INDIVIDUAL CASE REPORT Cisco Systems Inc.: The Viking Challenge Submitted to: Mr. Dave Swanston Submitted by: Vishal Gupta ID: 125821880 20th March 2013 Executive Summary Cisco Systems Inc. is a $100 B technology company which provides internet networking solution to telecommunication and broadband service provider corporations. Cisco is leader in developing the networking equipment for the industry. Cisco wants to develop a new generation
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ruthless partnerships had been formed between‚ nearly‚ the entire world. An alliance of; France‚ Ireland‚ Russia‚ and the United Kingdom‚ became known as the Triple Entente. And on the other hand‚ the Triple Alliance was composed. The Triple Alliance included the powers of Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Italy which was formed in an effort to counteract the danger posed by that of the Triple Entente. Along with a faulty alliance system contributing to the clash between countries‚ there
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occur due to… i. Problems in the organization ii. Solutions that initiate change in the positive/ negative direction iii. Results that benefit the organization as a whole C. Cisco is an example of the reason why businesses can/ do change II. Problems that initiate change in a business (Cisco “Old System”) A. Changes in an organization are due in part due to the following… i. Failed/ outdated organization structure/ overlapping a.) Cisco’s example of staffers doing
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Strategic Plan of Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard’s operations are organized into seven segments: Services‚ Enterprise Storage and Servers (ESS)‚ HP Software‚ the Personal Systems Group (PSG)‚ the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG)‚ HP Financial Services (HPFS)‚ and Corporate Investments. Services‚ ESS and HP Software are reported collectively as a broader HP Enterprise Business. In April 2010‚ the Company completed its acquisition of 3Com Corporation. In July 2010‚ the Company completed the acquisition
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Introduction Five U.S. companies in September 2009 joined together and formed the partnership for Lebanon (PFL) and the bequest of then President George Bush. These five companies include: Cisco Systems‚ Intel Corporation‚ Ghafari Inc.‚ Occidental Petroleum‚ and Microsoft. The intent was for these companies to “help in the relief and reconstruction efforts in Lebanon” (Jamali‚ 2011). Soon thereafter‚ these companies concluded that to achieve the objective that five specific issues needed to be
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Tammy MacLean November 16‚ 2011 Cisco Systems (2001): Building and Sustaining a Customer-Centric Culture Introduction/General Problem Statement: Doug Allred was Vice President of Customer Advocacy organization of the Cisco’s corporation. This organization was erected to consolidated all functions that directly touched the customer but sales to provide high-quality customer service. Since August 2001‚ the IT market turned down and brought severe challenges to Cisco as the company had to lay off 18%
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Amanda Rector Professor Morris GEB 1101 March 10‚ 2013 CISCO CASE STUDY Cisco is a San Jose‚ California based company’s “virtual close” software. There was a before and after to Cisco. The primary key issues facing Cisco in 2001 were that the software was not giving adequate information‚ the employees of the company overlooked economic factors associated with any business‚ and the company was trying to fill orders that were unsustainable. What Cisco’s systems
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Part A Executive Summary (one Page) Part B+ Part C + Part D= Max 8 pages Part B (imp) Q. Cisco is committing to produce Viking at a single source Foxconn. Moreover‚ the Viking production mostly takes place within two-hour driving distance of the Hong Kong fulfillment center. “Cisco ran the risk of being overly dependent on a single supplier and whatever financial and operational constraints it had”. What are the potential risk factors in and around Hong Kong? Some risk factors are natural disasters
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2. HP SWOT Analysis Strengths: Hewlett-Packard (HP) is a global provider of personal systems‚ imaging and printing products‚ and technology solutions. It is the largest player in the inkjet and laser printer market. HP is also one of the market leaders in the global PC market. The one strength that I feel is important is that HP has a very strong distribution channel globally. Weaknesses: HP uses the Windows platform in all its I-PAQ phones. Incidentally‚ I-PAQ phones have been much criticized
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strategic alliance “A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives needed while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between Mergers & Acquisition and organic growth.” Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products‚ distribution channels‚ manufacturing capability‚ project funding‚ capital equipment‚ knowledge‚ expertise‚ or intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which
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