Ziyin Zhou MGT301 11/9/2014 Sony’s and Matsushita’s management strategies As we all known‚ Sony and Matsushita are two of the largest consumer electronic makers in Japan or even in the world. And in this reading‚ it points out the different strategies Sony and Matsushita use when they were facing the fierce competition in China ----- Matushita was accelerating its pace on stretching the supply chain in China while Sony unexpectedly decided to shift some of its manufacturing business in China back
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“SONY VAIO” CASE ANALYSIS Name: Kinney Rucker Cohort: North End Date: 24th Jan 2015 Main Issues and objectives of the report: The main issue is: The product manager is having a difficult time to create a finalized marketing plan for Sony’s new VAIO laptops. The heart of the issue is the manager can doesn’t know which segment to target for the VAIO; due to‚ too much information. In December Sony encourage to all product managers to use a new corporate study that segmented consumers on a global
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Sony “Sony. Like no other.”‚ is Sony Corporations slogan and one could not describe it better. Sony is a multinational conglomerate that is a leading manufacturer of electronics‚ video‚ communications‚ and information technology. Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. However Sony is just like its slogan states‚ “Like no other”. In 2005 Sony incorporated the Extended Copy Protection and MediaMax CD-3 on a total of 102 different titles of music CDs. This company that seemed
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THE ORIGIN OF SONY Founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in 1958‚ the Sony Corporation has come a long way since its first transistor radios. Being innovative thinkers‚ the founders realized a need for a global brand with mass appeal. Hence‚ as the company grew‚ it was simply logical to establish production facilities in their respective regions. Since its inception‚ very few have been able to match Sony ’s track record for invention and innovation. These include the first Trinitron color television
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Sony Product The first market mix element is Product. A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. Product decision normally base on brand name‚ Functionality‚ Styling‚ Quality‚ Safety‚ Packaging‚ Repairs and Support‚ Warranty‚ accessories and Services. These product attributes can be manipulated depending on what the target market wants. Also‚ customers always look for new and improved things‚ which
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Factor Rating (Facility Location) Example-01 A manufacturer of garments is actively considering five alternative locations for setting up its factory. The locations vary in terms of their advantages to the firm. Hence‚ the firm requires a method of identifying the most appropriate location. Based on a survey of its senior executives‚ the firm has arrived at six factors to be considered for final site selection. The rating of each factor on a scale of 1 to 100 provides this information. Further
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TRUE or FALSE 1. T F It is impossible to develop a process that has zero variability. 2. T F Assignable variations in a process are also called natural variations. 3. T F An x-bar chart would be appropriate to monitor the number of defects in a production lot. 4. T F The central limit theorem provides the statistical foundation for control charts. 5. T F If we are tracking quality of performance for a class of students‚ we should plot the pass/fail result on a p-chart. 6. T F Sample
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Sony is a vast corporation that operates in a global scale. In order for it continue its operations around the globe requires a great amount of materials that is used in manufacturing the end-product. Being a multinational organization its suppliers come from all four corners of the globe. Due to this factor of being a large multi-national corporation Sony is in business with many suppliers. Due to this large number of reliance on suppliers‚ diminishes the bargaining power suppliers have over
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Company Profile Sony is a company that was first started in Japan on the 7th May 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita (wiki‚ 2012). Today‚ they are a company that is famous worldwide for their electronics‚ semi-conductors‚ video games‚ broadcasting‚ cable‚ telecommunication and digital distribution. The PS2‚ the predecessor to the PS3‚ is the highest selling console with over 150million copies (wiki‚ 2012). The PS3 is the 7th generation console along with Wii and Xbox360. Company Vision
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maintaining the production of quality are dealt with. In principle‚ three levels of organization of these activities can be distinguished. From the top down these levels are: 1. Quality Management (QM) 2. Quality Assurance (QA) 3. Quality Control (QC) 1.2 Quality Management Quality Management is the assembly and management of all activities aimed at the production of quality by organizations of various kinds. In the present case this implies the introduction and proper running of a "Quality System" in
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