CEMEX: TRANSFORMING A BASIC INDUSTRY COMPANY Case Study Questions 1. How is CEMEX Mexico providing added value to its customers? R: As cement is a commodity market‚ CEMEX realized that they should provide added value by developing customer services and offering solutions for the needs/wants of their customers. See Appendix 1: CEMEX - Customer Services 2. How has CEMEX developed and leveraged its strengths to enhance its market position and profitability? R: The Company was extremely
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. Cemex has a stronger preference for acquisition over greenfield ventures as an entry mode. Why? Cemex believed that it could create significant value by acquiring inefficient cement companies in other markets and transferring it skills in customer service marketing information and technology and production management to those units . Also they want to be a unique company in worlwide. Therefore they need to purchase all the competitor companies and converted their sysytem to them. d.Why do
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costs cement production is highly fragmented. It is estimated that there are around 1500 integrated cement production plants in the world. Although the industry has seen the emergence of strong global players such a Lafarge or CEMEX‚ the share of the four largest firms account only for 23% of the overall demand. Cement is distributed in bags or is delivered to construction sites through readymix lorries. The major segments of the industries are: • • • Aggregates: quarries and crushing minerals
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CASE STUDY: CEMEX CONSTRUCTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE WANGYI FAN(IVAN) AIYANG LIU(WILLIAM) Charles(BJ) How did Cemex build its dominance in Mexico? 1. Merger small companies‚ increase their market share and competitiveness‚ make Cemex growing fast. 2. Cooperate with the government‚ had a privileged position. 3. Listed as a public company and prepared for merger more companies. How was Cemex able to expand so rapidly in global markets? 1. Concentrate on developing countries and got benefit from
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to be the competitive advantage if CEMEX. Continued innovation High level of commitment to customer service and satisfaction Proven post-merger integration expertise (PMI) Efficient production‚ distribution and delivery processes through information system Ability to identify opportunities in developing countries CEMEX is one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers and cement producers. Founded in Mexico in 1906. They supply cement to CEMEX has operations extending throughout
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a Dematerialized (or "Demat") account‚ instead of the investor taking physical possession of certificates. A Dematerialized account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment broker (or sub-broker). The Dematerialized account number is quoted for all transactions to enable electronic settlements of trades to take place. Every shareholder will have a Dematerialized account for the purpose of transacting shares. Process for opening a DEMAT account in any bank. Q2 What are
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The Chart of Accounts The increases and decreases in accounting element as affected by a business transaction are recorded in a device called account name‚ account title or account. Each accounting element is composed of several accounts which describe the related economic transactions and events. To maintain uniform account name‚ the business must have a listing of all the accounts it uses to record economic transactions. This listing of all accounts is called “Chart of Accounts.” The Chart of
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chart of accounts? Chart of accounts (COA) is a list of the accounts used by an organization. The list can be numerical‚ alphabetic‚ or alpha-numeric. The structure and headings of accounts should assist in consistent posting of transactions. Each nominal ledger account is unique to allow its ledger to be located. The list is typically arranged in the order of the customary appearance of accounts in the financial statements‚ profit and loss accounts followed by balance sheet accounts. It is
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Accounts receivable is a legally enforceable claim for payment from a business to its customer/clients for goods supplied and/or services rendered in execution of the customer’s order. These are generally in the form of invoices raised by a business and delivered to the customer for payment within an agreed time frame. Accounts receivable is shown in a balance sheet as an asset. It is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the billing of a customer for goods and services that the
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ACCOUNT BALANCES For many purposes‚ it is necessary to determine the balance in an account. This is accomplished by adding the debits‚ credits‚ and determining the difference between the two sums. An account is said to have a debit balance if the sum of the debit entries to that account exceeds the sum of the credit entries. Conversely‚ an account has a credit balance if the sum of the credit entries exceeds the sum of the debit entries. Asset accounts normally have debit balances inasmuch as
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