Case: PV Technologies Bidding round with Solenergy – requires evaluation of subcontractors Decision already made. They didn’t know the criteria for the choice – perhaps price? PVT Background‚ An industry leader‚ not least because of Salvatori Sales driven by subsidies Selling PV inverter for private‚ business and utility companies Stability (and of course cost etc) key selling points Product evaluation showed PVT to be far more expensive. PVTs options Extend warranty Marketing and sales
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PV Technologies Case Study Submitted by Viswa Kumar PK Roll Number: EPGCMM-06-013 Problems / Issues faced by the PV Technologies: As per the information from Sales Manager Mr.Salvatori‚ PVT might lose the contract against SOMA energy and BJ Solar from the bidding‚ which is one of the high visibility project conducted by Solenergy Development LLC who won to construct a PV solar energy Power Plant. Mr. Greg Morgan – Chief Engineer conducted the evaluation of the bidders and the assumed
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Case: PV Technologies 1. What do we really know about this situation? We know that along with PV Technologies‚ two other companies – SOMA Energy and BJ Solar are in the supplier’s shortlist that Solenergy has to provide a large quantity of utility scale central inverters for a PV solar energy power plant. Each of these companies sent their proposals‚ and a final decision is being reached by Solenergy. If the two competitor rely mostly on lower prices of their product‚ PV technologies rely
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Tyler Plantz PROACT Model PV Technologies‚ Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch? Problem: Will Solenergy’s evaluation of PV Technologies put them at risk of a poor reputation and as a result position them lower in the renewable energy market? Objectives: Stay as an industry leader in the renewable energy industry Keep true to company vision/mission statement Profitability Focus on building continuous and long-term personal relationships Alternatives: Four alternative courses of action- 1. Propose
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Q1: What could be the reasons for the unfavorable evaluation of PV technologies by Greg Morgan? a) The bid prices of the competitor’s products especially BJ Solar’s were significantly lower than PVT’s. b) Solenergy was committed to a renewed focus on expense control and the upfront cost differential was significant c) An enhanced maintenance schedule‚ coupled with a proactive quality control program designed to identify potential performances issues before they occurred‚ should compensate for
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PV Technologies: Were they asleep at the switch? Submitted by: Group 4 Ankur Meena Yaman Rai Ajinkya Parab Abhinav Sehgal (068) (120) (122) (230) The Problem Solenergy was committed to cut costs PVT’s prices are significantly higher than competitors Solenergy’s evaluation of recent proposal had not been published yet; but if it were true‚ Morgan (chief engineer) would be difficult to convince Reasons for unfavorable evaluation of PV technologies by Greg Morgan Prices offered by
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which are provided by all commercial array datasheets‚ the method finds the best I–V equation for the single-diode photovoltaic (PV) model including the effect of the series and parallel resistances‚ and warranties that the maximum power of the model matches with the maximum power of the real array. With the parameters of the adjusted I–V equation‚ one can build a PV circuit model with any circuit simulator by using basic math blocks. The modeling method and the proposed circuit model are useful
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Asleep At The Wheel: Ford Motor Company’s Exclusion of the Older Worker Power Point to accompany Opportunities and Challenges of Workplace Diversity by Kathryn A. Cañas and Harris Sondak Prepared by Levi Baker‚ Kathryn A. Cañas‚ and Harris Sondak “I will build a motorcar for the great multitude.” -Henry Ford Case Overview • Ford Chief Executive Officer‚ Jacques Nasser • A History of Diversity at Ford • Nasser’s Diversity Crusade • Nasser’s Performance Management Process (PMP)
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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Component Technologies‚ Inc 1) Prepare the manufacturing staff’s calculations for the three alternatives (please refer to the attachments): a) In the first set of calculations‚ the staff used a discount rate of 20%‚ a five-year time horizon‚ and ignored taxes and terminal value. What is the relative attractiveness of these three alternatives? During the period of 5 years (from 1994 to 1998)‚ if the discount rate is 20%‚ Waltham plant is the only one that has a positive amount in NPV. The
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