Case Study #3: Decision Support‚ Artificial Intelligence‚ and B2C E-Commerce: the Case of Unilever By Dustin Allen MNGT 220-01 November 20‚ 2003 Question #1 Decision support systems‚ simply known as DSS‚ are often narrowly defined as highly flexible and interactive IT systems that are designed to support decision-making when the problem is non-structured (Haag‚ 2004). This definition expresses several keywords: support and non-structured. This means that although DSS greatly enhance
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Supply Chain Management Solution for Hindustan Unilever : Case Study Existing Situation With nearly 1000 products‚ HLL distributes them nationally through a network of four warehouses‚ more than 40 agents‚ 7‚500 wholesalers and a number of large institutional customers. HLL‚ in its endeavor to move from the existing push-based planning system to a pull-based system‚ wanted to build a Supply Chain Management (SCM) solution that would ensure informed decisions are made during procurement‚ manufacturing
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS COMMON SIZE ANALYSIS OF BALANCE SHEET VERTICAL ANALYSIS ASSETS Rupees in thousand Rs. % Rs. % Rs. % NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property‚ Plant and Equipment 649‚333 32.77 620‚702 35.12 300‚726 27.6 Intangible assets 81‚637 4.07 81‚637 4.62 81‚637 7.49 Long term
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industries; they are Unilever Group and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. In order to see the capital structure debt and equity ratios were calculated. According to calculations Unilever’s debt ratio is 32.49% and equity ratio is 67.51%. Rolls-Royce numbers are 16.81% and 83.19 % respectively. In both cases we see that firms prefer to use their own capital. We cannot tell with certainty why this structure was chosen‚ but we can look for example at the level of liquidity. Unilever has 93% (cash to current
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reach consumers‚ how to bring products closer to consumers is a difficult problem that companies have to solve. Unilever Group is one of example that has been successful in bringing their brand familiar to customers. Unilever is a global group which is very famous all over the world in the field of consumer goods such as food‚ drink‚ detergent and cosmetics. There are many products of Unilever having consumed and widely accepted as Lipton‚ Knorr‚ Cornetto‚ Lux‚ Vim‚ Lifebouy‚ Dove‚ Close-Up‚ Sunsilk
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KENYAN ECONOMY Background Information Unilever entered the Kenyan Market in 1949‚ where it was registered as East African Industries (EAI). It later changed its name to Unilever in 2000‚ in line with its “One Unilever” strategic direction which aims at aligning all Unilever companies world-wide to think and act as one. Unilever has three main product categories; Foods- includes Blueband and Flora Margarine‚ Royco and Knorr. Fabric Cleaning- includes Omo‚ Sunlight and the 3rd and final category
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Lecture 7. Case Study 1. Should Unilever divert money from its premium brands to invest in a lower-margin segment of the market? Yes‚ I think so. 2. In the long run‚ what would Unilever gain and would it risk losing? Unilever will increase their 81% market share‚ and prevent attack from P & G. Unilever cannot only satisfy their low income consumers‚ but they can also maintain the consumers of OMO. They will gain expertise and can apply it to other categories. Financial analysts will praise
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Unilever in Brazil- Marketing plan for low-income consumers in the Northeast of Brazil This report analyses Unilever Brazil and provides a full marketing plan for the expansion of Unilever into the northeast of Brazil. First‚ a situational analysis is performed‚ followed by a strategic analysis and final a market and 4Ps analysis of the strategic recommendation. 1. Situational Analysis Unilever Brazil In the section an analysis of the market facing Unilever is preformed that includes an assessment
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- ---- r --- .’ S ~‚ 504-009-1 D "’he BusIness School ~or the v Vorld • Unilever in Brazil (1997-2007): Marketing Strategies for Low-Income Consumers • Overall winner of the 2008 European Case Clearing House Awards • Winner of a 2007 European Case Clearing House Award in the category "Marketing" • Winner of the European Foundation for Management Development Case of the Year Award 2004 in the category "Marketing" 04/2008-5188 This case was prepared by Pedro Pacheco
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Análisis mercado de los detergentes en Chile En Chile el mercado de los detergentes es muy competitivo. Sin embargo‚ es un mercado muy concentrado‚ en el cual Unilever‚ Procter & Gamble y Maritano controlan el 95‚94% del mercado (según estudio Nielsen‚ año 2006). Unilever tiene las marcas Drive‚ Rinso y Omo‚ que en conjunto poseen una participación de mercado de un 70‚77%. Procter & Gamble‚ con Ariel y Ace‚ tienen un 21‚33% y‚ Maritano‚ con sus marcas‚ Popeye detergentes‚ Kop‚ Detersol y Neutrex
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