Marks & Spencer Resources‚ Capabilities & Competitive Advantage Compiled for Paull Robathan. Author: Kerry Sheehan Monday‚ 02 February 2004 1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the period up until the mid 1990’s M&S had a market leading share of the clothing market. They used their resources and subsequent capabilities to exploit their differences from the competitors and create competitive advantage by: *Empowering suppliers/manufacturers with design responsibility *Closely managing supplier relationships
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Founded in 1837‚ Procter & Gamble is the #1 U.S. makers of household products and a recognized leader in the development‚ manufacturing‚ and marketing of a broad range of products including Crest toothpaste‚ Tide laundry detergent‚ Ivory soap‚ Pampers diapers‚ and Dawn liquid detergent. Procter & Gamble has operations in over 70 countries and employs over 100‚000 people worldwide and markets to nearly five billion customers in over 140 countries. Procter & Gamble’s purpose or mission statement
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Proctor and Gamble (DRAFT) Case Discussion Questions What strategy was Proctor and Gamble pursuing when it first entered foreign markets in the period up until the 1980’s? • In 1915 opened a plant in Canada to produce Ivory Soap and Crisco • In the 1970’s P&G entered Japan and other Asian Nations. • Strategy- P&G entered a nation by acquiring an established competitor and its brands. i.e. case of Great Britain and Japan. • Strategy- the Company developed new products in Cincinnati and then
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Assignment-1 Process Capability Analysis Objective To apply Process Capability Analysis model for Six Sigma implementation in telecommunication area. Important Concepts Process capability compares the output of a process to the specification limits by using capability indices. The comparison is made by forming the ratio of the spread between the process specifications. Process Capability Indexes: Cp is a process index that helps in numerically describing variation relative to the tolerances
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Marketing Management Case Analysis Procter & Gamble‚ Inc. Scope Group AE1: Abhinav Singh (14S601) Anima Tapadiya (14S607) Dushan Garg (14S616) Niharika G (14S628) Raviteja Palanki (14S636) Prem Sharath (14804) Procter & Gamble‚ Inc. Scope Proctor and Gamble is a leading consumer company in the world‚ operating in more than 140 countries. Their primary focus is on valuing customers by providing them with quality and branded products which adds values to customer needs. There are five operating
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Value-Chain Analysis to Identify Resources and Capabilities at Under Armour The resource-based view (RBV) of a firm lies primarily in the application of bundle of valuable interchangeable and intangible or tangible resources at the firm’s disposal. For a firm to transform a short-run competitive advantage into a sustained competitive advantage requires these resources be heterogeneous and immobile. This is perhaps the biggest struggle Under Armour faces – the challenge of maintaining a differentiated
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Appendix 3 – Internal Analysis Resources: a) Tangible resources: i) Physical: plants and equipment * H-D invests continuously in plants and equipment. * H-D plants are located in different states in the US‚ very far from each other‚ which causes very high transportation costs. i) Technological: * H-D is known for its technological backwardness in terms of engines‚ suspension systems‚ braking systems‚ and transmissions. iii)
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leadership of the management team‚ innovation capability‚ spot-on position and marketing‚ consistent good quality of the products‚ just to name a few. One organization that clearly exemplifies this is Procter & Gamble. With a few annotations and comments‚ the core of them is outlined below: First‚ P&G boasts an enviable stable of successful products. With a clear focus to capture its market share‚ each brand
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replaced two-thirds of the company’s senior management team and trimmed 3‚700 jobs‚ more than 10% of the company’s work force. Employees of the century-old company thought they had seen the shake-up of all shake-ups. Just wait until they see what Procter & Gamble Co. could have in store. In announcing the $52.4 billion takeover of Gillette‚ P&G’s CEO‚ A.G. Lafley‚ said he planned to "learn a lot from the people at Gillette" and talked about ways the companies could combine Cincinnati-based P&G’s knowledge
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Questions: 1) The reengineering efforts of P&G focused on the business process system. Do you think other processes‚ such as the human system‚ or other managerial policies need to be considered in a process redesign? 2) What do you think was the reaction of the brand managers‚ who may have worked under the old system for many years‚ when the category management structure was installed? 3) As a consultant‚ would you have recommended a top-down or a bottom-up approach‚ or both‚ to process redesign
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