reasons for the initial failure of P&G in Japan. In the year of 1973 Procter and Gamble (P&G) entered the Japanese market‚ until the 1987 P&G was losing a lot of money. Why? Mostly because they didn’t thought about cultural differences. A company just can’t apply everywhere in the world the same products‚ managers‚ sales methods and strategies. Companies have to adjust their ‘working culture’ to the country where they are cooperating. In the case of P&G the following things went wrong:
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Japan president‚ Paolo de Cesare was preparing to meet with the Global Leadership Team (GLT) of Proctor and Gamble’s Beauty Care Global Business Unit (GBU). Since Max Factor Japan was the center of P&G’s rapidly growing cosmetics business in Asia‚ and it already had some European market experience as well‚ De Cesare believed it was time to expand the SK-II line into P&G’s global market‚ and make it a global brand. As he prepared his proposal for the GLT‚ de Cesare did recognize that the potential risks
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Transforming the Corporation The Design of Procter & Gamble How Design Thinking Turned the Business Around EXCERPTED FROM The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage BY Roger Martin Buy the book: Amazon Barnes & Noble HarvardBusiness.org Harvard Business Press Boston‚ Massachusetts ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-5503-5 5502BC This document is authorized for use only in PGDM - 06122013 - IV by Prof Sunil Sangra at Birla Institute of Management
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Strategic Locations Proctor & Gamble took time in deciding where to locate both their regional headquarters and the perfume plant in Singapore. P&G decided to place the perfume plant along the coastal part of the country in Tuas‚ Singapore (Moneycontrol.com‚ 2008). The plant operates on a just in time process. The plant receives raw materials only as they need it and send out supplies to the main manufacturing plants to be used in the products only as they need it. By being along the coast it is
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About P&G P&G is celebrating 165 years of providing trusted quality brands that make every day better for the world’s consumers. Two billion times a day‚ P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. Globally‚ P&G has a turnover of over US$ 43 Billion‚ has on-the-ground operations in over 80 countries and offers over 300 superior quality brands to the world’s consumers. P&G invests US$ 1‚600 Million in R&D ahead of most of its global competitors‚ to ensure innovative and superior quality
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Digital Summary There is one way for P&G to promote its digital marketing company. The study of background color of advertisements online is very important. In addition‚ to research the background color will not influence the budget. P&G wants to save one billion through decreasing the advertisements expense. Nowadays‚ TV ads are not useful than digital ads‚ such as online ads. The goal of P&G is to attract more and more customers online. When customers see P&G ads several times later‚ they will remember
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reaction is to thank Mom‚ often in tears. One mom was watching from home‚ the implied message being that she couldn’t afford to make the trip. Nevertheless the champion looks towards the tv‚ making a gesture that was clearly intended for their mother. P&G effectively communicates their “Thank You Mom” message by evoking a strong emotional response from the audience‚ and the genius of this commercial is that rather than solely highlighting the Olympian‚ it also salutes the people who helped the Olympian
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P R I C I N G In the market economy the business success of any company or entrepreneur mostly depends on the correctly chosen strategy and tactics of pricing on goods and services. Pricing is a rather difficult process because prices mostly depend on the situation in the market. The range of political‚ economic‚ psychological and social factors has a great influence on the price level. Today your price can be determined by the costs factor‚ and tomorrow its level will depend on the customer’s behavior
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comprehensive analysis of the selected company‚ an overview of the industry the company operates in‚ a PEST Framework Analysis of the industry‚ and then moves on to analyzing the company itself. Company analysis includes a history of the company chosen‚ a business segment analysis of the segments that particular company operates through‚ a look at the organization structure of the company‚ a geographical operating segments analysis‚ an analysis of the company’s major competitors. In general‚ every company
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