down the hall after lunch on March 16‚ 1989‚ would not have noticed anything unusual. A &foot 2-inch‚ 250-pound black man with a shaved head and an athletic build‚ Clendenin was impressive enough in appearance. H e also dressed somewhat outside the Xerox norm: that day he wore a perfectly pressed pink shirt‚ a brown suit‚ a paisley tie‚ and suspenders: But that was Clendenin’s style. Clendenin had a slight smile on his face‚ as he paused occasionally to chat with colleagues‚ asking after their families
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full impact. The case of Xerox and Fuji Xerox gives us a unique opportunity to trace the evolution of such an alliance over a long period of time. We can learn a lot from this experience‚ and try both to avoid Xerox’s mistakes and copy Xerox’s success. 2 While this case is about a particular type of alliance—a separate enterprise owned by Xerox and Fuji Photo Film— it also contains elements of other types of alliance. The relationship between Xerox and Fuji Xerox‚ for example‚ is itself managed
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I. Case Context Xerox Company is a multinational corporation engaged in the business of global document-processing and financial services markets. The document processing product line included the manufacture‚ development‚ and marketing of copiers and duplicators‚ facsimile products‚ scanners‚ and other related equipment in over 130 countries. Meanwhile‚ its financial services operations included insurance‚ equipment financing‚ investments‚ and investment banking. Since it was founded in 1906
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Xerox: Value Chain Analysis Overview Xerox Corporation (Xerox) values its research and development activity as one of its core competencies and primary profit engines. Xerox specifically states that it views its technology and the development thereof as being a key link in its value chain: “technology-a past‚ present and future strong suit for Xerox. We routinely invest 6 percent of our revenues in research‚ development and engineering”(“True” 5). This amount of financial investment in this core
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has Fuji Xerox played in Xerox’s global strategy? How do you expect this role to change near future? Fuji Xerox can consider as the most successful joint venture in history between an American and a Japanese company which is the joint venture between Xerox and Fuji Photo Film. Fuji Xerox then subcontracting partly with Rank Xerox (which is the joint venture between Xerox and Rank Organization of Britain) and received exclusive rights to xerographic patents in Japan. The role of Fuji Xerox originally
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Fuji Xerox Saved Xerox The Xerox story is a classic one of a once- dominant company that lost its edge and was overcome by new rivals from unexpected sources. The difference this time is that Xerox relied on a constellation of allies to defend itself and ultimately to regain leadership in its industry. The story begins in the 1960’s‚ when the company’s revolutionary plain-paper copiers took the industry by storm and made the name Xerox synonymous with photocopying. Xerox revenues
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INTRODUCTION Xerox is a multinational corporation serving the global document-processing and financial services market. The business revolves in over 130 countries by its developed‚ manufactured and marketed copiers‚ duplicators‚ facsimile products‚ scanners and other products. Xerox case study center on the document-processing activities of the company. The case discuss on the management control system and its trends that helps Xerox to overcome its obstacle s in maintaining its market share
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XEROX - THE BENCHMARKING STORY Source link: http://www.icmrindia.org/free%20resources/casestudies/xerox-benchmarking-5.htm The case examines the benchmarking initiatives taken by Xerox‚ one of the world ’s leading copier companies‚ as a part of its ’Leadership through Quality ’ program during the early 1980s. The case discusses in detail the benchmarking concept and its implementation in various processes at Xerox. It also explores the positive impact of benchmarking practices on Xerox. "Benchmarking
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Xerox Corporation 1. Leadership through Quality was a strategy developed by Xerox as a result of competitors being financially strong‚ technologically advanced and having excellent customer relations. Xerox Corporation through its strategy tries to meet its customer requirements. The strategy is viable as Xerox through this strategy tries ensuring that definition of Quality is meeting the customer requirements all the time. The three major components of LTQ are Employee Involvement that stresses
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through Functional-Level Strategies: Xerox Corporation 1. Identify how the changes that Xerox undertook after 1980‚ helped the company to improve its efficiency‚ quality‚ innovation and customer responsiveness. Xerox underwent series of improvement after its 1980 downfall. First‚ Xerox had changed its waste management by decreasing the number of defective products and services‚ thus promotes efficiency. To cope with the increasing reject rate products‚ Xerox consolidated its worldwide supply base
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