Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ commonly known as BMW or BMW AG‚ is a German automobile‚ motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. BMW is headquartered in Munich‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. It also owns and produces Mini cars‚ and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad. In 2010‚ the BMW group produced 1‚481‚253 automobiles and 112‚271 motorcycles across all its brands. BMW is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers‚ along with Audi
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Non-Traditional Marketing Bavarian Motor Work created its BMW Films campaign to be unconventional with its non-traditional marketing. BMW sought out to change its frame of reference‚ for its target market segment; to do this BMW did not rely on deception in its advertising execution. Throughout each of the BMW films the viewer knew that the plot revolved around a BMW vehicle and what the car could do for the actors. BMW has three market segments that create the 7 Series‚ the 5 Series and the
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In 1994‚ the BMW Corporation made the strategic decision to establish an assembly plant in Greer‚ SC. The move made BMW only the second European carmaker to move to the US‚ the Volkswagen Corporation was the first. There were several reasons that contributed to BMW ’s decision to assemble some of their vehicles outside of Europe. The value of the German deutschemark was one of the leading reasons for this decision‚ the low deutschemark value made it difficult for the
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Where the BMW films a good idea? How successful was the campaign? In my opinion‚ the BMW films where a great idea at that specific moment in time. The company had no new product launches to promote. Furthermore‚ budget was available in order to “experiment” new ideas and innovative advertising and promotion actions. With this pure branding exercise BMW had little to lose (mainly money) and a huge deal to win. The campaign proved to be an incredibly successful one. In order to measure and justify
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volatile than it ever was. We’ve seen dramatic shifts between the euro and the dollar in recent years. The only real solution here is to op y manufacture and buy components in the currencies where we sell cars.” Norbert Reithofer‚ CEO of BMW BMW Legend No tC BMW‚ the world-famous auto and motorcycle manufacturer‚ was founded in Munich in 1916 as “Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG” (Bavarian Aircraft Works). The company concentrated initially on the development and production of aero engines. Gustan Otto
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BMW: THE 7-SERIES PROJECT mary lou Brief History of Bayerische Motoren Werke: BMW‚ a German company is a producer of automobiles and motorcycles. Designed as an aircraft manufacturer and originally founded in 1913 by Karl Fredrich Rapp‚ the company was commissioned to build the V-12 engine for Austria-Hungary. In need of extra financing‚ Rapp reconstructed the company as the Bayerische Motoren Werke. In 1917‚ Rapp left the company and it was taken over by Austrian Franz Josef Popp who
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BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ or in English‚ Bavarian Motor Works)‚ is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the world’s largest premium carmaker and is the parent company of the BMW MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands‚ and‚ formerly‚ Rover. The company’s tagline in English is currently "The Ultimate Driving Machine." The original German slogan is "Freude am Fahren"‚ which translates to "Joy in Driving" in English. BMW’s main
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BMW Type Aktiengesellschaft Traded as FWB: BMW Industry Automotive industry Founded 1916 Founder(s) Franz Josef Popp Headquarters Munich‚ Germany Area served Worldwide Key people Norbert Reithofer (CEO)‚ Joachim Milberg (Chairman of the supervisory board) Products Automobiles‚ motorcycles‚ bicycles Revenue €60.48 billion (2010) Operating income €5.094 billion (2010) Profit €3.218 billion (2010) Total assets €108.87 billion (end 2010) Total equity €23.10 billion
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10/12/2012 L.A. F block BMW When BMW introduced the first generation of the BMW 3 Series onto the market 30 years ago‚ they had just reached a new record number of employees‚ at 29‚000. Today‚ in contrast‚ the BMW Group employs almost 106‚000 employees worldwide. Total sales for BMW for 1975‚ including all model series together‚ was slightly more than 226‚000 automobiles. Last year‚ they sold more vehicles of the BMW 5 Series alone. In 2004‚ they sold almost twice as many BMW 3 Series cars - 450‚000
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BMW CASE: Globalizing Manufacturing Operations INTRODUCTION This case focus on the dilemma that the president of BMW Manufacturing Corp.‚ Al Kinzer‚ faced in 1995 in relation to BMW’s new plant at Spartanburg‚ South Carolina and a dramatically increased demand in the U.S. market for the Z3 model. To study the BMW case‚ the background information and role of new plant at Spartanburg will be described at the beginning. Secondly‚ the 3 alternatives options will be analyzed and compared accordingly
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