GSubject: Business Strategy Case Study: Adolph Coors in the Brewing Industry Date: 10-Aug-2010 Coors was very successful in the mid 1970s. What was it’s Strategy ? Background Adolph Coors company is 113 years old with it’s major sales in Brewerage sector. In 1985‚ Beer division achieved record sales of $ 14.7 Million barrels‚ which was 13% high than the previous year‚ that too achieved at a time when Beer Sales were getting consolidated. Brewing division accounted 84% of Coor’s
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COORS CASE STUDY Q&As I. Evaluations of Coors’s competency in different stages of development Super Regional Brewer to National Brewer: * Bounded conservative family company with all board members plus 5 directors insiders. Later followed by more open minded management such as issuing stocks for outside financing‚ changing policy towards minority‚ * Traditional strengths in production; 70 days aging of its beers compared to other brewers. Also enjoyed good profit margins during
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first opened by Adolph Coors‚ Sr.‚ in Golden Colorado in 1873‚ and then Adolph Coors‚ Jr.‚ stepped in 1929 when his father died. In 1933‚ prohibition was repealed and Coors sold as many as 90‚000 barrels of beers‚ and began to expand outside Colorado by adding Arizona to its distribution territory. During the 1930s‚ Coors also expanding their territory onto eight other western states: Idaho‚ California‚ Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ Nevada‚ Utah‚ Oklahoma‚ and Wyoming. By 1941‚ Coors had introduced its premium
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analysis strengths: Coors was striving for quality and self-reliance They had 2 unique aspects of brewing process Used an aactor stating why Coors was a better beer First mover‚ pionered the first all aluminum can Weakness: At the beginning Coors sold to only one state If beer was still on shelves after 60 days it had to be thrown away Threats: Operating practices led to many strikes and law suits by federal agencies Other companies provided to a lot more states than Coors operation Opportunities:
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Film: 12th and Delaware 12th and Delaware is Documentary of an intersection in Fort Pierce Florida‚ on one corner there is a Women’s Health Care Center (offers counseling to women who may be considering abortion and urging them to keep the fetus) and on the other corner is a Worlds Women Clinic (this clinic does abortions and other health services). This documentary looks inside both clinics. At the Women’s Health Care Center‚ pro-life counselors give women a mixture of concerns and disinformation
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Adolph Coors Strategy for success in the mid 1970’s As per our understanding the strategy to Coors success can be attributed to the following Managing Production Cost Various Cost Control Strategies were • Single product Focus – only one kind of beer • High capacity utilization (The idea is that doubling the brewery scale will cut the unit capital cost by 25%) • Produced own malt. Set up rice-processing plant to avoid price fluctuations of “brewing” rice. • High Vertical Integration
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The 1997 publication of the novel Memoirs of a Geisha written by Arthur Golden has very similar themes to the famous American art piece Washington Crossing the Delaware painted by Emmanuel Leutze. Although these two pieces are set in very different places with very different scenarios and backgrounds‚ both obviously show themes of overcoming the odds and persevering through hardship. The famous oil on canvas painting depicts a scene that was a very critical moment during the American Revolution
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Coors is a family owned business in the beer industry offering 16 different kinds of beers in the US market. Coors has 3 production plants in the US with its Colorado plant being the largest brewery in the world and serving 70% of the US market. Coors has implemented a supply chain management (SCM) software solution from the Computer Integrated Logistics (CIL) project to solve urgent problems in the logistical area such as meeting seasonal demand‚ surges from promotion and introducing new brands
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the United States.” The Delaware cases testified if the present segregation complied with Plessy’s requirement of equality‚ however‚ the state failed to comply with the requirement and entered a judgment for the plaintiffs. Delaware judge ordered the white schools to grant allowance of black students to enroll‚ but if the institutions equalized in the future then a petition for the court’s modification of the desegregation verdict. The decision was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court on August
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The Delaware North Companies The race begins at Buffalo Delaware North has been a synonym for cordiality since 1915‚ when the company had a modest origin by the industrious hands of Jacobs’s- Marvin‚ Charles and Louis. The dedicated hard work along with groundbreaking ideas helped the Buffalo based ‘popcorn vending business’ to grow as the ‘first answer’ for hospitality around the globe. Now under the capable hands of Jeremy Jacobs and his three sons‚ the Delaware North is one of the top running
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