HARVARD CASES Case 14 WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. Synopsis In June 1997‚ Jim Piraino‚ VP of marketing for WESCO Distribution‚ Inc.‚ is preparing for a yearly review meeting with WESCO CEO Roy Haley. Haley wants the firm to reach annual growth goals of 6% to 8% in revenues and 12% to 16% in profitability over the next five years. The centerpiece of this growth strategy is the National Accounts program‚ which WESCO has developed to serve its major industrial customers in response to recent
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31 THE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL C H A P T E R 2 Early in 2005‚ IBM Business Consulting Services released a survey that compiled in-depth interviews with more than 100 sales‚ marketing‚ and merchandising executives at over 20 consumer products and retail companies. Only 9 percent of the retailers felt their suppliers had “a good understanding” of their business objectives. The gist of the survey was that retailers felt the product manufacturers have focused their efforts on the end
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Distribution channel plays an important part in the supply chain. Distribution channel‚ as defined by Coughlan et al. (2006)‚ is a set of independent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for consumption. It serves as the connecting link between the producer and consumer by adding value to products or services (Kim and Frazier‚ 1996) and multiplies selling opportunities through network of intermediaries. These independent organizations are usually made of
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Wesco Distribution‚ Inc. Case Questions. 1. WESCO is a classic intermediary in the channel and must add value for both suppliers and customers to maintain this intermediary position (i.e.‚ otherwise the suppliers might be tempted to “dis-intermediate” WESCO and go direct). a. How does WESCO add value for its suppliers? Why would a supplier want to use WESCO instead of going direct by employing its own sales force? b. How does WESCO add value for its customers? Why would
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1. What is your action plan? Do you recommend that WESCO be proactive in Managing its NA program or would you prefer that WESCO adopt a passive approach? Action Plan: WESCO should definitely adopt a proactive approach in managing its NA program. A proactive approach in managing the NA program would definitely fulfill the company’s visions of becoming a $ 3 billion company with an average EBIT of over 5% by the year 2000 (from its 1996 figures of $ 2.2 billion company with an EBIT of around
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Distribution Channels of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care Products in Chinese Economic Transition -- A Case Study Don Y. Leea ‚ Gangling Chaob and Weiling Yec aHong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong b‚cShanghai University of Finance and Economic‚ China Address for Correspondence: Don Y. Lee PhD Associate Professor of Marketing Department of Business Studie Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom‚ Kowloon Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China Telephone: 852-2766-7119 Facsimile:
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A Study on Distribution Management of Hindustan Unilever Limited Submitted To Prof. S Govindrajan By PRADEEP NARAIN SANJEEV KUMAR JHA SATADRU BAGCHI SOUMITRA DHALI g08075 g08086 g08088 g08090 g08095 TARUN KUMAR SAHA 2 Content Page 3 4 5 12 14 16 18 26 33 1. Introduction – Hindustan Unilever Limited 2. Distribution Network of HUL
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Harvard Business School 9-598-021 Rev. February 9‚ 1998. WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. Late in June 1997‚ Jim Piraino‚ VP marketing for WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. (see Exhibit 1)‚ was preparing for a yearly review meeting with his CEO Roy Haley. At the top of the agenda was the performance of the National Accounts (NA) program during the first half of 1997 (see Exhibit 2). Haley had ambitious plans for WESCO over the next five years. He had charted out a course that called for an annual growth rate
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Distribution Dossier Samsung Electronics India Limited Sales and Distribution Project By: Rohit Agrawal TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MARKET IN INDIA 4 LEADING COMPANIES 5 LG Electronics Inc. 5 Videocon Industries Ltd 5 Samsung India Electronics Private Limited 5 SAMSUNG ’S DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL 7 Role and key deliverables of channel members 7 Consumer Electronics Distribution 8 CHANNEL MEMBER MANAGEMENT 9 Monetary methods 9 Non monetary methods 9 Target setting mechanism
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Frequency Distribution (A) Introduction 1. Ungrouped data versus grouped data Ungrouped data (Raw data): It is a list of individual observed values of the random variable Grouped data (a frequency distribution): It is a table that displays the data in grouping along with the number of occurrences that fall into each group. 2. The components of a frequency distribution a. Class limits: They identify the inclusive values in a class of a frequency distribution The
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