OVERVIEW In 2001‚ BMW came out with its latest innovative marketing strategy titled BMW Films. In partnering with Fallon and Anonymous Productions‚ who connected with A-list directors‚ actors‚ and production value‚ created a series of five films collectively called “The Hire” that generated 2.5 millions viewers with over 24‚000 more unit sales than the 2000. And the question now rise to what should BMW’s next move be. ANALYSIS It took the firm about 50 years from its first automobile in 1929
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Directors FROM: GGSB Consultancy DATE: 29th of February 2012 SUBJECT: BMW Business Strategy 1.0 Introduction In this report we will analyse BMW Group and the business strategies they used in order to gain competitive advantage and powerful presence in the market. We will discuss the impact of key factors that affected the company’s automobile industry by using appropriate strategy frameworks and SFA analysis. BMW Group is one of the leading car manufacturers worldwide‚ including other
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The BMW Group will expand production capacity at its US plant in Spartanburg from some 150‚000 to 240‚000 units by 2012. Plans for the expansion are already underway. Capacity at the Oxford MINI plant is to be increased to 260‚000 units per annum—without making further investments in infrastructure. The BMW Group will take the first step towards expanding its capacity in China by raising it from 30‚000 to 44‚000 units a year. Furthermore‚ the company will work on strategically increasing purchasing
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Brand kudos‚ company car tax efficiency‚ class-leading residual values and competitive whole life costs have resulted in BMW winning a record share of the UK contract hire and leasing market. New figures from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association reveal that BMW is the fastest growing premium brand manufacturer in terms of long term leasing vehicle acquisitions by contract hire companies. According to the newly published 2002 BVRLA Industry Review‚ BMW’s share of the leasing market
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considered the best strategy that BMW has to implement to address the four most important issues we mentioned in the SWOT Analysis (dealer relationship‚ image life cycle‚ Japanese power‚ and specialized competitors) is brainstorming and recollecting a few ideas. For this specific case‚ we came upon the following "brainstorming ideas" for each main issue: To begin explaining what each strategy is about and how we reached one final strategy to be used by BMW‚ let’s focus on the different "brainstorming
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BMW Read the case‚ and consider the following questions: 1. What main trends are identifiable in the business environment in general and in the automobile market in particular in 2004? • Equity prices had fallen until late in 2003: this‚ coupled with geopolitical tensions and concerns about oil supplies‚ add to the uncertainty about the economic and political environments • From the mid 1990s automobile producers strove to improve engineering adn quality of vehicles as a
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Marketing in MBA Marketing Analysis for BMW 1. Market Segment BMW focuses on the luxury/performance segment of global automobile business. BMW’s main markets are in Germany‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ Italy and France‚ while the United States is its critical market. 2. Customer value proposition BMW is neither a boutique‚ offering one or two specialty models‚ or the producer of several million automobiles a year with some sold through a luxury car division. Nor is it a vast conglomerate with
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MGM255-1301A MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS Phase 2 DB: BMW Anthony Martin Instructor: Jesse Richter Well first what is culture and how do you define it? It can be defined in many ways like what I think it is. Culture to me is the way we as a people are perceived by others. If you take that outlook and put it to a company say like BMW it merges nicely. What goes through your mind when you see someone driving in a BMW? If you’re like most people a number of things and it can be anything thing
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BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It by Dmitry Alenuskin‚ Andreas Schotter Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management 16 pages. Publication Date: Jun 23‚ 2012. Prod. #: TB0301-PDF-ENG BMW‚ the leading luxury car manufacturer in the United States‚ implemented a new marketing initiative based on its online video services aimed to increase sales of customized vehicles. Prior to the introduction of the "Dream It. Build It. Drive It." program‚ BMW’s SUV sales in America were in
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cASe Study BMW South AfricA Wireless Solution helps Car Manufacturer’s Logistics Management reduce Inventory Levels and keep more Accurate Stock Records Based in rosslyn Pretoria‚ BMW South Africa (SA) produces most of the 3 series BMW’s (right and left hand drive) at a volume of approximately 200 units per day. A large percentage of these vehicles (over 70%) are exported to the united States‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Japan‚ the uK‚ Singapore‚ taiwan‚ and Germany. An efficient and effective
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