Case Analysis: ITIL at Celanese Name: ______ Questions: 1. Describe the approach to IT service improvement taken at Celanese. IT initiatives at Celanese were implemented based on their cost-cutting potential. With the recent turndown in the economy only projects that clearly supported the company’s strategic direction and convincingly demonstrated a 1-year payback would be approved. Celanese also had a very decentralized approach to IT overall with each department in each country running
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CASE ANALYSIS What is a case? A learning tool for decision makers What do decision makers do? They make decisions INSIDER’S VIEW – who is living in the case Cases inform the decision cascade 1. What kind of a problem is this? 2. What options exist in problems like this‚ what kind of options exist? 3. What should I do about this problem? Whats the best decision? 4. What can I learn from the experience? OUTSIDER’S VIEW – us‚ who are analyzing and learning something from the case.
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Wal-Mart: A Case Analysis Matthew Hoskins LeTourneau University Wal-Mart: A Case Analysis Wal-Mart‚ its headquarters located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas‚ is currently the largest retailer offering different formats of stores to fit the needs of the neighborhoods in which they are located. The company operates in several different countries: Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ Chile‚ China‚ Costa Rica‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ India‚ Japan‚ Mexico‚ Nicaragua‚ Puerto Rico‚ and the
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Domtar Case Analysis How did Domtar’s strategies align with its mission? “Royer knew that to be effective in any competitive industry‚ an organization needed to have a strategic direction and specific goals. He decided to focus on two goals: return on investment and customer service…The competitive strategy had to focus on being innovative in product design‚ high in product quality‚ and unique in customer service…When Royer took over at Domtar‚ he explained to the executive team that there were
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EuroFood Case Analysis: History: EuroFood was created by French restaurateur‚ Mr Vigneau which specializes in the importing and distributing of food products from Europe to Hong Kong.EuroFood has faced a problem with inventory costs. The Olivier Company decided to buy EuroFood on the condition that inventory levels has to be reduced from its current level of 11 million Hong Kong Dollars to at least 4 million Hong Kong Dollars (assumption).In order to achieve the inventory reduction a plan of action
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Japanese market‚ introduce the product in china‚ or introduce it in Europe. Decision After careful consideration and analysis‚ I would recommend that Cesare pursue a strategy that prioritizes a focus on the Japanese market and eventually transitions into China. SK-II is a proven product in a market that is has yet to be fully tapped. With a penchant for numbers and analysis‚ Japan’s consumers are some of the most sophisticated easiest to target in the world. However‚ China’s expected prestige-beauty
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PETS.COM CASE ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION In this report I will analyse Pets.com’s short lived success as America’s number one online supplier of pet foods supplies and accessories. I will also identify what actually went wrong and present a refreshed offensive marketing strategy to the board of the company. It was unbelievable how a public listed company led by some of the world’s best business executives‚ draped by all the funds that any company in the world would envy‚ partnered with the world’s
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Case Study Analysis - IKEA IKEA possesses numerous strengths that will help the company gain high value proposition around the globe in general and in the United States in particular. IKEA has been well known for its distinctive self-service store‚ unassembled furniture with flat packages‚ and featured amenities as playrooms for children and Swedish cafes. Its success in the United States has visibly shown through the double revenues from 1997 to 2001 ($600 million to $1.27 billion) (IKEA Invades
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Assignment 2- Plastic Pollution Case Analysis Plastic pollution is the pollution caused by the disposal and accumulation of plastic material into the environment. Plastic is now the most common material that is a basic essential in our everyday life. They are all around us in the form of plastic bags‚ containers‚ credit/ debit cards‚ stationary‚ electronic items and many more. Plastic is a material made up of organic synthetic or semi-synthetic degradable matter. This matter can be broken
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Industry Analysis Even though Apple Inc. makes their majority of profit from their non-computer products such as the iPod and iPhone the company still consider their main product to be the computer. The computer industry is doing a good job because consumers are more likely to use computers in their daily lives. Computer manufactures earn $75 billion per year and Apple Inc.‚ HP‚ IBM‚ and Microsoft are the leading companies who are competing to make the best computer. Company & SWOT Analysis Apple
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