of the model? The pyramid model of Cisco Partners Program provides the partners with incentives to enlarge the sales volume. The major measure of discount level is according to the sales volume. The “Gold”‚ “Silver” and “Premier” status are awarded to resellers as they meet certain sales volume. Greater sales volume allows resellers to receive higher discounts on Cisco products (Gold 42%‚ Silver 40%‚ Premier 38%). This is typical in the market to increase market share because it is simple‚ effective
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Every business has stakeholders involved. A stakeholder is anyone who has a claim in some way to a company’s products‚ operations‚ markets‚ industry‚ and outcomes (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell 31). Some stakeholders are more involved than others. Members that are needed for the company to maintain are referred to as primary stakeholders‚ whereas others are called secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders can be identified as employees‚ customers‚ investors‚ and shareholders and can also be governments
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66 countries around the world and serving for next-generation networks based on packet technology. (5ESS Switch‚ 2002) ← Lucent maintained its NO.1 position in worldwide universal port shipments for the sixth consecutive quarter by capturing 48% market share for the second quarter calendar 2002. (Lucent Technologies Continues‚ 2002) ← Metropolis (R) DMX (metro optical networking products) has been deployed with more than 35 customers and recently received the “Best Telecom Equipment” award at
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Cisco Systems: The Supply Chain Story Xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx Principles of Supply Chain Management xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx January 21‚ 2013 Cisco Systems: The Supply Chain Story Discussion Questions 1. Study the networked supply chain concept as implemented by Cisco. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Strengths • Cisco’s core competency was product designing and delegated t manufacturing‚ assembly‚ product configuration‚ and distribution to its partners. • Cisco has a very robust
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Cisco SCRM in Action: 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Executive Summary According to Taiwan’s record‚ 2011 Tohoku Earthquake was also known as 311 earthquakes‚ which caused heavy attacked in Japan in 2011. It was the most powerful known earthquake to have hit in Japan‚ and the fifth powerful earthquake in the world since modern record maintenance began in 1900. Actually‚ Tohoku was not the first earthquake that impact Cisco’s processes in Japan. The company’s business continuity plan (BCP) and its Supply
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Analysis Company background (Cisco Systems): Cisco Systems is a world leading company in the switches and router market. Established in 1984 by a Stanford University couple‚ IT administrators Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner. Ina short period after founding‚ it became one of the most successful companies in high technology industry. In Cisco‚ manufacturing of its switches and router was outsourced‚ the company focused on core competencies: product design and development. Indirect sales and distribution
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Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 8‚ No. 10: August 2012 Managing Stakeholders: An Integrative Perspective on the Source of Competitive Advantage Minyu Wu’ ’ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia Correspondence: Minyu Wu‚ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ CDT 250‚ 98009 Miri‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia. Tel: 60-8-544-3844. E-mail: minyu.wu@curtin.edu.my Received: March 19‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ass.v8nl0pl60 Abstract Despite the enormous amount of academic
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1. Executive Summary of the Case This case study goes through the evolution of IT governance at Cisco and the related project management. This case is a classic example of the result of a decentralized governance of business units. What happened to CISCO due to the decentralized governance‚ how the business processes were modified to overcome the chaos created by the decentralized governance and how the employees and management reacted to this change in CISCO’s business governance? This case clearly
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White Paper Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update‚ 2013–2018 February 5‚ 2014 The Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update is part of the comprehensive Cisco VNI Forecast‚ an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications on global networks. This paper presents some of Cisco’s major global mobile data traffic projections and growth trends. Executive Summary The Mobile
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