SMART CAR CASE 1. What is Smart’s competitive advantage? Its brand image? The Smart Car‚ made by DaimlerChrysler‚ offers a cost focus and focused differentiation. It brand image is very narrowly focused. Smart appeals to single people (or families with no children)‚ who primarily do city driving and want a no frills automobile that is economical and eco-friendly. Some advantages that Smart brings to the table are as follows. First‚ the vehicle has an exceptional look that appeal to those who
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SwissCorporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries headquartered in Biel‚ Switzerland‚ SMH became known as The Swatch Group Ltd. In 1998. The Swatch Group produces major’s brands of watches‚ from Luxury and private labels to basic watches. Each part of the group has its own organization‚ management‚ and own building sites thus making it decentralized. In the early 1970s‚ The Swatch Group was losing market shares to cheap Asian quartz watches in particular those made in Taiwan‚ China‚ and South
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Smart Car Technology Answer A : The TravTek navigationsystem is installed in 100 Oldsmobile Toronados‚ the visual part of the system is a computer monitor. Through detailed colour maps‚ it leads the driver through the town. The map changes all the time‚ cause a computer connected to a navigation-satellite‚ and with a magnetic compass installed‚ calculates the fastest or easiest way to your destination. When yellow circles appear in a particular place on the screen‚ it means that there is traffic
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Project report On BRANDING AND PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY SUBMITTED TO :- NEERAJ JHA SIR MERCEDES-BENZ MOHAN CO-OPERATIVE BADARPUR NEW DELHI 110044 SUBMITTED BY :- FARAZ ARIF MBA (IB & MARKETTING) MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY student declaration
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Smart USA Marketing Plan Smartfortwo Megan Barnett‚ Johnathon Bish‚ Nathan Downes‚ and Hannah Loyd DeVry University‚ BUSN 319 April 6‚ 2009 Introduction and Mission Statement What seems to be the trend in today’s market and what some are already practicing is the “green” life style. There is a need to create a product that can adhere to this lifestyle in a way that helps the planet‚ can be done safely and in style‚ with effortless routine‚ while clearly stating that you are contributing to the
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the fully automated assembly line is implemented without the human intervention. In addition‚ to keep Swatch competing with low cost manufacturers‚ the capital-investment is applied as a result of decreasing in costs. The lean and flat hierarchies help enhancing the innovativeness and creativity throughout the company. The hybrids of centralization and decentralization management allow Swatch to yield the benefit from the local knowledge while maintaining the control over the distribution and management
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Case study on Smart Cars entering Nigeria and how it can be a success after its launch in Indonesia. Lagos‚ Nigeria is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa continent and is in a desperate need of the automobile industry. The car black market and high taxes are killing the automobile industry in Nigeria. Smart cars would prove to be a boon for the country‚ both economically and environment. South Africa wants to support Nigeria set up the automobile industry in Nigeria‚ which would provide
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Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈt͡seːdəs ˈbɛnt͡s]) is a German automobile manufacturer‚ a multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG. The brand is used for luxury automobiles‚ buses‚ coaches‚ and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is headquartered in Stuttgart‚ Baden-Württemberg‚ Germany. The name first appeared in 1926 under Daimler-Benz but traces its origins to Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s 1901 Mercedes and toKarl Benz’s 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen‚ which is widely regarded as
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Product The Smart Car concept derives from an artistic feel; mainly‚ small‚ fun to drive‚ a fashionable car‚ urban centred‚ and image base (its association with Mercedes). Product Design The Smart Car Roadster Coupe is a small‚ plastic-bodied‚ two seater weighing 1836.5 lbs‚ 134.9 in long‚ and offers a bit of power for being relatively light in design with a top speed of 137 mph (220 km/h). (http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1800/Smart-Roadster-Coupe-V6.html) Rating 0-60 in 5.9 sec‚ the Roadster
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significance of Karl Benz‚ Gottlieb Daimler and the first Automobiles Towards the end of the industrial revolution‚ as the internal combustion engine developed‚ the opportunity to find an alternative to horse powered carriages arrived. According to G.N Georgano‚ Karl Benz‚ a German engineer who worked in his own workshop in Mannheim developed and built engines for a living. In the year 1885‚ he develops his first prototype. Named the Benz Patent Motorwagen‚ his three wheeled car is patented in 1886
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