HONDA TODAY Masami Kamimura has several decisions that he must make regarding the Honda Today and its future in the current Honda lineup. In the past few years‚ Honda invested ~5 billion in the Today and its R&D and production. Even with 22% of the market share for the Today‚ its total sales were only 100‚660 units for the 1987 sales. The Honda today is known for its small size and compact vehicle. It is an economy car to cater to the low-middle class families. The return on this car is marginal
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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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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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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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example of the former it’s the incursion of Honda to the US motorcycle market in the 1960’s‚ studied by different approaches as so as external and internal point of view. For Boston Consulting Group and Harvard Business School‚ it was a more design lens approach of how Honda incursion in the US market. They state that Honda’s strategy was directed towards high volumes per model‚ providing high productivity‚ and low costs. Their main overview highlights that Honda succeeded in US by introducing a new product
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Market Size Investments Government Initiatives Steel Prices Supply and Demand Analysis Cost of production Production Functions and Input: Fixed & Variable Inputs: Total & Average cost: Calculating Average Total Cost Average cost and Economics of Scale: Market Structure of steel industry: Price Discrimination in the Steel Market SWOT Analysis of Steel
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Three types of Market Structure Market structure can be described in terms of how much competition a seller has and the proportion of the market share they hold. Monopoly – one person or company dominates provision of a particular product or service‚ in the absence of competitors. Consumers do not have a choice for provision of the product in question. A monopoly can ‘call the shots’ on their product (price‚ availability etc.) as there is no alternative on offer to consumers. Monopolists
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Honda is a worldwide industry that continues finds ways to improve itself yearly. Newer Hondas have fewer problems compared to older versions. For example‚ the 2003 Honda Vehicles had 4‚849 problems in their first year compared to the 2015 Honda vehicles who had 339 problems in their first week according to Car Problem Zoo. Also‚ according to Statista in 2014 Honda hit its highest number of cars sold‚ 4.48 million cars. This was the best year for Honda‚ which is why they released their 2014 “Honda
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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY Commentary number: 2 Title of extract: Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences Source of extract: Business Standard Date of extract: March 30‚ 2013 Word count: 750 words Date the commentary was written: 1/04/2013 The commentary relates: Candidate name: Sushmi Dey | New Delhi March 30‚ 2013 Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences DIPP wants foolproof case on anti-cancer drugs of Roche‚ Bristol-Myers The department
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HONDA HYBRID (NATURALLY DRIVEN) Honda was so inspired by how magically easy mother nature does it that a range of Honda Hybrid cars were created to make it just as effortlessly to give back to nature. Customer value and satisfaction of this car is because Honda Hybrid family of cars designed to be spacious‚ exciting and versatile. It is used Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) . This is engineered to create natural balance between fun driving and eco-friendliness with the highly acclaimed petrol engine
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