Abstract Harley Davidson’s net profit in 2010 was 146.55 million versus a net loss of 55.12 million in 2009 (Global Data‚ 2011). There are three key elements in which the company has to improve to continue making profit. First‚ resolve the Unfunded Employee Post-retirement Benefit plan to keep employees producing a good product and maintain a top level company/employee relationship. Secondly‚ intense competition in the motorcycle market has to be addressed if Harley Davidson plans to increase sales
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Summary “Harley-Davidson is the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded out of a small shed in 1903 by William S. Harley and Brothers Arthur and Walter Davidson in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. The Motor Company produces traditional cruiser motorcycles utilizing air-cooled V-Twin engines. When Harley and Davidson produced and sold their first motorcycle in 1903‚ they were one of many small motorcycle marques springing up across the country. Flash forward more than a century and the Harley-Davidson
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Urban Legend The King’s Harley An average man is cruising down the street and comes across an old Harley-Davidson motorcycle for sale. The man buys the bike for a cheap deal thinking he can just put some money and parts into it to get it up and running. Due to the age of the bike from the 1950’s‚ the man is obligated to call Harley to get the parts. When describing the bike to Harley representatives‚ he is being transferred over and over until the CEO of the company comes on the line. The
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Introduction Harley Davidson is America’s most successful manufacturing company. It has established itself as market leader for the heavyweight motorcycles and is the world’s most profitable motorcycle company. Harley Davidson has been around for over 100 year and although it sitting on a healthy position in term of profitable‚ heavy competition and negative trends raises the question on the length that Harley Davidson will continue to be a profitable company. This Strategic analysis will summarise
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Harley-Davidson: Fortune 500 Company The Hogs‚ Inc. David Deubner Yvonne James Sandra Jones Giovanni Legaspi Julie Orton Florida State College at Jacksonville MAN3240 October 21‚ 2009 The history of Harley-Davidson is an incredible story of four young men in Milwaukee‚ who experimented with internal combustion in a 10x15 little shed with the words Harley-Davidson Motor Company inscribed on the front. Not only did they not burn down the shed but they created a business
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Harley Davidson –Threats (T) New Emission Standards One of the growing Threats to Harley Davidson’s reign of dominance in US markets has been a growing awareness of the environment. In response to this‚ the bar for emission standards is continuously raised. In 2010 model year or newer motorcycles emission standards for both HC + NOx were reduced from 1.4 prior to 2010 to just 0.8 after 2010 (US Government Printing Office. 2013). For at least 5 years now‚ there have been rumors circulating that
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1. How does Harley-Davidsonbuild long term customer relationship? As a company who sold more than 900‚000 units of motorcycle‚ Harley Davidson must be made a very good relationship with its customers‚ especially the long-term customers. We all know that Harley-Davidson users are not only men‚ but also women. Even in some products‚ they make teenagers ride them too. So that‚ the company needs to keep their relationship in the right ways. In a case‚ Harley-Davidson Company builds a good relationship
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Harley Davidson Case Analysis In 2007‚ Harley Davidson was the world’s most profitable motorcycle company. They had just released great earnings and committed to achieve earnings per share growth of 11-17% for each of the next three years. Their CEO of 37 years‚ James Ziemer‚ knew this would be an extremely difficult task seeing Harley’s domestic market share recently top off at just under 50%. The domestic market was where Harley’s achieved the most growth over the past 20 years and
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Identify Harley ’s strategy and explain its rationale. Harley is a globally recognised brand firmly associated with large motorbikes with a historic emphasis on style‚ individuality and freedom rather than on technology‚ speed or sports. From a segmentation view they belong in the heavyweight motorcycle market and are particularly strong within a sub-segment of super heavyweight. Their bikes are strongest in the Cruiser motorcycle segment‚ feature in the Touring bikes segment (focus on their style
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1. What kinds of things has Harley-Davidson done well with its H.O.G program to create an extraordinary customer experience that is unique and valuable to its members? Harley Owners Group has been sponsoring many events and activities that can give their customer extraordinary and valuable experience. Examples of events and activities that are sponsored by independent dealerships such as Harley-Davidson Singapore are short rides‚ major destination rides‚ or local charity events. Numerous rides have
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