EAGLE INDUSTRIES CASE 1. Why are office products frequently chosen as a lead commodity in strategic sourcing efforts? Office products were chosen as the lead commodity in strategic sourcing efforts conducted by Smith and his team mainly because of the fact that there was not an appreciable difference in the product specifications when it came to differentiating different suppliers. It would almost be like comparing apples against apples. This would therefore provide a nice segway to try and understand
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BRANDING STRATEGIES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY VERSUS FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS? Abstract The objective of this paper is to analyse the branding strategies used currently in the pharmaceutical industry and compare it to the best practices in Fast Moving Consumer goods. First the authors review the differences in the way branding is defined and organised in pharmaceuticals versus FMCG and identify why branding could be leveraged in the pharmaceutical industry to help it return to strong
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS REPORT THE AUSTRALIAN WINE INDUSTRY ‘The Boutique Producer’ by 4 students (anonymous) Executive Summary This report provides an overview of the Australian Wine Industry using Porter’s Five Forces industry analysis framework and seeks to provide recommendations based on the impact of the forces for a start up boutique producer. Through the use of Porters framework and the application of economic theory‚ the report will provide detailed insight into the
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Group Case Analysis: Cooper Industries‚ Inc. MBAD 6235 Section 11 December 3‚ 2014 Elisabeth Goodson‚ Lynette Hammond‚ Wanting Hou‚ Sam Inman‚ Qian Jin‚ Weisi Sun‚ Shumin Xu‚ and Yuru Zhang I. Summary of the Problem Cooper Industries was founded in 1919 as an equipment and heavy machinery manufacturer. Over time‚ Cooper Industries experienced significant growth through acquisitions. Nicholson File Company had been on Cooper’s shopping list for years as a company to acquire. What made
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OVERVIEW: Cooper Industries is a broadly diversified manufacturer of electrical and general industrial products‚ and energy related machinery and equipment. The company operates in three different business segments with 21 separate profit centers. These segments include electrical and electronic‚ commercial and industrial‚ compression‚ drilling and energy equipment. The product line is consisted of cheap fuses to $3 million compressor tribune sets along with products such as hand tools and light
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1) Substitutability by buyers and suppliers defines the boundaries of RTE cereal industry from a demand-side perspective and a supply-side perspective respectively. The boundaries from a demand-side perspective in this case are the fact that buyers have low switching costs. The cereal industry has a diversified range of products so consumers can easily substitute one type of cereal for another or one brand for another. From the supply-side perspective‚ boundaries are technological in nature such
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Paint Industry in India The Indian paint industry is valued at Rs 26‚000 crore by to AC Nielsen with 70 per cent of it being decorative paints and the remaining 30 per cent being industrial. The per capita paint consumption has been estimated to be 2.57 kgs. The size of the industry is 3.1 million tonnes with decorative paints being 2.4 million tonnes and industrial paints being 0.7 million tonnes in volume terms. The Indian paint industry is growing at a double digit rate for several years now
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The Motorcycle Industry Definition Motorcycles fall into the category called Recreational Vehicle‚ Motorcycle and Boat Retail Industry. These are companies that retail recreational vehicles‚ boats‚ motorcycles‚ jet skis‚ and/or related accessories. In Hoover’s classification‚ based on the North American Industry Classifications System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system‚ motorcycles fall under a smaller subcategory called Motorcycle‚ ATV‚ and Personal
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Out of the seven major exports of Pakistan‚ Leather is one of the major contributors. Although the industry started it journey way back in the 1947 since then it has moved from exporting raw hides and skins to more value added products. At the time of independence in 1947‚ there were only a few leather tanneries in Pakistan‚ which were operating on a small scale producing mostly sole leather. During 1950s‚ some well-equipped tanneries were set up at Karachi and Lahore‚ while during 60s and 70s
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