SUMMARY CEO Statement October 2007 marks the 170th year P&G has been in business. We’ve sustained our Company’s growth over such a long period of time by staying focused on P&G’s Purpose: improving consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways every day. Our commitment to Sustainable Development‚ which we define as “ensuring a better quality of life for everyone‚ now and for generations to come‚” is an important part of how we fulfill P&G’s Purpose. We have a long heritage as a Sustainability
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) serves individuals around the world with one of the most influential portfolios of trusted‚ quality‚ leadership brands. To appreciate the importance of the P&G corporate philanthropy movement‚ one needs to acknowledge its scope. Procter and Gamble’s corporate philanthropy is not just limited to monetary donations made by corporations. The P&G supports projects to benefit the global communities in which the company operates with operations in 90 countries‚ serves nearly 5 billion
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Gamble in Japan: From Marketing Failure to Success Procter & Gamble (P&G)‚ the large US consumer products company‚ has a well-earned reputation as one of the world’s best marketers. With its 80-plus major brands‚ P&G generates more than $37 billion in annual revenues worldwide. Along with Unilever‚ P&G is a dominant global force in laundry detergents‚ cleaning products‚ and personal care products. P&G expanded abroad after World War II by exporting its brands and marketing policies to Western Europe
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P&G Case Analysis The history of P&G is a vivid story of organization strategy as it goes through the entrepreneurial‚ collectivity‚ formalization‚ and elaboration stages. It evolves from a domestic company to multination‚ global‚ international‚ and finally transnational company. The organization structure keeps evolving correspondingly in its life cycle. As it becomes a globalized company‚ it is weighed down by the bureaucracy and hierarchy. Finding a fit organization structure and executing
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pre-1990’s era P&G found their international expansion through the use of a localization strategy. They did develop many of their products in Cincinnati‚ but they relied on their semi-autonomous subsidiaries to manufacture‚ market and customize many of their products for the local markets their served. This model started to show signs of strain when many of the trade barriers that existed‚ specifically between European countries were lifted. This created an increase in competition‚ and for P&G exposed
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Summary Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a world-leading producer of consumer goods. Today‚ it consists of over 20 million dollar brands (like Gillette) and operates in 42 countries (Wikipedia‚ 2012). The company has achieved success by creating high quality brand recognized products that are sold on multinational level. It has found the necessary efficiencies to be able to satisfy its consumers better than the competition. Despite its success‚ the future of P&G as an industry leader will
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International HR Project: Procter & Gamble Co. Rachel Angelina Walker Morrisville State College BSAD 415 International Human Resource Management Dr. Linda F. Turner February 10‚ 2013 Organizational Background P&G is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products. The company markets its products in over 180 countries spanning Americas‚ Europe‚ EMEA and Asian region. In the company profile (The Proctor and Gamble Company)‚ P&G’s organizational
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About the Consumer Products Industry Nondurable consumer products or consumables companies develop and manufacture a variety of household items that have a limited life span‚ usually three years or less. The industry can be segmented into household products and personal care products. Household products include: soaps and other detergents‚ such as laundry detergents and bleaches; polishes and sanitation goods; and other cleansing agents. Personal care products consist of : personal cleaning
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dropped from 43.5to 41.6(%). The penetration rate of P&G in year 2011 decreased by 8.3% compared with that in 2010‚ and continued a downside trend by the first quarter of 2012 by 7.5%. Compared with BIC‚ who increased 5.8 % penetration in 2011 followed by a 10.9% drop by 1st quarter of 2012‚ ENEGIZER first 1.8% drop followed by a continuous 9.8% drop‚ and other retailed brand which decreased by 9.9% followed by another downturn of 9%‚ P&G in its B&R area did not do well in gaining potential
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manufacturer (Procter and Gamble‚ or P&G) and a retailer (Wal-Mart). Both major players in their industries‚ P&G and WalMart found a way to leverage on information technology by sharing data across their mutual supply chains. The resulting channel has become more efficient because channel activities are better coordinated. There are reduced needs for inventories with increased sales by focusing on selling what the customers want. All in all‚ the supply chain between P&G and Wal-Mart has adopted a much
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