A. Strategic resources required 1. Core Competencies Flexible with seasons Fashion is fickle‚ and trends come and go. For Katsa Co. to be able to survive in the cutthroat world of fashion‚ it has to be able to keep up with the fast-changing trends. The company has to be forward-looking: anticipating what designs would prove popular for the forthcoming seasons Innovative designs Through test market surveys‚ we will able to determine what designs are more popular with our target market‚ which
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PROCTER & GAMBLE (P&G) Going Local: Procter & Gamble’s Homegrown Success in Japan Key Points • Carries out extensive local market R&D and also uses what is develops elsewhere in the region • Produces and distributes goods locally‚ tailoring processes to fit Japan’s market • Chose to base itself in Kansai • Remains committed to Japan despite strong competition • Continues to expand into new product lines through strategic M&A Procter & Gamble entered Japan in 1972 when it started a ¥2 billion joint
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Procter & Gamble‚ Inc. Scope Company Background Scope is a major brand in the health care division of Procter & Gamble‚ Inc. that has historically competed on the basis of delivering fresh breath and killing germs. Scope was the first brand to compete with both protection against bad breath and better taste‚ and entered the mouthwash market in 1967 to compete with Listerine. After company market research in 1990‚ Scope managers could see that in Canadian households mouthwash was used on average
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Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (A) [Piskorski & Spadini‚ 2007] September 25‚ 2012 Case Discussion Questions These questions are mainly for class discussion. However‚ they will also be quite helpful in preparing for the quiz. The possible essay questions for the exam have already been sent in the guidelines for the first exam. U.S. Divisional Structure in 1955 (Diagram 1) 1. What are the benefits of organizing by product rather than function? By using the product strategy
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| Case 5: P&G | | ------------------------------------------------- Company Background Porter and Gamble (P&G)‚ founded in 1837‚ is one of the biggest consumer goods company over the world. P&G sells shampoos‚ baby care products‚ medicine and food etc. It not only diversified the product range but also the product width. Therefore‚ P&G has several brands under one single category but aimed with different customer segments. P&G is also famous for its innovative and
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to the increase in their A/R turnover. In order to compare P&G to the industry‚ we had to define what industry a company as large as P&G belongs apart of. After our research‚ we determined that the industry average A/R turnover is 9.2. P&G’s 14.80 A/R turnover compares very favorably to the industry average of 9.2. 2011 The A/R turnover ratio for 2011 was 13.16‚ which was decrease from 14.80 in 2010. One factor that led to this was P&G’s increased involvement in international sales. The company
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Unilever and P&G – Comparative Analysis Executive Summary The Consumer Products Industry is the biggest industry in the world at the moment‚ with total revenues amounting to about 50% of all goods sold. It is comparable to the GDP of the 4th biggest economy in the world‚ and entails most of the products we use in our every day lives. There are 3 key factors that drive the industry today: developing markets‚ the emerging middle-class of developing countries and the millions of baby boomers in
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Unilever has experienced quite a rollercoaster of marketing success and failure over the last 5 years. Originally its new 5-year strategic plan entitled Path to Growth’ had special promise and forecast for success. The primary objective of this plan was to cull Unilever’s tail’ brands and place extra emphasis on those which were market leaders. Niail Fitzgerald believes that too many brands often confuse the customer and thus lead to poor purchasing decisions. The paradox of choice between Unilevers’
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wisdom of Tambrands becoming part of Procter & Gamble. Tambrands becoming part of Procter & Gamble was a wise decision because Tambrands‚ being that is was a single-product company‚ would be risky to pursue in a global campaign and to build a global distribution network all at the same time. Tambrands could not continue to be profitable if it were to launch this global marketing program was alone. The decision to become apart of P&G benefited both sides by putting P&G back in the tampon business and
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Procter and Gamble Case Study Procter & Gamble Executive summary: Procter and gamble is one of the most successful companies in the world. the company markets its brands in more than 140 countries‚ and had net earnings of $1.6 billions in 1990.the Canadian subsidiary contributed $1.4 billion in sales and $100 million in net earnings in 1990.it was recognized as a leader in the Canadian packaged-goods industry‚ and its customers brands led in most of the categories in which the company competed
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