Case Analysis Komatsu Ltd. and Project G (A) The Kawai Era (1964-1982) Strategies Acquired and develop advanced technology to raise quality‚ and to increase efficiency to the Cat’s level. Introduced “management by policy.” “Project A‚” sought to raise the quality of Komatsu’s middle-sized bulldozers to Cat’s level & instituted the “Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act” (PDCA) cycle. In 1966‚ his five-year “World A” campaign sought to make Komatsu internationally competitive in cost and quality. Results
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Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy is a business strategy book that promotes a systematic approach "for making the competition irrelevant." The authors‚ W.Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne‚ are professors of Strategy and Management at INSEAD ( is an international graduate business school and research institution with campuses in France and in Singapore). A core idea is to create a leap in value for both the company and its buyers by breaking the differentiation/low cost trade-off and to align product
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SWOT Analysis Strengths * Good value for money * Parties always popular at Brunel * Good and reliable suppliers Weaknesses * Not much expertise in the field * Not a big funding to be able to expand outside of uni * Summer holiday be a problem Opportunity * Expansion at the end of the year * Increase in parties * Buy a warehouse at the end of the year Threat * Competition may occur * Might not always get the venue PESTLE Analysis Political:
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cost by using their unified counter image. Trained strictly‚ shop assistants mastered enough knowledge of beauty culture to deal with goods of many brands so that labour cost saved greatly. “Giving up the farthest benefits to customers”‚ SASA’s marketing strategy‚ is helpful of forming its steable consumer group. With its expansion‚ SASA began to stock directly from manufacturers all over the world and has become the exclusive agent of many brands. Presently‚ SASA owns 7 main markets in Asia‚ including
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5. What do you think of Virgin Mobile’s value proposition (the VirginXtras‚ etc.)? What do you think of its channel and merchandising strategy? We think that Virgin Mobile’s value proposition is very effective to its target market (14 to 24-year-olds). Virgin Mobile positions its brand is what the target market wants and is all about fun‚ honesty and great value for money. They do not only provide basic cellular service‚ but also push cell phone content to a new level that involves the delivery
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nonetheless and that’s where relationships play its part. There are two main types of relationship among students and that is monogamous and casual relationship. Monogamous relationship is defined as being loyal to a single partner at a time. Whereas casual relationship is the opposite‚ a person involved in a casual relationship might have many partners or just one which is not serious. Relationships in the past used to be monogamous but as time passes‚ casual relationships are becoming more popular
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But it’s a matter of great sorrow that students’ of North South University has no auditorium in their campus and they are facing so many problems. In many important respects‚ an auditorium can be seen as being almost perfectly media of students’ relationship. Research Questions: In my research I plan to investigate the importance of an auditorium for students‚ the benefits which students want from an auditorium‚ and what is an auditorium itself. To the end I will be addressing the following research
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2013 Research on Egyptian Banking sector Hatem ELLEISSY IMC – Integrated Marketing Communication 1/31/2013 Contents Banking sector in Egypt ....................................................................................................... 3 Banking Structure Development ..................................................................................... 4 Poor Performance Triggered Reforms ............................................................................ 5 Public Banks
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language spoken in America and that used in Korea. This does not only occur in the spoken language but also in body language. A company which wishes to venture the Korean market has to take necessary precautions in regard to the language spoken. Marketing of products is an activity which requires communication. It is thus a challenge to an American company venturing Korean market. The language use in Korea is Korean while English is used in America. In addition; different body languages are used in
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manufacturing capabilities and lost sight of the products from the consumer’s point of view. In other words‚ they keep creating breakthrough technology‚ but failed to make improvements faster such as easy-to-use software‚ online services‚ and smarter marketing messages. Their technology is outdated compared to the other competitors. They have failed to improve their technology and give the customer what they want. ii. It is “the art of making things.” This has Japanese firms focusing on creating
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