products in the world. Mattel’s portfolio of brands and products are grouped in the following categories: Mattel Girls & Boys Brands - Including Batman ‚ and Kung Fu Panda products‚ and games and puzzles. Fisher-Price Brands — Collectively Core Fisher-Price‚ Fisher-Price Friend and Power Wheels. American Girl Brands —including Just Like You‚ the historical collection‚ and Bitty Baby. Strong distribution line – Mattel is believed to have a cost effective‚ efficient distribution line
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Creating the Right Supply Chains for Your Product Marshall Fisher UPS Professor © 2007 Marshall L. Fisher Products differ Product variety Low High Forecast accuracy High Low Product life cycle Long Short Risk of obsolescence Low High Cost of lost sale Low High Functional © 2007 Marshall L. Fisher Innovative And supply strategies differ Factory focus Inventory Strategy Lead-time focus Supplier selection Product-design strategy
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| While reading through Eileen Fisher‚ Repositioning the Brand‚ it became apparent early on that the company’s main issue was relevancy—an issue that many companies face in today’s market. Keeping the company current in order to attract new customers while not abandoning already loyal customers in the process is a huge challenge that EILEEN FISHER struggled with. For purposes of differentiating between the company and the person‚ “EILEEN FISHER” shall refer to the company for the duration of this
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Spring 2010 Ameritrade - Harvard Case Study Background: Ameritrade Holding Corporation is securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services firm from the United States. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska. “Ameritrade MERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education
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Harvard Business Case: Ducati Introduction After the introduction of Federico Minoli‚ Ducati has transformed from a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world. But this is not enough for Minoli‚ who currently considers entering the Harley Davidson niche: introducing a Ducati cruiser. However‚ according to the analysis below – prepared using some basic strategic questions - this would not be a very wise
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Harvard Business Case Analysis How would you categorize Kearney’s commitment to the company? How might you change or maintain this commitment? Eugene Kearney is very committed to Old Colony Associates (OCA). Kearney is committed in that he has been with the company for 13 years‚ loves going to work every day and aspires to maintain a higher level management position. However‚ he clearly needs to make improvements to his current level of commitment to OCA. Kearney needs to realize that commitment
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Harvard Business Case: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge 1. What are the challenges that Ivan Guillen faces in his role as the marketing manager of the RBG business? What is the team currently doing to support the RBG cookies segment? Who is the team currently targeting? Mr. Guillen is facing the problem regarding the growth of volume in the segment of the Refrigerated Baked Goods (RBG). His main concern was that as the refrigerated cookie sector is the most profitable and in contrast to market volume
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Case Interco Introduction Interco is a shoe company founded in 1911. Its business has spread to other product through acquisitions. Equity analysts saw Interco as a conservative company that was not highly leveraged leading to high financial flexibility. This allowed the firm to repurchase share and make acquisitions when the opportunities were there. Interco has four major divisions; Apparel Manufacturing‚ General Retail Merchandising‚ Footwear Manufacturing and Retailing and Furniture and Home
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The Fishing Kit from Fisher-Price: A Great Catch A beautiful sunny day‚ a little boy sitting on a dock in his yellow shirt and blue overalls‚ looking very pleased with the fish he has just caught. “It’s the reel thing.” Says the 1988 Fisher-Price ad for their Fishing Kit and this young boy proves that it really is. Catching fish on a summer day is made easy for children of all ages. The fishing kit is a must have for kids who enjoy the outdoors and have a love
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Case preparation memo GROUP NAME _____________________________ YOUR NAME_________Jordan Lewis_______ CASE __Kodak_________________ 1. What is/are the problem(s) in this case? Keep it to a single statement. At most‚ you may point out a couple of the key questions. The problem in the Kodak case is that Kodak is losing market value because they are reworking their product line‚ causing doubt in customer mindset. They have created the Funtime film to attempt to regain market value. 2. What
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