NIILM Center for Management Studies 2009-11 Rajesh Kumar Singh Roll No 29084 Production and Operation Management Assignment Question: Discuss operations strategies of three companies. Answer: Operational Strategy: Amazon.com Introduction: Amazon.com has become the largest customer friendly online retailer and provides one click purchase facility to its wide range of products including books‚ music‚ toys‚ gifts‚ electronics etc. For 2011 Amazon’s net sales documented the value of $48077
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Operations Strategy : Hyundai Automotive Industry Question 1. The automotive industry is one of the main ingredients of the Korean national growth. In 2004‚ Hyundai Motor Company had $57.2 billion in sales in South Korea making it the country ’s second largest corporation. It is also the world ’s seventh largest car maker. In 1998‚ Hyundai acquired rival Kia Motors. This acquisition brings the first element of the firm competitive strategy
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Unilever in Brazil Case Write Up Unilever should launch new detergent powder to attract low-income detergent users in the Northeast Brazil. The company will be able to make use of its strong brand in launching the new product and also Unilever will be able to keep its profitability by positioning the new product into different segment from Unilever’s other products‚ OMO and Minerva. The economic upturn by Plano Real brought the higher purchasing power for consumers in the Brazil and this has
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the growth of the company and Different strategies will enable different companies to reach those goals. Unilever is a company started in 1930 formed of Dutch Margarine Company and British based lever brothers. Unilever holds a wide range of products which include food‚ personal care‚ beverages‚ canned foods‚ ice creams and many more which are worlds best consumer brands. The case study describes a lot of information regarding Unilever’s business strategies‚ key elements of Unilever’s path to growth
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1 IKEA’S GLOBAL STRATEGY: FURNISHING THE WORLD 1） What are IKEA’s firm specific advantages? Country specific advantages? 2）.What are the cultural factors which make expansion abroad in retailing difficult? What has made it possible in IKEA’s case? 3） Describe how IKEA’S expansion has re-energized mature markets around the world and changed the competitive situation. 4） How does the TV advertising campaign initiated by IKEA overcome the entry barrier of high advertising expenditures? 5）Should
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Describe the strategies that have been suggested to reduce global warming. To what extent do you think they are successful? Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C. It is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane produced by human activities such
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Page |1 LG Operations strategy Final Report Introduction Founded in 1947 as Lucky Chemical Industrial Corporation‚ they established their electronics arm‚ called GoldStar in 1958. It did a sizeable business in manufacturing radio sets and went on to make one of the first and highly selling color TVs in Asia. Domestic competition led them to restructure their operations in early 90s‚ merging the two major business heads under a new name – LG Electronics. In 2006‚ they launched the now popular “Blue
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Ref.No.: FM0001 Unilever Limited: Transforming the Finance ‘Function’ “Top performing businesses have top performing finance functions‚ but few finance functions are top performing.” – Scott Parker‚ Head of Financial Management‚ KPMG LLP (UK) In an era of globalisation‚ increasing economic pressures and stringent regulatory norms‚ the role of finance function is becoming much broader than ever before. With changing times the role of finance manager is becoming concentrated‚ moreover‚ Chief
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Global Operations Management MGMT415-1202A March 21‚ 2011 Abstract The following paper will address many issues such as issues that are associated to expanding globally i.e. cultural barriers‚ diversity and what happens when these issues are ignored. In addition‚ there will be two examples of political conflicts and two examples of economic conflicts. Introduction PPQ Parts is planning to expand globally over the next several years. To ensure that this is a smooth transition I have prepared
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Unilever is an international consumer good company. With more than 400 branches‚ Unilever has their products sold in more than 190 different countries in the world. Unilever products focus on people’s health and well-being. The company’s portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams‚ affordable soaps‚ luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. Unilever divided their products into four main segments: Personal care (36% of sales) with Dove‚ Rexona‚ Lux‚ Sunsilk
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