTD. (HMC)‚ a publically traded company‚ was founded by Soichiro Honda in October 1946. HMC originated in Hamamatsu‚ Japan as a technical research institute‚ and produced the first A-type motorcycle engine. In 1948‚ the Honda Motor Company‚ LTD. was established. Demand for Honda motorcycles increased and the HMC established its first overseas subsidiary in the United States (U.S.) with the opening of its first motorcycle dealership in 1959
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The Honda Supercub A Introduction In 1984‚ Richard Pascale published a paper which described the extraordinary success Honda had experienced with the launch of their motorcycles in the US market in the early 1960s. It was an article that has generated discussion about strategic development processes ever since. Extracts from his article follow. The US market had been served by Harley-Davidson of the USA‚ BSA‚ Triumph and Norton of the UK and Moto-Guzzi of Italy. In 1959 Harley was the market
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Integrity Integrity is the act of keeping to your personal morals or ethics. Malcom Friedberg wrote about who he thinks Barack Obama is and why he thought he should be president: ” ….that’s the man I want to run my country: the man who has the courage to do what’s best for all of us‚ and not to compromise because it provides him with some short-term gain. Show me the man that will risk losing the election because he won’t compromise his values‚ and I’ll show you the man that deserves the right
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to aim for 120%.” When founder Soichiro Honda said this he defined the company’s fundamental approach to quality: what it means to strive to be a company society wants to exist. Determined to meet or exceed the expectations of customers‚ Honda is taking new initiatives to reach ever-higher product quality standards. That is who we are. To strengthen customer trust by offering products founded in safety and offering a new level of outstanding quality‚ Honda has created a quality cycle that continuously
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Management Introduction Honda’s product portfolio Honda has offered products that supplement the lifestyles of their consumers around the globe. They have been producing motorcycles for more than 60 years now and are world’s top leading motorcycle manufacturer in terms of the number of units sold. According to the official Honda Motorcycles website‚ Honda has manufactured a total of 200 million motorcycles as of 2008. Page 1 of 7 Group Paper Honda manufactures 10 different types of motorcycles
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single-spaced printed copy of individual write ups (Honda A‚ B) at the beginning of next class. §Read 1.Book Chapter 1 2.Honda(A)‚ HBS Case #384049 3.Honda(B)‚ HBS Case #384050 4.Appendix 2 in Syllabus (re-read) §Questions to prep (Honda A‚B) : 1.What caused Honda’s success? 2.What role did “good management” play in Honda’s success? 3.How do you define “good management” in #2? Research and development Sales volume Forestall tech obsolescence‚ Honda stay abreast of tech developments. More flexible
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HONDA Introduction In a fast-changing world and in a turbulent automotive industry in particular‚ Honda seeks to remain compact and efficient. With PQM Honda has introduced a company approach that is based on systematic methods and which aims to achieve excellent results through a focus on customers‚ continual quality improvement‚ and participation by everybody. Honda’s goal is to improve the feasibility and to strengthen the presence of Honda in the world automotive market. The Honda story begins
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turned into the world’s largest vehicle producer and became one of main players in international vehicle industry (Jeffrey Hays 2009). For instance‚ Honda‚ a well-known Japanese vehicle producer‚ it is also one of the best car sellers in Malaysia. Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd was born in 15 November 2000 as a result of the formation of partnership between Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan‚ DRB-HICOM Berhad and Oriental Holdings Berhad. It produces a wide range of product besides car‚ motorcycles‚ automobiles
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Strength 1. Diversified product portfolio. Honda unlike many other automotive companies does not focus only on selling vehicles. It is the largest producer of the engines and motorcycles as well. Therefore‚ the company is not as susceptible as its competitors are to market cycles or technology disruptions. 2. Huge investments in R&D. Honda’s investments in R&D reach as much as 5% of revenue. The business relies on these investments to achieve competitive advantage through various
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