marketing manager is to formulate a marketing strategy that combines the aspects of all four Ps to obtain the best results for the firm. The remainder of this paper will describes each of the four Ps providing real-world examples based on the Xerox Corporation. Xerox is best known as the
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Dear Fred‚ One and one-half (1 ½) years after joining Xerox‚ you achieved your primary short-term goal of becoming senior staff within five (5) years. Confronted with the current organizational restructuring in this your 6th year‚ you must intelligently navigate the political landscape to maintain the considerable power and influence you have acquired in order to achieve your ultimate goal of becoming a corporate officer and board member. The crossroads of the situation presented to you by Fred
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line. What is it significance to Xerox‚ or to any organization? When facing business threats from competition‚ Xerox ‘s president David Kearns becomes convinced that Xerox needed a long-range‚ comprehensive quality strategy as well as a change in its traditional management culture. As a result ‚ Xerox implement the quality management practices and was approached by several Xerox employees about instituting total quality management. Kearns determined that Xerox would initiate a totally quality
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unprofitable business E.g: Photo film‚ which was once the mainstay product of the company‚ was phased out Mass layoff: E.g: cutting of 5000 jobs Outsourcing: Moving of production from Japan to emerging countries E.g: Fuji Xerox (a joint venture partnership of Fujifilm & Xerox Corp.) now based 90% of production in China. Streamlining its supply chain E.g: Fujifilm UK adopted new online service manager system to handle repair works increase 15% of efficiency without increasing employees.
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Case Analysis for Xerox Ajoy Singh Discussed Question 2. What is your opinion of the original vision of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV)? What would you have done differently? Xerox’s interest in XTV came with the realization that the Xerox PARC’s technology was leaking out of the company. Industry rumor suggests that the Macintosh‚ Ethernet‚ laser printers‚ and mouse pointers were all invented by Xerox PARC and leaked out to various start-ups. The company
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achieved swift advancement in a relatively short amount of time at Xerox‚ he is now faced with role options that appear‚ prima facie‚ to be lateral in nature. Clendenin’s boss‚ Fred Hewitt has made two clear offers to Clendenin: remain as head of Xerox’s Multinational Development Center (MDC) with a two-year commitment‚ or transition to a staff support position on Hewitt’s staff. While Clendenin’s success and ascension at Xerox is attributed to his role at the MDC‚ an additional two-year commitment
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Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review On 20th January 2015 Summary Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (GPIC)is an oil and gas service provider. The company provides services in the areas of oil‚ gas‚ and petrochemical sectors. Its business areas include reservoir management and services optimization‚ oil wells engineering‚ reservoir development and planning‚ oil field implement‚ reservoir monitoring and control‚ crude oil and petroleum product trading
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ch/education/lectures/Alliance_Advantage/Processes_Holmberg_2009.pdf Hynes‚ N. & Diane‚ M.‚ 2008. Capturing strategic alliance outcomes: an analysis of motives‚ objectives and outcomes.. International Journal of Technology Management‚ 43(1-3)‚ pp. 194-211. XEROX‚ F.‚ 2013. Overview. [Online] Available at: http://www.fujixerox.com.au/company/overview.jsp
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Benchmarking: how Xerox regained its competitive edge INTRODUCTION This paper examines the benchmarking initiatives taken by Xerox 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. The history of Xerox goes back to 1938‚ when Chester Carlson‚ a patent attorney and part-time inventor‚ made
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Case 2 Xerox Review Questions 1 How would Xerox define diversity? How has its definition changed over the years? It’s their key to success and they provide many opportunities to different people. Xerox provides a very good environment to their employees to work at its full potential. Diversity has a power to influence other people that no matter what is your gender‚ age‚ culture or etc will never be a hindrance to your work. Xerox have a strong workforce because of the creativity that the employees
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