before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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1.0 Introduction Sales force automation is involving in all activities in sale department which include customer management‚ information sharing and other else‚ to boost up with the software. It is easy to connect between the organization and the sales manager trough this software. Sale force automation can be showed with difference style when connect with difference technology. For example‚ ATM is a type of sales force automation software that help the bank to satisfy the customer need which
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Ducati is looking to continue to drive growth by taking market share from current competitor Harley Davison. The firm plans to attack the market niche of Harley Davison with the Ducati interpretation of its cruiser. This is a misguided way to drive sustainable growth in the long term. Harley Davison is a major American motorcycle manufacturer‚ and dominated the U.S. heavy weight motorcycle market. In 2000m Harley produced 204‚500 motorcycles a 15.5% increases over 1999. Relative to other major
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1. The SWOT analysis for IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative is as follows: Strengths: 1. IBM has high quality and efficient employees who satisfy all the customers’ needs and want. 2. IBM is a well-known brand name in the world. Weaknesses: 1. IBM seems to focus only on big companies whereas there are a large number of small and medium companies around the world. 2. They are exploring new products in complex markets which might make changes difficult. Opportunities: 1. Offering new technologies
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IBM and their workforce diversity program. 1. IBM is a pioneer in diversity programs. How does it diversity its employees (the criteria). Discuss those (the criteria) in brief. Answer: IBM considered by many to be the leading organization in the field which manages a strong workforce diversity. IBM diversified their workforce in these criteria’s: A. Gender B. Physical Ability C. Age D. Ethnicity Discussion: A. IBM diversified their workforce by advancing women’s which represents ”Gender”
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POTENTIAL AS A WHOLE è OUR FUTURE GOAL: Growth scenario: comparison between electronic payment systems and e-billing penetration. Trends assumptions according to first possible scenario after the new customization strategy. 120% 100% e-billing penetration Penetration 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% e-billing penetration after new strategy (assumption of minimum scenario) electronic bill payment penetration E2009 E2010 E2012 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 E2011 10.320.000.000 $ Identification
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Secret Recipe uses IBM SurePos & iWaiter solutions to empower staff to increase sales and improve tracking of its franchisees’ sales Secret Recipe Cakes & Cafe (Secret Recipe) is a retail food-services company in Malaysia with more than 80 caf?locations. Established in 1997‚ Secret Recipe is a Malaysian company that produces and markets high-quality cakes‚ desserts and fusion food. Secret Recipe expanded significantly when it opened 82 moderately priced cafe‚ including 11 in Singapore
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UG2 Marketing Sales Promotion Sales promotion is one of the five aspects or elements of promotional mix. Promotional elements are advertising‚ personal selling‚ public relations‚ sales promotion and direct marketing. Sales and promotion is the fourth one. Sales promotion is a fast process that makes the people to be aware of some kind of good and services and increases their interests in buying those good or service‚ sales promotion is for all kind of customers. Sales promotion is one of
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Sales and Marketing Sales and marketing is a love hate relationship within a company. They both are vital to the selling process‚ but their jobs‚ while having the same objectives‚ are extremely different and often causes tension within a company. Marketing is based on research and development for a product in order to focus where it is to be placed in the market‚ how it is priced and promoted‚ while it is Sales duty to take the findings from the research and use them to land clients and customers
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Be a Sales Superstar By: Brian Tracy Dedication This book is dedicated to my dear friend and business partner Ib Moller‚ a great entrepreneur‚ a superb sales professional‚ an excellent executive and a fine person in every way. Preface This book is for ambitious salespeople who are eager to increase their sales and boost their incomes immediately. It is written for those who are‚ or intend to be‚ in the top 10% of their fields in selling. Every idea is aimed at the Sales Superstars of today
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