VALUE CHAIN AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF PT.TOYOTA (BASED ON THE THEORY M. Porter) COMPANY PROFILE * PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia * Headquarters Jl. Yos Sudarso‚ Sunter II‚ Jakarta 14330‚Tel (021) 6515551 (hunting)‚Fax (021) 6515360 Established: July 15‚ 2003 * Paid-in Capital: Rp. 400 000 000 000 * Shareholders: PT. Astra International Tbk (51%) & Toyota Motor Corporation (49%) * Toyota Dealer Network 5 Primary Dealer: * PT Astra International‚
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information value chain for a competitive business venture The Information Value Chain (IVC) is a concept developed by Sebastian Schwolow and Mikkel Jungfalk Andersen focusing on information‚ management‚ organisation and communication. Information is abundant and need to be filtered‚ managed for truly use as valuable information which is scarce‚ costs time and money. Effective management of information can reduce these costs and result in a true competitive advantage Producing‚ maintaining and nurturing
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2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (2 ICBER 2011) PROCEEDING nd nd SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR MARKET LEADERSHIP AMONGST THE PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN MALAYSIA Loh Teck Hua KDU University College Business School Section 13 Campus‚ 76‚ Jalan Universiti‚ 46200‚ Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor DE ABSTRACT One of Malaysia’s economic goals is to become an education hub for the region. To achieve this‚ the Malaysian government had liberalised government
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Week One Case Assignment Analysis MRKT 5000 Rietta D. Owens Ford Develops a Strategy for Competitive Advantage Case Summary: Ford is the second largest U.S.-based automaker and the fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list‚ based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2009‚ Ford faced declining sales of 23.4 percent‚ a change in leadership and a great possibility that it would
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Sustaining Competitive Advantage: Cargill as a Case Study Introduction Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food‚ agricultural‚ financial and industrial products and services‚ with considerable economic influence around the world. The company was founded in Minnesota‚ U.S.A. in 1865‚ and currently employs 160‚000 people in 68 countries‚ Cargill (2009) <http://www.cargill.com/>. Cargill is the United States’ largest privately held (85% of shares held by Cargill and MacMillan
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A competitive advantage results in some level of superior customer value based on a customer’s preference for performance benefits‚ the cost of the purchase‚ and the ease of the purchase. Businesses with a cost advantage are able to create superior customer value even with products that have average performance benefits if the businesses offer the products at below-average cost. Businesses that have a meaningful differentiation advan- tage are likewise able to create superior customer value with
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1. Introduction Virgin Blue is the low-fare/high quality carrier‚ one of the leading airways in Australian airline industry. Its objective has been established itself as Australia’s leading low-fares scheduled passenger airline through continued improvements and expanding offerings of its low-cost service and caters to customers who are after an economical‚ yet reliable airline. Virgin Blue was launched on August 3‚ 2000. Having only starting with two aircrafts‚ it has since expanded to all major
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fabric‚ plush animals‚ disposable diapers‚ wallpaper‚ infant and toddler apparel‚ and other items. The companies main business relied on producing and selling greeting cards. However‚ because the market for greeting cards is mature and highly competitive‚ Suzy’s Zoo reorganized to provide regular greeting cards (Suzy’s Zoo Greeting Cards) and licensing agreements (Suzy’s Zoo Studio). Licensing proved to be a gigantic success‚ and total sales went from ~$6 million in 1992 to $100 million in 2005
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Advantages of marginal costing (Relative to the absorption costing) Preparation of routine operating statements using absorption costing is considered less informative for the following reasons: 1. Profit per unit is a misleading figure: in the example above the operating margin of Rs2 per unit arises because fixed overhead per unit is based on output of 5‚000 units. If another basis were used margin per unit would differ even though fixed overhead was the same amount in total 2. Build-up or run
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business professionals and identify five key areas of information systems knowledge. ❑ Give examples to illustrate how the business applications of information systems can support a firm’s business processes‚ managerial decision making‚ and strategies for competitive advantage ❑ Provide examples of the components of real world information systems. ❑ Provide examples of several major types of information systems. ❑ Identify several challenges that a business manager might face in managing
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